BUL 3130 CORE MAIN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SET A+
✔✔False
(This is not the purpose of the concept of "checks and balances". This concept ensures
that one branch of the government is not too powerful over another branch.) - ✔✔T or
F? Checks and balances built into the Constitution ensure that amendments to the
Constitution are not contradictory to existing laws.
✔✔false
(this describes the commerce clause) - ✔✔T or F? The Due Process Clause of the U.S.
Constitution grants Congress the power "to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and
among the several states, and with Indian tribes."
✔✔Plessy v. Ferguson - ✔✔Which Supreme Court case is most well known for holding
that states can maintain separate facilities for different groups, as long as those facilities
are equal?
-Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
-Engel v. Vitale
-San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez
-Plessy v. Ferguson
✔✔Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka - ✔✔Which Supreme Court case overturned
Plessy v. Ferguson, and the doctrine of "separate but equal"?
-Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
-Marbury v. Madison
-Wisconsin v. Yoder
-Plessy v. Fergusion, and the doctrine of "separate but equal" is technically still good
law
✔✔true
,(This power is reserved to the federal government (via the Commerce Clause). -
✔✔State governments do not have the power to regulate commerce with foreign
nations. T or F?
✔✔true - ✔✔T or F? The Supremacy Clause establishes that state and local laws that
conflict with the US Constitution and federal treaties are unconstitutional.
✔✔rational basis review - ✔✔Which level of review is the least stringent?
✔✔strict scrutiny - ✔✔The following level of scrutiny would be applied to a case
involving racial discrimination.
-Rational Basis Review
-Intermediate Scrutiny
-Strict Scrutiny
-Any of the above
✔✔Rational Basis Review - ✔✔An tax on the popular streaming service Netflix, if
challenged, would likely be subject to which level of scrutiny?
-Rational Basis Review
-Intermediate Scrutiny
-Strict Scrutiny
-Any of the above
✔✔false
(this would be analyzed under strict scrutiny) - ✔✔T or F? Most laws that restrict the
content of speech are analyzed under intermediate scrutiny.
✔✔true - ✔✔The Establishment Clause guarantees that there will be no state-
sponsored or promoted religion. T or F?
✔✔false
(this is the Establishment Clause) - ✔✔T or F? The Equal Protection Clause of the
Fourteenth Amendment provides that a state cannot promote one religion over other
religions.
✔✔Strict Scrutiny - ✔✔A law which taxes individuals of European descent higher than it
taxes other citizens would face which level of scrutiny?
-Rational Basis Review
-Intermediate Scrutiny
-Strict Scrutiny
-Either Rational Basis Review or Intermediate Scrutiny
✔✔false
, (Procedural due process requires this) - ✔✔T or F? Substantive due process requires
that that the government give a person proper notice and hearing of legal action before
that person is deprived of his or her life, liberty, or property.
✔✔false - ✔✔T or F? Laws that take away a fundamental right are analyzed using
rational basis review.
✔✔Either Intermediate or Strict Scrutiny - ✔✔A law which taxes women at a higher rate
than men, if challenged, would be subject to which level of scrutiny.
-False
-Intermediate Scrutiny
-Strict Scrutiny
-Either Intermediate or Strict Scrutiny
✔✔false
(The Constitution can be modified by its amendments.) - ✔✔The Constitution cannot be
modified. T or F?
✔✔state government
(The state reserved powers that it did not give to the federal government through
enumeration.) - ✔✔Reserved powers are given to the ________ by the Constitution
-federal government
-judiciary
-state government
-administrative agencies
-US Congress
✔✔bicameral
(The House of Representatives and the Senate) - ✔✔The legislative branch of the U.S.
federal government is ________.
-Monocameral
-bicameral
-tricameral
-polycameral
-Monolithic
✔✔legislative branch
(this is Congress) - ✔✔The ________ is responsible for making federal law.
