FTCE Social Science 6-12 Practice Test 1
A climate graph has what two components
A. amount of rainfall and temperature of an area
B. Temperature highs and lows for a specific time of year
C. Amount of rain expected in the tourist seasons
D. Future rainfall and temperature changes due to global warming - ANSWER-A.
amount of rainfall and temperature of an area
A demand deposit at a commercial bank is
A. an asset to a bank and a liability to the Fed.
B. a liability to the depositor and an asset to the bank
C. a liability to both the depositor and the bank
D. an asset to the depositor and a liability to the bank. - ANSWER-D. an asset to the
depositor and a liability to the bank
It is a liability to the bank b/c it is $ owed by the bank to the depositor.
A headline reads: "Auto sales decline and the steel industry suffers a slump;
unemployment rises." This type of unemployment can best be characterized in
economic terms as
A. frictional
B. structural
C. total unemployment
D. cyclical - ANSWER-D. cyclical
A market economy relies on _________________ to allocate resources.
A. government
B. good planning
C. market forces
D. small businesses - ANSWER-C. market forces
Everyone is free to make their own choices about what they buy.
Market forces (demand)
A US senator gets an item inserted into the federal budget, which allocates $6 million
for building a ski lift at a resort in his home state. This is known as
A. a filibuster
B. pork barrel legislation
C. logrolling
,D. senatorial courtesy - ANSWER-B. pork barrel legislation - special spending projects
sponsored by Congressmen for their home states or districts.
According to the table below, what can you infer from the data about children from
single-parent families in FL?
FL Children from Single-Parent Families, 2008
Non-hispanic White 28%
Black/A. American 61%
Am. Indian S
Asian/Pacific Isl. 17%
Hispanic/Latino 37%
Total 36%
A. In 2008, most children from SPFs were Hispanic/Latino
B. The proportion of Am. Indian children from SPFs is the lowest
C. The % of children from Asian SPFs is higher than the % of non-Hispanic white
children
D. The %of African-Am. children represents the largest group of children from SPFs -
ANSWER-D. The percentage of African-American children from SPFs represents the
largest group of children from SPFs
Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany in 1933. What was one of his first official
acts?
A. He began secretly building up Germany's army and weapons.
B. He established government policies to ease the effects of the Great Depression
C. He established alliances with Italy and Czechoslovakia
D. He met with France and Britain to work out treaties. - ANSWER-A. He began secretly
building up Germany's army and weapons.
All of the following are true about WWI EXCEPT
A. at the end of the war most empires in Europe were dissolved
B. European power declined
C. ethnic tensions in the Balkans remained
D. Ottoman Empire territories gained independence - ANSWER-D. Ottoman Empire
territories gained independence
D is false - Ottoman territories were under British control
All of the following describe the long-term cause of the Reformation EXCEPT
I. popular discontent with the empty Church rituals
II. movement towards more personal ways of communicating with God
, III. Jan Hus was burned at the stake in 1415 after he argued that priests were not a holy
group.
IV. growth in the power of the secular king and the decrease in the power of the Pope.
V. fiscal crisis in the Church that led to corruption and abuses of power
A. I, II, and III only B. II, III, and IV only
C. III, IV, and V only D. I, II, IV, and V only - ANSWER-D. I, II, IV, and V only
All except the execution of Jan Hus which was a short term cause of the Reformation.
ALL of the following statements about the Civilian Conservation Corp are true EXCEPT
A. its members livid in camps, wore uniforms, and were under semi-military discipline
B. it engaged in such projects as preventing soil erosion and impounding lakes.
C. it eventually came to employ over one-third of the American work force.
D. it provided that some of the workers' pay should be sent home to their families. -
ANSWER-C. it eventually came to employ over one-third of the American work force.
At its height, the CCC employed about 25% (1/4) of the American workforce.
ALL of the following were aspects of Britain's policy of indirect rule in colonial Africa
EXCEPT...
A. subsidizing primary education for Africans
B. the expectation of eventual self-government.
C. decentralized administration
D. uniform government policy throughout the colonized territories. - ANSWER-D.
uniform government policy throughout the colonized territories.
