The major function of Congress is
a. enforcing laws.
b. lawmaking.
c. using the impeachment power.
d. investigating other branches of government through oversight.
e. judging whether laws are constitutional.
The exclusionary rule is a policy that
a. forbids the admission of illegally seized evidence at trial.
b. prohibits the arresting officer from serving as a character witness at a hearing or trial.
c. prohibits the detention of a suspect for more than forty-eight hours without the
suspect being charged.
d. is limited to the federal courts.
e. None of the above is true.
North Korea
a. has been of little concern for the United States since the U.S. involvement in Iraq
andAfghanistan.
b. has dismantled all of its nuclear weapons in exchange for food.
c. pulled back on its treaty obligations and in 2009 tested a long-range missile capable
of delivering a nuclear warhead.
d. ordered UN inspectors to come back to the country to verify that all nuclear missiles
had been destroyed and that it was only using nuclear devices for creating electricity.
e. had its navy attacked by South Korean and a North Korean ship was sunk.
The following statement would be compatible with __________ ideology: “The
government should only provide security and an environment conducive to capitalism.”
a. liberal
b. conservative
c. communist
d. socialist
e. libertarian
The Patriot Act, which strengthened the government’s investigatory powers,
a. is the most significant anti-terrorism legislation in the United States.
b. bans the government from opening a suspect’s mail.
c. includes warrantless surveillance, which has strong public support.
d. was designed to fight organized crime.
e. was designed to create territorial barriers between government agencies to protect
secrecy.
Which of the following is not true about the European Union (EU)?
a. The EU is a confederation of twenty-seven countries.
b. The EU is a federation of twenty-seven countries.
c. Seventeen of the EU countries have adopted a common currencythe euro.
d. EU countries such as Greece, Portugal, and Ireland have had financial difficulties of
late.
e. The European Central Bank is prohibited from bailing out member countries in
difficulty.
Commercial speech is usually defined as
a. any speech conducted via films, radio, or television.
b. advertising statements.
c. speech made by public corporations as opposed to private organizations.
d. business-related speech.
e. speech made by organizations as opposed to private citizens.
The plan to keep the public from choosing U.S. presidents failed because
a. the Constitution was amended to implement popular elections of presidents.
b. most would-be electors were publicly pledged to a candidate.
c. Congress has refused to certify the elections of candidates who do not get a majority
of the popular vote.
d. foreign powers forced U.S. elections to be more democratic.
e. None of the above.
The notion of a “living Constitution” is often associated with
a. judicial restraint.
b. judicial activism.
c. broad construction.
d. strict construction.
e. Both A and D.
An agreement between two or more states is
a. shared governance.
b. an interstate compact.
c. an intrastate treaty.
d. a cooperative agreement.
e. unconstitutional.
With regard to the issue of oil and energy
a. the United States’ dependence on foreign oil is down sharply from just a few years
ago.
b. a new technology called fracking is allowing more oil to be extracted from domestic
and Canadian sources.
c. fracking can only extract oil, not natural gas.
d. the United States gets nearly 80 percent of its oil and gas from foreign sources.
e. Options A and B are true.
Through negotiated rulemaking, federal agencies have begun encouraging businesses
and public interest groups to become directly involved in
a. taking responsibility for their own self-regulation.
b. drafting the regulations that affect them.
c. lobbying Congress to relax regulations.
d. lobbying the president concerning bureaucratic reorganization.
e. administering regulations.
A government program that is funded by the national government but run and managed
by state governments is emblematic of
a. dual federalism.
b. cooperative federalism.
c. enumerated powers.
d. reserved powers.
e. the supremacy clause.
Which of the following is true of interest groups?
a. Only a few interest groups attempt to influence public officials in the government at
the same time.
b. Interest groups only lobby the national government because at that level issues are
more important than at other levels of government.
c. Having a large number of members helps an interest group to influence government
officials.
d. All interest groups need members to pay high dues so they can have a strong
financialbase.
e. All of the above are true.
The Supreme Court can serve as a trial court of original jurisdiction in cases
a. in which a state is a party.
b. affecting foreign diplomats.
c. involving a civil liberties complaint.
d. Both A and B.
e. Both A and C.
