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