CLEP | American Government | Test 1 Exam Questions With Correct Answers

CLEP | American Government | Test 1 Exam Questions With Correct Answers D. Investigations - answerWhich of the following is not a standing committee of the United States Congress? (A) Agriculture (B) Appropriations (C) Veterans' Affairs (D) Investigations (E) Budget D. engaging in prospective voting - answerA person who votes based on what a candidate says he or she will do in the future is said to be: (A) engaging in retrospective voting (B) responding to attack ads (C) responding to contrast ads (D) engaging in prospective voting (E) responding to name recognition C. the House of Representatives - answerShould presidential candidates receive an equal number of electoral votes, the election is decided by: (A) the legislatures of Maine and Nebraska (B) a constitutional convention (C) the House of Representatives (D) the Senate (E) the Supreme Court B. Democracy - answer"A form of government in which the people are the ultimate political authority." These words best define what political arrangement? (A) Republicanism (B) Democracy (C) One person, one vote (D) Constitutional monarchy (E) Mobocracy C. direct democracy - answerNew England's town meetings are examples of: (A) a parliamentary system (B) oligarchy (C) direct democracy (D) democratic socialism (E) concurrence A. The Federalist Papers - answerUnder the pen name "Publius," Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay wrote: (A) The Federalist Papers (B) The Anti-Federalist Papers (C) Common Sense (D) Leviathan (E) Second Treatise on Government A. nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. - answerFederal district court judges are: (A) nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. (B) nominated by the Chief Justice and confirmed by the Senate. (C) elected by standing judges of the same circuit. (D) nominated by a senator and confirmed by the entire Senate. (E) elected by the citizens of the district in which they will serve. A. the Mayflower Compact - answerIn the 17th Century, the signers of which of the following documents agreed to live under the colony's recognized authority and to wait for a royal charter, such has the Virginians had? (A) the Mayflower Compact (B) the Magna Carta (C) The Federalist (D) the English Bill of Rights (E) the Marshall Plan E. majoritarianism - answerA person who believes that the government should do what the majority of people in the country want to do is advocating (A) libertarianism (B) pluralist theory (C) popular sovereignty (D) elite theory (E) majoritarianism A. Secretary of State. - answerThe state officer typically responsible for overseeing federal elections at the state level is the: (A) Secretary of State. (B) Attorney General. (C) State Auditor. (D) Governor. (E) State Treasurer. B. choose the US president - answerThe purpose of the electoral college is to (A) decide in disputes between the executive and judiciary branches (B) choose the US president (C) break the tie votes in the Senate (D) promote higher education (E) regulate state election policies B. everyone should enjoy equal opportunities for personal and material success. - answerMost Americans believe that: