Which of the following illustrates industry efforts to resist free trade policies?
A)negotiation of a 350 percent tariff on foreign tobacco by the US tobacco industry
B)requirement that banks provide home loans for foreign applicants
C)advocacy by Verizon for the United States to join the World Trade Organization
D)pressure by Microsoft to reduce quotas on computer chips produced in China
Question -2-The decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Chevron U.S.A., Inc v. National Resources Defense Council, Incdemonstrates the tendency of the courts to __________.
A)uphold the judgments of the executive branch
B)rule using their ideology as guide
C)favor Congress over the executive branch
D)make rulings on fundamentally political questions
Question -3-What benefitsdid Hillary Clinton derive from serving on the team of Obama, her former competitor, when she decided to run for the presidency in 2016?
A)She got the opportunity to declare her candidacy two years before the 2016 election cycle and amass a huge warchest.
B)She had time to convince other potential challengers to stay out of the race and to build her presidential operation.
C)She achieved frontrunner status two years beforeannouncing her candidacy and effectively sidelined potential challengers, including Joe Biden.
D)She was able to develop policy positions that were in stark in contrast to those of the administration and keep challengers out of the race.
Question -4-Which of the following would be considered an example of a government corporation?
A)Amtrak
B) NASA
C) US Postal Service
D) Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Question -5-What does the reduction of barriers in international trade encourage?
A)differentiation in economic activities in which states have high levels of taxes
B)diversification in economic activities in states with low levels of regulation
C)specialization in economic activities in which states have a comparative advantage
D)deregulation in economic activities in which states have no comparative advantage
Question -6-The source of many of the confrontations between the executive branch and the judiciary is cases in which __________.
A)the president has directly tried to implement policy without the bureaucracy
B)a particular agency's interpretation of a law is called into dispute
C)the president and Congress agree on the meaning and intent of policy
D)the president has ordered the bureaucracy to begin executing a law that is yet to be passed by Congress
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