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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A take standardized tests
B be bused
C pray
D desegregate
Question #2
A is critical of the government
B creates a clear and present danger
C is a prior restraint
D qualifies as hate speech
Question #3
A prior restraint
B symbolic speech
C the Roth test
D probable cause
Question #4
A right to privacy
B right to vote
C right to marry
D right to travel
Question #5
A trials without a jury
B unreasonable search and seizure
C double jeopardy
D self-incrimination
Question #6
A Fifteenth
B Tenth
C Eighth
D Third
Question #7
A benefiting financially from that crime
B being tried again for the same crime
C asserting innocence
D seeking the assistance of an attorney
Question #8
A family
B commerce
C sexual freedom
D privacy
Question #9
A displays of religious symbols on government buildings
B teaching of evolution in school
C recitation of prayer and Bible passages in school
D displays of religious symbols during holidays
Question #10
A an inconvenient truth
B any additional constraints
C an undue burden
D a prior restraint
Question #11
A quick and speedy trial
B speak to an attorney
C a phone call
D a jury trial
Question #12
A Orange
B Lemon
C Free Exercise
D Prior Restraint
Question #13
A that is illegal
B after the fact
C that is critical of the government
D before the fact
Question #14
A The state could do very little to limit a woman’s right to an abortion.
B The state could regulate it if the mother’s life were in danger.
C The state could ban the abortion unless the mother’s life was in danger.
D The state could ban it.
Question #15
A a written record
B actual malice
C witnesses
D property loss
Question #16
A incorporation
B free exercise
C establishment
D eminent domain
Question #17
A reasonable bail
B a written indictment
C assistance of counsel
D the right to parole
Question #18
A libel; slander
B slander; defamation
C slander; libel
D libel; defamation
Question #19
A Roe v. Wade
B US v. Morrison
C Lawrence v. Texas
D New York Times v. Sullivan
Question #20
A It lowers overall tax rates.
B It lowers voter turnout.
C It increases citizens’ access to government.
D It increases the gross domestic product.
Question #21
A the quality of policies can vary from state to state.
B citizens can choose to live in those areas that have the policies they prefer
C the state governments can nullify laws passed by Congress
D states can figure out which policies work best for them
Question #22
A A constitutional arrangement concentrating power in a central government.
B A constitutional arrangement by which two or more levels of government share formal authority over the same area and people.
C A loose association of states with mutually recognized compacts but no central government.
D A loose association of states constitutionally created by a strong central government.
Question #23
A layer-cake
B cupcake
C pineapple-upside-down-cake
D marble-cake
Question #24
A categorical grants
B business grants
C block grants
D programmatic requests
Question #25
A operate prisons
B coin money
C create courts
D establish schools
Question #26
A full faith and credit
B supremacy
C equal protection
D due process
Question #27
A cooperative
B dual
C progressive
D combined
Question #28
A cooperative federalism
B new federalism
C progressive federalism
D dual federalism
Question #29
A direct democracy
B confederation
C conglomeration
D oligarchy
Question #30
A regulating interstate commerce
B centralizing power in the federal government
C limiting the national government
D challenging the power of the states
Question #31
A Twelfth
B Third
C Eleventh
D Sixth
Question #32
A excavation
B evolution
C devolution
D redevelopment
Question #33
A commerce
B due process
C full faith and credit
D equal protection
Question #34
A Tenth
B Fourteenth
C Eighth
D Eleventh
Question #35
A Federalism
B Declaration
C Independence
D Confederation
Question #36
A Discrimination is a natural part of the human experience.
B Affirmative action discriminates on the basis of race.
C Diversity helps Americans better understand each other.
D Unaddressed past discrimination causes perpetual inequality.
Question #37
A School segregation violated the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of equal protection.
B The quality of life for African Americans in the South had deteriorated considerably since the adoption of the separate-but-equal doctrine.
C The separate-but-equal doctrine was never intended to apply to people.
D The Supreme Court did not have all of the facts when it adopted the separate-but-equal doctrine.
Question #38
A because Congress was afraid the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. would lead a boycott of white businesses if the legislation was not passed
B to prevent the race riots from spreading from African American neighborhoods into traditionally white neighborhoods
C because it was clear that many areas in the South had no intention of living up to the spirit of the Fifteenth Amendment
D the Supreme Court had determined that only the national government could regulate elections
Question #39
A All forms of affirmative action are unconstitutional because they unfairly favor some people over others based on the color of their skin.
B Affirmative action policies are generally permissible, but they cannot involve race-based quotas or numerical point systems.
C Affirmative action policies are assumed to be unconstitutional unless the university can demonstrate the need to promote racial tolerance.
D Affirmative action policies must ensure that all racial and ethnic groups are represented in accordance with the population of the nation as a whole.
