A free rider is which of the following?
A. An interest group member
B. A participant in a social movement
C. Someone granted free passage to Washington DC to demonstrate
D. Someone who benefits from the actions of a group without joining it
E. A civil rights activist
Answer: D
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Which of the following statements is true of the history of American political parties?
A) Political parties were embraced by America's founding fathers as a necessary element of a functioning democracy. B) The role of political parties was clearly defined by America's founders. C) Two major political factions were formed in America even before the Constitution was ratified. D) Throughout the course of American history, the major political parties have not changed their ideologies. E) The Democratic Party was the first political party in America.
Only Congress has the power to create a federal cabinet-level department. The most recent federal cabinet to be created is the
a. State Department. b. Department of Education. c. Department of Homeland Security. d. Department of Justice. e. Attorney General’s Office.
Which of the following cultural factors reinforces Americans reluctance to think?
a. Bias in favor of preserving social order, traditions and habit b. Strong propensity toward taking action c. Thirst for facts d. All of the above
The decision of representative democracies to hold regular, free, and competitive elections represents
a. an imperfect solution to the problem of delegation. b. the perfect solution to the problem of delegation. c. an imperfect solution to the problem of transaction costs. d. a perfect solution to coordination problems.