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