Which of the following is the central responsibility of the federal government in the transportation sector?
A. motor vehicle taxation
B. regulation of traffic on the highways
C. highway improvements
D. construction of highways
ANSWER: D
You might also like to view...
Social and economic statistics tend to show that ______.
a. African Americans have completely overcome the effects of systematic discrimination b. African Americans are now greatly advantaged over whites because of civil rights laws c. African Americans have gotten no benefit from recent civil rights policies d. inequality still pervades the American system e. whites have benefited from recent civil rights policies more than African Americans
This question aligns with Chapter 2, "Getting Started: Finding a Research Question," of Writing a Research Paper in Political Science.A "good" research question ______.
A. allows the student to find out even more about something that she or he has not had a chance to learn about in the past. Seeking to develop an excellent description of an event or phenomenon, regardless of the existing scholarship, is an important goal for a student B. often takes time to develop because the student is trying to find a way to write about a topic, about which there is already a good deal of information. Therefore, the student must find a narrow part to discuss or will have too much to say C. frequently puts a student in the middle of a debate among scholars and/or policy makers. As these experts are not sure what the "best" answer is, students know that entering this discussion will enable them to have something interesting and nontrivial to say D. reflects a puzzle; in other words, a difficult conceptualization of a term or theory in political science that most students or citizens can't understand. Therefore, the student's job in the research paper is to describe and clarify this term or theory. Research questions motivated by puzzles are mainly theoretical in nature and are best suited to students who aren't interested in doing empirical research E. none of these
Americans tend to see issues of war and peace through realist lenses
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Which of the following best describes the way members of the House of Representatives are elected?
a. The president appoints members of his own party. b. State legislatures vote for individual members from each district. c. Proportional representation. d. A plurality vote within geographic constituencies.