GOVT 2305 OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT 2024/2025(OA)
LATEST UPDATE
Supporting the actions of the Democratic Party simply because one identifies oneself as
a member of that party is an example of ________. - (correct answer)partisanship
When a person is asked a question about a political issue that he or she has little
interest in and has not thought much about, that person's answer will likely reflect
________. - (correct answer)latent preferences
Which of the following is a good example of a tradeoff? - (correct answer)The
government pleases environmental activists by preserving public lands but also pleases
ranchers by allowing them to rent public lands for grazing purposes.
T/F The United States government is an example of a direct democracy. - (correct
answer)False
In which form of government does a small group of elite people hold political power? -
(correct answer)oligarchy
According to the pluralist theory of government, ________. - (correct
answer)Government policy is formed as a result of the competition between groups with
different goals and interests.
The elite theory of government maintains that ________. - (correct answer)Wealthy,
politically powerful people control government, and government has no interest in
meeting the needs of ordinary people.
What goods are available to all without direct payment? - (correct answer)Public
goods
How many states must ratify an amendment before it becomes law? - (correct
answer)three-fourths
The agreement that citizens will consent to be governed so long as government protects
their natural rights is called ________. - (correct answer)the social contract
T/F The Fourteenth Amendment extended protections to the states of the same federal
freedoms granted by the Bill of Rights. - (correct answer)True
Why were The Federalist Papers written? - (correct answer)To encourage New York
to ratify the Constitution.
a form of government in which power is divided between state governments and a
national government - (correct answer)federal system
, What is the Bill of Rights? - (correct answer)first ten amendments to the Constitution
that protect individual freedoms
According to the Great Compromise, how would representation in Congress be
apportioned? - (correct answer)Representation in the House of Representatives
would be based on each state's population and every state would have two senators.
the powers given explicitly to the federal government by the Constitution (Article
I,Section 8); power to regulate interstate and foreign commerce, raise and support
armies, declare war, coinmoney, and conduct foreign affairs - (correct
answer)Enumerated
a legislature with two houses - (correct answer)bicameral legislature
British colonists in North America in the late seventeenth century were greatly
influenced by the political thought of ________ - (correct answer)John Locke
What important power did the national government lack under the Articles of
Confederation? - (correct answer)It could not impose taxes.
any powers not prohibited by the Constitution or delegated to the nationalgovernment;
powers reserved to the states and denied to the federal government - (correct
answer)reserved powers
What argument did Alexander Hamilton use to convince people that it was not
dangerous to place power in the hands of one man? - (correct answer)One man
could respond to crises more quickly than a group of men like Congress AND It was
easier to control the actions of one man than the actions of a group.
The power of the president to reject a law proposed by Congress is known as: -
(correct answer)Veto
__________ is a system that allows one branch of government to limit the exercise of
power by another branch. - (correct answer)Checks and Balances
the statement in Article VI of the Constitution that federal law is superior to laws passed
by state legislatures - (correct answer)supremacy clause
Separation of powers means: - (correct answer)the sharing of powers among three
separate branches of government
How did the delegates to the Constitutional Convention resolve their disagreement
regarding slavery? - (correct answer)It was agreed that 60 percent of a state's slave
population would be counted for purposes of both representation and taxation.
LATEST UPDATE
Supporting the actions of the Democratic Party simply because one identifies oneself as
a member of that party is an example of ________. - (correct answer)partisanship
When a person is asked a question about a political issue that he or she has little
interest in and has not thought much about, that person's answer will likely reflect
________. - (correct answer)latent preferences
Which of the following is a good example of a tradeoff? - (correct answer)The
government pleases environmental activists by preserving public lands but also pleases
ranchers by allowing them to rent public lands for grazing purposes.
T/F The United States government is an example of a direct democracy. - (correct
answer)False
In which form of government does a small group of elite people hold political power? -
(correct answer)oligarchy
According to the pluralist theory of government, ________. - (correct
answer)Government policy is formed as a result of the competition between groups with
different goals and interests.
The elite theory of government maintains that ________. - (correct answer)Wealthy,
politically powerful people control government, and government has no interest in
meeting the needs of ordinary people.
What goods are available to all without direct payment? - (correct answer)Public
goods
How many states must ratify an amendment before it becomes law? - (correct
answer)three-fourths
The agreement that citizens will consent to be governed so long as government protects
their natural rights is called ________. - (correct answer)the social contract
T/F The Fourteenth Amendment extended protections to the states of the same federal
freedoms granted by the Bill of Rights. - (correct answer)True
Why were The Federalist Papers written? - (correct answer)To encourage New York
to ratify the Constitution.
a form of government in which power is divided between state governments and a
national government - (correct answer)federal system
, What is the Bill of Rights? - (correct answer)first ten amendments to the Constitution
that protect individual freedoms
According to the Great Compromise, how would representation in Congress be
apportioned? - (correct answer)Representation in the House of Representatives
would be based on each state's population and every state would have two senators.
the powers given explicitly to the federal government by the Constitution (Article
I,Section 8); power to regulate interstate and foreign commerce, raise and support
armies, declare war, coinmoney, and conduct foreign affairs - (correct
answer)Enumerated
a legislature with two houses - (correct answer)bicameral legislature
British colonists in North America in the late seventeenth century were greatly
influenced by the political thought of ________ - (correct answer)John Locke
What important power did the national government lack under the Articles of
Confederation? - (correct answer)It could not impose taxes.
any powers not prohibited by the Constitution or delegated to the nationalgovernment;
powers reserved to the states and denied to the federal government - (correct
answer)reserved powers
What argument did Alexander Hamilton use to convince people that it was not
dangerous to place power in the hands of one man? - (correct answer)One man
could respond to crises more quickly than a group of men like Congress AND It was
easier to control the actions of one man than the actions of a group.
The power of the president to reject a law proposed by Congress is known as: -
(correct answer)Veto
__________ is a system that allows one branch of government to limit the exercise of
power by another branch. - (correct answer)Checks and Balances
the statement in Article VI of the Constitution that federal law is superior to laws passed
by state legislatures - (correct answer)supremacy clause
Separation of powers means: - (correct answer)the sharing of powers among three
separate branches of government
How did the delegates to the Constitutional Convention resolve their disagreement
regarding slavery? - (correct answer)It was agreed that 60 percent of a state's slave
population would be counted for purposes of both representation and taxation.
