Question 1

Before World War I,which countries were in the Triple Alliance?

Accepted Answer

A)  Germany,Austria-Hungary,Italy
B)  France,the Soviet Union,Britain
C)  Germany,Austria,Russia
D)  Prussia,Russia,France A

Question 2

In what country did NATO intervene during 2011?

Accepted Answer

A)  Iraq
B)  Syria
C)  Lebanon
D)  Libya D

Question 3

In which of the following ways can institutions help strengthen alliances?

Accepted Answer

A)  Institutions can enable states to signal their commitment to allies.
B)  Institutions can eliminate bandwagoning during war.
C)  Institutions can force allies to honor their commitments.
D)  Institutions can lessen the risk of honoring an alliance commitment. A

Question 4

Has the United Nations made the world a safer place than it would have otherwise been if the organization had never been created? Explain.

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Question 5

Which of the following describes a situation where a state might fail to honor their commitments to an alliance?

Accepted Answer

A)  When the alliance does not include major powers
B)  When states do not have similar cultures
C)  When alliances take the shape of an entente
D)  When a state has recently experienced a regime transition

Question 6

Which of the following is a way that a collective security organization,like the United Nations,could help resolve a commitment problem?

Accepted Answer

A)  The organization can force states to agree to a cease-fire.
B)  The organization can provide international mediators to help negotiate a bargain.
C)  The organization can place peacekeepers between two warring states to reduce the possibility of a surprise attack.
D)  The organization can provide a forum for a peace treaty to be discussed.

Question 7

How does the presence of an alliance alter the bargaining model of war?

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Question 8

Recent tensions in Syria and Ukraine have led which P5 country to use its veto more frequently?

Accepted Answer

A)  The United States
B)  China
C)  France
D)  Russia

Question 9

Which measures can be taken to increase the chance that states honor their commitments to defensive alliances?

Accepted Answer

A)  Alliances can require a financial security deposit.
B)  States can commit to an alliance by issuing public statements that generate abandonment costs.
C)  States can allow third parties to enforce their alliance commitments.
D)  States can use issue linkages to strengthen commitments.

Question 10

How is international peace a public good,and how does this affect the likelihood of peace?

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Question 11

Why is Srebrenica an example of the limitations of United Nations peacekeeping?

Accepted Answer

A)  United Nations peacekeepers could not effectively monitor elections to ensure their fairness.
B)  The United Nations could not convince any countries to contribute troops to a peacekeeping mission in Srebrenica.
C)  United Nations safe havens proved to be breeding grounds for transnational terrorist groups.
D)  United Nations peacekeepers could not prevent Serbian forces from massacring 7,000 Muslim men and boys.

Question 12

What is the difference between peace enforcement and peacekeeping? Which one is more likely to be successful and why?

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Question 13

Which of the following is an example of increased collective security cooperation in the post-Cold War period?

Accepted Answer

A)  An increase in the number of peacekeeping missions approved by the United Nations Security Council
B)  Unanimous Security Council approval for an intervention into the conflict in Darfur
C)  The international response to the Rwandan genocide in 1994
D)  An increase in the rate of terrorism since 1990

Question 14

In 2017,the former Serbian Army military commander,Ratko Mladić,was convicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia for his role in the expulsion and extermination of non-Serbian Bosnians in order to create a Greater Serbian republic.Which of the following terms describes the crimes he was found guilty of?

Accepted Answer

A)  Terrorism
B)  Genocide
C)  Entrapment
D)  Collateral damage

Question 15

Which of the following is an example of genocide?

Accepted Answer

A)  Darfur,where an estimated 400,000 ethnic Darfuris have been killed by government-sponsored militias
B)  Argentina,where the military government from 1976 to 1983 murdered up to 30,000 alleged leftist sympathizers
C)  The Bataan Death March,in which 6,000-11,000 soldiers died from brutal treatment and murder
D)  The war during the 1998-2003 conflict in the Congo,which caused the deaths of over5 million people

Question 16

In which of the following conflicts did the United Nations authorize member states to intervene to protect civilians?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rwanda
B)  Kuwait
C)  Libya
D)  Korea

Question 17

Why did the United States' foreign policy after the terrorist attacks of September 11,2001,negatively affect the United Nations?

Accepted Answer

A)  When the Security Council did not approve an invasion of Iraq,the United States ignored the United Nations and went to war anyway.
B)  The United Nations opposed the war on Afghanistan,but the United States invaded the country anyway.
C)  The United Nations did not approve of the invasion of Iraq but was discredited when it was learned that Iraq had sponsored acts of terrorism against the United States.
D)  U.S.troops found Iraqi weapons of mass destruction that United Nations inspectors had not been able to find.

Question 18

How did the Korean War start?

Accepted Answer

A)  North Korea invaded South Korea,and the United Nations authorized troops to repel the attack.
B)  South Korea invaded North Korea,and the United Nations sent troops to help North Korea.
C)  North Korean soldiers infiltrated South Korea and began a long insurgency to overthrow the government.
D)  China invaded Korea,and the United Nations authorized troops to reverse the attack.

Question 19

Why do alliances form?

Accepted Answer

A)  Powerful countries force weaker countries to join their organizations.
B)  The citizens of member states push for closer relations with other similar states.
C)  An alliance makes members less likely to attack each other.
D)  Two or more states have a common security goal and need more military support than one of them has alone.

Question 20

Why would states risk being dragged into another war by joining an alliance?

Accepted Answer

A)  Since they are in an alliance together,states can trust their allies not to risk a war.
B)  A state can easily leave an alliance if its partners needlessly go to war.
C)  Allies can control what the alliance does,and the alliance will not be dragged into a war without the whole alliance's approval.
D)  States can clearly signal whether they will support their allies if a war begins and will be able to deter enemies from attacking.

Exam 5: International Institutions and War