Question 1

Which of the following is True of IGOs?

Accepted Answer

A)  Successor organizations always try the same approach to performing their functions as their predecessors. 
B)  Powerful states do not have to align their policies to benefit from membership in an IGO. 
C)  IGOs do not perform activities that augment state policies. 
D)  IGOs both enlarge the possibilities for foreign policy and constrain states' ability to conduct and implement foreign policy. 
E)  States do not use IGOs as instruments of foreign policy.

Question 2

________ jurisdiction allows states to claim legal authority beyond their boundaries in order to punish conduct that is sufficiently heinous to violate the laws of all states.

Accepted Answer

A)  Global 
B)  Universal 
C)  Transnational 
D)  International 
E)  Intranational

Question 3

What role do constructivists see IGOs and NGOs playing?

Accepted Answer

A)  They represent the interests of the dominant classes. 
B)  They represent the interests of states. 
C)  They represent the interests of private individuals. 
D)  They serve as norm entrepreneurs that socialize states and teach them new norms. 
E)  They are more important than state actions in the international system.

Question 4

Constructivists believe that IGOs and NGOs can influence state behavior by

Accepted Answer

A)  teaching states new norms that may change their preferences. 
B)  creating international law that obligates states to act in certain ways. 
C)  reforming the capitalist domination of the international system. 
D)  conferring on states legitimate legal authority in the international system. 
E)  constructivists do not believe that IGOs and NGOs can influence state behavior.

Question 5

The International Court of Justice is basically a weak institution for which of the following reasons?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most of its cases are quite controversial and remain unresolved. 
B)  Only individuals are allowed to initiate court proceedings. 
C)  It lacks the compulsory jurisdiction that domestic courts enjoy. 
D)  Only a few states are members. 
E)  It is overwhelmed with a huge number of cases.

Question 6

Which of the following is an example of an NGO?

Accepted Answer

A)  Doctors Without Borders 
B)  the United Nations 
C)  the European Union 
D)  Walmart 
E)  the Russian military

Exam 7: Intergovernmental Organizations, International Law, and Nongovernmental Organizations