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FINAL EXAM

Question 1

There are ___ members in the Senate, and ___ members in the
House of Representatives.

Question 1 options:

a) 100, 435

b) 60, 395

c) 150, 850

d) 120, 635

Question 2

The Constitutional age requirement to be eligible to run for
the House of Representatives is ___ years of age, and for the Senate it is ___
years of age.

Question 2 options:

a) 30, 35

b) 45, 50

c) 25, 30

d) 35, 40

Question 3

__________ powers are those that are specifically mentioned
in the U.S. Constitution, while _____ are those that are not specifically
mentioned.

Question 3 options:

a) Inferred,
understood

b) Enumerated,
implied

c) Declared,
undeclared

d) Implied,
enumerated

Question 4

In the Senate, the ________ is the official chair of the
chamber, and occupies a mostly honorary position awarded to the most senior
Senator of the majority party.

Question 4 options:

a) President
designate

b) President
elect

c) President
pro signore

d) President
pro tempore

Question 5

The necessary and proper clause has also been referred to as
the ______ clause, since it has been broadly interpreted to permit Congress the
means to accomplish its enumerated powers.

Question 5 options:

a) Variable

b) Elastic

c) Flexibility

d) Pliable

Question 6

A member of the House of Representatives serves a term of
___ years, while a member of the Senate serves for ___ years.

Question 6 options:

a) 5, 8

b) 3, 6

c) 4, 8

d) 2, 6

Question 7

_________ of the U.S. Constitution outlines the powers,
functions, and organizations of Congress.

Question 7 options:

a) Article
III

b) Article I

c) Article
II

d) Article
IV

Question 8

In the House of Representatives, the most powerful position
is the __________, who is a member of the majority party and is elected by
their party to oversee House business.

Question 8 options:

a) Organizer
of the House

b) Speaker
of the House

c) Leader of
the House

d) Director
of the House

Question 9

____________ involves a Congress person bringing back
benefits such as jobs, projects, and funds to their home district to help local
constituents.

Question 9 options:

a) Modeling

b) Devolution

c) Pork
barreling

d) Channeling

Question 10

The committee system in Congress is comprised of:

Question 10 options:

a) Standing
committees

b) Joint
committees

c) Select
committees

d) All of
the above

Question 11

The House of Representatives controls the __________
process, or the budget which provides funding to the other branches of
government, including the executive branch.

Question 11 options:

a) Distributions

b) Appropriations

c) Annexations

d) Requisitions

Question 12

Article 1 Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution provides for
the __________ clause, which allows Congress to make those laws needed to
achieve its enumerated powers.

Question 12 options:

a) Obligatory
and required

b) Necessary
and proper

c) Essential
and need

d) Mandatory
and visible

Question 13

In terms of Congressional representation, the _____ theory
holds that members of Congress are not free agents and should act according to
their constituents” interests, while the _______ theory indicates that members
of Congress should act according to what they think is in the best interest of
their constituents as free agents.

Question 13 options:

a) Politico,
delegate

b) Trustee,
politico

c) Politico,
trustee

d) Delegate,
trustee

Question 14

____________ refers to the drawing of Congressional district
boundaries to produce a political advantage for the majority party.

Question 14 options:

a) Redistributing

b) Revising

c) Gerrymandering

d) Adjusting

Question 15

Congress is a _________ legislature, meaning that it has two
houses.

Question 15 options:

a) Multicameral

b) Unicameral

c) Bicameral

d) Duocameral

Question 16

The term ______ presidency is used to refer to presidents
who are too strong or controlling in their use of power.

Question 16 options:

a) Imposing

b) Commanding

c) Vigorous

d) Imperial

Question 17

_____________ powers are not actually mentioned in the
Constitution, but are available to the president as tools for him to execute
specific powers that are granted to the office.

Question 17 options:

a) Inherent

b) Inferred

c) Implied

d) Suggested

Question 18

The _____________ created a merit system based upon
competence and neutrality rather than partisanship, overseen by the Civil
Service Commission.

Question 18 options:

a) Pendleton
Act of 1883

b) Smithton
Act of 1887

c) Pickerton
Act of 1890

d) Levy Act
of 1895

Question 19

Presidents who are weak or do not use their powers to govern
effectively fall under the category of _______ presidency.

