The Supreme Court will consider restrictions on commercial speech valid as long as
a. the restrictions seek to implement a substantial government interest.
b. the restrictions directly advance government interests.
c. the restrictions go no further than necessary to advance governmental interests.
d. companies continue to try to publish factual inaccuracies.
e. All of the above are true.
In the years after 1968, there was a transfer of power from the national government to
the state governments. This transfer of power is called
a. cooperative federalism.
b. revolution.
c. regression.
d. devolution.
e. dual federalism.
All of the following are true of the people who work for Congress except
a. they include office clerks and assistants as well as professionals who deal with the
media, draft legislation, and work with constituency requests.
b. they are larger in number for House members than for Senators.
c. the number has increased dramatically since 1960.
d. the professional staffs provide information for members of the House and Senate.
e. some of these people maintain local offices in the member’s home state or district.
The Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 requires
a. each member of Congress to inform constituents of their votes on
appropriationsmeasures.
b. the president to spend the funds that Congress has appropriated.
c. a balanced budget by the 2030 fiscal year.
d. the president to present an executive budget.
e. budgets to receive the approval of the American people before they go into effect.
The ____________ Amendment to the Constitution requires the president and vice
president to be chosen separately by the electoral college.
a. Ninth
b. Tenth
c. Twelfth
d. Twenty-Fourth
e. Twenty-Fifth
Which is true?
a. Straight-ticket voting is now nearly universal.
b. The number of people identifying as independents has grown in recent years.
c. Party identification has been increasing.
d. The rise in Democratic identification may be because of the southern voters.
e. Split-ticket voting is declining.
American farmers and their workers represent less than 1 percent of the U.S.
population. This fact supports the proposition that
a. because of their size, farmers have been unsuccessful as interest groups.
b. there are more farmers today than there were forty years ago.
c. most farmers are too busy to be politically active.
d. even a small percentage of the populace can be effective if they organize.
e. geographical dispersion works against the formation of effective interest groups.
Single-issue interest groups
a. include the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP).
b. include the Common Cause, which lobbies for government reform.
c. are narrowly focused, usually on just one issue.
d. have members who tend to care intensely about their issues.
e. Options C and D are true.
The concept of privatization refers to
a. the replacement of government services with services provided by private firms.
b. federal loan guarantees for small businesses.
c. the hiring practices of the civil service.
d. the replacement of federal government services with state or local government
services.
e. reducing the number of levels in the federal hierarchy.
Voter ID laws are often enacted with the stated goal of _______________, but actually
have the effect of _______________.
a. increasing turnout; suppressing turnout among minorities and the poor
b. increasing turnout; suppressing turnout among members of the armed forces serving
abroad
c. preventing vote fraud; suppressing turnout among minorities and the poor
d. preventing vote fraud; making ID fraud more common
e. preventing vote fraud; suppressing turnout among members of the armed forces
serving abroad
The mass media perform all of the following functions except
a. funding media watchdog groups.
b. entertainment.
c. making profits.
d. socializing new generations.
e. reporting the news.
Having a college education
a. no longer means that an individual is likely to vote for a particular party.
b. is associated with a greater tendency to vote Democratic.
c. is associated with a greater tendency to vote Republican.
d. is associated with opposition to cultural liberalism.
e. is associated with a greater tendency to abstain from voting.
Reapportionment is
a. the allocation of seats in the House to each state after each census.
b. the redrawing of district boundaries within each state to ensure equal district
populations.
c. a court order to hold new elections because of voting irregularities.
d. altering a legislative formula that apportions spending among the states.
e. normally a bipartisan exercise.
Legitimacy is
a. the condition of having too much government.
b. a popular acceptance of the right and power of a government or other entity to
exerciseliberty.
c. a popular acceptance of the right and power of a government or other entity to
exerciseauthority.
d. only needed in times of emergency.
e. possible with a narrow base of support.
The process of compromise by offering to trade support for a legislator’s bill if they
support yours iscalled
a. logrolling.
b. earmarking.
c. lawmaking.
d. horse trading.
e. pork trading.
“Full faith and credit” means that states must
a. prosecute individuals who have broken other states’ laws.
b. return persons fleeing justice back to their home state.
c. honor the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of other states.
d. extend to citizens of other states the privileges and immunities of its own citizens.
e. Both A and D.
