Question 1

State and local governments have custody over what percent of the country's 2.4 million prison and jail inmates?

Accepted Answer

A) 23% 
B) 11% 
C) 52% 
D) 5% 
E) 91% 
A) 23% 
B) 11% 
C) 52% 
D) 5% 
E) 91%

Question 2

Which of the following is a reason for lower voter turnout in local elections than in state or national elections?

Accepted Answer

A) Greater citizen interest in local politics 
B) Low levels of competition in local elections 
C) High name recognition for all candidates in local elections 
D) The fact that local elections are always held at the same time as presidential elections 
E) Higher levels of campaign spending for local elections 
A) Greater citizen interest in local politics 
B) Low levels of competition in local elections 
C) High name recognition for all candidates in local elections 
D) The fact that local elections are always held at the same time as presidential elections 
E) Higher levels of campaign spending for local elections

Question 3

State and local governments employ approximately ___ times as many workers as the civilian federal government.

Accepted Answer

A) 2 
B) 4 
C) 5 
D) 7 
E) None of the above.The civilian federal government employs more workers than state and local governments. 
A) 2 
B) 4 
C) 5 
D) 7 
E) None of the above.The civilian federal government employs more workers than state and local governments.

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT an area in which state and local governments typically determine policy?

Accepted Answer

A) How schools are run 
B) How land is used 
C) Where roads and bridges are built 
D) Defense against foreign threats 
E) What social services are provided and to whom 
A) How schools are run 
B) How land is used 
C) Where roads and bridges are built 
D) Defense against foreign threats 
E) What social services are provided and to whom

Question 5

Which of the following is true about American states?

Accepted Answer

A) None has a population over 10 million 
B) There are twenty-nine states with less than five million people each 
C) The largest 11 states account for 84% of the nation's population 
D) Most states have populations greater than 8 million 
E) None of the above 
A) None has a population over 10 million 
B) There are twenty-nine states with less than five million people each 
C) The largest 11 states account for 84% of the nation's population 
D) Most states have populations greater than 8 million 
E) None of the above

Question 6

Cigarette taxes tend to be low in southeastern and border states.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What was the percentage of white Americans in 2008 (according to estimates)?

Accepted Answer

A) 78% 
B) 66% 
C) 83% 
D) 52% 
E) 91% 
A) 78% 
B) 66% 
C) 83% 
D) 52% 
E) 91%

Question 8

Major challenges currently facing state and local governments include all BUT which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) Health care costs and delivery 
B) Intense political divisions over new immigrants 
C) Providing adequate defense against foreign military threats 
D) Cost of corrections and prisons 
E) Poverty in the inner cities 
A) Health care costs and delivery 
B) Intense political divisions over new immigrants 
C) Providing adequate defense against foreign military threats 
D) Cost of corrections and prisons 
E) Poverty in the inner cities

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT a major challenge currently facing state and local governments?

Accepted Answer

A) Intense political divisions over new immigrants 
B) Persistent poverty in inner cities 
C) Canadian border disputes 
D) Growing costs of corrections and prisons 
E) Environmental regulation, land use, and recycling 
A) Intense political divisions over new immigrants 
B) Persistent poverty in inner cities 
C) Canadian border disputes 
D) Growing costs of corrections and prisons 
E) Environmental regulation, land use, and recycling

Question 10

State and local correctional facilities house 91% of the U.S.prison and jail inmates.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Local public hospitals are one of the few health-care related industries that are not suffering as a result of skyrocketing health care costs in the U.S.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

To the extent that they cover local politics, local media outlets tend to provide very negative coverage.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

How many U.S.workers are employed by state and local governments?

Accepted Answer

A) 12 million 
B) 19 million 
C) 30 million 
D) 7 million 
E) 4 million 
A) 12 million 
B) 19 million 
C) 30 million 
D) 7 million 
E) 4 million

Question 14

The traditional description of wealthier suburbs and poorer inner cities is no longer accurate.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

State and local governments in the United States employ a total of about 150,000 people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Voter turnout tends to be higher in local elections than in state or national elections.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What were the conclusions made from Robert Dahl and his graduate students' study of New Haven, Connecticut?

