What is the instrument used by the Federal Reserve whereby the Fed either buys or sells securities issued by the federal government in order to manage the economy?

A. discount rate operations
B. supply-side operations
C. reserve requirement operations
D. open market operations


D. open market operations

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The Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act of 1946 was __________ by the Supreme Court

A) ?expanded B) ?declared unconstitutional C) ?limited D) ?never actually reviewed E) ?amended

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The 1964 Civil Rights Act

a. established the Department of Justice and authorized it to investigate civil rights violation across the country. b. authorized the federal government to end segregation in public education and public accommodations. c. authorized the federal government to intervene in southern states where African Americans were denied the right to vote. d. was another symbolic piece of legislation that provided few real gains for African Americans while giving the appearance of government action.

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Cyber conflict differs from physical conflict, or what Lin calls traditional kinetic conflict, in what way?

a. Cyber conflict does not cross borders. b. Cyber conflict is not conducted by states. c. Cyber conflict causes no physical damage. d. Cyber conflict causes humans no physical pain. e. Cyber conflict involving military activities may overlap with areas where civilians are ubiquitous.

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In a hierarchical multiple regression analysis

a. the researcher determines the order in which variables enter the analysis b. predictor variables that account for more variance in the outcome variable enter the regression equation first c. variables are entered into the regression equation in sets d. only variables that increase R2 enter the regression equation e. only predictor variables that predict unique variance in the outcome variable enter the equation

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