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