Question 1

Which of the following did not imperil the Schlieffen Plan?

Accepted Answer

A) Russia's winter was cold and they were unable to mount an attack. 
B) Belgian troops delayed German forces longer than expected. 
C) Allied forces were reinforced surprisingly quickly by British forces. 
D) The Russian army was able to mount an attack on the eastern front quicker than expected. 
A) Russia's winter was cold and they were unable to mount an attack. 
B) Belgian troops delayed German forces longer than expected. 
C) Allied forces were reinforced surprisingly quickly by British forces. 
D) The Russian army was able to mount an attack on the eastern front quicker than expected. A

Question 2

What does the rational action model assume about all foreign policy actors?

Accepted Answer

A) The model assumes that all foreign policy actors have a clear goal. 
B) The model assumes that all foreign policy actors have a clear strategy. 
C) The model assumes that all foreign policy actors have a clear conscience. 
D) The model assumes that all foreign policy actors have a clear conviction. 
A) The model assumes that all foreign policy actors have a clear goal. 
B) The model assumes that all foreign policy actors have a clear strategy. 
C) The model assumes that all foreign policy actors have a clear conscience. 
D) The model assumes that all foreign policy actors have a clear conviction. A

Question 3

What do researchers who focus on the role of bureaucracies in foreign policy agree on?

Accepted Answer

A) Bureaucracies operate in a manner that deviates from the rational model of decision making. 
B) Bureaucracies have little influence on foreign policy decisions. 
C) Bureaucracies work in a highly coordinated manner to implement foreign policy aims. 
D) Bureaucracies are dominated by legislative and judicial foreign policy decision makers. 
A) Bureaucracies operate in a manner that deviates from the rational model of decision making. 
B) Bureaucracies have little influence on foreign policy decisions. 
C) Bureaucracies work in a highly coordinated manner to implement foreign policy aims. 
D) Bureaucracies are dominated by legislative and judicial foreign policy decision makers. A

Question 4

The phrase, "you, as commander-in-chief, can do what you wish with the military, but you cannot pay for it with public funds," refers to the congressional oversight known as which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) The power of the purse 
B) The balance of power 
C) The Johnson Treatment 
D) The War Powers Resolution 
A) The power of the purse 
B) The balance of power 
C) The Johnson Treatment 
D) The War Powers Resolution

Question 5

After President Obama and his advisors learned of Osama bin Laden's whereabouts in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad, which two difficult choices did they have to make?

Accepted Answer

A) Should they tell the American public and, if so, before or after they got him? 
B) When to tell the world about bin Laden's assassination and where they should bury the body 
C) When to attack and how 
D) Whether to limit casualties and whether to document the occasion for history 
A) Should they tell the American public and, if so, before or after they got him? 
B) When to tell the world about bin Laden's assassination and where they should bury the body 
C) When to attack and how 
D) Whether to limit casualties and whether to document the occasion for history

Question 6

Describe the influence of the three branches of U.S. government on U.S. foreign policy. Which one is most influential, and why?

Accepted Answer

The three branches of the U.S. governmen

Question 7

What are standard operating procedures?

Accepted Answer

A) The ways agencies make decisions by adapting to a particular issue 
B) How organizations always perform the same function in response to the same issue 
C) The way leaders only discuss the decision within a small group of advisors 
D) The committees that oversee foreign policy decision making 
A) The ways agencies make decisions by adapting to a particular issue 
B) How organizations always perform the same function in response to the same issue 
C) The way leaders only discuss the decision within a small group of advisors 
D) The committees that oversee foreign policy decision making

Question 8

What has been the most far reaching consequence of the Pinochet case?

