1. Which category of interest is usually considered the most basic, a prerequisite for other goals? a. Security. d. Ideological. b. Economic welfare. e.
... [Show More] Geographic land. c. Material welfare. ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: Interests: What Do Actors Want from Politics? MSC: Understanding 2. What was the logic behind the United States’ claim that the United Nations Security Council would become irrelevant if it did not endorse regime change in Iraq? a. The United Nations is categorically opposed to dictatorships. b. Regime change naturally follows a policy of economic sanctions. c. The United States was the largest contributor to the United Nations and failure to listen to the United States was ill advised. d. Failing to support regime change would be a failure to uphold its own resolutions on Iraq’s weapon programs. e. Iraq’s continued refusal to vote on resolutions was undermining the United Nations. ANS: D DIF: Moderate REF: Interests: What Do Actors Want from Politics? MSC: Remembering 3. Why did the United Nations Security Council NOT endorse the preventive war against Iraq in 2003? a. The members of the Security Council believed Iran was a bigger threat than Iraq, and the Council should direct its energy there instead. b. The Security Council is unable to endorse military action against sovereign countries. c. The United Nations General Assembly would veto any action by the Security Council. d. Since the Security Council oversaw humanitarian programs in Iraq, it decided to remain neutral, rather than risk a conflict of interest. e. Several permanent members of the Security Council opposed going to war against Iraq and could veto any endorsement of the war. ANS: E DIF: Easy REF: Interests: What Do Actors Want from Politics? MSC: Understanding 4. A person goes to college with the hope of improving his or her earning power and future income upon graduation. This is an example of which type of goal that an actor might have? a. Security. d. Power. b. Material welfare. e. Geographic. c. Ideological. ANS: B DIF: Moderate REF: Interests: What Do Actors Want from Politics? MSC: Applying 5. A state wanting to promote democracy in developing countries would be pursuing which kind of goal? a. Power. d. Economic gain. b. Security. e. Material welfare. c. Ideological. ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: Interests: What Do Actors Want from Politics? MSC: Applying 6. In international relations, actors can be any of the following EXCEPT: a. individuals. d. rules. b. international organizations. e. states. c. groups. ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: Interests: What Do Actors Want from Politics? MSC: Remembering 7. Which of the following is an example of a state? a. The United Nations. d. The Middle East. b. Iraq. e. The American Republican Party. c. Saddam Hussein. ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: Interests: What Do Actors Want from Politics? MSC: Applying 8. What is a failed state? a. An area of the world that never became a consolidated state. b. A state in which the central authority has broken down. c. A state that initiates a war that it then loses. d. A state that experiences a major debt crisis. e. A state that is absorbed by another state. ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: Interests: What Do Actors Want from Politics? MSC: Understanding 9. Which entity is the most prominent actor in international relations? a. States. d. Terrorist groups. b. People. e. Leaders. c. Nongovernmental organizations. ANS: A DIF: Easy REF: Interests: What Do Actors Want from Politics? MSC: Remembering 10. Why did warfare play such an important role in the emergence of sovereign states? a. Constant military struggle left voters wanting a more powerful central state. b. The United Nations Security Council favors sovereign states to help prevent the outbreak of war. c. The need for military success and protection forced smaller or less powerful states to merge. d. Smaller, more agile states were better able to take advantage of technological advances in warfare. e. Peace treaties often declared the boundaries of new states to help prevent future wars. ANS: C DIF: Difficult REF: Interests: What Do Actors Want from Politics? MSC: Understanding 11. What is NOT a core element of sovereignty? a. The sovereign possesses ultimate authority over the people and territory of a given realm. b. External actors are excluded from exercising political authority over a sovereign people. c. The sovereign does not share his or her authority of sovereignty with other actors. d. Sovereign bodies must each have a military to defend themselves. e. All sovereign units are formally equal or have the same legal status. ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: Interests: What Do Actors Want from Politics? MSC: Understanding 12. Which of the following is NOT considered a threat to the nature of sovereignty? a. Supranational bodies. d. Civil conflict. b. Globalization. e. Centralization of power. c. Decolonization. ANS: E DIF: Difficult REF: Interests: What Do Actors Want from Politics? MSC: Understanding 13. The following are all examples of nongovernmental organizations EXCEPT: a. the Red Cross. d. Greenpeace. b. Amnesty International. e. Doctors without Borders. c. the United Nations. ANS: C DIF: Moderate REF: Interests: What Do Actors Want from Politics? MSC: Applying 14. Why are some interactions considered to be strategic interactions? a. In strategic interactions, an actor has to prepare an unconditional strategy. b. In strategic interactions, different actors have different interests. c. In strategic interactions, actors have a set of preferences that change, depending on what actions other actors have taken. d. In strategic interactions, actors are unlikely to consider the future consequences of their choices. e. In strategic interactions, each actor’s plan of action depends on what the other actors are expected to do. ANS: E DIF: Difficult REF: Interactions: Why Can’t Actors Always Get What They Want? MSC: Understanding 15. What is NOT an assumption in studying interactions? a. Actors can safely ignore the actions of others in pursuing their interests. b. Actors are purposeful. c. Actors behave with the intention of producing a desired result. d. Actors are strategic. e. Actors adopt strategies based on what they believe are the likely actions of others. ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: Interactions: Why Can’t Actors Always Get What They Want? MSC: Understanding 16. Cooperation is a type of: a. institution that makes agreements easier for two actors. b. institution that sets the rules for interactions between actors. c. interaction in which one actor will receive more and the other actor less of the desired outcome. d. interaction involving two or more actors working together to achieve some outcome they prefer. e. interaction in which at least one party prefers the status quo. ANS: D DIF: Moderate REF: Interactions: Why Can’t Actors Always Get What They Want? MSC: Understanding [Show Less]
