FINAL EXAM QUES

AMERICAN GOVERNMENT II

1.Power fundamentally involves ______ between or among people ?

a.friendships

b.shared property

c.animosities

d.relationships

2. Power is ?

a. The ability to influence another person’s behavior

b. having many advanced weapons

c. achieving voluntary consensus among groups

d. persuading people to act independently of government authority.

3. Which of the following was NOT a weakness of the Articles of Confederation (1781-1789)

a. a weak “league of friendship “ among the states

b. the requirement of unanimous approval by all 13 states for amendments

c. no judicial branch

d. no congressional power to impose taxes.

4. Which of the following was NOT a strength of the Articles of Confederation (1781-1789)

a. the power to declare war

b. conduct foreign policy

c. manage a postage system

d. oversee an army composed of federal militia

5.Protection from government intrusion into the private lives and beliefs of citizens is guaranteed

by the _________ and __________ Amendments ?

a. First and Second

b. Second and Ninth

c. Ninth and Eleventh

d. First and Ninth

6.How did the White House “spin “ the story of British troop withdrawal from Iraq ?

a. The withdrawal was needed to make room for the U.S troops surge

b. The withdrawal was recommended by Vice President Cheney

c. The this was a sign of political weakness for British prime Minister Tony Blair

d. The withdrawal there was a sign of success of the coalition and of the British ore sense in southern Iraq

7. Though there are up to ______ judges on an appeals court , only _____ usually hear each case ?

a 12;5

b.12;3

c.15;5

d.15;3

8.Approximately _______ of the country’s adult population has internet access ?

a. one-third

b. b.two-third

c. c.one-quarter

d. three-quarters

9.Most Americans view themselves as members of the ______ class .

a.upper

b.middle

c.lower

d.none of the above ( they do not define themselves )

10. A plural elitist might consider the compromises struck during the health care reform debate to be an example of elite interest groups each pursuing and achieving their separate sets of agendas ?

a.plural elitist

b.fundamentalist

c.conspiracy theories

d.Both A and C.

Human Resource Management

Human resource management is ?

a.comprises the concepts and techniques used to control people at work.

b. is the process of organizing work activities

c .is the process of identifying countries with cheaper labor costs and relocating jobs

d.refers to the practices and policies you need to carry out the personnel aspects of your management job.

2. _________ refers to the tendency of firms to extend their ownership to new markets abroad ?

a.Strategic human resources

b. Trend analysis

c.Globalization

d.Outsourcing

3.Traditional job analysis focuses on ?

a.job duties and responsibilities

b.how work is accomplished

c.who accomplished the work

d.where the work is accomplished

4. Executive recruiters are also called ?

a.headhunters

b. staffers

c. alternative staffing companies

d. all of the above.

5. James is currently identifying the specific job performance skills needed analyzing the skills of prospective trainees , and developing knowledge and performance objectives based on the deficiencies he finds. James is working on the _________ step in the training and development

process.

a.analyzing

b.designing

c.developing

d.evaluating

6.Which of the following goals is the focus of diversity training ?

a.to create cross-cultural sensitivity

b.to foster harmonious working relationships

c.to improve interpersonal skills

d.all of the above

7. Which of the following is a way to increase 360-degree appraisals ?

e. Anchor the 360-degree items with behavioral competencies

f. Assess the cost of the program and carefully train the people giving and receiving feedback

g. Make sure the feedback given is productive, unbiased , and development-oriented

h. all of the above

8. Assessing interests, seeking out career information, and utilizing development opportunities are all part of the __________ role in career development .

a. individual’s

b. manager’s

c.supervisor’s

d.company’s

9. Which health benefits listed below is offered by almost all employers ?

a.Mental health insurance

b. Chiropractic insurance

c.Medical care insurance

d.Wellness program

10. Jason is an information systems technician in a town in North Carolina with a population of 100,000 . He earned $35,000 a year. He recently found out that a nearby town with a similar population pays people in the same position $40,000 a year .

Jason is concerned with the ______ form of equity.

a.distributive

b.procedureal

c.internel

d.externel

English Composition

1.When writing a comparison-contrast essay, you could be addressing any of these purposes

EXCEPT for which one ?

a.Expressing an idea

b.informing

c.Narrating

d.Persuading

2. As derived from FRENCH, the work “journal “ is the best thought of as ?

e. a journey

f. daily

g. to inscribe

h. to recount

3. The major problem in writing an argument based on inductive reasoning is the possibility of

flawed or spurious ?

e. inference

f. syllogism

g. presumption

h. bias

4.Thinking about narrative categories, which sort of essay helps people feel that they’re joined in a common cause ?

e. Entertainment

f. curiosity

g. redemption

h. solidarity

6.Which kind of descriptive device is used in the following sentence from a narrative ?

“ As I looked around the room in search of clues, the teddy bear __propped up on the neatly made bed—stared at me with suspicious eyes. “

a.Analogy

b.simile

c.personification

d.metaphor

8.Motivational letters are to encouraging positive action as diplomatic letters are to ?

a.sustaining important personal and organizational relationships.

b.dealing with local, state. and federal regulatory agencies

c.resolving internet or external dispute

d.soothing the ruffled feathers of complaining customers .

9.Which phrase is most likely to be part of an effective thesis statement ?

a.i think

b.therefore

c.i believe

d.in my opinion

10.For Sternberg, Don Juan’s alleged serial sexual conquests illustrate ?

a.infatuation

b.puppy love

c.empty love

d.fatuous love.