Question #40
A It has eliminated gender discrimination in the military.
B It has ensured that men and women are treated equally in the workplace.
C It has had little effect because it was not formally adopted.
D It has ensured that the courts evaluate gender discrimination using the inherently suspect test.
Question #41
A a legal prohibition on hiring women for positions that are known to be hazardous to women’s reproductive health
B an employer who systematically pays women less than men for doing comparable work
C an election jurisdiction that does not provide bilingual ballots when there is a large bilingual community
D a college that spends significantly more on sports programs for men than for women
Question #42
A Businesses cannot discriminate against gays and lesbians in hiring and promotion decisions.
B Those without a college degree are not eligible for upper-level civil service jobs.
C Government contracts must be awarded to a contractor who is a racial minority whenever at least 10 percent of the bidders are minority-owned businesses.
D Male and female student athletes cannot compete on the same basketball team at the university level.
Question #43
A considering race as a factor in university admissions decisions
B admitting some minority applicants with lower academic achievement than some rejected white applicants
C considering how an applicant would contribute to the diversity of the university
D setting aside a certain percentage of admissions slots for African American students
Question #44
A affirmative action policies are subject to an intermediate standard whereby they are presumed to be permissible
B affirmative action policies must be designed to address past discrimination without taking into account race, ethnicity, religion, or creed
C affirmative action policies must be scrutinized using the same suspect standard that is used for other policies classifying people by race
D affirmative action policies maybe broadly tailored to accomplish a compelling government interest
Question #45
A American Indians
B gays and lesbians
C disabled Americans
D Asian Americans
Question #46
A What was the basis for the Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) that upheld the constitutionality of a state law requiring segregated railroad facilities?
B Former slaves are not entitled to full citizenship rights because they did not immigrate to the United States willingly.
C The Constitution does not prohibit segregation; it only mandates equal protection under the law.
D Railroad transportation involves interstate commerce, which is regulated by Congress; there is no provision in federal law that prohibits segregation.
Question #47
A It was unconstitutional, and Japanese Americans must be duly compensated.
B It was legally permissible.
C It was unconstitutional, but it was too late to do anything about it.
D It did not pass the strict scrutiny test, and the internment was promptly terminated.
Question #48
A racial segregation
B voter discrimination
C lynchings by the Ku Klux Klan
D racial quotas
Question #49
A property or chattel
B citizens
C separate but equal
D eligible to vote
Question #50
A Jim Crow laws
B all forms of affirmative action
C racial quotas in university admissions
D grandfather clauses
Question #51
A nonvoters
B winning candidates
C losing candidates
D voters
Question #52
A the Nineteenth Amendment
B the 1965 Voting Rights Act
C Korematsu v. United States
D Reed v. Reed
Question #53
A involvement in insurrection
B economic status
C property ownership
D race
Question #54
A jurisdiction
B equal protection
C privileges and immunities
D due process
Question #55
A national referendum
B congressional inaction
C judicial interpretation
D natural law
Question #56
A by a majority of state governors
B by a two-thirds vote in a special election called for the purpose of voting on the amendment
C by a two-thirds vote in each house of Congress
D by a majority of voting-age citizens
Question #57
A stronger state governments
B shorter terms of office
C a stronger national government
D stronger protections of individual liberties
Question #58
A government itself
B the right to revolt
C the divine right of kings
D the consent of the governed
Question #59
A The Federalists
B The Anti-Federalists
C Anti-Masons
D Whigs
Question #60
A Republican Plan
B Virginia Plan
C Democratic Plan
D New Jersey Plan
Question #61
A The Constitution contained stronger safeguards for states’ rights than did the Articles of Confederation.
B The Constitution created a stronger national government than did the Articles of Confederation.
C The Constitution was based on democratic principles; the Articles of Confederation was based on tyrannical principles.
D The Constitution contained strong protections for individual rights; the Articles of Confederation contained strong protections for collective rights.
Question #62
A weights and measures
B privileges and immunities
C checks and balances
D oversight and influence
Question #63
A People’s Plebiscite
B direct popular election
C electoral college
D King Caucus
Question #64
A a single chamber with each state receiving equal power
B a single chamber whose members were appointed by the president
C two chambers
D a single chamber with membership based on a state’s population
Question #65
A unlawful detention
B infringement of religious freedom
C taxation of private property
D free speech infringement
Question #66
A Daniel Shays
B John Locke
C John Boehner
D Gramm Rudman
Question #67
A free speech
B a commercial act
C a private action
D a form of due process
Question #68
A judicial
B legislative
C executive
D bureaucratic
Question #69
A 36
B 15
C 10
D 27
Question #70
A the Constitutional Convention
B the Continental Congress
C the Committees of Correspondence
D the Common Sense Committee
Question #71
A Declaration of the Rights of Man
B the Articles of Confederation
C the Declaration of Independence
D Magna Carta
Question #72
A natural rights
B intrinsic laws
C Constitutional law
D positive rights
Question #73
A Today’s generation of young adults is significantly more likely to read newspapers than their elders.
