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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A House of Representatives
B Supreme Court
C Elections and Campaigns Committee
D Senate
Question #2
A Congress
B elites
C the Supreme Court
D ordinary Americans
Question #3
A all 50
B 48
C 26
D five
Question #4
A The winner-take-all system makes battleground states more relevant to a campaign.
B Battleground states have the most Electoral College votes.
C Candidates focus on battleground states in order to increase their media exposure.
D Battleground states have more electors than they would deserve if electors were allocated by population.
Question #5
A It reduces the policy differences between the candidates.
B It enables voters to select from a wider array of candidates.
C It provides a cue as to which candidate a voter is more likely to prefer.
D It eliminates the need to produce a photo ID in order to vote.
Question #6
A the belief that a functional democracy mandates electoral participation by a large number of voters
B Mitt Romney’s claim that Obama won the 2012 presidential election because he had given gifts to various constituency groups
C the idea that voter turnout is higher when citizens are required to vote and are fined if they fail to do so
D Barack Obama’s claim that his victory in 2012 meant that the public wanted to raise taxes on the wealthy
Question #7
A votes in presidential elections but not in midterm elections
B is elated at the outcome of an election
C votes based on the candidates and not party loyalty
D registers to vote on Election Day
Question #8
A Voters do not necessarily prefer all of the winning candidate’s issue positions.
B Politicians think that political scientists do not understand how things actually work.
C Winning candidates want to justify their policy proposals by claiming that the public supports them.
D Winning candidates are not well versed in the political science literature.
Question #9
A ethnic minorities
B low income people
C young age group
D a college degree holders
Question #10
A Education depresses political efficacy, which then encourages turnout.
B Education helps voters recognize differences between the candidates.
C Education increases intolerance, which then encourages turnout.
D Education enables voters to calculate the probability that their vote will decide the election.
Question #11
A “Democracy is only democratic if citizens participate in the process.”
B “Voting in the United States is so easy that there is no excuse for not voting.”
C “People like me can influence what the government does.”
D “I should vote to honor those who sacrificed their lives to make America free.”
Question #12
A making registration automatic for all citizens rather than compelling them to register
B holding more elections
C electing more officeholders
D minimizing the differences between the parties
Question #13
A The United States has a multiple partisan election system.
B The United States hold elections midweek.
C The United States elects fewer officeholders.
D The United States hold fewer elections
Question #14
A becoming informed
B paying money to vote
C civic duty
D political efficacy
Question #15
A selective perception
B frontloading
C agenda setting
D scorekeeping
Question #16
A matching funds
B soft money
C hard money
D support funds
Question #17
A campaigns are for the masses and are mediated by political elites
B the media control electoral outcomes
C the media exercise little influence over a vast number of citizens’ votes
D voters have very little understanding of the campaign apart from what they see and hear in the media
Question #18
A television ads aimed at the 18–29 age group
B newspaper ads aimed at the 55-65 age group
C staff to handle high-tech and computer technologies
D an international relations specialist to solicit campaign contributions from foreign nations and multinational corporations
Question #19
A more people are becoming highly and accurately informed about the candidates
B Most people are receiving direct mail from candidates
C more people are making small political donations
D Most people are using the Internet as their only source of campaign information