1. Are the following statements accurate? Please indicate the truth or falsehood of the options provided: __

1. Are the following statements accurate? Please indicate the truth or falsehood of the options provided:
__ Party rule is a type of political authority.
__ Political authority has the right to use force as coercion for specific actions.
__ The principle of the separation of powers entails that they should be allocated to different individuals and different bodies.
__ «Horizontal» separation of powers involves the division of powers between national and regional authorities.
__ The theory of the social contract is also known as the theory of popular sovereignty.

2. Are the following statements accurate? Please indicate the truth or falsehood of the options provided:
__ The primary sources of authority are power and authority.
__ Only organized social groups are subjects of authority.
__ Resources of authority refer to everything its subjects can use to influence others.
__ Charisma is the authority of a person associated with having power over others.
__ Obedience to authority is not always coercive but always compelled.

3. What concept is associated with the following features:
a) Regulates relations between the state and society;
b) Forms the political system;
c) Ensures national security.

4. The theory of the separation of powers asserts the necessity of dividing the powers of branches of government… Choose several of the 6 answer options:
1) Control
2) Executive
3) Judicial
4) State
5) Legislative
6) Military

5. What concept is overarching for all the other concepts in the following series?
Choose one of the 5 answer options:
1) Functions of authority
2) Control
3) Coordination of actions
4) Regulation of behavior
5) Mobilization

6. In Article 3 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, it is stated: «The bearer of sovereignty and the only source of authority in the Russian Federation is its multinational people.» Which idea is reflected in this formulation?
Choose one of the 4 answer options:
1) The idea of civil society
2) The theory of the social contract
3) The theory of the separation of powers
4) The theory of natural law

7. What characteristic of political authority is being referred to? Addressing all citizens on behalf of society based on the right.
Form a word from the letters: УЛТПБЧИНЬОС

8. Decisions of political authority are binding for the entire society. What term is commonly used to denote this characteristic?
Choose one of the 4 answer options:
1) Monocentrism
2) Publicity
3) Supremacy
4) Legality

9. Match the types of authority with the criteria for its classification. Specify the correspondence for all 4 answer options:
1) By predominant methods of governance
2) By legal characteristics
3) By the number of decision-makers
4) By the subject
5) By the object
__ Public
__ Presidential
__ Legal
__ Democratic