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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A 1803
B 2016
C 1911
D 1789
Question #2
A the government immediately appeals the verdict if it loses.
B the plaintiff is not allowed to appeal the verdict if he or she loses.
C the defendant is not allowed to appeal the verdict if he or she loses.
D one individual charges that he or she has been injured by another’s negligence or malfeasance.
Question #3
A important because every word of a decision is legally binding.
B unimportant because the final vote of the justices is the only statement that carries any weight in future cases.
C unimportant because all justices usually describe their decisions in exactly the same way.
D important because differences in wording and emphasis can have important implications for how the decision is interpreted in future litigation.
Question #4
A a pro bono settlement.
B a quid pro quo.
C an amicus curiae.
D a plea bargain.
Question #5
A criminal
B common
C constitutional
D civil
Question #6
A the bureaucracy
B the Supreme Court
C Congress
D the president
Question #7
A governs agency rule making.
B sets the procedures for filing appellate cases in the federal court system.
C sets the procedures for filing appellate cases in the various state court systems.
D defines the jurisdiction of the various state court systems.
Question #8
A 18
B 50
C 100
D 160
Question #9
A 33
B 97
C 68
D 50
Question #10
A The solicitor general is the chief lawyer for Congress who makes advisory opinions on the constitutionality of legislative proposals.
B The solicitor general is the lawyer who represents the United States before the Supreme Court in cases where the federal government is a party.
C The solicitor general is the chief legal counsel for the White House.
D The solicitor general is the head of the Department of Justice.
Question #11
A the Internal Revenue Service
B the Federal Reserve System
C the Secretary of the Treasury
D the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Question #12
A Walmart.
B Apple.
C the U.S. federal government.
D Amazon.
Question #13
A the domination of a few large companies in the regulation of iron mining and smelting
B the breakdown in the separation of powers between Congress, the federal judiciary, and the president
C the stable relationship between a bureaucratic agency, a clientele group, and a legislative committee
D the inability to reform federal rules without help from the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the president
Question #14
A U.S. Army
B U.S. Marine Corps
C secretary of defense
D Department of Homeland Security
Question #15
A is part of a Cabinet-level department.
B charges fees to consumers but carries out governmental responsibilities.
C is established by Congress but not part of a Cabinet-level department.
D is established by the president without congressional approval.
Question #16
A independent agency; bureau-level agency
B Cabinet-level department; bureau-level agency
C bureau-level agency; independent agency
D bureau-level agency; Cabinet-level department
Question #17
A 100,000
B 600,000
C 1.3 million
D 900,000
Question #18
A an independent agency.
B part of the Department of Agriculture.
C part of the Department of the Interior.
D a government corporation.
Question #19
A there are potentially large variations in the provision of services and benefits across states.
B there is no potential for variation in the provision of services and benefits across states.
C Congress is removed completely from the United States’ foreign policy process.
D states have a much harder time implementing programs than the federal government does.
Question #20
A by Supreme Court decisions.
B by federal ballot initiatives.
C by executive orders from the president.
D by laws passed in Congress.
Question #21
A elite pluralism.
B the unitary executive.
C pluralism.
D absolutism.
Question #22
A 12
B 3
C 8
D 0
Question #23
A all state Supreme Court justices
B cabinet secretaries
C open Senate seats
D open seats in the House of Representatives
Question #24
A charged by the House and tried in the Senate, with the Chief Justice presiding and a 50 percent plus one vote needed for conviction.
B charged by the Senate and tried in the House, with the Chief Justice presiding and a 50 percent plus one vote needed for conviction.
C charged by the Senate and tried in the House, with the Chief Justice presiding and a two-thirds vote needed for conviction.
D charged by the House and tried in the Senate, with the Chief Justice presiding and a two-thirds vote needed for conviction.
Question #25
A Abraham Lincoln
B Andrew Jackson
C Andrew Johnson
D Rutherford B. Hayes
Question #26
A the executive bureaucracy
B the presidency
C Congress
D the Supreme Court
Question #27
A must be approved by the Senate and are responsible to the Senate and to Congress at large.
B do not have to be approved by the Senate and are not responsible to the Senate or to Congress at large.
C do not have to be approved by the Senate but are responsible to the Senate and to Congress at large.
D must be approved by the Senate, but not responsible to the Senate or to Congress at large.
Question #28
A stating that a state government must request federal troops before the president can deploy them within that state to provide public order.
B strictly prohibiting presidents from ever deploying federal troops within the United States.
C requiring a majority of both the House and the Senate to vote in favor of any presidential order to deploy federal troops within the United States.
D requiring two-thirds of both the House and the Senate to vote in favor of any presidential order to deploy federal troops within the United States.
Question #29
A A presidential veto has never been successfully overridden by Congress.
B Fewer than 10 percent of all presidential vetoes throughout American history have been successfully overridden by Congress.
C Approximately half of presidential vetoes throughout American history have been successfully overridden by Congress.
D Nearly all presidential vetoes are successfully overridden by Congress.
Question #30
A inherent powers of the presidency.
B “going public” strategy.
