2024 FLORIDA CIVICS LITERACY EXAM (FCLE) MIAMI DADE COLLEGE BOOTCAMP COURT CASES AND
SAMPLE QUESTIONS STUDY GUIDE A+ VERIFIED LATEST VERSION
1. What is the supreme law of the land?: the Constitution 1787
2. What does the Constitution do?: -sets up the government
-defines the government
-protects basic rights of Americans
3. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution.
What are these words?: We the People
4. What is an amendment?: -a change (to the Constitution)
-an addition (to the Constitution)
5. What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?: the Bill of Rights
(ratified 1791)
6. What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?: -speech
-religion
-assembly
-press
-petition the government
7. How many amendments does the Constitution have?: twenty-seven
8. What did the Declaration of Independence (1776) do?: -announced our independence
(from Great Britain)
-declared our independence (from Great Britain)
-said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)
9. What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?: -life
-liberty
-pursuit of happiness
10. What is freedom of religion?: You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.
11. What is the economic system in the United States?: capitalist economy, market economy,
mixed economy
12. What is the "rule of law"?: -Everyone must follow the law.
-Leaders must obey the law.
-Government must obey the law.
-No one is above the law.
, 2024 FLORIDA CIVICS LITERACY EXAM (FCLE) MIAMI DADE COLLEGE BOOTCAMP COURT CASES AND
SAMPLE QUESTIONS STUDY GUIDE A+ VERIFIED LATEST VERSION
13. Name one branch or part of the government.: -Congress
-legislative
-President
-executive
-the courts
-judicial
14. What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?: -checks
and balances
-separation of powers
+ greek philosophy
15. Who is in charge of the
executive branch?: the President
16. Who makes federal laws?: -Congress
-Senate and House (of Representatives)
-(U.S. or national) legislature
+ The current speaker of the house is Mike Johnson
* The current senators are Marco Rubio and Rick Scott
17. What are the two parts of the
U.S. Congress?: Senate and House of Representatives
+ The current speaker of the house is Mike Johnson
18. How many U.S. Senators are there?: One hundred (100), two per state
* The current senators are Marco Rubio and Rick Scott
19. We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?: six
* The current senators are Marco Rubio and Rick Scott
20. Who is one of your state's U.S. Senators now?: Marco Rubio and Rick Scott
, 2024 FLORIDA CIVICS LITERACY EXAM (FCLE) MIAMI DADE COLLEGE BOOTCAMP COURT CASES AND
SAMPLE QUESTIONS STUDY GUIDE A+ VERIFIED LATEST VERSION
21. The House of Representatives has how many voting members?: 435
+ The current speaker is Mike Johnson
22. We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?: two
23. Name your U.S. Representative. (district 5): Mario Diaz Balart or Byron Donalds
24. Who does a U.S. Senator represent?: all people of the state
* The current senators are Marco Rubio and Rick Scott
25. Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?: -(because
of) the state's population
26. We elect a President for how many years?: four
27. In what month do we vote for President?: November
28. What is the name of the President of the United States now?: Joe Biden
29. What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?: Kamala Harris
30. If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?: Vice President
31. If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who
becomes President?: the Speaker of the House
32. Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?: the President
33. Who signs bills to become laws?: the President
34. Who vetoes bills?: the President
35. What does the President's Cabinet do?: advises the President
36. What are two Cabinet-level positions?: -Secretary of Agriculture
-Secretary of Commerce
-Secretary of Defense
-Secretary of Education
-Secretary of Energy
-Secretary of Health and Human Services
-Secretary of Homeland Security
-Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
-Secretary of the Interior
-Secretary of Labor
SAMPLE QUESTIONS STUDY GUIDE A+ VERIFIED LATEST VERSION
1. What is the supreme law of the land?: the Constitution 1787
2. What does the Constitution do?: -sets up the government
-defines the government
-protects basic rights of Americans
3. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution.
What are these words?: We the People
4. What is an amendment?: -a change (to the Constitution)
-an addition (to the Constitution)
5. What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?: the Bill of Rights
(ratified 1791)
6. What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?: -speech
-religion
-assembly
-press
-petition the government
7. How many amendments does the Constitution have?: twenty-seven
8. What did the Declaration of Independence (1776) do?: -announced our independence
(from Great Britain)
-declared our independence (from Great Britain)
-said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)
9. What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?: -life
-liberty
-pursuit of happiness
10. What is freedom of religion?: You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.
11. What is the economic system in the United States?: capitalist economy, market economy,
mixed economy
12. What is the "rule of law"?: -Everyone must follow the law.
-Leaders must obey the law.
-Government must obey the law.
-No one is above the law.
, 2024 FLORIDA CIVICS LITERACY EXAM (FCLE) MIAMI DADE COLLEGE BOOTCAMP COURT CASES AND
SAMPLE QUESTIONS STUDY GUIDE A+ VERIFIED LATEST VERSION
13. Name one branch or part of the government.: -Congress
-legislative
-President
-executive
-the courts
-judicial
14. What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?: -checks
and balances
-separation of powers
+ greek philosophy
15. Who is in charge of the
executive branch?: the President
16. Who makes federal laws?: -Congress
-Senate and House (of Representatives)
-(U.S. or national) legislature
+ The current speaker of the house is Mike Johnson
* The current senators are Marco Rubio and Rick Scott
17. What are the two parts of the
U.S. Congress?: Senate and House of Representatives
+ The current speaker of the house is Mike Johnson
18. How many U.S. Senators are there?: One hundred (100), two per state
* The current senators are Marco Rubio and Rick Scott
19. We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?: six
* The current senators are Marco Rubio and Rick Scott
20. Who is one of your state's U.S. Senators now?: Marco Rubio and Rick Scott
, 2024 FLORIDA CIVICS LITERACY EXAM (FCLE) MIAMI DADE COLLEGE BOOTCAMP COURT CASES AND
SAMPLE QUESTIONS STUDY GUIDE A+ VERIFIED LATEST VERSION
21. The House of Representatives has how many voting members?: 435
+ The current speaker is Mike Johnson
22. We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?: two
23. Name your U.S. Representative. (district 5): Mario Diaz Balart or Byron Donalds
24. Who does a U.S. Senator represent?: all people of the state
* The current senators are Marco Rubio and Rick Scott
25. Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?: -(because
of) the state's population
26. We elect a President for how many years?: four
27. In what month do we vote for President?: November
28. What is the name of the President of the United States now?: Joe Biden
29. What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?: Kamala Harris
30. If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?: Vice President
31. If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who
becomes President?: the Speaker of the House
32. Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?: the President
33. Who signs bills to become laws?: the President
34. Who vetoes bills?: the President
35. What does the President's Cabinet do?: advises the President
36. What are two Cabinet-level positions?: -Secretary of Agriculture
-Secretary of Commerce
-Secretary of Defense
-Secretary of Education
-Secretary of Energy
-Secretary of Health and Human Services
-Secretary of Homeland Security
-Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
-Secretary of the Interior
-Secretary of Labor
