Day-to-day operating authority for public schools is delegated to local governments in all but two ...

Day-to-day operating authority for public schools is delegated to local governments in all but two states.
 
  a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

 Q. 2

Which of the following statements about HIV/AIDS in South Africa is NOT true?
 
  a. Over 10 percent of the South African population is HIV-positive.
  b. Over 4 million South Africans have already died of HIV/AIDS.
  c. One of the first acts of the Mandela government was to initiate a public awareness campaign to promote awareness of HIV/AIDS and how to prevent its spread.
  d. Government efforts to address the HIV/AIDS pandemic were severely hindered during the Mbeki government chiefly because the president adopted the position that there was no link between HIV and AIDS.
  e. In 2002, the Constitutional Court ruled that the government had to provide antiretroviral drugs for HIV/AIDS patients, thus overruling a government policy to stop such treatment.

 Q. 3

Ninety percent of the nation's primary and secondary school systems are operated by independent school districts, but cities, counties, towns, or townships run the schools in some states.
 
  a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

 Q. 4

Opinion polls indicate that
 
  a. most South Africans are more likely to trust the national government rather than the provincial or municipal authorities.
  b. there continues to be a very high level of satisfaction with democracy among all groups.
  c. White South Africans are more likely than any other group to feel that race relations have improved since 1994.
  d. only a small minority of South Africans believe that race relations have not changed significantly since 1994.
  e. There is a small majority that feels post-apartheid democracy has failed to produce economic benefits.

 Q. 5

Approximately fifteen percent of all teachers quit their jobs each year.
 
  a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

 Q. 6

Which of the following is NOT a potential effect of South Africa's list proportional representation electoral system?
 
  a. Parties have a tendency to adopt policies that will appeal to a large segment of the electorate.
  b. Parliament tends to be unduly deferential to the executive.
  c. Candidates don't run on their personal characteristics but rather their party affiliation.
  d. Party loyalty of members of parliament is high.
  e. Two parties are likely to be dominant.

 Q. 7

Researchers have found that U.S. children start the first grade with greater academic skills than their Asian counterparts, whose parents give them a head start by regularly working with them at home before they enter school.
 
  a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false