When some kinds of information are screened out and not considered by decision makers, this referred to as?

Related Mcqs:

1. The rational actor model of foreign policy decision making states that each decision in the foreign policy process involves?

   A. setting goals.
   B. calculating the cost and benefits of each possible course of action.
   C. evaluating the relative importance of goals.
   D. all of these: setting goals, evaluating their relative importance, and calculating the costs and benefits of each possible course of action.

2. In the rational model of decision making.

   A. ordering goals by importance precedes listing alternatives to achieve goals.
   B. investigating the consequences of alternatives precedes ordering goals by importance.
   C. ordering goals by importance precedes clarifying goals.
   D. there is no emphasis on the relative costs and benefits of each option.

3. In the ________ model of decision making, emphasis is placed on standard operating procedures.

   A. groupthink
   B. bureaucratic politics
   C. organizational process
   D. cognitive dissonance

4. The __________ model explains foreign policy decision making as a result of bargaining among the various government agencies that have somewhat divergent interests and responsibilities in the outcome.

   A. government bargaining
   B. rational actor
   C. organizational process
   D. interagency

5. Information screens:

   A. are filters used by governments to sift through the vast amounts of public data to find information relevant to national security issues.
   B. are conscious blocks of certain forms of information that run counter to a state’s official domestic or foreign policy.
   C. are subconscious filters through which people put the information coming in about the world around them.
   D. occur when groups reach decisions without accurately assessing their consequences.

6. Which type of feminist finds important differences between men and women that are arbitrary and flexible?

   A. liberal
   B. difference
   C. postmodern
   D. standpoint

7. Democratic governments are least likely to fight?

   A. communist governments.
   B. other democratic governments.
   C. authoritarian regimes.
   D. military dictatorships.

8. One very important class in revolutions during the past century (contrary to Karl Marx’s expectations) has been that of?

   A. workers.
   B. peasants.
   C. white-collar workers.
   D. militarists.

9. What are Kant’s Three Articles of Perpetual Peace?
   i. The civil constitution of every state shall be republican
   ii. The civil constitution of every state shall be democratic
   iii.The Right of Nations shall be based on a Federation of Free States
   iv. Cosmopolitanism Right shall be limited to Conditions of Universal Hospitality?

   A. i, iii, iv
   B. i, ii, iii
   C. i, ii, iv
   D. ii, iii, iv

10. According to David Held what would a ‘cosmopolitan model of democracy’ entail?

    A. The creation of regional parliaments
    B. Human rights conventions must be entrenched into national parliaments and monitored by a new International Court of Human Rights.
    C. Reform and/or replacement of the UN with a more accountable global parliament
    D. All of the above