Question 19 options:

a) Imperiled

b) Fragile

c) Endangered

d) Frail

Question 20

_____ powers are actually mentioned or specified in Article
II of the Constitution, such as the president being able to veto legislation or
make treaties.

Question 20 options:

a) Enumerated

b) Justified

c) Functional

d) Detailed

Question 21

_______ powers are not mentioned in the Constitution or even
implied, but are granted to the president simply because he is the chief executive.

Question 21 options:

a) Instinctive

b) Integral

c) Intrinsic

d) Inherent

Question 22

The ___________ of 1978 was passed by President Jimmy Carter
to replace the Civil Service Commission with the Office of Personnel Management
and Merit Systems Protection Board.

Question 22 options:

a) Civil
Service Reform Act

b) Merit
Reform Act

c) Administrative
Proceedings Act

d) Governance
Process Act

Question 23

The ____ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution limited the
president to serving two full years in office, or ten years total.

Question 23 options:

a) 18th

b) 22nd

c) 15th

d) 29th

Question 24

The U.S. Post Office is an example of a __________, which is
designed to fulfill specific commercial activities much like a private sector
business.

Question 24 options:

a) Government
Firm

b) Government
Corporation

c) Government
Establishment

d) Government
Entity

Question 25

Over time, Congress has delegated _____ powers to the
president to act in domestic and foreign policy matters that are separate than
those in the Constitution.

Question 25 options:

a) Indirect

b) Symbolic

c) Statutory

d) Functional

Question 26

While voters register their choice for president, our
nation’s chief executive is actually chosen indirectly by the _____.

Question 26 options:

a) Electoral
Department

b) Electoral
Bureau

c) Electoral
Agency

d) Electoral
College

Question 27

Each year, about 80,000 pages of new rules are published by
the federal bureaucracy in what is known as the:

Question 27 options:

a) Federal
Index

b) Federal
Guide

c) Federal
Catalog

d) Federal
Register

Question 28

The ______ consists of numerous policy advisors and
assistants that provide valuable information to the president as part of the
decision making process.

Question 28 options:

a) Executive
Office of the President

b) Executive
Agency of the Commander

c) Executive
Command of the President

d) Executive
Bureau of the Chief

Question 29

To be eligible to become president, one must satisfy certain
Constitutional requirements. This includes:

Question 29 options:

a) Being at
least thirty-five years old

b) Being a
natural-born citizen of the U.S.

c) Being a
resident of the U.S. for at least fourteen years

d) All of
the above

Question 30

Please match the following terms to their definitions:

Question 30 options:

A president’s power to refuse to disclose communications
with others in government

The president’s power to remove an official from office

A presidential directive issued to provide specific
guidelines for how a policy should be implemented

International agreements the president signs with leaders of
other countries

1. Executive Agreement

2. Firing

3. Executive
Order

4. Executive
Privilege

Question 31

The power of judicial review, or ability of a court to
review the actions of government officials, came in the case:

Question 31 options:

a) McClellan
v. Jones (1799)

b) Marbury
v. Madison (1803)

c) Taney v.
Adams (1805)

d) Smith v.
Baines (1795)

Question 32

_______ is a judicial philosophy that supports having the
courts play a broad and sometimes vibrant role in government.

Question 32 options:

a) Judicial
egalitarianism

b) Judicial
activism

c) Judicial
involvement

d) Judicial
engagement

Question 33

Since 1869, the number of justices sitting on the Supreme
Court has been set at:

Question 33 options:

a) 6

b) 9

c) 8

d) 7

Question 34

In Supreme Court history, the ______ Era (1865-1937)
occurred during the time of the Progressive Era and New Deal Era in response to
problems that came from the Industrial Revolution.

Question 34 options:

a) Dualistic

b) Founding

c) Liberal
Nationalism

d) Development

Question 35

President Franklin Roosevelt attempted to exert political
control over the Court by increasing its size with new Justices who would
support his New Deal policies. This was referred to as the:

Question 35 options:

a) Court
stacking scheme

b) Court
increase strategy

c) Court
packing plan

d) Court
bundling idea

Question 36

Civil rights are generally provided for in:

Question 36 options:

a) Civil law

b) Functional
law

c) Constitutional
law

d) Statutory
law

Question 37

Today, there consists of ___ Courts of Appeals, and ___
District Courts.