Accepted Answer

A) That prosecutors and judges have become increasingly willing to bring to trial former state leaders who have committed abuses and then travelled outside their own countries 
B) That foreign leaders have refused to engage in foreign policy making 
C) That the courts have gotten the power to declare war 
D) That prosecutors and judges have been removed from office en masse when in violation of international law that prohibits domestic courts from arresting former state leaders 
A) That prosecutors and judges have become increasingly willing to bring to trial former state leaders who have committed abuses and then travelled outside their own countries 
B) That foreign leaders have refused to engage in foreign policy making 
C) That the courts have gotten the power to declare war 
D) That prosecutors and judges have been removed from office en masse when in violation of international law that prohibits domestic courts from arresting former state leaders

Question 9

Which of the following is true about the role that U.S. domestic courts have had in influencing foreign affairs?

Accepted Answer

A) The courts have been very active. 
B) The courts have never been a factor. 
C) The courts have played a minimal role. 
D) While the courts have been active in the past, they are virtually irrelevant today. 
A) The courts have been very active. 
B) The courts have never been a factor. 
C) The courts have played a minimal role. 
D) While the courts have been active in the past, they are virtually irrelevant today.

Question 10

What did the U.S. Supreme Court rule in the case of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2004))?

Accepted Answer

A) The court argued that Secretary of State Rumsfeld overstepped his powers by allowing the torture of this Syrian citizen. 
B) The court rejected Hamdan's arguments that, as a U.S. citizen, he had legal rights that protected him from detention without trial. 
C) The court agreed that Hamdan could sue the U.S. government for medical damages he obtained on the battlefield in Afghanistan. 
D) The court supported Hamdan's view that, as a U.S. citizen, he had legal rights that needed to be protected. 
A) The court argued that Secretary of State Rumsfeld overstepped his powers by allowing the torture of this Syrian citizen. 
B) The court rejected Hamdan's arguments that, as a U.S. citizen, he had legal rights that protected him from detention without trial. 
C) The court agreed that Hamdan could sue the U.S. government for medical damages he obtained on the battlefield in Afghanistan. 
D) The court supported Hamdan's view that, as a U.S. citizen, he had legal rights that needed to be protected.

Question 11

Who was the person who leaked a large trove of secret U.S. government information that was later published by Wikileaks?

Accepted Answer

A) Vice President Joe Biden 
B) Director of the CIA Leon Panetta 
C) U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch 
D) Soldier Chelsea Manning 
A) Vice President Joe Biden 
B) Director of the CIA Leon Panetta 
C) U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch 
D) Soldier Chelsea Manning

Question 12

How can psychology help us to understand foreign policy decision making? How is the application of psychology to foreign policy decision making limited?

Accepted Answer

Psychology can help us understand foreig

Question 13

What does one important finding of prospect theory suggest about individuals?

Accepted Answer

A) Individuals are more willing to take risks to achieve a gain than to avoid a loss. 
B) Individuals are unable to make a rational decision in a moment of crisis. 
C) Individuals never waver from cost-benefit analysis. 
D) Individuals are more willing to take risks to avoid a loss than to achieve a gain. 
A) Individuals are more willing to take risks to achieve a gain than to avoid a loss. 
B) Individuals are unable to make a rational decision in a moment of crisis. 
C) Individuals never waver from cost-benefit analysis. 
D) Individuals are more willing to take risks to avoid a loss than to achieve a gain.

Question 14

Where did the crisis that occurred between the Soviet Union and the United States in 1962, and nearly precipitated a nuclear war between the two superpowers, take place?

Accepted Answer

A) Berlin, West Germany 
B) Cuba 
C) Afghanistan 
D) North Korea 
A) Berlin, West Germany 
B) Cuba 
C) Afghanistan 
D) North Korea

Question 15

When people look at actors they mistrust, they are likely to justify negative behavior to bad intensions; this concept is known as which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) Diversification error 
B) Imperfect rationality 
C) Misperception error 
D) Fundamental attribution bias 
A) Diversification error 
B) Imperfect rationality 
C) Misperception error 
D) Fundamental attribution bias

Question 16

When looking at the authority of a leader to declare war, in comparison to the U.S. president, which of the following is true of the German Chancellor?

