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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A office block ballot
B primaries
C term limits on the state legislature
D nonpartisan elections
Question #2
A recall and office block ballot.
B primary petition and runoff.
C veto and initiative.
D legislative and popular.
Question #3
A corporations and corrupt politicians.
B presidential candidates.
C local government.
D the California Supreme Court.
Question #4
A Pat Brown
B Chester Rowell
C Hiram Johnson
D Edward Dickson
Question #6
A perjury
B murder
C theft
D high crimes and misdemeanors
Question #7
A check the president
B promote new hiring
C enact legislation
D allow for greater spending
Question #8
A House
B Supreme Court
C President
D Senate
Question #9
A minimize
B reduce
C destroy
D overly influence
Question #10
A overall congressional public approval ratings are high.
B Congress members pass vast quantities of legislation.
C there are no challengers.
D direct constituent service is superb.
Question #11
A biggest city in their state
B state or district they represent
C Washington D.C.
D United States
Question #13
A Senate.
B conference committee.
C House or Senate.
D House.
Question #14
A contributing funds.
B letter writing.
C protesting.
D contributing funds, letter writing and protesting.
Question #15
A Republican Party dominance.
B What competition?
C Democratic Party dominance.
D Too close to call.
Question #16
A 93
B 67
C 100
D 51
Question #17
A straight-ticket voting
B loyalist voting
C base voting
D split-ticket voting
Question #18
A 67.4
B 54.8
C 58.8
D 89.7
Question #21
A years divisible by five
B odd-numbered years
C even-numbered years
D years divisible by three
Question #22
A Fourth of July
B Super Tuesday
C Memorial Day
D Labor Day
Question #23
A Idaho and California
B New Hampshire and Connecticut
C New York and Maryland
D Iowa and New Hampshire
Question #25
A party politics
B celebrity shenanigans
C voting records
D none of the above
Question #26
A Women do not demonstrate systematic preferences.
B Libertarian
C Republican
D Democratic
Question #27
A Falsifying
B Scaling
C Sampling
D Framing
Question #28
A push
B partial
C survey research
D none of these
Question #29
A federal and state
B federal
C state
D local
Question #30
A Revolutionary War
B Dust Bowl
C Civil War
D Great Depression
Question #31
A veto
B federalism
C preemption
D diffusion
Question #32
A concurrent
B reserved
C granted
D inherent
Question #33
A state power
B local power
C federal power
D both state and federal power
Question #34
A 19 million
B 39 million
C 28 million
D 52 million
Question #35
A Ronald Reagan
B Pete Wilson
C Gray Davis
D Arnold Schwarzenegger
Question #36
A citizens control the political process through direct democracy.
B large numbers of citizens do not vote.
C the courts make the majority of the political decisions.
D elected representatives make the decisions for the voters.
Question #37
A established the three strikes law.
B legalized marijuana for medical purposes.
C eliminated affirmative action programs.
D established term limits for members of the Assembly and Senate.
Question #38
A Mexico.
B the Philippines.
C China.
D Canada.
Question #39
A Because states don’t have constitutions.
B Because article 6 says so.
C Because the Articles of Confederation coexisted with the new Constitution.
D Because the framers were divinely inspired.
Question #40
A One time
B Five times
C Twelve times
D Six times
Question #41
A 1787
B 1776
C 1777
D 1620
Question #42
A two-thirds of the House of Representatives approve.
B two-thirds of the Senate approve.
C three-quarters of the House of Representative approve.
D three-quarters of the Senate approve.
Question #43
A international trade
B smuggling
C nationalism
D conscription
