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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A 1803
B 1789
C 2016
D 1911
Question #2
A the government immediately appeals the verdict if it loses.
B one individual charges that he or she has been injured by another’s negligence or malfeasance.
C the defendant is not allowed to appeal the verdict if he or she loses.
D the plaintiff is not allowed to appeal the verdict if he or she loses.
Question #3
A unimportant because the final vote of the justices is the only statement that carries any weight in future cases.
B important because differences in wording and emphasis can have important implications for how the decision is interpreted in future litigation.
C unimportant because all justices usually describe their decisions in exactly the same way.
D important because every word of a decision is legally binding.
Question #4
A a plea bargain.
B an amicus curiae.
C a quid pro quo.
D a pro bono settlement.
Question #5
A criminal
B civil
C common
D constitutional
Question #6
A Congress
B the bureaucracy
C the president
D the Supreme Court
Question #7
A defines the jurisdiction of the various state court systems.
B sets the procedures for filing appellate cases in the various state court systems.
C sets the procedures for filing appellate cases in the federal court system.
D governs agency rule making.
Question #8
A 100
B 18
C 50
D 160
Question #9
A 97
B 50
C 33
D 68
Question #10
A The solicitor general is the chief lawyer for Congress who makes advisory opinions on the constitutionality of legislative proposals.
B The solicitor general is the head of the Department of Justice.
C The solicitor general is the chief legal counsel for the White House.
D The solicitor general is the lawyer who represents the United States before the Supreme Court in cases where the federal government is a party.
Question #11
A the Internal Revenue Service
B the Federal Reserve System
C the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
D the Secretary of the Treasury
Question #12
A the U.S. federal government.
B Apple.
C Walmart.
D Amazon.
Question #13
A the inability to reform federal rules without help from the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the president
B the breakdown in the separation of powers between Congress, the federal judiciary, and the president
C the domination of a few large companies in the regulation of iron mining and smelting
D the stable relationship between a bureaucratic agency, a clientele group, and a legislative committee
Question #14
A U.S. Army
B secretary of defense
C Department of Homeland Security
D U.S. Marine Corps
Question #15
A is part of a Cabinet-level department.
B charges fees to consumers but carries out governmental responsibilities.
C is established by Congress but not part of a Cabinet-level department.
D is established by the president without congressional approval.
Question #16
A independent agency; bureau-level agency
B bureau-level agency; independent agency
C bureau-level agency; Cabinet-level department
D Cabinet-level department; bureau-level agency
Question #17
A 900,000
B 1.3 million
C 100,000
D 600,000
Question #18
A part of the Department of Agriculture.
B an independent agency.
C part of the Department of the Interior.
D a government corporation.
Question #19
A there is no potential for variation in the provision of services and benefits across states.
B Congress is removed completely from the United States’ foreign policy process.
C there are potentially large variations in the provision of services and benefits across states.
D states have a much harder time implementing programs than the federal government does.
Question #20
A by laws passed in Congress.
B by federal ballot initiatives.
C by Supreme Court decisions.
D by executive orders from the president.
Question #21
A the unitary executive.
B elite pluralism.
C pluralism.
D absolutism.
Question #22
A 0
B 12
C 8
D 3
Question #23
A open Senate seats
B open seats in the House of Representatives
C all state Supreme Court justices
D cabinet secretaries
Question #24
A charged by the House and tried in the Senate, with the Chief Justice presiding and a two-thirds vote needed for conviction.
B charged by the Senate and tried in the House, with the Chief Justice presiding and a 50 percent plus one vote needed for conviction.
C charged by the Senate and tried in the House, with the Chief Justice presiding and a two-thirds vote needed for conviction.
D charged by the House and tried in the Senate, with the Chief Justice presiding and a 50 percent plus one vote needed for conviction.
Question #25
A Andrew Jackson
B Abraham Lincoln
C Rutherford B. Hayes
D Andrew Johnson
Question #26
A the presidency
B Congress
C the executive bureaucracy
D the Supreme Court
Question #27
A do not have to be approved by the Senate and are not responsible to the Senate or to Congress at large.
B must be approved by the Senate, but not responsible to the Senate or to Congress at large.
C do not have to be approved by the Senate but are responsible to the Senate and to Congress at large.
D must be approved by the Senate and are responsible to the Senate and to Congress at large.
Question #28
A strictly prohibiting presidents from ever deploying federal troops within the United States.
B requiring a majority of both the House and the Senate to vote in favor of any presidential order to deploy federal troops within the United States.
C stating that a state government must request federal troops before the president can deploy them within that state to provide public order.
D requiring two-thirds of both the House and the Senate to vote in favor of any presidential order to deploy federal troops within the United States.
Question #29
A Approximately half of presidential vetoes throughout American history have been successfully overridden by Congress.
B Fewer than 10 percent of all presidential vetoes throughout American history have been successfully overridden by Congress.
C Nearly all presidential vetoes are successfully overridden by Congress.
D A presidential veto has never been successfully overridden by Congress.
Question #30
A inherent powers of the presidency.
B expressed powers of the presidency.
