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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A primaries
B term limits on the state legislature
C nonpartisan elections
D office block ballot
Question #2
A recall and office block ballot.
B veto and initiative.
C primary petition and runoff.
D legislative and popular.
Question #3
A the California Supreme Court.
B presidential candidates.
C corporations and corrupt politicians.
D local government.
Question #4
A Hiram Johnson
B Chester Rowell
C Pat Brown
D Edward Dickson
Question #6
A theft
B high crimes and misdemeanors
C murder
D perjury
Question #7
A allow for greater spending
B enact legislation
C check the president
D promote new hiring
Question #8
A House
B Senate
C Supreme Court
D President
Question #9
A reduce
B overly influence
C minimize
D destroy
Question #10
A direct constituent service is superb.
B there are no challengers.
C overall congressional public approval ratings are high.
D Congress members pass vast quantities of legislation.
Question #11
A United States
B biggest city in their state
C state or district they represent
D Washington D.C.
Question #13
A House or Senate.
B conference committee.
C Senate.
D House.
Question #14
A contributing funds.
B protesting.
C letter writing.
D contributing funds, letter writing and protesting.
Question #15
A Democratic Party dominance.
B Republican Party dominance.
C What competition?
D Too close to call.
Question #16
A 67
B 93
C 51
D 100
Question #17
A loyalist voting
B straight-ticket voting
C split-ticket voting
D base voting
Question #18
A 54.8
B 89.7
C 58.8
D 67.4
Question #21
A years divisible by three
B years divisible by five
C even-numbered years
D odd-numbered years
Question #22
A Fourth of July
B Labor Day
C Memorial Day
D Super Tuesday
Question #23
A Iowa and New Hampshire
B New York and Maryland
C Idaho and California
D New Hampshire and Connecticut
Question #25
A celebrity shenanigans
B voting records
C party politics
D none of the above
Question #26
A Women do not demonstrate systematic preferences.
B Republican
C Libertarian
D Democratic
Question #27
A Framing
B Falsifying
C Sampling
D Scaling
Question #28
A survey research
B none of these
C push
D partial
Question #29
A federal and state
B state
C federal
D local
Question #30
A Revolutionary War
B Great Depression
C Civil War
D Dust Bowl
Question #31
A federalism
B preemption
C diffusion
D veto
Question #32
A reserved
B inherent
C concurrent
D granted
Question #33
A state power
B both state and federal power
C local power
D federal power
Question #34
A 28 million
B 19 million
C 39 million
D 52 million
Question #35
A Arnold Schwarzenegger
B Gray Davis
C Ronald Reagan
D Pete Wilson
Question #36
A elected representatives make the decisions for the voters.
B the courts make the majority of the political decisions.
C large numbers of citizens do not vote.
D citizens control the political process through direct democracy.
Question #37
A eliminated affirmative action programs.
B legalized marijuana for medical purposes.
C established the three strikes law.
D established term limits for members of the Assembly and Senate.
Question #38
A Mexico.
B the Philippines.
C China.
D Canada.
Question #39
A Because the framers were divinely inspired.
B Because states don’t have constitutions.
C Because the Articles of Confederation coexisted with the new Constitution.
D Because article 6 says so.
Question #40
A Six times
B Five times
C One time
D Twelve times
Question #41
A 1776
B 1620
C 1777
D 1787
Question #42
A three-quarters of the Senate approve.
B three-quarters of the House of Representative approve.
C two-thirds of the House of Representatives approve.
D two-thirds of the Senate approve.
Question #43
A international trade
B nationalism
C conscription
D smuggling