Language in the Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment apply
a. civil liberties to all persons in the United States.
b. civil liberties to only citizens.
c. all civil liberties to citizens, but only First Amendment liberties to non-citizens.
d. all civil liberties to citizens, but only Fourth Amendment liberties to non-citizens.
e. None of the above.
According to Max Weber, a bureaucracy should be all of the following except
a. an apolitical organization.
b. an organization made up of unspecialized staff to avoid delays in policy
implementation.
c. an organization where decisions are based on logic and analysis.
d. an organization that makes promotions on the basis of merit, not politics.
e. an organization that applies similar decisions to similar situations.
The Pendleton Act
a. extended federal civil service protections to the states.
b. reorganized the federal government and exempted a substantial number of
government employees from civil service protections.
c. increased the number of government employees selected by the spoils system.
d. established the principle of employment on the basis of open competitive
examinations.
e. established a merit system during the Civil War.
A pocket veto
a. can be used by a president only once during a term in office, although the veto can be
used twice if the president serves two terms.
b. can only be used when Congress adjourns for the session within ten days of the bill
being submitted to the president.
c. means that the legislation cannot be reintroduced in the next Congress.
d. was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1936.
e. is a veto in which the president does not send a veto message back to Congress.
The implementation of judicial decisions is dependent upon ___________ because
___________.
a. the other branches of government; the courts have no enforcement powers
b. the police; they are the enforcement arm of the judiciary
c. Congress; presidents often resist court decisions
d. presidents; all decisions affect the executive branch, via the bureaucracy
e. None of the above.
Online fundraising
a. saw pioneering efforts in the Ron Paul campaign.
b. lead to very high fundraising totals for the Obama campaign.
c. allows thousands of activists to act as fundraisers.
d. Both A and B.
e. All of the above.
The population group with the highest incarceration rate is
a. non-Hispanic white men, ages 30″34.
b. non-Hispanic African American men, ages 30″34.
c. non-Hispanic Asian American men, ages 30″34.
d. Hispanic men, ages 25″29.
e. non-Hispanic African American women, ages 30″35.
The fact that the Supreme Court denied the national government the power to fully ban
handguns in 2008, yet a later 2010 decision was needed to apply this same rule to the
states is emblematic of
a. the power of the states.
b. the weakness of the federal government.
c. the slowness with which federal rules apply to the states.
d. the doctrine of incorporation.
e. Both A and B.
Which of the following is an incorrect statement?
a. Overall, Hispanics have favored the Democrats.
b. Cuban Americans are more likely to support Republicans than Democrats.
c. Asian American groups have usually leaned to the Democrats.
d. Muslim Americans today represent one of the nation’s most Democratic blocs.
e. Most African Americans have supported the Republican Party since the 1930s.
In a federal political system, authority is
a. always vested in a bicameral legislature.
b. divided between the central government and regional or subdivisional governments.
c. bestowed upon the central government, with no power being granted to the
regionalgovernments.
d. concentrated in a unicameral legislature within a strong central government.
e. exercised by the national government only insofar as these powers are granted by
thestates.
Which of the following statements regarding China’s economy is true?
a. China’s economy has grown at a rate of about 10 percent annually for the past
severaldecades.
b. In 2007, China manufactured more passenger automobiles than did the United States.
c. The growth of the Chinese economy during the last thirty-five years is one of the
most important developments in world history.
d. Options B and C are true.
e. All of the above are true.
The job of a conference committee is to
a. originate appropriations bills.
b. reconcile House and Senate versions of a bill.
c. set the rules of debate for a bill.
d. determine the committee path of a bill.
e. override a presidential veto.
Ways in which issues come to be identified as problems include
a. a crisis occurring.
b. letters from the constituents to members of Congress.
c. information provided by interest groups.
d. reading the local newspaper.
e. All of the above are true.
Political Action Committees
a. are not covered by federal election laws.
b. are committees created under federal or state law for the purpose of collecting
politicaldonations.
c. coordinate all expenditures directly with the candidate.
d. collect funds from the candidate and transfer them to the political party.
e. are limited in how much they spend.
The key official member of the intelligence community is the
a. Central Intelligence Agency.
b. Department of Defense.
c. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
d. Drug Enforcement Administration.
e. National Security Agency.