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