HGE S1 Final Exam 2024 Edition - **AI Generated**

The economic term for anything that motivates a person to make a specific choice:

• Scarcity

• Choice

• Cost

• Incentive

• Resources

When one decision is made, the next best alternative that is not selected is known as:

• Economic resource

• Incentive

• Opportunity Cost

• Production

• Scarcity

Which statement best defines "government"?

• An institution that emphasizes preserving tradition and relying on community and family as mechanisms of continuity in society.

• The institution in society that creates and implements policy to guide the conduct of its citizens.

• The institution that forces certain human behavior to ensure order in that society.

• The collective beliefs of a community and political culture.

Which of the following is NOT a purpose of a Constitution?

• To organize the structure of a government.

• To define the duties and powers of a nation’s government.

• To act as a supreme set of laws within a nation.

• To ensure citizens a life free from government involvement.

The Connecticut Compromise (The “Great” Compromise) resolved the disagreement about…

• Slavery.

• The creation of the presidency.

• Representation in Congress.

• The creation of the Supreme Court.

The series of events that consistently lead up to a presidential election every four years is known as the...

• Election calendar

• Government reapportionment

• Lobbying

• Political cycle

• Presidential inauguration

Public opinion, straight-ticket voting, split-ticket voting, and electioneering are all most closely related to:

• One Party Systems

• Voter Behavior

• Swing States

• Party Platforms

• Third Parties

All of the following are true about Interest Groups EXCEPT:

• It is a group of people who unite to support a common interest or voice a common concern.

• Its purpose/goal is to impact government policies by interacting with leaders and influencing elections.

• There are both “direct” and “indirect” strategies an interest group may use to accomplish its goal(s).

• Interest groups may hire lobbyists to contact politicians about certain issues.

• Interest groups nominate candidates to run for office.

Which role of media is being described in the following statement: “The newspaper staff met to decide which events their journalists would write articles about that day–and which ones they would not.”?

• Agenda-Setter

• Watchdog

• Media Literacy

• Gatekeeper

• Propagandist

If the cost to acquire plastic (used to make plastic bottled water) decreases, what would happen to the equilibrium price of bottled water?

• The equilibrium price of the bottled water would decrease

• The equilibrium price of the bottled water would increase

• There would be no change in the equilibrium price of the bottled water

• The equilibrium price of the bottled water would shift to the left

• The equilibrium price of the bottled water would do none of these