LIBERTY UNIVERSITY - GOVT 220
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT | QUIZ: THE
STUDY OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT.
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2025/2026
The Framers' concerns about direct democracy are shown by what feature of the Constitution? -
ANS The Constitution does not feature the word democracy at all.
The term participatory democracy applies most accurately to which of the following societies? -
ANS Greece in the 4th century B.C.
Which type of legislation provides tangible benefits to constituents in several states or districts
in hopes of winning their votes in the future? - ANS Pork-barrel legislation
Samuel P. Huntington favored which view of the distribution of political power? - ANS The
creedal passion view
Which of the following is an example of direct democracy? - ANS New England town
meetings
According to the Framers of the Constitution, who is the best judge of the people's best
interests? - ANS Elected officials
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, The civil rights movement of the mid-20th century is an example of which theory of power? -
ANS The creedal passion view
In 1935, what percentage of American families paid no federal income tax? - ANS 96 percent
Many farmers benefit substantially from agricultural price supports, but many consumers have
no idea what these price supports cost them in taxes and higher food prices. Which type of
politics does this suggest? - ANS Client politics
According to the power elite view, which of these groups would not have any control of politics?
- ANS The poor
Congress' power to tax, as provided in the Constitution and later amendments, leads one to
conclude that the fundamental government finance problems are not mathematical. Instead,
they are because of which of the following? - ANS Politics
What is an important implication of the bureaucracy increasingly becoming a source of political
innovation? - ANS Bureaucrats may use their expertise to craft policies that address
important problems.
Which term is used to describe activists, inside or outside of government, who pull together
political majorities on behalf of unorganized interests? - ANS Policy entrepreneurs
What is the impact of self-interest on the positions people take on important issues? -
ANS Economic self-interest may be important, but it is usually not the only guide to people's
actions.
When policies like the Affordable Care Act delegate decisions, such as whether birth control
should be covered in all insurance plans, to executive agencies like Health and Human Services,
it is an illustration of which theory of power? - ANS The bureaucratic view
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AMERICAN GOVERNMENT | QUIZ: THE
STUDY OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT.
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2025/2026
The Framers' concerns about direct democracy are shown by what feature of the Constitution? -
ANS The Constitution does not feature the word democracy at all.
The term participatory democracy applies most accurately to which of the following societies? -
ANS Greece in the 4th century B.C.
Which type of legislation provides tangible benefits to constituents in several states or districts
in hopes of winning their votes in the future? - ANS Pork-barrel legislation
Samuel P. Huntington favored which view of the distribution of political power? - ANS The
creedal passion view
Which of the following is an example of direct democracy? - ANS New England town
meetings
According to the Framers of the Constitution, who is the best judge of the people's best
interests? - ANS Elected officials
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, The civil rights movement of the mid-20th century is an example of which theory of power? -
ANS The creedal passion view
In 1935, what percentage of American families paid no federal income tax? - ANS 96 percent
Many farmers benefit substantially from agricultural price supports, but many consumers have
no idea what these price supports cost them in taxes and higher food prices. Which type of
politics does this suggest? - ANS Client politics
According to the power elite view, which of these groups would not have any control of politics?
- ANS The poor
Congress' power to tax, as provided in the Constitution and later amendments, leads one to
conclude that the fundamental government finance problems are not mathematical. Instead,
they are because of which of the following? - ANS Politics
What is an important implication of the bureaucracy increasingly becoming a source of political
innovation? - ANS Bureaucrats may use their expertise to craft policies that address
important problems.
Which term is used to describe activists, inside or outside of government, who pull together
political majorities on behalf of unorganized interests? - ANS Policy entrepreneurs
What is the impact of self-interest on the positions people take on important issues? -
ANS Economic self-interest may be important, but it is usually not the only guide to people's
actions.
When policies like the Affordable Care Act delegate decisions, such as whether birth control
should be covered in all insurance plans, to executive agencies like Health and Human Services,
it is an illustration of which theory of power? - ANS The bureaucratic view
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