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