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The Medicaid program is funded
a. in equal shares by every state.
b. by a tax on private insurance companies.
c. by a combination of state and federal taxpayers.
d. exclusively by the federal government.
e. exclusively by state governments.
Many observers consider the ______ to be the beginning of the feminist movement.
a. founding of American Woman Suffrage Association
b. passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1968
c. passage of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
d. founding of the Congressional Union
e. founding of the National Organization for Women (NOW)
As a result of ______, the number of African American public officials has increased
throughout the United States.
a. improved educational opportunities
b. public-awareness campaigns
c. the Tenth Amendment
d. major civil rights legislation in the 1960s
e. decreasing interest in holding political office among whites
In 1978, the ______ was created to oversee promotions, employees' rights, and other
employment matters.
a. Civil Service Commission
b. Office of Personnel Management
c. Ministry of Personnel
d. Civilian Employment Agency
e. Merit Systems Protection Board
If a case is affirmed, it
a. means the case cannot be appealed to a higher court.
b. is sent back to the court that originally heard the case.
c. means a court ruling is valid and must stand.
d. will result in a new trial for the defendant.
e. is accepted as a case that the U.S. Supreme Court will hear.
The Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 requires
a. each member of Congress to inform constituents of their votes on appropriations
measures.
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.
Which of the following methods is most likely to control sampling error?
a. Surveying the least educated
b. Processing survey results quickly
c. Conducting a telephone poll
d. Taking a large random sample
e. Taking a large quota sample
Which of the following statements best describe how much the President has changed
the structure and function of the bureaucracy?
a. Presidents have been somewhat able to do this.
b. Presidents have been very reluctant to change anything, much less the bureaucracy.
c. Presidents have not tried to do so.
d. Presidents have changed the structure and function of the bureaucracy significantly.
e. Presidents have not changed the structure and function of the bureaucracy.
In Reno v. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, the Supreme Court ruled
that aliens have
a. the right to object to deportation only if they have been in the United States for ten
years or more.
b. the right to object to deportation only if they have children born in the United States.
c. no Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable search and seizure.
d. no First Amendment rights to object to deportation.
e. all the First Amendment rights granted to U.S. citizens.
Advertising paid for by interest groups that support or oppose a candidate (or a
candidate's position on an issue) without mentioning voting or elections is called
a. a PAC advertisement.
b. a soft-money contribution.
c. issue advocacy advertising.
d. a hard-money expenditure.
e. payola profiteering and pilfering.
Starting with ______, all presidents have interpreted their authority as "Commander in
Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States" dynamically and broadly.
a. John F. Kennedy
b. Franklin D. Roosevelt
c. George Washington
d. Abraham Lincoln
e. Theodore Roosevelt
Which of the following statements about the Medicare system is false?
a. It pays for hospital and physician bills for U.S. residents aged 65 years or over.
b. It pays part of elderly people's prescription drug benefits.
c. Some health-care providers have become reluctant to accept Medicare patients,
because the Federal Government has cut back on reimbursement rates.
d. Reimbursement rates and caps are set according to international standards.
e. It is funded by taxes on wages and salaries.
A majority of the delegates at the Constitutional Convention were
a. unaware that there were problems with the Articles of Confederation.
b. against a strong central government.
c. nationalists in favor of instituting a monarchy.
d. moderates in favor of keeping the Articles of Confederation with very few changes.
e. nationalists in favor of a stronger central government.
Which of the following best defines a social movement?
a. A group of people on the fringes of U.S. society
b. A group bent on subverting the government
c. A movement of people
d. A demand by a vast majority of the population to do something
e. A movement that represents the demands of a large segment of the population for
political, economic, or social change
A writ of habeas corpus is an order that requires
a. jailers to bring a prisoner before a court and explain why they are being held.
b. prisoners to be provided with legal counsel.
c. prisoners to be informed of their right to remain silent.
d. police to find the dead body in order for a court to deliver a murder conviction.
e. prisoners to be provided with an opportunity to confess.
All of the following are true regarding the aftermath of Brown v. Board of Education
EXCEPT
a. the Supreme Court declared that integration was to take place "with all deliberate
speed."
b. there was resistance to integration in Little Rock, Arkansas, and other southern states.
c. the district courts were instructed to consider revising school districts in order to
achieve desegregation.
d. combat troops were needed to integrate the University of Mississippi.
e. almost all schools achieved racial balance within a decade.
Which of the following statements regarding the federal budget is true?
a. The federal government has spent more than it has received every year since it began.
b. The federal budget deficit amounts to almost nothing.
c. The United States had a budget surplus each year from 1998 to 2002.
d. The budget deficit peaked during World War II and has continued to decrease since
then.
e. The federal budget deficit was helped by President Bush's tax cuts.
In 1803, the Supreme Court claimed the power of ______ for itself in Marbury v.
Madison.
a. judicial review
b. constitutional amendment
c. legislative ratification
d. executive review
e. appeal
A rule or regulation issued by the president that has the effect of law is a(n)
a. legislative declaration.
b. presidential statute.
c. Congressional override.
d. emergency provision.
e. executive order.
