Which of the following is an aspect of the information revolution that helps the already large and powerful?
a. That the speed of information flows has increased immensely
b. That the cost of transmitting information has dropped dramatically
c. The relative fall in the importance of military power
d. Greater economic interconnectedness across states
e. That the collection and production of new information often requires major investment
Answer: e
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As the federal government began to spend more money, it increasingly gave states categorical grants, which
a. required the states to obey particular rules and regulations to receive federal money. b. gave states a block of money to be spent on particular categories of public policy, with no strings attached. c. required states to meet certain rules and regulations without providing money to fund them. d. allowed states to sue the federal government if they felt they did not receive a grant they deserved.
Idiographic research seeks to
a. understand the causes of low intelligence b. generalize the results of research on animals to humans c. develop equations that predict behavior d. describe the behavior of individuals e. generalize results from studies of groups
Why have offices designed to coordinate agencies (such as the Office of National Drug Control Policy) often met with limited success?
a. Congress does not provide for them in the federal budget. b. Their tasks have been left vague by the legislation that created them. c. They are new creations and their heads find it difficult to exert any influence with members of Congress. d. They have no direct authority over agency budgets. e. They lack the expertise to understand the complexities of specialized issues.
The __________ model of representation holds that a legislator should consider the will of the people but then do what he or she thinks is best for the nation as a whole and in the long term
a. conscience b. politico c. reciprocity d. trustee