Practice Test: Multilateralism, Aid, and UNGA Voting
Practice test on institutional setting, causal mechanisms, and implications of aid-linked voting.
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1 How are UNGA resolutions described in the article?
- Binding military directives
- Non-binding resolutions
- Trade agreements
- Secret bilateral treaties
The article describes UNGA resolutions as non-binding, making the forum useful for studying symbolic but politically important voting.
2 The article presents the UNGA as a setting where formal equality may still be shaped by informal power.
- True
- False
True. A key theme is that multilateral institutions can be formally democratic while still reflecting the influence of powerful states.
3 What does the article’s strategic statistical model aim to estimate? Select all that apply.
Select all that apply
- Voting preferences
- Vulnerability to influence
- Credibility of linkage
- Number of UN member states
The model is designed to estimate theoretical quantities that are not directly observable: preferences, vulnerability, and credibility.
4 Why does the article say vote buying is 'official policy'?
- Because the UN Charter mandates it
- Because U.S. law required attention to important UN votes in aid decisions
- Because all democracies publicly endorsed it
- Because the World Bank enforced it
The phrase refers to the legal requirement that U.S. agencies track important UN votes and consider voting records in aid allocation.
5 The article argues that multilateral cooperation should always be assumed to reflect voluntary consensus among democracies.
- True
- False
False. The article explicitly questions whether observed democratic alignment reflects consent or coercive influence.
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