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