A. Yes, so they could be ready for eventual self-government (B)
C. Yes, because they did not want territories which would have led to revolt.
All of the following were characteristic of the 1920s EXCEPT
A. voting rights for women
B. prohibition and bootlegging
C. consumerism and easy credit
D. Union growth - ANSWER-D. Union growth
All of the following were weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation government
EXCEPT that it lacked
A. the power to levy taxes
B. the power to regulate commerce
C. the power to borrow money
D. a strong executive - ANSWER-C. The power to borrow money.
A climate graph has what two components
A. amount of rainfall and temperature of an area
B. Temperature highs and lows for a specific time of year
C. Amount of rain expected in the tourist seasons
D. Future rainfall and temperature changes due to global warming - ANSWER-A.
amount of rainfall and temperature of an area
A demand deposit at a commercial bank is
A. an asset to a bank and a liability to the Fed.
B. a liability to the depositor and an asset to the bank
C. a liability to both the depositor and the bank
D. an asset to the depositor and a liability to the bank. - ANSWER-D. an asset to the
depositor and a liability to the bank
It is a liability to the bank b/c it is $ owed by the bank to the depositor.
A headline reads: "Auto sales decline and the steel industry suffers a slump;
unemployment rises." This type of unemployment can best be characterized in
economic terms as
A. frictional
B. structural
C. total unemployment
D. cyclical - ANSWER-D. cyclical
A market economy relies on _________________ to allocate resources.
A. government
B. good planning
C. market forces
D. small businesses - ANSWER-C. market forces
Everyone is free to make their own choices about what they buy.
Market forces (demand)
A US senator gets an item inserted into the federal budget, which allocates $6 million
for building a ski lift at a resort in his home state. This is known as
A. a filibuster
B. pork barrel legislation
C. logrolling
,D. senatorial courtesy - ANSWER-B. pork barrel legislation - special spending projects
sponsored by Congressmen for their home states or districts.
According to the table below, what can you infer from the data about children from
single-parent families in FL?
FL Children from Single-Parent Families, 2008
Non-hispanic White 28%
Black/A. American 61%
Am. Indian S
Asian/Pacific Isl. 17%
Hispanic/Latino 37%
Total 36%
A. In 2008, most children from SPFs were Hispanic/Latino
B. The proportion of Am. Indian children from SPFs is the lowest
C. The % of children from Asian SPFs is higher than the % of non-Hispanic white
children
D. The %of African-Am. children represents the largest group of children from SPFs -
ANSWER-D. The percentage of African-American children from SPFs represents the
largest group of children from SPFs
Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany in 1933. What was one of his first official
acts?
A. He began secretly building up Germany's army and weapons.
B. He established government policies to ease the effects of the Great Depression
C. He established alliances with Italy and Czechoslovakia
D. He met with France and Britain to work out treaties. - ANSWER-A. He began secretly
building up Germany's army and weapons.
All of the following are true about WWI EXCEPT
A. at the end of the war most empires in Europe were dissolved
B. European power declined
C. ethnic tensions in the Balkans remained
D. Ottoman Empire territories gained independence - ANSWER-D. Ottoman Empire
territories gained independence
D is false - Ottoman territories were under British control
All of the following describe the long-term cause of the Reformation EXCEPT
I. popular discontent with the empty Church rituals
II. movement towards more personal ways of communicating with God
, III. Jan Hus was burned at the stake in 1415 after he argued that priests were not a holy
group.
IV. growth in the power of the secular king and the decrease in the power of the Pope.
V. fiscal crisis in the Church that led to corruption and abuses of power
A. I, II, and III only B. II, III, and IV only
C. III, IV, and V only D. I, II, IV, and V only - ANSWER-D. I, II, IV, and V only
All except the execution of Jan Hus which was a short term cause of the Reformation.
ALL of the following statements about the Civilian Conservation Corp are true EXCEPT
A. its members livid in camps, wore uniforms, and were under semi-military discipline
B. it engaged in such projects as preventing soil erosion and impounding lakes.
C. it eventually came to employ over one-third of the American work force.
D. it provided that some of the workers' pay should be sent home to their families. -
ANSWER-C. it eventually came to employ over one-third of the American work force.
At its height, the CCC employed about 25% (1/4) of the American workforce.
ALL of the following were aspects of Britain's policy of indirect rule in colonial Africa
EXCEPT...
A. subsidizing primary education for Africans
B. the expectation of eventual self-government.
C. decentralized administration
D. uniform government policy throughout the colonized territories. - ANSWER-D.
uniform government policy throughout the colonized territories.
A. Yes, so they could be ready for eventual self-government (B)
C. Yes, because they did not want territories which would have led to revolt.
All of the following were characteristic of the 1920s EXCEPT
A. voting rights for women
B. prohibition and bootlegging
C. consumerism and easy credit
D. Union growth - ANSWER-D. Union growth
All of the following were weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation government
EXCEPT that it lacked
A. the power to levy taxes
B. the power to regulate commerce
C. the power to borrow money
D. a strong executive - ANSWER-C. The power to borrow money.
