Ch20 International Organisations In World Test Bank Docx

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Title: Chapter 20 - Question 01

01) In this chapter, an IO refers to an intergovernmental organization.

a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 20 - Question 02

02) The first modern IOs were often ‘apolitical’ organizations.

a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 20- Question 03

03) ‘Emanation’ refers to the dissolution of IOs.

a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 20 - Question 04

04) Multilateralism must include policy coordination among at least three states.

a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 20 - Question 05

05) The basis of the authority granted to the IMF by its member states is moral.

a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 20 - Question 06

06) According to neoliberal institutionalists…

a. international organizations have no independent effect on world politics.

b. international organizations help shape what is possible and socially accepted at the international level.

c. states can use international organizations as a means of international cooperation that benefits all states.

d. international organizations extend capitalism globally through their programmes and policies in order to reinforce the power of capitalist states and elites.

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Title: Chapter 20 - Question 07

07) The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is an example of what kind of actor?

a. Private organization.

b. Hybrid international organization

c. For-profit organization

d. Civil society organization

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Title: Chapter 20 - Question 08

08) What makes IOs legitimate actors in world politics?

a. They have moral authority.

b. They have technical expertise.

c. They are created by the UN.

d. They have moral authority and/or technical expertise.

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Title: Chapter 20 - Question 09

09) The Congress of Vienna…

a. Was a 1815 meeting at which states sought to agree upon the rules of diplomacy.

b. Was intended to prevent imperialism inside Europe.

c. Began a series of regular meetings as part of diplomatic life, which became known as the Concert of Europe.

d. All of the answers given are correct.

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Title: Chapter 20 - Question 10

10) Gramscian approaches argue that…

a. IOs operate on behalf of a hegemonic bloc of global elites in powerful industrialized states to construct dominant ideas that reinforce their material interests.

b. The World Bank’s widely read annual World Development Report creates a model of economic development to be emulated.

c. Combinations of coercion and ‘consent’ work to cement the hegemony of organized capitalism.

d. All of the answers given are correct.

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Title: Chapter 20 - Question 11

11) What theory examines how international organizations spread new norms that become accepted practice among states in the international system?

a. Rational choice.

b. Marxism.

c. Liberalism.

d. Social constructivism.

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Title: Chapter 20 - Question 12

12) The principal–agent model…

a. recognizes a relationship between member states (the principal) and the IO (the agent), in which member states empower the IO to act on their behalf.

b. recognizes a relationship between the IO (the principal) and its member states (the agent), in which member states empower the IO to act on their behalf.

c. stresses the moral drivers of the behaviour of staff and management.

d. is an application of the rationalist foundations of the social constructivist approach.

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Title: Chapter 20 - Question 13

13) In 2018, how many IOs existed worldwide?

a. 372

b. 3,129

c. 7,726

d. 10,812

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Title: Chapter 20 - Question 14

14) All of the following are true of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), except…

a. It was created in 1964 by UN General Assembly Resolution XIX to promote international trade.

b. It was seen by developing countries as a challenge to the dominance of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).

c. It was successful in obtaining consensus and achieving the New International Economic Order (NIEO).

d. Its creation resulted from a push by elites from the Global South for a more equitable world.

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Title: Chapter 20 - Question 15

15) All of the following are true of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, except…

a. It was established by China in 2016.

b. The United States has succeeded in persuading many of its allies, such as the UK, Australia, and South Korea, not to become members.

c. It was opposed by the United States, which saw it as a direct threat to its hegemony of the international system.

d. It is a multilateral development bank.