1.

The judges of the International Court of Justice must have:

D. All other options are correct.

2. The General Assembly grants observer status to nonmember states, such as:
D. The Vatican.

3. The Chief Executives Board of the UN Secretariat facilitates coordination across the entire UN
system.
A. True.

4. The United Nations primary goal is:

C. Maintaining peace and security.

5. Who governs the entire world are:

C. States.

6. The GCC’s charter calls for:

D. All other options are correct.

7. The GCC country that sought to provide a sense of collective security was:
D. Saudi Arabia.

8. NGOs are the only key actors in global governance.

B. False.

9. The UN Secretariat is responsible for:

D. All other options are correct.

10. The process of deepening European integration has entailed:

D. All other options are correct.

11. The International Court of Justice was brought before it between 1946 and 2014:
C. 130 contentious cases.

12. The single-function organization of the following is:

A. WHO.

13. The levels of meetings for the NATO North Atlantic Council are:
D. All other options are correct.

14. The members of the Economic and Social Council are elected to:
A. 3-year terms.

15. The Arab League failed to act in:

D. All other options are correct.

16. The Economic and Social Council is the most basic part of the UN system.
B. False.

17. The theorists hold that human behavior is malleable and perfectible through
institutions:
C. Liberalists.

18. South Sudan is one of the member states in the Arab League.
B. False.

19. The European Union’s chief executive is:

A. The president of the European Commission.

20. The member states that left the European Union are:
B. The UK.

21. The UN Charter obligates member states to show:

D. All other options are correct.

22. The efforts of Arab countries at regional cooperation were described as:
B. Little to remedy division.

23. The provision of resolution that is binding only to the state votes for it:
B. Has limited the power of the Arab League over its members.

24. Multinational corporations are instruments of capitalist exploitation.

A. True.

25. The Soviet Union has used the veto power more than any other permanent member.
B. False.

26. The NATO Secretary-General’s mission is to represent NATO in relations with

governments.
A. True.

27. There is only one regional organization with a single function in a specific area of the
world.
B. False.

28. A key issue with the NATO is:

B. The US commitment to the defense of Europe.
29. The NATO North Atlantic Council meets at the summit level to:
D. All other options are correct.

30. The Security Council participates in:

D. All other options are correct.

31. Regional organizations emerged as major forces in global politics.

A. True.

32. The chief executives board of the UN secretariat meets:

D. Twice a year under the Secretary General's chairmanship.

33. The ICJ’s special role is to provide states with an impartial body for settling legal
disputes.
A. True.

34. The process of international organization has been shaped by the strength of the state
system.
B. False.

35. There was slow progress in taking steps toward achieving a common market in Europe.
B. False.

36. National rivalries in Europe have overcome regional political and economic integration.
A. True.

37. The UN General Assembly has:

D. All other options are correct.

38. Establishing a World Central Bank was proposed by:

A. John Maynard Keynes.

39. Small states often combine their UN mission with their embassy in Washington DC to
save money.
A. True.

40. It is expected that the GCC countries could have a common market in 2024.
B. False.
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1. The division has become increasingly apparent among states of the Arab League in
recent years.
A. True.
2. The Economic and Social Council resolutions approved by:
D. Simple majority votes.

3. GCC’s earliest action was to conclude an agreement to:

- to conclude an agreement to unify the economies of its member states, calling for a
uniform system of tariffs, nondiscrimination with regard to capital and labor flows across their
borders, harmonization of industrial development programs, a common investment policy, and
coordination of oil industry policies.

4. The GCC countries have had a duty-free trade since 1983.

A. True.

5. The UN Secretariat comprises about:

- 43,000 professional staff.

6. The General Assembly is the only UN body that has both permanent and non-permanent
members.
B. False.

7. One of the United Nation’s specialized agencies is:

- WHO.
- FAO.
- ILO.
- IMF.
- WB.

8. The multifunctional organization of the following:

C. GCC.

9. The multifunctional organization of the following:

C. UN.

10. The most important threat to the GCC countries was:

- War in Syria.
- Instability in Iraq.
- Iran’s nuclear program.

