Which of the following statements about political information is true?
a. It is critical and rational to obtain information even when our influence on the choice is effectively nil.
b. Most Americans prefer to rely only on people they know personally if they are going to engage in free riding.
c. We avoid incurring information costs by delegating opinion formation to reliable agents chosen for that purpose.
d. Few cognitive shortcuts are available to people because there is a shortage of people interested in gathering and disseminating political information.
c. We avoid incurring information costs by delegating opinion formation to reliable agents chosen for that purpose.
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Chief Justice Roger B. Taney invoked which of the following to protect the power of the states?
A) the "necessary and proper" clause B) the supremacy clause C) the Tenth Amendment D) the "privileges and immunities" clause E) the equal protection clause
Which of the following statements about the Senior Executive Service is LEAST accurate?
A. Members of the SES currently fill most of the top managerial positions in the federal bureaucracy. B. It was established to give federal agencies greater freedom from the presidency. C. Instead of working their entire careers at one agency, senior executives may be transferred to another agency where their skills are needed more. D. It is staffed by persons who specialize in managing public agencies. E. There are over 6,000 members of the SES in the government today.