CLEP AMERICAN GOVERNMENT PRACTICE TEST 1. SAMPLE EXAM
REVISION PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS (2024
UPDATE)
The Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision of 1954 - Answer -Ordered the racial
desegregation of public schools
A person who votes based on what a candidate says he or she will do in the future is said to be -
Answer
-engaging in prospective voting
Should presidential candidates receive an equal number of electoral votes, the election is decided
by -
Answer -the House of Representatives
A Democracy is - Answer -A form of government in which the people are the ultimate political
authority
New England's town meetings are an example of - Answer -direct democracy
Under the pen name "Publius," Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay wrote - Answer
-The
Federalist Papers
A person who believes that the government should do what the majority of people in the country
want
to do is advocating - Answer -majoritarianism
In the debates over the Constitution, Federalists and anti-federalists spoke of factions the way we
today
speak of - Answer -interest groups
The English philosopher whose words are heavily drawn on in the Declaration of Independence
was -
Answer -John Locke
As the Constitution is concerned, members of Congress receive payment from - Answer -the US
Treasury
The Constitution specifically empowers Congress to coin money, declare war, and admit new
states.
These powers are referred to as - Answer -Enumerated powers
, In which of the nation's founding documents could one point to an "elastic clause" to justify the
existence of large government agencies such as the Department of Health and Human Services -
Answer
-The Constitution
The 10th Amendment states that government powers "not delegated to the US by the Constitution,
nor
prohibited by it to the States," are reserved for - Answer -State legislatures and the people
The term administrative discretion refers to - Answer -Congress sets guidelines for government
agencies
to follow
The Real ID Act of 2005 was an example of - Answer -an unfunded mandate
What do unanimous consent agreements accomplish - Answer -They end debate in the Senate
To overturn a presidential veto - Answer -A 2/3 vote must occur in both Congressional chambers
If a president neither signs nor vetoes a piece of legislation within 10 days and Congress remains
in
session, what becomes of the bill - Answer -It becomes law
Gerrymandering is - Answer -creation of a Congressional district to ensure the election of a person
from
a certain political party or ethnic or racial group
Which government position can most easily practice "homestyle" - Answer -Members of the House
of
Representatives
Agreements between the US and foreign nations can be made by a president's admin., but for the
agreement to go into effect it must have the concurrence of - Answer -2/3 of the Senate alone
A state's representation in the electoral college most directly reflects - Answer -the combined
number of
the state's US representatives and senators
In times of national emergency, or when the gov. needs to act quickly and flexibly, Congress has
done
what with its federal powers - Answer -Delegated them to the president
According to the Presidential Succession Act of 1947, if both the president and vice president are
REVISION PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS (2024
UPDATE)
The Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision of 1954 - Answer -Ordered the racial
desegregation of public schools
A person who votes based on what a candidate says he or she will do in the future is said to be -
Answer
-engaging in prospective voting
Should presidential candidates receive an equal number of electoral votes, the election is decided
by -
Answer -the House of Representatives
A Democracy is - Answer -A form of government in which the people are the ultimate political
authority
New England's town meetings are an example of - Answer -direct democracy
Under the pen name "Publius," Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay wrote - Answer
-The
Federalist Papers
A person who believes that the government should do what the majority of people in the country
want
to do is advocating - Answer -majoritarianism
In the debates over the Constitution, Federalists and anti-federalists spoke of factions the way we
today
speak of - Answer -interest groups
The English philosopher whose words are heavily drawn on in the Declaration of Independence
was -
Answer -John Locke
As the Constitution is concerned, members of Congress receive payment from - Answer -the US
Treasury
The Constitution specifically empowers Congress to coin money, declare war, and admit new
states.
These powers are referred to as - Answer -Enumerated powers
, In which of the nation's founding documents could one point to an "elastic clause" to justify the
existence of large government agencies such as the Department of Health and Human Services -
Answer
-The Constitution
The 10th Amendment states that government powers "not delegated to the US by the Constitution,
nor
prohibited by it to the States," are reserved for - Answer -State legislatures and the people
The term administrative discretion refers to - Answer -Congress sets guidelines for government
agencies
to follow
The Real ID Act of 2005 was an example of - Answer -an unfunded mandate
What do unanimous consent agreements accomplish - Answer -They end debate in the Senate
To overturn a presidential veto - Answer -A 2/3 vote must occur in both Congressional chambers
If a president neither signs nor vetoes a piece of legislation within 10 days and Congress remains
in
session, what becomes of the bill - Answer -It becomes law
Gerrymandering is - Answer -creation of a Congressional district to ensure the election of a person
from
a certain political party or ethnic or racial group
Which government position can most easily practice "homestyle" - Answer -Members of the House
of
Representatives
Agreements between the US and foreign nations can be made by a president's admin., but for the
agreement to go into effect it must have the concurrence of - Answer -2/3 of the Senate alone
A state's representation in the electoral college most directly reflects - Answer -the combined
number of
the state's US representatives and senators
In times of national emergency, or when the gov. needs to act quickly and flexibly, Congress has
done
what with its federal powers - Answer -Delegated them to the president
According to the Presidential Succession Act of 1947, if both the president and vice president are