Accepted Answer

A) The German Chancellor is much more powerful than the U.S. president and can declare war unilaterally. 
B) The German Chancellor has about the same amount of power as the U.S. president, and while she can deploy troops, she has to wait for parliament to declare war. 
C) The German Chancellor has less authority than the U.S. present and cannot even deploy troops without the approval of the parliament. 
D) In Germany, the Chancellor controls the government coffers, while only the German monarch can declare war. In contrast, the U.S. has no monarch. 
A) The German Chancellor is much more powerful than the U.S. president and can declare war unilaterally. 
B) The German Chancellor has about the same amount of power as the U.S. president, and while she can deploy troops, she has to wait for parliament to declare war. 
C) The German Chancellor has less authority than the U.S. present and cannot even deploy troops without the approval of the parliament. 
D) In Germany, the Chancellor controls the government coffers, while only the German monarch can declare war. In contrast, the U.S. has no monarch.

Question 17

Given the emphasis on the status quo by prospect theory, which of the following is most likely true?

Accepted Answer

A) In international trade, actors may find it easier to agree on how to share the losses than on how to distribute the gains from trade. 
B) In international trade, actors may find it easier to come to a trade agreement in which both sides equally gain. 
C) In international trade, actors may find it easier to agree on how to distribute the benefits from a trade agreement than on how to share the losses. 
D) In international trade, actors may find it easier to walk away from a trade deal when it is clearly not in their favor. 
A) In international trade, actors may find it easier to agree on how to share the losses than on how to distribute the gains from trade. 
B) In international trade, actors may find it easier to come to a trade agreement in which both sides equally gain. 
C) In international trade, actors may find it easier to agree on how to distribute the benefits from a trade agreement than on how to share the losses. 
D) In international trade, actors may find it easier to walk away from a trade deal when it is clearly not in their favor.

Question 18

According to the U.S. Constitution, the president is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces; however, however he cannot declare a war. What gives Congress the authority to declare war?

Accepted Answer

A) The Appropriations Bill 
B) The War Powers Resolution 
C) The Pentagon Papers 
D) The Kyoto Agreement 
A) The Appropriations Bill 
B) The War Powers Resolution 
C) The Pentagon Papers 
D) The Kyoto Agreement

Question 19

The phrase, "where you stand depends on where you sit," is associated with which foreign policy decision-making model?

Accepted Answer

A) The rational action model 
B) The expected utility model 
C) The organizational model 
D) The bureaucratic politics model 
A) The rational action model 
B) The expected utility model 
C) The organizational model 
D) The bureaucratic politics model

Question 20

How do the lessons of history influence decision making?

Accepted Answer

A) The lessons of history always lead to bad decisions. 
B) Decision makers carefully review history to discover the relevant lessons and apply those lessons that are most pertinent, leading to optimal decision making. 
C) Decision makers view their current problems in light of only a few historical events and are unable to conduct a broad, open-minded search for the historical lessons that apply best to any particular circumstance. 
D) History does not influence decision making. 
A) The lessons of history always lead to bad decisions. 
B) Decision makers carefully review history to discover the relevant lessons and apply those lessons that are most pertinent, leading to optimal decision making. 
C) Decision makers view their current problems in light of only a few historical events and are unable to conduct a broad, open-minded search for the historical lessons that apply best to any particular circumstance. 
D) History does not influence decision making.

Which of the following did not imperil the Schlieffen Plan?

What does the rational action model assume about all foreign policy actors?

What do researchers who focus on the role of bureaucracies in foreign policy agree on?

The phrase, "you, as commander-in-chief, can do what you wish with the military, but you cannot pay for it with public funds," refers to the congressional oversight known as which of the following?

After President Obama and his advisors learned of Osama bin Laden's whereabouts in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad, which two difficult choices did they have to make?

Describe the influence of the three branches of U.S. government on U.S. foreign policy. Which one is most influential, and why?

What are standard operating procedures?

What has been the most far reaching consequence of the Pinochet case?

Which of the following is true about the role that U.S. domestic courts have had in influencing foreign affairs?

What did the U.S. Supreme Court rule in the case of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2004))?

Who was the person who leaked a large trove of secret U.S. government information that was later published by Wikileaks?

How can psychology help us to understand foreign policy decision making? How is the application of psychology to foreign policy decision making limited?

What does one important finding of prospect theory suggest about individuals?

Where did the crisis that occurred between the Soviet Union and the United States in 1962, and nearly precipitated a nuclear war between the two superpowers, take place?

When people look at actors they mistrust, they are likely to justify negative behavior to bad intensions; this concept is known as which of the following?

When looking at the authority of a leader to declare war, in comparison to the U.S. president, which of the following is true of the German Chancellor?

Given the emphasis on the status quo by prospect theory, which of the following is most likely true?

According to the U.S. Constitution, the president is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces; however, however he cannot declare a war. What gives Congress the authority to declare war?

The phrase, "where you stand depends on where you sit," is associated with which foreign policy decision-making model?

How do the lessons of history influence decision making?

Introduction: Problems and Questions in International Politics

The Historical Evolution of International Politics

Theories of International Relations: Realism and Liberalism

Theories of International Relations: Economic Structuralism, Constructivism, and Feminism

The State, Society, and Foreign Policy

International Organizations and Transnational Actors

International Insecurity and the Causes of War and Peace

The Use of Force

Fundamentals of International Political Economy

The Globalization of Trade and Finance

The Problem of Global Inequality

International Law, Norms, and Human Rights

The Global Environment and International Politics

Conclusion: Power and Purpose in a Changing World

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Exam 6: Bureaucracies, Groups, and Individuals in the Foreign Policy Process

Which of the following did not imperil the Schlieffen Plan?

What does the rational action model assume about all foreign policy actors?

What do researchers who focus on the role of bureaucracies in foreign policy agree on?

The phrase, "you, as commander-in-chief, can do what you wish with the military, but you cannot pay for it with public funds," refers to the congressional oversight known as which of the following?

After President Obama and his advisors learned of Osama bin Laden's whereabouts in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad, which two difficult choices did they have to make?

Describe the influence of the three branches of U.S. government on U.S. foreign policy. Which one is most influential, and why?

What are standard operating procedures?

What has been the most far reaching consequence of the Pinochet case?

Which of the following is true about the role that U.S. domestic courts have had in influencing foreign affairs?

What did the U.S. Supreme Court rule in the case of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2004))?

Who was the person who leaked a large trove of secret U.S. government information that was later published by Wikileaks?

How can psychology help us to understand foreign policy decision making? How is the application of psychology to foreign policy decision making limited?

What does one important finding of prospect theory suggest about individuals?

Where did the crisis that occurred between the Soviet Union and the United States in 1962, and nearly precipitated a nuclear war between the two superpowers, take place?

When people look at actors they mistrust, they are likely to justify negative behavior to bad intensions; this concept is known as which of the following?

When looking at the authority of a leader to declare war, in comparison to the U.S. president, which of the following is true of the German Chancellor?

Given the emphasis on the status quo by prospect theory, which of the following is most likely true?

According to the U.S. Constitution, the president is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces; however, however he cannot declare a war. What gives Congress the authority to declare war?

The phrase, "where you stand depends on where you sit," is associated with which foreign policy decision-making model?

How do the lessons of history influence decision making?

Introduction: Problems and Questions in International Politics

The Historical Evolution of International Politics

Theories of International Relations: Realism and Liberalism

Theories of International Relations: Economic Structuralism, Constructivism, and Feminism

The State, Society, and Foreign Policy

International Organizations and Transnational Actors

International Insecurity and the Causes of War and Peace

The Use of Force

Fundamentals of International Political Economy

The Globalization of Trade and Finance

The Problem of Global Inequality

International Law, Norms, and Human Rights

The Global Environment and International Politics

Conclusion: Power and Purpose in a Changing World

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