Question 37 options:

a) 50, 150

b) 30, 120

c) 13, 94

d) 18, 100

Question 38

The landmark Supreme Court case which ruled against
segregation in public schools was:

Question 38 options:

a) Ally v.
Stevenson (1959)

b) Stevens
v. Board of Investigation (1965)

c) Plessy v.
Parington (1913)

d) Brown v.
Board of Education (1954)

Question 39

_________ refers to government actions that impede the
publication or airing of a media piece on the grounds that it presents legal
violations

Question 39 options:

a) Prior
restriction

b) Coverage
limitation

c) Significant
restraint

d) Prior
restraint

Question 40

_______ is a function of the courts to settle disputes
according to the law.

Question 40 options:

a) Dispute
challenge

b) Dispute
resolution

c) Disagreement
resolution

d) Controversy
resolution

Question 41

Under the First Amendment, the ________ builds a wall of
separation between the church and the state, preventing the creation of an
official religion.

Question 41 options:

a) Separation
Clause

b) Establishment
Clause

c) Lemon
Clause

d) Doctrine
Clause

Question 42

The _________ was designed by the Supreme Court to help
guide decisions about whether a law violates the First Amendment.

Question 42 options:

a) Doctrine
Test

b) Orange
Test

c) Signal
Test

d) Lemon
Test

Question 43

The creation of the hierarchical organization of the federal
judiciary by Congress came with the:

Question 43 options:

a) Judicial
Precedent of 1785

b) Judiciary
Act of 1789

c) Judicial
Statute Act of 1787

d) Judiciary
Statute of 1788

Question 44

The __________ Doctrine allowed states to have racial
segregation in public facilities.

Question 44 options:

a) Separate
but Uniform

b) Split but
Equal

c) Separate
but Equal

d) Separate
but Equivalent

Question 45

_______ policies provide goods and services to groups of
people or an entire population, while ________ policies are designed to change
behavior at the individual or organizational levels.

Question 45 options:

a) Individual,
sectional

b) Regulatory,
redistributive

c) Allocative,
allotment

d) Distributive,
regulatory

Question 46

During the ______ from 1890 to around 1920, social reformers
tried to address problems caused by the Industrial Revolution.

Question 46 options:

a) Liberal
Era

b) Radical
Era

c) Reactionary
Era

d) Progressive
Era

Question 47

In response to the Great Recession which began in 2007,
Congress and the president passed the ____________ to avert the worsening of
the nation’s economic problems by funneling money into the economy.

Question 47 options:

a) Emergency
Commerce Act

b) Emergency
Fund Act

c) Emergency
Business Act

d) Emergency
Economic Stabilization Act

Question 48

Toward the end of the policy cycle, policies tend to proceed
through an _________ process to determine whether they have worked as intended.

Question 48 options:

a) Estimation

b) Evaluation

c) Articulation

d) Opinion

Question 49

Policy analysis and evaluation is designed to:

Question 49 options:

a) Explain a
policy and how it was implemented

b) Develop
testable propositions that researchers use to generalize the findings to other
agencies

c) Study
cause and effect relationships generated by policies

d) All of
the above

Question 50

Public policies are contained in:

Question 50 options:

a) Statutes

b) Regulations

c) Judicial
rulings

d) All of
the above

Question 51

With __________, a law or set of laws are created to give a
policy legal force.

Question 51 options:

a) Policy
adoption

b) Policy
acceptance

c) Policy
sanction

d) Policy
endorsement

Question 52

__________ was an economic theorist who advocated laissez
faire economic theory, where government should not intervene in the
marketplace.

Question 52 options:

a) Walter
Jones

b) Adam
Jones

c) John
Smith

d) Adam
Smith

Question 53

The series of programs that President Franklin D. Roosevelt
created to respond to the Great Depression of the 1930s were known as the:

Question 53 options:

a) New Deal
Program

b) Economic
Policy Initiative

c) Societal
Reform Program

d) Corporate
Benefit Initiative

Question 54

______ policy involves the government’s taxing and spending
powers, while ______ policy uses the money supply to pursue economic goals.

