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