One type of government corporation is the ______, a business created by the federal
government itself, which then sells part or all of the corporation's stock to private
investors.
a. collaborative company
b. temporary agency
c. federal takeover
d. government-sponsored enterprise
e. public-private partnership
Interest groups recognize that the greatest concern of legislators is to
a. support the principles of their political party.
b. be reelected.
c. vote for the ideas of the constituents.
d. be totally informed on issues requiring their vote.
e. please the congressional leadership.
The federal appeals court process involves
a. witnesses and testimony presented to a jury.
b. grand juries who decide if there is enough evidence to have a trial.
c. a panel of judges that reviews the case record and determines whether the trial court
committed an error.
d. attorneys from both sides who submit to binding arbitration.
e. preliminary review by the U.S. Supreme Court.
In January 2006, ____ won a majority of the seats in the Palestinian legislature, an
alarming development since it has called for the destruction of Israel.
a. the militant group Hamas
b. the Kurdish People's Liberation Front
c. the militant group Hezbollah
d. the Palestine Liberation Organization
e. the extremist group Free Jerusalem Now
In Plessy v. Ferguson, the Court held that
a. African Americans are not U.S. citizens.
b. the Fourteenth Amendment enforced social equality.
c. schools are not allowed to segregate on the basis of race.
d. social segregation did not violate the Constitution.
e. Homer Plessy's legal position was a valid one.
Regarding voter requirements, each state
a. has different qualifications for voting and registration.
b. must have identical voter registration qualifications.
c. can impose residency requirements of any length in order for voters to register.
d. requires voters to register by mail.
e. allows voters to register up to the day of the election.
When the Supreme Court heard cases involving federalism in the last decade, the
rulings they gave can best be perceived as
a. in line with decisions of previous decades.
b. unconstitutional.
c. supporting a strong federal government.
d. supporting states' rights.
e. sending mixed messages.
All of the following regarding women's rights is false EXCEPT
a. women first started agitating for equal rights in 1970.
b. women's rights are listed in the Constitution.
c. women have had to struggle for equality just like African Americans and other
minorities.
d. the first political right that women fought for was for the right to make a decision
about military service.
e. women started struggling first for anti-sexual-harassment laws.
A dissenting opinion can be important because
a. it represents the position of the chief justice of the Supreme Court.
b. it is the statement of the defendant's attorney to the Court.
c. in criminal law it must be carried out by local police.
d. it often forms the basis of the arguments used later if the Court reverses the previous
decision and establishes a new precedent.
e. it means that the case cannot be used as a precedent.
For a political party, the national committee
a. is not authorized to play any role in financing the party's activities.
b. is the strongest and most powerful part of the party.
c. is dissolved after presidential elections.
d. chooses the party's nominee for president.
e. directs and coordinates party activities between national party conventions.
Which of the following best describes de jure segregation?
a. Segregation that occurs because of patterns of racial residence and similar social
conditions
b. Segregation based on laws
c. Segregation that occurs because of laws or administrative decisions by public
agencies
d. Segregation based on physical characteristics
e. Complete segregation
Under Woodrow Wilson, the Democratic Party
a. rejected progressivism.
b. continued to adhere to the same basic policies that it did in the nineteenth century.
c. began a radical change by becoming at least as receptive as the Republicans to
government action in the economy.
d. permanently split into three antagonistic factions.
e. adopted a policy of isolating the United States from the affairs of the rest of the
world.
In 1980, China was granted _____ for tariffs and trade policy on a year-to-year basis.
a. normal trade relations status
b. most-favored nation status
c. favorite nation status
d. superior trade relations status
Describe the controversy surrounding the slavery issue. How was this resolved at the
Constitutional Convention?
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
Describe the ways television has been used in, and influenced, political campaigns.
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
Examine the idea of the government guaranteeing every adult a job. What problems
may there be? What other kinds of policies can help combat unemployment?
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
Describe the legislation affecting whistleblowers. How much protection does it offer?
Why should whistleblowers be protected?
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
Explain the role of the United States in Afghanistan and the problems encountered
there.
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
Explain three ways in which the courts can be checked.
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
Explain reapportionment and redistricting, and describe how they can affect political
outcomes.
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
Describe each stage of the policymaking process. Are there any reforms that could be
implemented to make it more responsive to the American people? If so, what are they?
If not, why not?
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
What are implied powers? Describe several examples.
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
Is it legitimate that the United States Supreme Court possesses the power of judicial
review? Why, or why not?
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
Define slander and libel and describe the differences between them. Discuss how the
protections against them are applied differently to different members of society.
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
What direct techniques are used by interest groups? Why do you think they choose a
particular technique over others that they may employ?
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
Describe the importance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s advocacy of nonviolent civil
disobedience to protest racial injustice.
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
Describe the following organizations of the executive branch: cabinet departments,
independent executive agencies, independent regulatory agencies, and government
corporations.
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
Explain the basis of affirmative action and the manner in which it has been addressed
by the Supreme Court.
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
How have labels such as "liberal" changed over time? How do American values affect
the use of different ideological labels?
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
Examine the president's role as chief legislator, and outline the impact of the other two
branches of government on this role.
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
Define issue networks, and assess whether they are a positive or negative influence on
the general welfare of the country.
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
Describe recent efforts aimed at reducing American dependence on foreign oil.
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
