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.