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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Representation
B Trustation
C Delegation
D Monotheism
Question #2
A appellate
B original
C manifest
D reneged
Question #3
A True
B False
Question #4
A House
B Senate
Question #5
A it guards against the chaos inherent in a multiparty environment by encouraging the current two-party system
B it negates the one-person, one-vote basis of U.S. elections
C it is a manifestation of federalism
D it requires candidates to pay attention to all regions of the country when running for president, rather than just the most populous regions
Question #6
A vini vidi vici
B e pluribus unum
C stare decisis
D excelsior
E caveat emptor
Question #7
A singular; split between the governor and the department heads he appoints
B none of these
C unitary; concentrated in the governor alone
D plural; split among several Constitutional officers
Question #8
A laws that regulate banks
B laws that allow for the construction and maintenance of interstate highways
C laws that establish a minimum wage
D laws that allow for intrastate commerce
Question #9
A thirteen
B nine
C five
D seven
Question #10
A the governor’s
B the local sheriff’s
C the court system’s
D the Attorney General’s
Question #11
A cloture; three-fifths
B staunching; two-thirds
C cloture; simple (50+1%)
D staunching; simple (50+1%)
Question #12
A rally around the flag effect
B support your executive effect
C Colbert Bump
D crisis bump
Question #13
A Thurgood Marshall
B Earl Warren
C Ketanji Brown Jackson
D Clarence Thomas
Question #14
A the Hammurabi Code
B post-Napoleonic France
C medieval England
D the Han Dynasty
Question #15
A False
B True
Question #16
A Richard Nixon
B Bill Clinton
C Lyndon Johnson
D Jimmy Carter
Question #17
A Article II
B Article III
C Article I
D Article IV
Question #18
A supreme leader
B lead justice
C chief justice
D primary justice
Question #19
A fifty; fifty
B forty; eighty
C fifty; one hundred
D eighty; forty
Question #20
A an individual has the right to a handgun in his or her home
B police can search digital devices like cell phones without a warrant
C an individual does not have the right to a handgun in his or her home
D police may not search a cell phone without a warrant
Question #21
A True
B False
Question #22
A the way the party system privileges incumbents
B ability to engage in constituent casework
C ability to manipulate state senators of their party to campaign locally on the incumbents’ behalf
D donors are more likely to give to a proven winner
Question #23
A 3/5 supermajority
B plurality (most votes)
C simple majority (50%+1)
D 2/3 supermajority
Question #24
A 5
B 3
C 9
D 6
E 4
Question #25
A the executive would serve for life
B executive power be entrusted to a single individual
C executive power needed to be checked and balanced by co-equal branches of government
D the executive would be chosen by electors
E the executive would exercise broad powers
Question #26
A True
B False
Question #27
A federal chief justice
B primary lawer
C attorney general
D solicitor general
Question #28
A the vague wording in Article II, which says that the “executive power shall be vested” in the president
B the vague wording in Article I’s “necessary and proper” clause
C the implied power given to the president by congressional acts over time which have granted more powers to the executive branch
D the inherent power given to the president in Article VI
Question #29
A making appointments to fill military and diplomatic posts
B suspending habeas corpus when a federal crime has been committed
C nominating federal judges, including Supreme Court justices, as well as other federal officials
D vetoing legislation
Question #30
A Nancy Reagan
B Hillary Clinton
C Laura Bush
D Michelle Obama
Question #31
A at the local, county and state levels
B at the state level, but the legislature must review their proposals first and may reject them
C only at the state level
D at the local level only
Question #32
A 102
B 94
C 61
D 89
Question #33
A 1971
B 1967
C 1969
D 1919
Question #34
A unicameralism
B multicameralism
C bicameralism
D dual cameralism
Question #35
A House
B Both have the same number of standing committees
C Senate
Question #36
A he or she is the partisan leader of the majority party in the House
B the Constitution requires that the Senate approve by a simple majority the Speaker of the House
C he or she, since 1947, is the second in line to succeed the president in an emergency
D the Constitution does not require the Speaker to be a member of the House
Question #37
A implied
B enumerated
C inherent
D explained
E cordial
Question #38
A super PACs are not bound by regulations regarding the amount of money they can take in and spend
B super PAC founders are typically co-chairs of a candidate’s election/reelection campaign
C super PACs can spend independently of a campaign or party
D super PACs cannot give money directly to a candidate or a candidate’s party
Question #39
A trial courts, courts of appeal, and the state supreme court
B the state supreme court, the Department of Justice, and the Judicial Council
C trial, superior, administrative, judicial, and supreme courts
D criminal courts, civil courts, and administrative courts
Question #40
A False
B True
Question #41
A required candidates to disclose where they were spending their money
B required candidates to disclose where their money was coming from
C
D limited individual contributions to campaigns
E required presidential candidates to form Super PACs
F provided for public financing of presidential campaigns
Question #42
A True
B False
Question #43
A 5,000
B 1,000
C 10,000
D 500
Question #44
A primary
B selection election
C winnow
D caucus
Question #45
A Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan
B Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg
C Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan
D Elena Kagan and John Roberts