POLS 1101 STUDY EXAMS GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔When the Supreme Court makes decisions in civil liberties cases, it frequently
weighs the protection of an individual's freedom against the public good. In doing this,
the Court is:
A. establishing civil rights
B. creating new liberties
C. censoring the president
D. balancing interests
E. writing new laws - D. balancing interests
✔✔All of the following describe inclusion of the Bill of Rights in the Constitution
EXCEPT:
A. it was one of the initial issues taken up by the first Congress
B. it was partly supported to build more unity behind the new national government
C. it was driven in part by a need to silence opponents to ratification of the Constitution
D. it was approved at the Constitutional Convention
E. it emerged from Antifederalist opposition to the Constitution - D. it was approved at
the Constitutional Convention
✔✔Which of the following forbids states from denying "life, liberty, or property" without
following rules based on the Bill of Rights?
A. establishment clause
B. necessary and proper clause
C. clear and present danger doctrine
D. due process clause
E. privileges and immunities clause - D. due process clause
✔✔Which of the following does NOT describe selective incorporation?
, A. it increased the significance of the Bill of Rights
B. it is based on the language of the Fourteenth Amendment
C. it is the process of extending civil liberties guarantees to state action
D. it incorporates the idea of due process at the state level
E. it is determined by state governments - E. it is determined by state governments
✔✔_____________________, or the use of words to express your feelings or views
about the government, is the most protected form of expression.
A. political speech
B. symbolic speech
C. hate speech
D. unpopular speech
E. commercial speech - A. political speech
✔✔Which test said that political speech was protected except where it aimed to cause
imminent "lawless action"?
A. direct incitement test
B. strict scrutiny test
C. clear and present danger test
D. selective incorporation test - A. direct incitement test
✔✔When it comes to the question of prior restraint on the press, the Supreme Court:
A. has set a high bar for the government to meet if it wants to restrict the press
B. favors the national government over the press, particularly in times of war and
conflict
C. treats it as a matter of settled law
D. follows congress's lead in regulating the press
E. defers to the Federal Communications Commission - A. has set a high bar for the
government to meet if it wants to restrict the press
✔✔Which of the following statements is NOT true about the right to privacy?
A. it is explicitly guaranteed by the Constitution
B. it is implied by a number of amendments in the bill of rights
C. it played an important role in Roe v. Wade
D. it shields certain personal aspects of citizens' lives from governmental interference -
A. it is explicitly guaranteed by the Constitution
✔✔What did the Declaration of Independence do? - established the U.S. as its own
country, separate from Britain
✔✔In a prisoners' dilemma situation, each of two prisoners must decide whether to
refuse to talk to the police (silence) or to turn in their fellow prisoner (squeal/snitch).
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔When the Supreme Court makes decisions in civil liberties cases, it frequently
weighs the protection of an individual's freedom against the public good. In doing this,
the Court is:
A. establishing civil rights
B. creating new liberties
C. censoring the president
D. balancing interests
E. writing new laws - D. balancing interests
✔✔All of the following describe inclusion of the Bill of Rights in the Constitution
EXCEPT:
A. it was one of the initial issues taken up by the first Congress
B. it was partly supported to build more unity behind the new national government
C. it was driven in part by a need to silence opponents to ratification of the Constitution
D. it was approved at the Constitutional Convention
E. it emerged from Antifederalist opposition to the Constitution - D. it was approved at
the Constitutional Convention
✔✔Which of the following forbids states from denying "life, liberty, or property" without
following rules based on the Bill of Rights?
A. establishment clause
B. necessary and proper clause
C. clear and present danger doctrine
D. due process clause
E. privileges and immunities clause - D. due process clause
✔✔Which of the following does NOT describe selective incorporation?
, A. it increased the significance of the Bill of Rights
B. it is based on the language of the Fourteenth Amendment
C. it is the process of extending civil liberties guarantees to state action
D. it incorporates the idea of due process at the state level
E. it is determined by state governments - E. it is determined by state governments
✔✔_____________________, or the use of words to express your feelings or views
about the government, is the most protected form of expression.
A. political speech
B. symbolic speech
C. hate speech
D. unpopular speech
E. commercial speech - A. political speech
✔✔Which test said that political speech was protected except where it aimed to cause
imminent "lawless action"?
A. direct incitement test
B. strict scrutiny test
C. clear and present danger test
D. selective incorporation test - A. direct incitement test
✔✔When it comes to the question of prior restraint on the press, the Supreme Court:
A. has set a high bar for the government to meet if it wants to restrict the press
B. favors the national government over the press, particularly in times of war and
conflict
C. treats it as a matter of settled law
D. follows congress's lead in regulating the press
E. defers to the Federal Communications Commission - A. has set a high bar for the
government to meet if it wants to restrict the press
✔✔Which of the following statements is NOT true about the right to privacy?
A. it is explicitly guaranteed by the Constitution
B. it is implied by a number of amendments in the bill of rights
C. it played an important role in Roe v. Wade
D. it shields certain personal aspects of citizens' lives from governmental interference -
A. it is explicitly guaranteed by the Constitution
✔✔What did the Declaration of Independence do? - established the U.S. as its own
country, separate from Britain
✔✔In a prisoners' dilemma situation, each of two prisoners must decide whether to
refuse to talk to the police (silence) or to turn in their fellow prisoner (squeal/snitch).
