In Portland, Oregon, a six-member city commission serves as the city’s government; one member serves as mayor and the other five each manage an area of the city, using a system known as
a. town meeting form.
b. commission form.
c. weak mayor form.
d. council-manager form.
e. mayor-council form.
ANS: B
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Which of the following institutions functions more like a supranational institution than an inter-governmental one?
a. the Council of Ministers b. European Council c. the European Parliament d. OSCE e. the European Commission
The Council of Ministers consists of a. one chamber, with combined responsibility for foreign affairs and finance. b. two chambers: one with national foreign ministers and one with national finance ministers, plus the semiannualmeeting of the Executive Council of national executives
c. two chambers: one for policy making and one to perform judicial review. d. three chambers: an executive branch, a legislative branch, and a judicial branch. e. two chambers: one to create policy and one responsible for implementing that policy.
What is the chief, and fundamental, activity of a think tank?
a. to ponder important problems for the rest of us b. conduct research on a range of public issues c. make the complex simpler and understandable d. employ academically minded politicians
The discount rate is the rate of interest charged by the feds on loans to banks. It is used as a tool by the feds to:
A. Control the money supply B. Encourage people to spend money C. Make it more costly to borrow D. Stimulate or cool off the economy