An indictment is ________
A. a certification by a public prosecutor that there is evidence to justify bringing named individuals to trial
B. a formal written statement from a grand jury charging an individual with an offense
C. an arrangement whereby attorneys are provided for people accused of crimes that are unable to hire their own attorneys
D. an arrangement whereby public officials are hired to provide legal assistance to people accused of crimes that are unable to hire their own attorneys
E. a term used to describe work that lawyers do for which they receive no fees
B
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For a given poll, a professional polling firm states that it has "95 percent confidence that the maximum margin of sampling error is plus or minus four percentage points." What is the firm trying to say by claiming "95 percent confidence"?
A. There is a 95 percent chance that the poll is off by four points or more. B. There is a 5 percent chance that the poll is off by four points or more. C. There is a 95 percent chance that the poll is off by five points or more. D. There is a 4 percent chance that the poll is off by five points or more. E. There is a 5 percent chance that the poll is off by ninety-five points or more.
Which of the following is a political linkage that can be used to understand why poverty in the United States only barely declined during recent periods of strong economic growth?
a. American core beliefs made it difficult to pass proposals to assist the poor. b. Economic booms reinforce the belief that anyone who wants to can find work. c. Public opinion opposes big government income redistribution programs. d. The national government has not created major programs to eliminate poverty.
Among the following education and income levels, which group would be the most likely to vote Republican?
a. no high-school diploma with low income b. bachelor's degree with high income c. high-school diploma with moderate income d. postgraduate degree with moderate income e. none of the above
Mao contributed to Marxism–Leninism by
a. emphasizing the crucial role of the peasants. b. advocating the idea of a vanguard party. c. advocating the idea of democratic centralism. d. advancing the idea that the revolution could be nonviolent. e. executing all of the above.