C expressed powers of the presidency.
D delegated powers of the presidency.
Question #31
A national defense and environmental protection
B health care and education
C national defense and the federal budget
D law enforcement and oversight
Question #32
A to cast tie-breaking votes in the Senate
B to represent the president overseas
C to run the day-to-day operations of the Executive Office of the President
D to serve as Speaker of the House of Representatives
Question #33
A Congress.
B the Supreme Court.
C the Constitution.
D the president’s party.
Question #34
A Council on Foreign Relations
B War Council
C National Security Council
D State Department
Question #35
A National Security Act of 1947
B Boland Amendment of 1982
C War Powers Resolution of 1973
D USA PATRIOT Act of 2001
Question #36
A the Constitution requires that the president receive its approval for every administrative rule change he or she proposes and for every tax increase he or she suggests.
B it has the power to veto any legislation passed by Congress that negatively impacts the federal budget.
C it is granted the authority under the Constitution to pass the federal budget.
D its personnel are an integral part of virtually every conceivable presidential responsibility, such as overseeing regulatory proposals, reporting on agency activities, and preparing the national budget.
Question #37
A three-fourths of both houses of Congress
B two-thirds of both houses of Congress
C a majority of both houses of Congress
D a unanimous vote of both houses of Congress
Question #38
A Delegated
B Implied
C Expressed
D Inherent
Question #39
A based on tradition but was discontinued during the Great Depression and World War II.
B requested by the president, and comity demands that his or her request is always accepted.
C required by a law passed by Congress in 1803 and renewed ever since.
D mandated by the Constitution.
Question #40
A in which only members may receive benefits.
B in which members play an important role in the daily activities and administration.
C that accepts anyone as a member.
D in which members vote directly for their leaders.
Question #41
A free-rider problem; collective goods
B principal-agent problem; collective goods
C free-rider problem; selective benefits
D principal-agent problem; selective benefits
Question #42
A $50,000
B $500,000
C $5,000
D $500
Question #43
A the free-rider problem does not apply to private corporations.
B private interests are hiding behind the ideals of public interests.
C credit card companies are interested in the public good.
D public interest groups are now actively involving private corporations.
Question #44
A in 2001 as an effort to prevent the George W. Bush administration’s tax cuts.
B in 1958 as an effort to find affordable health insurance for retired teachers.
C in 1965 as an effort to push for the passage of Medicare.
D in 1932 as an effort to convince Congress to enact Social Security.
Question #45
A promoted by late nineteenth-century Populists and Progressives as an antidote to interest group influence in the legislative process.
B promoted by early twentieth-century liberals as a way of protecting immigrant rights.
C promoted by late nineteenth-century religious conservatives as a way to restore “moral values” to the country.
D established at the federal level by the Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the Constitution.
Question #46
A 2
B 22
C 42
D 62
Question #47
A information
B campaign workers
C legal assistance
D money
Question #48
A in 2010 as a lobbying organization opposed to the Affordable Care Act.
B in 1998 as an email group fighting against the impeachment of President Bill Clinton.
C in 2003 as a protest movement fighting against the war in Iraq.
D in 1996 as a social networking site for progressive activists opposed to free-trade agreements.
Question #49
A upper-middle-class professionals, for whom the civil rights and antiwar movements of the 1960s were key experiences
B conservative evangelical southerners, reacting to the cultural changes of the 1960s
C blue-collar workers whose formative experience was the Great Depression
D recent immigrants to the United States
Question #50
A Although average citizens have some influence in the nominations process, party elites play an outsized role in selecting the candidates who will compete in the general election.
B Party leaders and average citizens play roughly equal roles in selecting the candidates who will compete in the general election.
C Although party elites have some influence in the nominations process, average citizens play an outsized role in selecting the candidates who will compete in the general election.
D Party leaders are legally prohibited from playing any role in the nominations process.
Question #51
A corporations.
B political consulting firms.
C political action committees.
D political parties.
Question #52
A The number of people identifying as Republicans has outnumbered Democratic identifiers for a long time.
B The number of people identifying as Democrats outnumbered Republican identifiers between 1960 and 2008, but more people have identified as Republicans than Democrats since 2008.
C The number of people identifying as Democrats has outnumbered Republican identifiers for a long time.
D The number of people identifying as Republicans outnumbered Democratic identifiers between 1960 and 2008, but more people have identified as Democrats than Republicans since 2008.
Question #53
A a governor.
B the president.
C a U.S. senator.
D a state legislator.
Question #54
A prospective voting
B retrospective voting
C gerrymandering
D a referendum
Question #55
A external mobilization
B divided party government
C proportional representation
D an electoral realignment
Question #56
A There are no significant differences between men and women in terms of their political partisanship.
B A majority of men and women identify as Republicans, but more men than women identify with the Republican Party.
C Men are significantly more likely than women to identify with the Democratic Party, whereas more women identify as independents.
D Women are significantly more likely than men to identify with the Democratic Party, whereas more men identify as independents.
Question #57
A nominating candidates
B raising the most money
C creating the party platform
D winning elections