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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A primaries
B term limits on the state legislature
C office block ballot
D nonpartisan elections
Question #2
A primary petition and runoff.
B legislative and popular.
C recall and office block ballot.
D veto and initiative.
Question #3
A corporations and corrupt politicians.
B local government.
C presidential candidates.
D the California Supreme Court.
Question #4
A Hiram Johnson
B Chester Rowell
C Pat Brown
D Edward Dickson
Question #6
A high crimes and misdemeanors
B murder
C perjury
D theft
Question #7
A allow for greater spending
B check the president
C enact legislation
D promote new hiring
Question #8
A Senate
B President
C Supreme Court
D House
Question #9
A destroy
B minimize
C reduce
D overly influence
Question #10
A direct constituent service is superb.
B overall congressional public approval ratings are high.
C there are no challengers.
D Congress members pass vast quantities of legislation.
Question #11
A state or district they represent
B biggest city in their state
C Washington D.C.
D United States
Question #13
A House or Senate.
B Senate.
C conference committee.
D House.
Question #14
A contributing funds, letter writing and protesting.
B letter writing.
C contributing funds.
D protesting.
Question #15
A Too close to call.
B Republican Party dominance.
C What competition?
D Democratic Party dominance.
Question #16
A 93
B 67
C 100
D 51
Question #17
A loyalist voting
B straight-ticket voting
C base voting
D split-ticket voting
Question #18
A 67.4
B 54.8
C 89.7
D 58.8
Question #21
A odd-numbered years
B years divisible by three
C years divisible by five
D even-numbered years
Question #22
A Fourth of July
B Super Tuesday
C Labor Day
D Memorial Day
Question #23
A Iowa and New Hampshire
B Idaho and California
C New Hampshire and Connecticut
D New York and Maryland
Question #25
A celebrity shenanigans
B party politics
C voting records
D none of the above
Question #26
A Democratic
B Republican
C Women do not demonstrate systematic preferences.
D Libertarian
Question #27
A Framing
B Scaling
C Sampling
D Falsifying
Question #28
A push
B partial
C survey research
D none of these
Question #29
A federal
B state
C local
D federal and state
Question #30
A Revolutionary War
B Civil War
C Great Depression
D Dust Bowl
Question #31
A diffusion
B federalism
C preemption
D veto
Question #32
A granted
B concurrent
C inherent
D reserved
Question #33
A state power
B local power
C both state and federal power
D federal power
Question #34
A 28 million
B 52 million
C 39 million
D 19 million
Question #35
A Gray Davis
B Arnold Schwarzenegger
C Ronald Reagan
D Pete Wilson
Question #36
A large numbers of citizens do not vote.
B elected representatives make the decisions for the voters.
C citizens control the political process through direct democracy.
D the courts make the majority of the political decisions.
Question #37
A established the three strikes law.
B established term limits for members of the Assembly and Senate.
C legalized marijuana for medical purposes.
D eliminated affirmative action programs.
Question #38
A Canada.
B Mexico.
C the Philippines.
D China.
Question #39
A Because article 6 says so.
B Because the framers were divinely inspired.
C Because states don’t have constitutions.
D Because the Articles of Confederation coexisted with the new Constitution.
Question #40
A Five times
B One time
C Twelve times
D Six times
Question #41
A 1777
B 1776
C 1787
D 1620
Question #42
A two-thirds of the Senate approve.
B three-quarters of the House of Representative approve.
C three-quarters of the Senate approve.
D two-thirds of the House of Representatives approve.
Question #43
A international trade
B nationalism
C smuggling
D conscription
