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