Accepted Answer

A) Communities tend to have a fixed elite, with only occasional changes. 
B) There is no permanent elite in a community, but rather a shifting coalition of leaders. 
C) There is no difference between the economic elite and the social elite in a community; they are the same people. 
D) The elite of a community is hereditary; if your father or mother was a member of the elite, then you would be as well. 
E) Business interests control who will become a member of a community's elite. 
A) Communities tend to have a fixed elite, with only occasional changes. 
B) There is no permanent elite in a community, but rather a shifting coalition of leaders. 
C) There is no difference between the economic elite and the social elite in a community; they are the same people. 
D) The elite of a community is hereditary; if your father or mother was a member of the elite, then you would be as well. 
E) Business interests control who will become a member of a community's elite.

Question 18

In their 1920s study of Muncie, Indiana, what did Robert and Helen Lynd find to be the way the city functioned in reality?

Accepted Answer

A) It functioned as a true democracy, with power evenly distributed. 
B) The social and economic elite held the power. 
C) The business elite, which was often different from the social elite, held the power. 
D) Religious association was the key to holding power. 
E) Civil leaders, no matter their social or economic standing, held the power. 
A) It functioned as a true democracy, with power evenly distributed. 
B) The social and economic elite held the power. 
C) The business elite, which was often different from the social elite, held the power. 
D) Religious association was the key to holding power. 
E) Civil leaders, no matter their social or economic standing, held the power.

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT an area in which the national government assumes major responsibility?

Accepted Answer

A) Fighting inflation and unemployment 
B) Protecting civil rights 
C) Determining the laws regarding marriage, divorce, and property 
D) Subsidizing weaker sectors of the economy 
E) Regulating economic sectors 
A) Fighting inflation and unemployment 
B) Protecting civil rights 
C) Determining the laws regarding marriage, divorce, and property 
D) Subsidizing weaker sectors of the economy 
E) Regulating economic sectors

Question 20

Though they were sociologists, Robert and Helen Lynd approached their study of Muncie, Indiana as though they were

Accepted Answer

A) mathematicians. 
B) philosophers. 
C) anthropologists. 
D) historians. 
E) statisticians. 
A) mathematicians. 
B) philosophers. 
C) anthropologists. 
D) historians. 
E) statisticians.

Exam 21: State and Local Politics

State and local governments have custody over what percent of the country's 2.4 million prison and jail inmates?

Which of the following is a reason for lower voter turnout in local elections than in state or national elections?

State and local governments employ approximately ___ times as many workers as the civilian federal government.

Which of the following is NOT an area in which state and local governments typically determine policy?

Which of the following is true about American states?

Cigarette taxes tend to be low in southeastern and border states.

What was the percentage of white Americans in 2008 (according to estimates)?

Major challenges currently facing state and local governments include all BUT which of the following?

Which of the following is NOT a major challenge currently facing state and local governments?

State and local correctional facilities house 91% of the U.S.prison and jail inmates.

Local public hospitals are one of the few health-care related industries that are not suffering as a result of skyrocketing health care costs in the U.S.

To the extent that they cover local politics, local media outlets tend to provide very negative coverage.

How many U.S.workers are employed by state and local governments?

The traditional description of wealthier suburbs and poorer inner cities is no longer accurate.

State and local governments in the United States employ a total of about 150,000 people.

Voter turnout tends to be higher in local elections than in state or national elections.

What were the conclusions made from Robert Dahl and his graduate students' study of New Haven, Connecticut?

In their 1920s study of Muncie, Indiana, what did Robert and Helen Lynd find to be the way the city functioned in reality?

Which of the following is NOT an area in which the national government assumes major responsibility?

Though they were sociologists, Robert and Helen Lynd approached their study of Muncie, Indiana as though they were

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