President
-state government
-legislative branch
-Supreme Court
-Secretary of State
SET A+
✔✔False
(This is not the purpose of the concept of "checks and balances". This concept ensures
that one branch of the government is not too powerful over another branch.) - ✔✔T or
F? Checks and balances built into the Constitution ensure that amendments to the
Constitution are not contradictory to existing laws.
✔✔false
(this describes the commerce clause) - ✔✔T or F? The Due Process Clause of the U.S.
Constitution grants Congress the power "to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and
among the several states, and with Indian tribes."
✔✔Plessy v. Ferguson - ✔✔Which Supreme Court case is most well known for holding
that states can maintain separate facilities for different groups, as long as those facilities
are equal?
-Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
-Engel v. Vitale
-San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez
-Plessy v. Ferguson
✔✔Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka - ✔✔Which Supreme Court case overturned
Plessy v. Ferguson, and the doctrine of "separate but equal"?
-Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
-Marbury v. Madison
-Wisconsin v. Yoder
-Plessy v. Fergusion, and the doctrine of "separate but equal" is technically still good
law
✔✔true
,(This power is reserved to the federal government (via the Commerce Clause). -
✔✔State governments do not have the power to regulate commerce with foreign
nations. T or F?
✔✔true - ✔✔T or F? The Supremacy Clause establishes that state and local laws that
conflict with the US Constitution and federal treaties are unconstitutional.
✔✔rational basis review - ✔✔Which level of review is the least stringent?
✔✔strict scrutiny - ✔✔The following level of scrutiny would be applied to a case
involving racial discrimination.
-Rational Basis Review
-Intermediate Scrutiny
-Strict Scrutiny
-Any of the above
✔✔Rational Basis Review - ✔✔An tax on the popular streaming service Netflix, if
challenged, would likely be subject to which level of scrutiny?
-Rational Basis Review
-Intermediate Scrutiny
-Strict Scrutiny
-Any of the above
✔✔false
(this would be analyzed under strict scrutiny) - ✔✔T or F? Most laws that restrict the
content of speech are analyzed under intermediate scrutiny.
✔✔true - ✔✔The Establishment Clause guarantees that there will be no state-
sponsored or promoted religion. T or F?
✔✔false
(this is the Establishment Clause) - ✔✔T or F? The Equal Protection Clause of the
Fourteenth Amendment provides that a state cannot promote one religion over other
religions.
✔✔Strict Scrutiny - ✔✔A law which taxes individuals of European descent higher than it
taxes other citizens would face which level of scrutiny?
-Rational Basis Review
-Intermediate Scrutiny
-Strict Scrutiny
-Either Rational Basis Review or Intermediate Scrutiny
✔✔false
, (Procedural due process requires this) - ✔✔T or F? Substantive due process requires
that that the government give a person proper notice and hearing of legal action before
that person is deprived of his or her life, liberty, or property.
✔✔false - ✔✔T or F? Laws that take away a fundamental right are analyzed using
rational basis review.
✔✔Either Intermediate or Strict Scrutiny - ✔✔A law which taxes women at a higher rate
than men, if challenged, would be subject to which level of scrutiny.
-False
-Intermediate Scrutiny
-Strict Scrutiny
-Either Intermediate or Strict Scrutiny
✔✔false
(The Constitution can be modified by its amendments.) - ✔✔The Constitution cannot be
modified. T or F?
✔✔state government
(The state reserved powers that it did not give to the federal government through
enumeration.) - ✔✔Reserved powers are given to the ________ by the Constitution
-federal government
-judiciary
-state government
-administrative agencies
-US Congress
✔✔bicameral
(The House of Representatives and the Senate) - ✔✔The legislative branch of the U.S.
federal government is ________.
-Monocameral
-bicameral
-tricameral
-polycameral
-Monolithic
✔✔legislative branch
(this is Congress) - ✔✔The ________ is responsible for making federal law.
President
-state government
-legislative branch
-Supreme Court
-Secretary of State
