FSOT: 500 Test Prep Study Questions - Question List

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296. Which of the following voting systems usually produces the highest voter turnout?
  1. Proportional representation with a low threshold
  2. Plurality voting with single-member districts
  3. Majority voting with run-off elections
  4. Preferential voting utilizing second choices
297. Companions of a U.S. tourist traveling abroad report to the U.S. Embassy that their friend has been arrested. The most important thing for the Foreign Service Officer to do immediately is to:
  1. Notify the family of the accused
  2. Request from host country authorities a summary of the evidence against the accused
  3. Retain a local attorney for the accused
  4. Attempt to visit the accused in jail
298. Which of the following types of political party systems usually develops when a nation employs a voting system of single-member districts, with plurality, "first-past-the-post" electoral winners?
  1. A dominant single-party system
  2. A two-party system
  3. A multiparty system
  4. A fragmented party system based on coalition building
299. Defense Attaches are under the command of which of the following Defense Department units?
  1. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Special Operations Command
  2. Assistant Secretary for International Security Policy
  3. Defense Intelligence Agancy
  4. Defense Security Cooperation Agency
300. The Joint Chiefs of Staff first emerged in response to the challenges presented by
  1. the Cuban Missile Crisis
  2. the Korean Conflict
  3. World War I
  4. World War II

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