11. The core realist belief is the expansion of:

- Human security (maintaining peace).

12. Constructivists place a limited deal of importance on institutions.

B. False.
13. 5 of the non-permanent powers seats in the Security Council go to:
- Africa and Asia.

14. The ministers of the NATO North Atlantic Council are:

C. The ministers of defense.

15. There are many multifunctional intergovernmental organizations at the global level.
B. False.

16. One of the first operations of NATO after 1990 was:

D. All other options are correct.

17. The General Assembly has important elective functions such as:
- admitting states to UN membership; electing the nonpermanent members of SC,
ECOSOC, and TC; appointing judges to ICJ; and appointing the UNSG on the recommendation of
SC.

18. The state in the Arab League’s Council that have veto power is:
- None.

19. The League of Arab States has:

- variety of committees, a permanent secretariat and secretary general based in Cairo, a
joint defense council, a permanent military committee, and an economic council, as well as
other agencies.

20. The UN member state’s mission varies in size from:

- About 150 personnel (the US mission) to a single person.

21. The first operation of NATO after 1990 was in Libya.

B. False.

22. The EU citizens who use the euro as their currency are in:
- 19 member countries.

23. One of the visionary Europeans who dreamed of the United States of Europe is:
- Jean Monnet.

24. The International Court of Justice is the legislative arm of the United Nations.
B. False.

25. One of the conditions for new members to access the European Union is:
D. All other options are correct.

26. Due to the failure to take action to defuse the crisis:

D. All other options are correct.

27. One of the UN’s key principles that member states should abide by, is:
D. All other options are correct.

28. The ICJ’s special role is to give advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it by:
D. All other options are correct.

29. Weaknesses of the state system became increasingly apparent with growing
international trade, migration, and technological innovations.
A. True.

30. The EU’s Council of Ministers is made up of national government ministers who make
decisions on law and policy.
A. True.

31. The first step for the Secretary-General to hold office is election by 2/3rd of the General
Assembly members.
A. True.

32. The European Union’s development has involved:

D. All other options are correct

33. Decisions in NATO tend to be made based on:

D. Consensus.

34. The UN member states shall refrain from the use of force against any state.
A. True.

35. The Human Rights Council reports to the General Assembly rather than the Economic
and Social Council.
A. True.

36. Global governance as informal and formal ideas, values, and norms was defined by:
C. Wilkinson and Weiss.

37. Arab League was established to promote cooperation in a period:

B. When several Arab countries were gaining independence.
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1. The EU member states committed to creating a common market through:

D. All other options are correct.
2. Recommendations drafted by the Economic and Social Council require the General
Assembly’s approval.
A. True.

3. The concept of global governance has gone from an unknown concept to a central
theme in international affairs.
A. True.

4. The concept of global governance has emerged:

C. After the decline of the USSR.

5. The UN charter gives the Security Council limited formal power.

B. False.

6. The NATO military committee is composed of:

B. Chiefs of staff or their representatives.

7. The NATO Secretary-General is responsible for:

D. All other options are correct.

8. GCC countries are among the least homogenous nations in the world.
B. False.

9. The UN charter focuses on:

D. All other options are correct.

10. The Secretary-General holds office on recommendation by the Economic and Social
Council.
B. False.

11. The GCC supported the uprising in:

A. Libya.

12. The European Commission currently is led by a group of:

D. 27 Commissioners.

13. There are many regional organizations in a specific region that are described as general
organizations.
A. True.

14. Some UN delegations have autonomy from their governments in dealing with the
various issues.
A. True.
15. For the ICJ compulsory jurisdiction, the state parties to a dispute agree:
A. All to accept the compulsory jurisdiction.

16. The Arab League succeeded in ending the conflict in Iraq reintegrating Iraq into the Arab
world.
B. False.

17. The Arab League’s charter emphasizes:

- State sovereignty.
- Reflective of the colonial past.
- Concerns about the security of its members.

