IR 401- Theories of International Relations
1.
I. Neorealism
II. Realism
III. Neoliberalism
Which of International Relations theories argue(s) that the Structure of the
International System determines behaviors of states?
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I & II
E) II & III
2. Which theory does not examine International Relations through Systemic-level
analysis?
A) Complex interdependency
B) Decision-making Approach
C) Dependency School
D) World System Theory
E) Neorealism
3. Which approach does not accept Multi National Companies as an actor in
International System?
A) Realism
B) Postmodernism
C) Neoliberalism
D) Imperialism E) Globalization Approach
4.
I. Positivism
II. Behavioralism
III. Normative Approach
“Do developed countries have responsibilities towards underdeveloped countries?”
Which approach(es) above may examine this research question?
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I & II
E) I & III
5. On which one below, Behaviorists and Traditionalists does not agree?
A) “Domestic” & “International” distinction in Foreign Policy Analysis
B) Debate on Methodology
C) Positivism & Post-positivism debate
D) Level of Analysis
E) Effect of Power and Norm in IR
6. Which one below is true about Realism’s concept of Hegemony?
A) Hegemony is established and functions based on consent.
B) Hegemonic order starts only after collapse of bipolarity.
C) Lack of hegemonic power causes instability in International System.
D) Hegemonic power exist based on transnational alliance.
E) Even hegemonic power collapses, the institutions it established maintain stability.
7. Which argument below does not belong to the Democratic Peace Theory?
A) Democratic states can intervene to other states in order to spread democracy.
B) Change in domestic politics affects foreign policy.
C) Nations that speak the same language don’t wage war on each other.
D) Increase in number of democratic states maintains peace in internationally.
E) Increase in international trade maintains peace.
8. Which argument below can’t be put forward by Neorealism?
A) Inter-state relations can be analyzed within a rationalist theoretical framework.
B) State is the main actor in international system.
C) States define security through prioritizing their interests.
D) Foreign policy is the extension of states’ domestic politics.
E) International system is anarchic.
9. Which statement below is false about International Relations theories?
A) Idealism, Neorealism and Neoliberalism are based on positivist methodology.
B) Critical theory and Postmodernism are reflectivist theories.
C) Behaviorism and Decision Making Theory are approaches that belong to positivist
times.
D) Neorealism and World System theory are structuralist approaches.
E) System theory and quantitative studies are based on rational epistemology.
10. Which concept-approach-author match up is false?
A) International society- English School- Hedley Bull
B) Power balance- Neorealism-Kenneth Waltz
C) Social forces- Critical Theory-Robert Cox
D) Interdependency- Liberalism-Joseph Nye
E) Security Dilemma-Functionalism-Alexander Wendt
11. Which IR theory below is constructed on the understanding that human nature
is bad?
A) Neoliberalism
B) Realism
C) Functionalism
D) English School
E) Decision-Making Theory
12. Which one of below isn’t an approach of critical theory towards the problem of
hegemony?
A) Hegemony is a matter of classes not states.
B) Globalization is executed by transnational class.
C) Hegemony is established as a process of relations of production.
D) Hegemony is based on consent
E) Global system becomes stable under hegemony of a single state.
13) Which argument below can be made by Democratic Peace Theory?
A) Environmental outcomes that wars produce push states to seek for alternative ways.
B) Pressure that public opinion creates, prevent states from using power.
C) Power balance among democratic states prevents wars.
D) Bipolarity sustains international stability.
E) Economic self-sufficiency of states promotes international peace.
14) Which argument below doesn’t belong to Liberalism?
A) Democratic states don’t wage war on each other.
B) International Relations is a Europe-centered discipline.
C) Increase in international trade fosters interdependency.
D) International institutions promote cooperation among states.
E) State is a rational actor.
15) Which argument below can’t be made by critical theory?
A) Separation of domestic and international politics is a way for power holder to maintain
dominance.
B) Hegemony can’t be established only through economic and military power.
C) State-centered security perception is reductionist.
D) States aren’t reason of wars, but structure of International System.
E) State and Society should be examined as two separate structures.
16. Which statement is not a key assumption of Realism?
A) States are units of action
B) National interest defined in terms of power
C) International system is anarchic
D) Absolute gains
E) Actors are rational
17) “___________________________________ is usually credited with being the first writer
in the realist tradition as well as the founding father of the International
Relations”.
A) Hans Morgenthau
B) E. H. Carr
C) Thucydides
D) Kenneth Waltz
E) Machiavelli
18) Which term cannot be associated with Realist approach to international
relations?
A) Self-interest
B) Necessity
C) Power
D) Virtue
E) Anarchy
19) “The prudent state acts before its neighbors become a serious threat”.
Which Realist approach is based on such statement?
A) Offensive Realism
B) Classical Realism
C) Structural Realism
D) Defensive Realism
E) Neorealism
20) “The use of mathematical, diagrammatic, and symbolic methods in the
study of problems in international relations.”
Which approach in International Relations may not be based on such method?
A) Game Theory
B) Rational Choice
C) Formal Theory
D) Neorealism
E) Expected Utility
21) Which statement is not a contribution of Game Theory in international
relations?
a) The provision for motivational foundation for action.
b) An explanation of strategic behavior.
c) An ability to integrate other theories and approaches
d) Unquestionable knowledge
e) Insights into methodological issues influencing analyses of decision making
22) Which one below is not a major assumption of Expected Utility Model in
international relations?
