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Ratification of a treaty by the United States requires the advice and consent of:
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Correct answer: D - Two-thirds of the senators present
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Ratification of a treaty by the United States requires the advice and consent of:
Correct answer: D - Two-thirds of the senators present
At a U.S. diplomatic mission abroad, the authority of the Chief of Mission extends to:
Correct answer: B - All U.S. executive branch personnel except those under a combatant commander
The Marshall Plan is most accurately described as:
Correct answer: D - A program of U.S. economic assistance for European postwar recovery
A cargo vessel sailing from the Indian Ocean to the Suez Canal must transit which chokepoint?
Correct answer: A - Bab el-Mandeb
Under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, a receiving state that declares a member of a diplomatic mission persona non grata is:
Correct answer: B - Not required to explain its decision
A country has a comparative advantage in producing a good when it:
Correct answer: C - Produces the good at a lower opportunity cost than others do
If the Federal Reserve sells government securities on the open market, the most likely immediate effect is that:
Correct answer: A - The money supply contracts and short-term interest rates rise
A country's unemployment rate rose from 4 percent to 6 percent over one year. This represents a percentage increase of:
Correct answer: C - 50 percent
A five-person section reports annual salaries of $52,000, $54,000, $57,000, $60,000, and $185,000. Compared with the median of this data set, the mean is:
Correct answer: B - Higher, because the mean is pulled upward by the largest value
Select the option that corrects the bracketed portion of the following sentence: "The ambassador's report, together with the accompanying annexes and the economic section's assessment, [were transmitted] to Washington on Friday."
Correct answer: C - was transmitted
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