18. The International Court under the League of Nations is:

B. The Permanent Court of International Justice.

19. One of the UN Secretariat locations is:

A. Vienna.

20. The European Council's makeup now includes the minister of defense of every member
state.
B. False.

21. Much of the policymaking in Europe today is made through EU institutions.

A. True.

23. The General Assembly presidents tend to come from the major power states.
B. False.

24. One of the recognized regional groups in the General Assembly is:
D. All other options are correct.

25. The Security Council presidency rotates:

D. Monthly among its members.

26. The UN Security Council has acted as an international authority in:

D. Creation of war crimes tribunals.

27. The institution that exercises executive authority in the European Union is:
A. The European Commission.

28. The EU’s initial steps involved only:

A. Six Western European states.

29. At the lowest levels of the Secretariat women held:

A. 60% of positions.

30. The UN member states, especially the major powers, have failed to honor the UN
principles.
A. True.

31. The first early governance innovations during the 19th century were:
A. The Concert of Europe.

32. The United States command headquarters in the GCC countries are in:
D. Qatar and Bahrain.

33. The UN struggles today to meet the many other ongoing challenges of:
D. All other options are correct.

34. The women have held senior leadership positions in:

D. All other options are correct.

35. The UN-Arab League special representative Kofi Annan was followed by:
D. Lakhdar Brahimi to defuse the Syrian crisis.

36. According to the Arab League’s charter, the primary decision-making body is:
C. The Council is composed of foreign ministers.

37. The woman has held one time the Secretary General position in the UN.
B. False.

38. The General Assembly can propose amendments with:

D. A 2/3rd of member states, including the five permanent members.

39. The core liberal belief is the expansion of:

A. Human freedom.

40. The headquarters of NATO are in:

C. Brussels.
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1. The Arab League members were divided over how to avoid a US war against Iraq.
A. True.

2. The real actors in global governance are:

A. States.
3. Preserving the central role of the US dollar in the international economy was proposed
by:
C. Henry Dexter White.

4. The judges of the International Court of Justice serve:

A. 9-year terms.

5. The first wave of regionalism started after the end of World War II.
A. True.

6. Some UN delegations must seek instructions from their governments to vote on given
resolutions.
B. False.

7. The NATO Secretary-General’s mission is to represent NATO in relations with religious

groups.
B. False.

8. The General Assembly session is:

C. Three months of general debate.

9. According to constructivists, international organizations are tools of capitalist states.

B. False.

10. One of the 6 functional committees that make up the bulk of the General Assembly’s
work is:
D. All other options are correct.

11. The best theory that supports global governance is:

B. Liberalism.

Women predominantly hold positions relating to soft issues.

A. True.

13. The regional organization of Eastern Europe during the Cold War was:
A. COMECON.

14. The Economic and Social Council resolutions are:

D. Not binding on member states.

15. There is only one multifunctional regional organization with a regional scope.
B. False.
16. The European Commission is led by a group of commissioners who are nominated by
the European Council.
B. False.

17. One of the 5 recognized regional groups in the General Assembly is:
C. The Eastern European group.

18. The European Council has become the key body for major EU initiatives such as:
D. All other options are correct.

19. The European Commission president is nominated for:

B. 5-year renewable one.

20. The common activities of the GCC countries have been basically characterized by:
C. Economic and security concerns.

21. The League of Arab States has:

C. A Joint Defense Council.

22. The US used its veto power on resolutions against the Palestinian interests and in
defense of Israel.
A. True.

23. No states are endowed with the same potential for cooperation and integration, as have
Arab countries a common language, history, and culture.
A. True.

24. The UN organs that may call a general conference for the charter review are:
A. The General Assembly and the Security Council.

25. The League of Arab States, or Arab League, was formed in:
C. March 1945.

26. The Arab League condemned the Libyan government’s violent crackdown on protesters:
A. At the initiative of Saudi Arabia.

