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