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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Supreme Court
B Senate
C Elections and Campaigns Committee
D House of Representatives
Question #2
A elites
B ordinary Americans
C Congress
D the Supreme Court
Question #3
A five
B all 50
C 26
D 48
Question #4
A Candidates focus on battleground states in order to increase their media exposure.
B Battleground states have the most Electoral College votes.
C Battleground states have more electors than they would deserve if electors were allocated by population.
D The winner-take-all system makes battleground states more relevant to a campaign.
Question #5
A It eliminates the need to produce a photo ID in order to vote.
B It enables voters to select from a wider array of candidates.
C It reduces the policy differences between the candidates.
D It provides a cue as to which candidate a voter is more likely to prefer.
Question #6
A Mitt Romney’s claim that Obama won the 2012 presidential election because he had given gifts to various constituency groups
B the idea that voter turnout is higher when citizens are required to vote and are fined if they fail to do so
C the belief that a functional democracy mandates electoral participation by a large number of voters
D Barack Obama’s claim that his victory in 2012 meant that the public wanted to raise taxes on the wealthy
Question #7
A votes based on the candidates and not party loyalty
B is elated at the outcome of an election
C registers to vote on Election Day
D votes in presidential elections but not in midterm elections
Question #8
A Politicians think that political scientists do not understand how things actually work.
B Voters do not necessarily prefer all of the winning candidate’s issue positions.
C Winning candidates are not well versed in the political science literature.
D Winning candidates want to justify their policy proposals by claiming that the public supports them.
Question #9
A low income people
B a college degree holders
C young age group
D ethnic minorities
Question #10
A Education depresses political efficacy, which then encourages turnout.
B Education increases intolerance, which then encourages turnout.
C Education enables voters to calculate the probability that their vote will decide the election.
D Education helps voters recognize differences between the candidates.
Question #11
A “I should vote to honor those who sacrificed their lives to make America free.”
B “People like me can influence what the government does.”
C “Democracy is only democratic if citizens participate in the process.”
D “Voting in the United States is so easy that there is no excuse for not voting.”
Question #12
A electing more officeholders
B holding more elections
C minimizing the differences between the parties
D making registration automatic for all citizens rather than compelling them to register
Question #13
A The United States elects fewer officeholders.
B The United States has a multiple partisan election system.
C The United States hold fewer elections
D The United States hold elections midweek.
Question #14
A political efficacy
B civic duty
C becoming informed
D paying money to vote
Question #15
A frontloading
B selective perception
C scorekeeping
D agenda setting
Question #16
A support funds
B matching funds
C soft money
D hard money
Question #17
A campaigns are for the masses and are mediated by political elites
B the media control electoral outcomes
C voters have very little understanding of the campaign apart from what they see and hear in the media
D the media exercise little influence over a vast number of citizens’ votes
Question #18
A newspaper ads aimed at the 55-65 age group
B staff to handle high-tech and computer technologies
C television ads aimed at the 18–29 age group
D an international relations specialist to solicit campaign contributions from foreign nations and multinational corporations
Question #19
A more people are becoming highly and accurately informed about the candidates
B more people are making small political donations
C Most people are using the Internet as their only source of campaign information
D Most people are receiving direct mail from candidates