27. The theory of collective or public goods is:

C. Including both natural commons and human-made global commons.

28. The organ of the GCC which meets 4 times per year is:
B. The Supreme Council.

29. The veto power of the 5-Ps embodies the equality among member states of the Security
Council.
B. False.

30. The primary organ of the GCC is:

D. The Supreme Council.

31. The Arab League’s special session could be minimum called by:
D. Two countries.

32. The International Court of Justice has noncompulsory jurisdiction.

A. True.

33. The General Assembly shares responsibilities for Charter revision with the Security
Council.
A. True.

34. Problems without passports in global governance mean:

C. The transnational problems.

35. The core of the global security system is:

B. The UN Security Council.

36. The United Nations hub is:

D. The General Assembly.

37. The UN Security Council differs from the General Assembly in that it has no regular
meetings or agenda.
A. True.

38. The UN Secretary-General holds office for:

D. A 5-year renewable term.

39. The World Health Organization locates in:

A. Geneva.

40. The European Parliament holds in:

D. Brussels.
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1. The Arab League’s focus has been on:

D. All other options are correct.

2. The Economic and Social Council is the UN’s central forum for:
D. All other options are correct.
3. For the newer members, EU membership has meant adhering to 80,000 pages of EU
laws and regulations.
A. True.

4. The UN member states shall settle their disputes by peaceful means.

A. True.

5. The UN-Arab League special representative to defuse the Syrian crisis in March 2012
was:
A. Kofi Annan.

6. The Economic and Social Council holds its meetings alternating between UN
headquarters in New York and Geneva.
A. True.

7. The UN Secretary-General is responsible for:

D. All other options are correct.

8. The European Council, as the highest authority in the EU, convenes:

B. Four or more times a year.

9. The presidency of the Council of Ministers rotates every:

D. Six months by county.

10. The International Institution supports countries to face difficulties of short-term

balance-of-payment:
A. The International Monetary Fund (IMF).

11. One of the UN Secretariat locations is:

A. Nairobi.

12. The dangers of nuclear weapon proliferation are expected to be solved by:
D. Cooperation among states and non-state actors.

13. The UN General Secretariat addressed the child soldiers’ issue.

A. True.

14. At the level of ministers, the NATO North Atlantic Council meets at least:
D. Twice yearly.

15. The reason behind suspending Syria from the Arab League was:
C. President Assad’s failure to take action to defuse the crisis.
16. The theorists seek to uncover the social context of organizations:
C. The Constructivists.

17. The GCC country that sought a military alliance modeled after NATO was:
A. Oman.

18. The regional organization with the security function is:

D. Warsaw Pact.

19. The first UN Secretary-General who called for the World Democracy is:
D. Boutros Boutros-Ghali.

20. The 10 non-permanent powers of the Security Council are elected by the General
Assembly for:
B. A 2-year term, renewable once.

21. The United Nations body that serves as its center stage is:
C. The General Assembly.

22. The second wave of regionalism accompanied the Cold War between the United States
and the Soviet Union.
B. False.

23. In addition to its president, the European Council makeup now includes:
D. All other options are correct.

24. The problem can be solved by sovereign states alone:

C. Boundary disputes.

25. The European Parliament member is elected for:

A. 5-year renewable terms.

26. European countries access to the European Union after the decline of the Soviet Union are:
A. Finland and Sweden.

27. The International Court of Justice has important elective functions such as:
C. None of the other options are correct.

28. In its 70 years of existence, states in the Arab League’s institutional design were weak.
A. True.

29. The reason behind establishing the Bretton Woods system is to:
D. All other options are correct.
30. North Atlantic Treaty Organization is considered as:
A. A Cold War military alliance.

31. GCC’s earliest action was to conclude an agreement to harmonization of:

D. All other options are correct.

32. The European Council's makeup now includes the president of the European
Parliament.
A. True.

33. Much of the policymaking in Europe today is common.

A. True.

34. The General Assembly session usually convenes:

C. Annually in each Fall.

35. The key issue within NATO is the security priorities for both the US and Canada.
B. False.

36. The realist who disdained the international institutions is:

A. John Mearsheimer.

37. The generalized conferences invite all states to participate in problem-solving:

A. The Hague System.

38. The Economic and Social Council holds:

C. One 4-week substantive meeting.

39. The NATO Parliamentary Assembly comprises:

B. 248 legislators.

40. The two member states involved in co-founding the European Union are:
A. Italy and France.