C delegated powers of the presidency.
D “going public” strategy.
Question #31
A law enforcement and oversight
B national defense and the federal budget
C health care and education
D national defense and environmental protection
Question #32
A to represent the president overseas
B to cast tie-breaking votes in the Senate
C to serve as Speaker of the House of Representatives
D to run the day-to-day operations of the Executive Office of the President
Question #33
A the Constitution.
B the Supreme Court.
C Congress.
D the president’s party.
Question #34
A Council on Foreign Relations
B State Department
C War Council
D National Security Council
Question #35
A Boland Amendment of 1982
B War Powers Resolution of 1973
C USA PATRIOT Act of 2001
D National Security Act of 1947
Question #36
A the Constitution requires that the president receive its approval for every administrative rule change he or she proposes and for every tax increase he or she suggests.
B it has the power to veto any legislation passed by Congress that negatively impacts the federal budget.
C it is granted the authority under the Constitution to pass the federal budget.
D its personnel are an integral part of virtually every conceivable presidential responsibility, such as overseeing regulatory proposals, reporting on agency activities, and preparing the national budget.
Question #37
A a majority of both houses of Congress
B three-fourths of both houses of Congress
C a unanimous vote of both houses of Congress
D two-thirds of both houses of Congress
Question #38
A Delegated
B Implied
C Inherent
D Expressed
Question #39
A mandated by the Constitution.
B required by a law passed by Congress in 1803 and renewed ever since.
C requested by the president, and comity demands that his or her request is always accepted.
D based on tradition but was discontinued during the Great Depression and World War II.
Question #40
A in which members vote directly for their leaders.
B in which members play an important role in the daily activities and administration.
C in which only members may receive benefits.
D that accepts anyone as a member.
Question #41
A principal-agent problem; selective benefits
B principal-agent problem; collective goods
C free-rider problem; selective benefits
D free-rider problem; collective goods
Question #42
A $500,000
B $50,000
C $5,000
D $500
Question #43
A credit card companies are interested in the public good.
B public interest groups are now actively involving private corporations.
C private interests are hiding behind the ideals of public interests.
D the free-rider problem does not apply to private corporations.
Question #44
A in 1965 as an effort to push for the passage of Medicare.
B in 2001 as an effort to prevent the George W. Bush administration’s tax cuts.
C in 1932 as an effort to convince Congress to enact Social Security.
D in 1958 as an effort to find affordable health insurance for retired teachers.
Question #45
A promoted by late nineteenth-century Populists and Progressives as an antidote to interest group influence in the legislative process.
B promoted by early twentieth-century liberals as a way of protecting immigrant rights.
C promoted by late nineteenth-century religious conservatives as a way to restore “moral values” to the country.
D established at the federal level by the Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the Constitution.
Question #46
A 62
B 22
C 42
D 2
Question #47
A money
B legal assistance
C campaign workers
D information
Question #48
A in 2003 as a protest movement fighting against the war in Iraq.
B in 2010 as a lobbying organization opposed to the Affordable Care Act.
C in 1996 as a social networking site for progressive activists opposed to free-trade agreements.
D in 1998 as an email group fighting against the impeachment of President Bill Clinton.
Question #49
A upper-middle-class professionals, for whom the civil rights and antiwar movements of the 1960s were key experiences
B recent immigrants to the United States
C blue-collar workers whose formative experience was the Great Depression
D conservative evangelical southerners, reacting to the cultural changes of the 1960s
Question #50
A Party leaders are legally prohibited from playing any role in the nominations process.
B Party leaders and average citizens play roughly equal roles in selecting the candidates who will compete in the general election.
C Although party elites have some influence in the nominations process, average citizens play an outsized role in selecting the candidates who will compete in the general election.
D Although average citizens have some influence in the nominations process, party elites play an outsized role in selecting the candidates who will compete in the general election.
Question #51
A corporations.
B political consulting firms.
C political action committees.
D political parties.
Question #52
A The number of people identifying as Democrats has outnumbered Republican identifiers for a long time.
B The number of people identifying as Republicans has outnumbered Democratic identifiers for a long time.
C The number of people identifying as Republicans outnumbered Democratic identifiers between 1960 and 2008, but more people have identified as Democrats than Republicans since 2008.
D The number of people identifying as Democrats outnumbered Republican identifiers between 1960 and 2008, but more people have identified as Republicans than Democrats since 2008.
Question #53
A a state legislator.
B a U.S. senator.
C a governor.
D the president.
Question #54
A gerrymandering
B prospective voting
C a referendum
D retrospective voting
Question #55
A an electoral realignment
B divided party government
C external mobilization
D proportional representation
Question #56
A Women are significantly more likely than men to identify with the Democratic Party, whereas more men identify as independents.
B Men are significantly more likely than women to identify with the Democratic Party, whereas more women identify as independents.
C There are no significant differences between men and women in terms of their political partisanship.
D A majority of men and women identify as Republicans, but more men than women identify with the Republican Party.
Question #57
A raising the most money
B creating the party platform
C nominating candidates
D winning elections