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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A primaries
B nonpartisan elections
C term limits on the state legislature
D office block ballot
Question #2
A primary petition and runoff.
B veto and initiative.
C recall and office block ballot.
D legislative and popular.
Question #3
A corporations and corrupt politicians.
B the California Supreme Court.
C local government.
D presidential candidates.
Question #4
A Hiram Johnson
B Pat Brown
C Edward Dickson
D Chester Rowell
Question #6
A perjury
B high crimes and misdemeanors
C theft
D murder
Question #7
A enact legislation
B promote new hiring
C check the president
D allow for greater spending
Question #8
A Senate
B House
C President
D Supreme Court
Question #9
A minimize
B reduce
C destroy
D overly influence
Question #10
A there are no challengers.
B direct constituent service is superb.
C overall congressional public approval ratings are high.
D Congress members pass vast quantities of legislation.
Question #11
A Washington D.C.
B biggest city in their state
C United States
D state or district they represent
Question #13
A Senate.
B House or Senate.
C House.
D conference committee.
Question #14
A letter writing.
B protesting.
C contributing funds, letter writing and protesting.
D contributing funds.
Question #15
A What competition?
B Republican Party dominance.
C Democratic Party dominance.
D Too close to call.
Question #16
A 100
B 51
C 93
D 67
Question #17
A base voting
B straight-ticket voting
C split-ticket voting
D loyalist voting
Question #18
A 67.4
B 58.8
C 54.8
D 89.7
Question #21
A years divisible by five
B years divisible by three
C even-numbered years
D odd-numbered years
Question #22
A Memorial Day
B Fourth of July
C Super Tuesday
D Labor Day
Question #23
A Idaho and California
B Iowa and New Hampshire
C New Hampshire and Connecticut
D New York and Maryland
Question #25
A celebrity shenanigans
B voting records
C party politics
D none of the above
Question #26
A Democratic
B Women do not demonstrate systematic preferences.
C Libertarian
D Republican
Question #27
A Falsifying
B Scaling
C Sampling
D Framing
Question #28
A push
B none of these
C partial
D survey research
Question #29
A federal and state
B local
C federal
D state
Question #30
A Revolutionary War
B Great Depression
C Dust Bowl
D Civil War
Question #31
A preemption
B federalism
C diffusion
D veto
Question #32
A granted
B inherent
C concurrent
D reserved
Question #33
A both state and federal power
B local power
C state power
D federal power
Question #34
A 28 million
B 39 million
C 52 million
D 19 million
Question #35
A Gray Davis
B Pete Wilson
C Ronald Reagan
D Arnold Schwarzenegger
Question #36
A large numbers of citizens do not vote.
B elected representatives make the decisions for the voters.
C the courts make the majority of the political decisions.
D citizens control the political process through direct democracy.
Question #37
A established the three strikes law.
B legalized marijuana for medical purposes.
C established term limits for members of the Assembly and Senate.
D eliminated affirmative action programs.
Question #38
A Mexico.
B the Philippines.
C China.
D Canada.
Question #39
A Because states don’t have constitutions.
B Because article 6 says so.
C Because the Articles of Confederation coexisted with the new Constitution.
D Because the framers were divinely inspired.
Question #40
A Five times
B Six times
C Twelve times
D One time
Question #41
A 1776
B 1777
C 1787
D 1620
Question #42
A two-thirds of the Senate approve.
B three-quarters of the House of Representative approve.
C three-quarters of the Senate approve.
D two-thirds of the House of Representatives approve.
Question #43
A international trade
B conscription
C nationalism
D smuggling