The Federal Employees Political Activities Act of 1993 allows federal employees to
a. run in non-partisan elections.
b. participate in voter registration drives.
c. make campaign contributions.
d. campaign for candidates in partisan elections.
e. All of the above.
All of the following are true about presidential appointments to the Supreme Court
except
a. presidents usually appoint people who belong to the president’s political party.
b. presidents see their appointments as a way to institutionalize their political views
long after they have left office.
c. Republican presidents have usually appointed liberal justices.
d. President Bush appointed two justices to the Court.
e. President Clinton appointed many judges to the district and appeals courts.
Though the civil rights movement focused primarily on the rights of ___________, it
had the effect of ____________.
a. African Americans; benefiting nearly all minority groups
b. women; benefiting gay Americans as well
c. Latinos; benefiting African Americans
d. African Americans; strengthening the disenfranchisement of other racial minorities
e. women; strengthening the disenfranchisement of gay Americans
The president, in the capacity as head of state, is responsible for
a. determining the countries for which the United States will have diplomatic relations.
b. engaging in activities that are largely symbolic or ceremonial in nature.
c. conducting the foreign policy of the country.
d. leading the legislative process by submitting legislation.
e. administering the laws.
The widespread belief behind criticisms of money in the electoral system is that
a. large campaign contributions by special interests corrupt the political system.
b. when one party comes to power, it limits the flow of money to the other party.
c. the two parties restrict the flow of money to third parties.
d. it forces citizens to spend money to be actively engaged in politics.
e. None of the above.
The Fifteenth Amendment
a. outlawed slavery.
b. provided equal protection under the law.
c. gave eighteen-year-olds the right to vote.
d. stated that the right to vote shall not be abridged on account of race.
e. gave women the right to vote.
Many contend that the Internet has
a. improved the efficiency of government agencies.
b. reduced the cost of government.
c. scattered government information in too many places.
d. Both A and B.
e. All of the above.
Studies suggest that parents’ political influence over their children is due to
a. the strong need of children for parental approval.
b. the ability of parents to communicate frequently with their children.
c. the ability of parents to communicate their feelings and preferences to their children.
d. family links to other factors that affect opinion, such as race, social class, education,
and religious beliefs.
e. All of the above are true.
American isolationism permanently ended
a. with the onset of the Great Depression.
b. with the bombing of the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor.
c. when the United States entered the United Nations.
d. when France and the United States signed a mutual alliance pact.
e. with the Korean War.
The number of cases that the Supreme Court reviews each term has
a. increased dramatically since the early 1950s.
b. hovered around 150 cases since the mid-1980s.
c. remained constant since the Civil War.
d. dropped significantly since the 1980s.
e. increased 50 percent after George W. Bush became president.
The impeachment process begins with charges in ________ and concludes with a trial
in ________.
a. the House of Representatives; the Senate
b. the Senate; the House of Representatives
c. both houses of Congress; the Supreme Court
d. the Supreme Court; the Senate
e. the Supreme Court; the House of Representatives
Since the “daisy girl” political advertisement in 1964, we have seen
_________________ because _________________.
a. a decline in negative advertising; it is perceived as having little or no effect
b. a decline in negative advertising; it only harms the campaign that “goes negative”
c. an increase in negative advertising; it is perceived as effective
d. a decline in both positive and negative political advertising; they are perceived as
ineffective
e. a decline in both positive and negative political advertising; they are too costly
Taxes were imposed on the colonists to
a. pay for the coronation of King George III.
b. pay for the establishment of more colonies.
c. pay for the costs of Britain’s defense of the colonies during the French and Indian
War.
d. enrich wealthy British landowners.
e. None of the above is true.
The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002
a. banned soft money contributions to national parties.
b. banned campaign ads by special interest groups.
c. banned independent expenditures.
d. banned the practice of lobbying.
e. eliminated the Federal Election Commission.
The policy in admissions or hiring that gives special consideration to traditionally
disadvantaged groups to overcome the present effects of past discrimination is known
as
a. affirmative action.
b. legislative mandate.
c. civil liberties.
d. civil rights.
e. the Lincoln dilemma.