Chapter 10 Quiz

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1. The two basic ways an executive can be structured are:

a. Hybrid and Competitive Authoritarian correct incorrect

b. Presidential and parliamentary correct incorrect

c. Traditional and Innovative correct incorrect

d. Unicameral and Bicameral correct incorrect

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2. Which of the following countries has a democratically elected executive system that combines elements of presidentialism and parliamentarism?

a. Croatia correct incorrect

b. Colombia correct incorrect

c. France correct incorrect

d. Italy correct incorrect

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3. In many European democracies, monarchs are:

a. Heads of state correct incorrect

b. Heads of government correct incorrect

c. Democratically elected correct incorrect

d. Illegitimate usurpers of democratic rights correct incorrect

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4. Which of the following is a reason given by Juan Linz for favoring parliamentarism over presidentialism?

a. Presidentialism is winner-take-all correct incorrect

b. Presidentialism features direct election of candidates. correct incorrect

c. Presidentialism is antiquated, whereas parliamentarism is modern correct incorrect

d. Presidentialism is too pro-American correct incorrect

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5. Which of the following is considered a formal power that some executives might have?

a. Authority to issue a veto correct incorrect

b. Authority to shape public opinion correct incorrect

c. Charisma of the office correct incorrect

d. The bully pulpit correct incorrect

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6. Which of the following countries is not a parliamentary democracy?

a. United States correct incorrect

b. United Kingdom correct incorrect

c. Canada correct incorrect

d. India correct incorrect

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7. Which of the following characterizes minimum range coalitions?

a. Minimizing the number of parties in a coalition correct incorrect

b. Minimizing the distance between parties in a coalition correct incorrect

c. Minimizing the number of spaces between parties in a coalition correct incorrect

d. Minimizing the number of seats the coalition holds above a majority correct incorrect

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8. Some systems in which multiple different social groups are given representation in the executive are called:

a. Authoritarian polities correct incorrect

b. Consociational democracies correct incorrect

c. Groupist democracies correct incorrect

d. Parliamentary democracies correct incorrect

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9. Which of the following is not typically part of the executive branch?

a. Judiciaries correct incorrect

b. Presidents correct incorrect

c. Prime Ministers correct incorrect

d. Ministers Appointed by Presidents or Prime Ministers correct incorrect

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10. The constructive vote of no confidence, as used in Germany, is designed to prevent what problem?

a. The destructive vote of confidence correct incorrect

b. Prorogation correct incorrect

c. Repeated collapse of governments correct incorrect

d. Resolving mixed-member systems into unified ones correct incorrect

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11. Which of the following kinds of coalition does not deliberately consider where parties are on the policy spectrum?

a. Minimum winning coalition correct incorrect

b. Minimum connected winning coalition correct incorrect

c. Minimum range coalition correct incorrect

d. Median party coalition correct incorrect

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12. Which of the following is a substantive theoretical critique offered by Mainwaring and Shugart to Linz's argument?

a. Presidentialism happens to predominate in wealthier countries correct incorrect

b. Theoretically, presidentialism might be just as good as parliamentarism correct incorrect

c. Parliamentarism happens to predominate in wealthier countries correct incorrect

d. Presidentialism and parliamentarism can both be “winner takes all” correct incorrect

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13. Which of the following polities is known for having a relatively unstable parliamentary system?

a. Italy correct incorrect

b. France correct incorrect

c. United Kingdom correct incorrect

d. United States correct incorrect

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14. Partisan powers of executives will be weakest when which is true?

a. The media is independent. correct incorrect

b. Most politicians are members of parties. correct incorrect

c. Legislators are chosen by party lists. correct incorrect

d. Legislators are directly and individually elected. correct incorrect

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15. Which of the following could be considered an institutional constraint on executive power?

a. Packing the courts correct incorrect

b. Democratic political culture correct incorrect

c. Separation of powers between levels of government correct incorrect

d. Dissolution of the legislature by the executive correct incorrect