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FLORIDA CIVIC LITERACY EXAM | ALL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS | ALREADY GRADED A+ | LATEST
EXAM (JUST RELEASED)
SECTION 1 – American Democracy, Republican Government, Federalism (Q1–40)
Q1. The United States is described as a republic because citizens exercise political power
primarily through which mechanism in a representative democracy?
A. Direct rule by popular vote on every law
B. Election of representatives to make laws and policies
C. Appointment of leaders by a monarch
D. Selection of officials by military decree
B. Election of representatives to make laws and policies
Republic = representative democracy.
Q2. The principle of popular sovereignty in the American system of government asserts that
the ultimate source of political authority is derived from which group?
A. The president alone
B. The Supreme Court justices
C. The people or citizens
D. The state governors only
C. The people or citizens
Power resides with the people.
,Q3. Federalism in the United States Constitution divides governmental power between the
national government and which other level of government in the American system?
A. Foreign governments
B. Tribal governments only
C. State governments
D. County governments only
C. State governments
Federalism = national + state power.
Q4. The system of checks and balances in the federal government is designed primarily to
accomplish which important constitutional objective in practice?
A. Concentrate all power in one branch
B. Prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful
C. Eliminate the judicial branch entirely
D. Allow the president to make laws alone
B. Prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful
Checks and balances limit power.
Q5. Under the Constitution, the legislative branch is granted the power to make federal
laws, while the executive branch is primarily responsible for which constitutional function?
A. Interpreting laws in court
B. Enforcing and administering laws
,C. Writing state constitutions
D. Appointing senators directly
B. Enforcing and administering laws
Executive enforces laws.
Q6. The concept of limited government in the American constitutional tradition means that
government authority is restricted primarily by which important legal document?
A. State statutes only
B. The U.S. Constitution and rule of law
C. Presidential executive orders alone
D. Local ordinances only
B. The U.S. Constitution and rule of law
Constitution limits government.
Q7. In a federal system like the United States, powers that are specifically listed in the
Constitution for the national government are known by which constitutional term?
A. Reserved powers
B. Concurrent powers
C. Delegated (enumerated) powers
D. Implied powers only
C. Delegated (enumerated) powers
Powers granted to national government.
, Q8. Powers that are not delegated to the national government by the Constitution and are
not denied to the states are reserved to the states or the people by which amendment?
A. First Amendment
B. Fifth Amendment
C. Tenth Amendment
D. Fourteenth Amendment
C. Tenth Amendment
Tenth Amendment reserves powers to states.
Q9. The judicial branch of the federal government exercises its authority primarily through
which constitutional function in the American system of government?
A. Making federal laws and budgets
B. Enforcing criminal statutes nationwide
C. Interpreting laws and reviewing constitutionality
D. Commanding the armed forces directly
C. Interpreting laws and reviewing constitutionality
Courts interpret and review.
Q10. The House of Representatives and the Senate together compose which branch of the
federal government as established by the Constitution?
A. Executive branch
B. Legislative branch
C. Judicial branch
D. Administrative branch
FLORIDA CIVIC LITERACY EXAM | ALL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS | ALREADY GRADED A+ | LATEST
EXAM (JUST RELEASED)
SECTION 1 – American Democracy, Republican Government, Federalism (Q1–40)
Q1. The United States is described as a republic because citizens exercise political power
primarily through which mechanism in a representative democracy?
A. Direct rule by popular vote on every law
B. Election of representatives to make laws and policies
C. Appointment of leaders by a monarch
D. Selection of officials by military decree
B. Election of representatives to make laws and policies
Republic = representative democracy.
Q2. The principle of popular sovereignty in the American system of government asserts that
the ultimate source of political authority is derived from which group?
A. The president alone
B. The Supreme Court justices
C. The people or citizens
D. The state governors only
C. The people or citizens
Power resides with the people.
,Q3. Federalism in the United States Constitution divides governmental power between the
national government and which other level of government in the American system?
A. Foreign governments
B. Tribal governments only
C. State governments
D. County governments only
C. State governments
Federalism = national + state power.
Q4. The system of checks and balances in the federal government is designed primarily to
accomplish which important constitutional objective in practice?
A. Concentrate all power in one branch
B. Prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful
C. Eliminate the judicial branch entirely
D. Allow the president to make laws alone
B. Prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful
Checks and balances limit power.
Q5. Under the Constitution, the legislative branch is granted the power to make federal
laws, while the executive branch is primarily responsible for which constitutional function?
A. Interpreting laws in court
B. Enforcing and administering laws
,C. Writing state constitutions
D. Appointing senators directly
B. Enforcing and administering laws
Executive enforces laws.
Q6. The concept of limited government in the American constitutional tradition means that
government authority is restricted primarily by which important legal document?
A. State statutes only
B. The U.S. Constitution and rule of law
C. Presidential executive orders alone
D. Local ordinances only
B. The U.S. Constitution and rule of law
Constitution limits government.
Q7. In a federal system like the United States, powers that are specifically listed in the
Constitution for the national government are known by which constitutional term?
A. Reserved powers
B. Concurrent powers
C. Delegated (enumerated) powers
D. Implied powers only
C. Delegated (enumerated) powers
Powers granted to national government.
, Q8. Powers that are not delegated to the national government by the Constitution and are
not denied to the states are reserved to the states or the people by which amendment?
A. First Amendment
B. Fifth Amendment
C. Tenth Amendment
D. Fourteenth Amendment
C. Tenth Amendment
Tenth Amendment reserves powers to states.
Q9. The judicial branch of the federal government exercises its authority primarily through
which constitutional function in the American system of government?
A. Making federal laws and budgets
B. Enforcing criminal statutes nationwide
C. Interpreting laws and reviewing constitutionality
D. Commanding the armed forces directly
C. Interpreting laws and reviewing constitutionality
Courts interpret and review.
Q10. The House of Representatives and the Senate together compose which branch of the
federal government as established by the Constitution?
A. Executive branch
B. Legislative branch
C. Judicial branch
D. Administrative branch
