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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A relying on peer pressure
B providing incentives
C educating them on what is best
D using coersion to punish
Question #2
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #3
A determine which action is more harmful
B add up the number of people impacted by the action
C determine if the actions are harmful
D determine whether the action is self or other regarding
Question #4
A McCutcheon v. Citizens United
B Bopp v. Potter
C Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
D McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission
Question #5
A strong union membership among American workers
B America’s founding by Protestants
C America’s revolution against England
D a lack of common ancestry
Question #6
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #7
A lack of religious, ehtnic, racial parties
B constitutional language establishing winner-take-all elections
C structural requirements a party must meet to get on a ballot
D historical geographic and economic divides in the country
Question #8
A Republican identification is greater than Democratic identification.
B Voters identifying as Independent has declined.
C Voters identifying as independent has increased.
D Voters are evenly divided between identifying as Republicans and Democrats.
Question #9
A Elect members to Congress through a system of proportional representation
B Elect members to Congress under a single-district, winner-take-all system
C Elect members to Congress on a combined ticket with the President
D Elect members to Congress under a “first-past-the-post” system
Question #10
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #11
A decrease the cost of elections
B make the registration process faster
C decrease election fraud
D increase voter turnout
Question #12
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #13
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #14
A more polling locations
B compulsory voting laws
C fewer registration laws
D more elections
Question #15
A Maria Trejo, a 28-year-old part-time sonogram technician and mother of two
B Jeffrey Lyons, a 40-year-old lawyer and father of one
C Mark Forman, a 70-year-old retired steelworker
D Linda Tepsett, a 40-year-old full-time orthopedic surgeon
Question #16
A high school education or less
B over forty-five years old
C income under $30,000
D residency in the South
Question #17
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #18
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #19
A lengthy residency requirement
B National Voter Registration Act
C competency requirement
D grandfather clause
Question #20
A media’s support of the candidate
B candidate’s socioeconomic status
C gerrymandering of the candidate’s district
D candidate’s political party
Question #21
A Elastic Clause
B Equal Protection Clause
C Due Process Clause
D Interstate Commerce Clause
Question #22
A In theory, gives ultimate sovereignty to the states
B Divides power relatively equally among national, state, and local governments
C Gives the national government complete power over states
D Divides powers between the states and central government and gives each constitutional standing
Question #23
A Largely agricultural
B Wealthy and well educated
C About the same age as the United States
D Large and diverse
Question #24
A Federal assistance ensures some degree of uniformity of public services across states.
B Cooperative federalism respects the traditional jurisdictional boundaries between states and federal government.
C Federal cooperation helps mitigate the problem of collective action among states.
D Federal assistance encourages state and local governments to generate positive externalities.
Question #25
A Paramount Necessity
B Preemption
C Devolution
D Nullification
Question #26
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #27
A Encourages experimentation and innovation in the states
B Promotes the principle of political equality
C Provides another way to fragment government power
D Helps assure greater popular control over government
Question #28
A Establish a military
B Establishing a system of education
C Coin money
D Regulate commerce
Question #29
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #30
A declare war
B ratify treaties
C raise an army and navy
D engage in diplomacy
Question #31
A It was agreed that a state’s slave population would be counted for purposes of taxation but not for purposes of representation.
B It was agreed that 60 percent of a state’s slave population would be counted for purposes of both representation and taxation.
C It was agreed that a state’s slave population would be counted for purposes of representation but not for purposes of taxation.
D It was agreed that Congress would abolish slavery in 1850.
Question #32
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #33
A Representation in the House of Representatives would be based on each state’s population and every state would have two senators.
B Representation in both the House of Representatives and the Senate would be based on a state’s population.
C Congress would be a unicameral legislature with each state receiving equal representation.
D Each state would have equal representation in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Question #34
A The failure of states to protect debtors after the Revolution.
B Limitations on democracy put in place at the state level.
C State restrictions on participation such as voting.
D Threats to private property rights enacted by states.
Question #35
A John Locke
B Thomas Jefferson
C King James II
D James Madison
Question #36
A The Executive Branch
B The Judicial Branch
C States
D The Legislative Branch
Question #37
A It could not coin money.
B It could not declare war.
C It could not impose taxes.
D It could not conduct foreign affairs.
Question #38
A FALSE
B TRUE