B Political socialization is more important to governments than to individuals.
C The age of the demographic that consumes television news is much higher on average than those that consume alternative sources of news.
D Children who develop positive feelings toward political authorities grow into adults who are not easily disenchanted with politics.
Question #74
A Civil disobedience involves unintentionally breaking a law; a protest involves intentionally breaking a law.
B Civil disobedience is involuntary; a protest is voluntary.
C Civil disobedience involves intentionally breaking a law; a protest involves getting attention from the media.
D Civil disobedience involves violence; a protest is peaceful.
Question #75
A government programs to alleviate economic inequality would likely be higher on the political agenda
B government programs to help individuals invest their Social Security income would likely be higher on the political agenda
C government workers would likely unionize
D government-run services would likely be privatized
Question #76
A parents of children under age 18
B women with children
C citizens in the school district
D parents
Question #77
A gathering signatures for a proposed ballot measure
B running for public office as a third party candidate
C signing a petition in a school parking lot
D staging a sit-in
Question #78
A Taxes and spending should be kept low.
B Prayer belongs in school.
C The United States should stop letting criminals hide behind the law.
D Government should regulate the economy in the public interest.
Question #79
A candidate loyalty and authoritarianism
B liberalism and political tolerance
C political participation and strength of party attachment
D political participation and suspicion of out-groups
Question #80
A The Constitution requires that each state’s taxes be proportional to the size of its population.
B Each congressional district must be redrawn to reflect changes in the state’s population.
C The number of seats each state has in the House is based on a state’s population, which changes over time.
D The majority party in the House of Representatives is determined by each state’s proportion of party-affiliated voters.
Question #81
A Most new immigrants were from northwestern Europe.
B Most new immigrants were being reunited with family in the United States.
C The flow of low-income immigrant families from Mexico increased.
D The flow of immigrant families with children decreased.
Question #82
A overthrowing the government
B informing the public about the candidates
C influencing voting behavior
D affecting public policy change
Question #83
A the capacity of individuals (or groups) to exert their own political will
B all the activities used by citizens to influence the selection of political leaders or the policies they pursue
C a measure of the minimum requirements needed to vote
D all the activities used by citizens to socialize their children to the political process
Question #84
A Conservatives are overrepresented at the polls.
B Young citizens are overrepresented at the polls.
C Democrats are overrepresented at the polls.
D Liberals are overrepresented at the polls.
Question #85
A participation indicates the legitimacy of government and of laws passed by Congress
B information from the census determines tax rates
C changes in the U.S. population affect membership in political parties
D information the census collects helps to determine how more than $400 billion in federal funding is spent each year
Question #86
A Working-class people consume more political news than do wealthier people.
B Men consume considerably more political news than do women.
C Older people consume more political news than do younger people.
D West Coast residents consume more political news than do East Coast residents.
Question #87
A contacting government officials
B protesting
C volunteering with a campaign
D writing letters to the editor
Question #88
A the absence of moderates in the United States
B the absence of pluralist thinking in the United States
C the predominance of conservatives in the United States
D the predominance of liberals in the United States
Question #89
A big business
B political parties
C ordinary citizens
D Congress
Question #90
A Too many influential groups cripple government’s ability to govern.
B Because most citizens fail to pay attention to serious issues, government has become an elite institution.
C Many groups vie for power with no one group dominating politics.
D Congress is stronger and more influential than the presidency.
Question #91
A a regulation
B a budgetary choice
C a congressional statute
D a presidential action
Question #92
A populist
B pluralist
C egalitarian
D laissez-faire
Question #93
A political culture
B politics
C public policy
D government
Question #94
A pluralism
B hyperpluralism
C federalism
D majority rule
Question #95
A balance of power
B elitism
C pluralism
D policy gridlock
Question #96
A majority rule
B representation
C enlightened rule
D pluralism
Question #97
A freedom of speech and of the press
B universal citizenship
C inclusion
D one person, one vote
Question #98
A a system that ensures freedom, justice, and peace to all citizens
B a system that selects policymakers and organizes government so that policy represents and responds to the public’s preferences
C a system that grants a status of privilege to the most active and informed voters
D a system that perpetuates the status quo and upholds the values of the party in power
Question #99
A all of the issues that candidates talk about on the campaign trail
B the issues that are asked about on public opinion polls
C the issues that concern single-issue interest groups
D the issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and other political actors
Question #100
A the courts
B Congress
C government
D political culture