Question 54 options:

a) Fiscal,
monetary

b) Monetary,
fiscal

c) Integration,
devolution

d) Regulatory,
distributive

Question 55

Political scientists generally divide public policy into two
broad spheres, which are:

Question 55 options:

a) Domestic,
foreign

b) Endogenous,
exogenous

c) Current,
historical

d) Internal,
external

Question 56

The economist _______ challenged the hands off philosophy of
economics, and argued that governments should make use of fiscal policy to
achieve stability and prosperity.

Question 56 options:

a) Walter
David Simon

b) John
Maynard Keynes

c) John
Peter Marcus

d) Rick
Frederick Smith

Question 57

The ________ has primary control over monetary policy, and
is relatively independent from the control of Congress and the president.

Question 57 options:

a) Federal
Monetary Fund

b) Federal
Reserve Board

c) Federal
Reserve Body

d) Federal
Reservation Agency

Question 58

According to __________, government regulators are created
to regulate an industry, but instead come to be controlled by the very
interests they were created to regulate.

Question 58 options:

a) Restriction
theory

b) Apprehension
theory

c) Capture
theory

d) Detainment
theory

Question 59

Countries around the world will continue to be challenged by
issues relating to:

Question 59 options:

a) Global
economic competitiveness

b) Economic
equality and inequality

c) The
preservation and maintenance of moral values

d) All of
the above

Question 60

A good that, once provided, cannot be limited to those who
have paid for it is a ______________ good.

Question 60 options:

a) Externalities

b) Free
Rider

c) Public

d) Private

Question 61

The governing document that sets forth a country’s basic
rules of government and politics is a ______________________.

Question 61 options:

a) Fundamental
Law

b) Democracy

c) Legitimate
Government

d) Constitution

Question 62

Thomas Hobbes believed that people were self-interested
actors who would take advantage of those weaker than them. This concept is
known as living in the ____________.

Question 62 options:

a) Solitary
Being

b) Social
Contract

c) Positivist
Human Nature

d) State of
Nature

Question 63

The struggle between needing to give government sufficient
power to govern and limiting power enough to avoid tyranny is known as
_____________.

Question 63 options:

a) Red Tape

b) Bureaucracy

c) Politicos

d) The Power
Problem

Question 64

The clause of the Constitution that requires states to honor
the contracts of other states is known as the _______________.

Question 64 options:

a) Extradition
Clause

b) Privileges
& Immunities Clause

c) Commerce
Clause

d) Full
Faith and Credit Clause

Question 65

The only state that has a one house legislature (as opposed
to two) is ___________.

Question 65 options:

a) Nebraska

b) Texas

c) Georgia

d) California

Question 66

In the United States, the total number of government units
is ________________.

Question 66 options:

a) Between
25,000-70,000

b) Less than
10,000

c) Between
12,500-17,500

d) More than
75,000

Question 67

A political system where the smaller units of government
(state or regional) are more powerful than the national government is known as
a _______________ system.

Question 67 options:

a) Unitary

b) Confederal

c) Federal

d) Shared
Power

Question 68

Understanding how people acquire their attitudes can make it
possible to use that information to control what people think.

Question 68 options:

True

False

Question 69

The media is unusual in the sense that they are mostly
private companies whose purpose is to make money, but they are also expected to
serve a public function.

Question 69 options:

True

False

Question 70

The __________ model says that public opinion is the
principal source of government legitimacy.

Question 70 options:

a) Politico

b) Trustee

c) Delegate

d) Principal

Question 71

_________________ is/are the government banning expression
of ideas before their publication.

Question 71 options:

a) Ex Post
Facto

b) Preemptive
positioning

c) Prior
restraint

d) Shield
Laws

Question 72

The act that made racial discrimination in voting a
violation of federal law was the _________________.

Question 72 options:

a) Intolerable
Acts

b) Voting
Rights Act of 1965

c) Alien
& Sedition Acts

d) Civil
Rights Act 1964

Question 73

Which of the following is NOT the role of a political party?

Question 73 options:

a) Pay the
candidates in exchange for political favors

b) Organize
and mobilize voters to participate in politics

c) Recruit
and nominate candidates for office

d) Help run
campaigns and elections

Question 74

Proportional representation makes it ________________ for
smaller or minor parties to survive in government.

Question 74 options:

a) Harder

b) Less
Likely

c) Easier

d) None of
the Above

Question 75

The big state strategy is one that suggests that a candidate
focuses on a small number of states with high amounts of electoral votes.

Question 75 options:

True

False