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