A) Unitary actor
B) Purposiveness
C) Probability
D) Prospects
E) Payoffs
23) In Game Theory, _________________________ is a solution that people will tend to
use in the absence of communication, because it seems natural, special, or
relevant to them. It is described as, "(It is) for each person’s expectation of
what the other expects him to expect to be expected to do.”
Which term should fill the blank?
A) Focal Point
B) Rational Point
C) Expected Utility Point
D) Prospect Point
E) Nash Equilibrium
24) The Melian Dialogue may be used as an example of which key concept in
international relations?
A) Deterrence
B) Anarchy
C) Alliance
D) Interest
E) War
25. “A set of relationships that are not based on coercion or compellence and
that are legitimized by the mutual consent of members.”
Here, which key concept in international relations is defined?
A) Interest
B) Anarchy
C) Cooperation
D) Democracy
E) Justice
26. Pax-Britannica may be used as an example of which concept in
international relations?
A) Hegemonic justice
B) Hegemonic stability
C) Hegemonic balance
D) Hegemonic anarchy
E) Hegemonic shift
27) Which book-author match up is false?
A) Hans Morgenthau- Politics Among Nations
B) Hedley Bull- Anarchical Society
C) Robert Keohane- Twenty Years’ Crisis
D) Kenneth Waltz- Theory of International Politics
E) Alexander Wendt- Social Theory of International Politics
28) Which concept-approach-author match up is false?
A) Spill over-Neofunctionalism-Ernst Haas
B) Complex interdependence-Neoliberal Institutionalism-Robert Keohane
C) Distribution of capabilities-Neorealism-Kenneth Waltz
D) Deterrence-Rational Choice-Hans Morgenthau
E) Identification-Social Constructivism-Alexander Wendt
29) European Union is the typical example of which concept in international
relations?
A) Security Community
B) Supranational Authority
C) Justice League
D) Complex interdependence
E) Collective security
30. “Collaboration is both essential and possible, through a cooperative
learning process, to replace mutual suspicion with growing trust that would
extend to sectors beyond that in which integration was already taking place.”
Which concept-author matches up with this statement correctly?
A) Complex-interdependence – Joseph Nye
B) World Order – Hedley Bull
C) Ramification – David Mitrany
D) Differentiation of Units – Kenneth Waltz
E) Reputation – Thomas Schelling
31. Which one below was not mentioned by Joseph Nye when he talks about
“integrative potential?”
a) Symmetry or economic equality of units
b) Elite-value complementarity
c) Religious-homogeneity
d) Existence of pluralism
e) Capacity of member states to adopt and respond
32. According to Karl Deutch, political systems endure as a result of their
ability to ____________________________ .
Which statement may not be used to fill the blank?
A) To abstract and to code incoming information into appropriate symbols
B) To aggregate symbols according to message source
C) To store coded symbols
D) To disassociate certain important information from the rest
E) To recall stored information when needed
33. “___________________________ is a set of mutual expectations, rules and
regulations, plans or organizational entities, and financial commitments that
have been accepted by a group of states.”
Which international relations concept is defined above?
A) Complex interdependce
B) Pluralistic security community
C) International regime
D) Ordering principle
E) International Organization
33. Which one below is not one of the underlying and unifying societal
goals for Hedley Bull?
a. Life
b. Promise
c. Justice
d. Property
34. “A System in which one state asserts and maintains paramountcy or
supremacy over others.”
This system of states is called what?
A) International states system
B) Sovereign states system
C) Suzerain states system
D) Supremacist states system
35. Which one may not be considered as one of the “goals of the
international society?”
a. Preservation of the system and society of states itself
b. Goal of maintaining the independence or external sovereignty of
individual states (subordinate to the first goal)
c. Goal of justice
d. Goal of peace
e. Goal to protect common to all social life
36. Which author’s ideas were not used as part of developing “idea of
international society” by Hedley Bull?
a. Thomas Hobbes –Realism
b. Kant – Universalism
c. John Stuart Mill – Liberalism
d. Hugo Grotious – Rationalism
37. “_____________________ is the idea that states are like a "society of individuals".
It makes the presumption that relations between individuals and relations
between states are the same.”
Fill the blank with correct international relations concept.
A) Complex interdependence
B) Social constructivism
C) Domestic analogy
D) Anarchical society
E) Cosmopolitanism
38. What are the primary levels-of-analysis in international relations?
a. Individual-state-international system
b. Bureaucracy-state-international organizations
c. Individual-state-war
d. Bureaucracy-state-international system
e. State-International Organizations-International Law
39. While developing his constructivist theory for international relations,
Alexander Wendt imported many crucial ideas from other disciplines. Which
theory-author was not among the inspirations for Wendt?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Symbolic Interactionism (Berger and Luckmann)
Exploitation (Karl Marx)
Structuration Theory (Anthony Giddens)
Scientific Realism (Roy Bhaskar)
Identification (Tajfel and Turner)
39. Which theory of international relations may not be considered as a
predecessor for social constructivism?
A) Neofunctionalism
B) English school
C) Neoliberal institutionalism
D) World systems theory
E) Collective security
40. What is the key concept for Alexander Wendt’s social constructivism?
a. Identity
b. Interest
c. Power
d. Anarchy
e. Justice