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