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CLEP AMERICAN GOVERNMENT ULTIMATE NEWEST 2025/2026
ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR VERIFIED||
An election is a realigning or critical election if:
(A) one party controls the Congress and the other controls the
presidency
(B) voter turnout is higher than expected
(C) it occurs during a major war
(D) there is a lasting change in party coalitions
(E) the same party controls both Congress and the presidency -
ANSWER-(D) there is a lasting change in party coalitions
Which of the following Supreme Court cases involved the
principle of one person, one vote?
(A) Baker v. Carr
(B) Roe v. Wade
(C) Mapp v. Ohio
(D) Korematsu v. United States
(E) Gideon v. Wainwright - ANSWER-(A) Baker v. Carr
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The passage of broad legislation that leaves the making of
specific rules to the executive branch is an example of:
(A) shared powers
(B) delegated authority
(C) checks and balances term-23
(D) executive agreement
(E) a legislative veto - ANSWER-(B) delegated authority
The redrawing of congressional districts in such a way as to give
special advantage to one political party is referred to as:
(A) electioneering
(B) gerrymandering
(C) logrolling
(D) apportionment
(E) politicization - ANSWER-(B) gerrymandering
The details of legislation are usually worked out in which of the
following settings?
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(A) The House Rules Committee
(B) The minority leader's office
(C) The floor of the House
(D) Legislative hearings
(E) A subcommittee - ANSWER-(E) A subcommittee
A theoretical explanation of the operation of diverse interests in
American politics is found in:
(A) the Virginia Plan
(B) John Stuart Mill's On Liberty
(C) The Federalist papers
(D) the Declaration of Independence
(E) John Locke's Two Treatises of Government - ANSWER-(C)
The Federalist papers
The framers of the original Constitution thought that which of the
following would best protect judicial independence?
(A) Presidential nomination and senatorial confirmation
(B) The circuit-riding system term-27
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(C) An odd number of Supreme Court justices
(D) Judicial impeachments
(E) Life tenure during good behavior - ANSWER-(E) Life tenure
during good behavior
According to the table above, which of the following statements is
true?
(A) In every election, women between the ages of 18 and 29 were
more likely to identify themselves as Republicans than were
women of all ages.
(B) In the 2000 election, more than one-half of all men identified
themselves as Democrats.
(C) In every election, the difference in partisan identification for
men was greater than the difference in partisan identification for
women.
(D) In the 1996 election, women between the ages of 18 and 29
were more likely to identify themselves as Democrats than were
men between the ages of 18 and 29.
(E) In the 2008 election, more men between the ages of 18 and
29 identified themselves as Republicans than Democrats. -
ANSWER-(D) In the 1996 election, women between the ages of
CLEP AMERICAN GOVERNMENT ULTIMATE NEWEST 2025/2026
ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR VERIFIED||
An election is a realigning or critical election if:
(A) one party controls the Congress and the other controls the
presidency
(B) voter turnout is higher than expected
(C) it occurs during a major war
(D) there is a lasting change in party coalitions
(E) the same party controls both Congress and the presidency -
ANSWER-(D) there is a lasting change in party coalitions
Which of the following Supreme Court cases involved the
principle of one person, one vote?
(A) Baker v. Carr
(B) Roe v. Wade
(C) Mapp v. Ohio
(D) Korematsu v. United States
(E) Gideon v. Wainwright - ANSWER-(A) Baker v. Carr
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The passage of broad legislation that leaves the making of
specific rules to the executive branch is an example of:
(A) shared powers
(B) delegated authority
(C) checks and balances term-23
(D) executive agreement
(E) a legislative veto - ANSWER-(B) delegated authority
The redrawing of congressional districts in such a way as to give
special advantage to one political party is referred to as:
(A) electioneering
(B) gerrymandering
(C) logrolling
(D) apportionment
(E) politicization - ANSWER-(B) gerrymandering
The details of legislation are usually worked out in which of the
following settings?
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(A) The House Rules Committee
(B) The minority leader's office
(C) The floor of the House
(D) Legislative hearings
(E) A subcommittee - ANSWER-(E) A subcommittee
A theoretical explanation of the operation of diverse interests in
American politics is found in:
(A) the Virginia Plan
(B) John Stuart Mill's On Liberty
(C) The Federalist papers
(D) the Declaration of Independence
(E) John Locke's Two Treatises of Government - ANSWER-(C)
The Federalist papers
The framers of the original Constitution thought that which of the
following would best protect judicial independence?
(A) Presidential nomination and senatorial confirmation
(B) The circuit-riding system term-27
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(C) An odd number of Supreme Court justices
(D) Judicial impeachments
(E) Life tenure during good behavior - ANSWER-(E) Life tenure
during good behavior
According to the table above, which of the following statements is
true?
(A) In every election, women between the ages of 18 and 29 were
more likely to identify themselves as Republicans than were
women of all ages.
(B) In the 2000 election, more than one-half of all men identified
themselves as Democrats.
(C) In every election, the difference in partisan identification for
men was greater than the difference in partisan identification for
women.
(D) In the 1996 election, women between the ages of 18 and 29
were more likely to identify themselves as Democrats than were
men between the ages of 18 and 29.
(E) In the 2008 election, more men between the ages of 18 and
29 identified themselves as Republicans than Democrats. -
ANSWER-(D) In the 1996 election, women between the ages of
