American Government Clep Exam
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All of the following statements correctly describe judicial appointments at the federal
level EXCEPT:
(A) Congress nominates and confirms all appointments to the federal judiciary
(B) Federal judicial appointments are typically evaluated by the American Bar
Association or the Federalist Society.
(C) If a senator is a member of the president's party, tradition may allow the senator to
exercise an informal veto over an individual being considered from the senator's state.
(D) Presidents seldom recommend for judicial appointment individuals from the
opposition political party.
(E) Federal judgeships are often considered by presidents as patronage positions. -
ANSWER-(A) Congress nominates and confirms all appointments to the federal
judiciary
. In the electoral history of the United States, third parties have been effective vehicles
of protest when they
(A) aligned themselves with one of the major parties
(B) presented innovative programs in Congress
(C) dramatized issues and positions that were being ignored by the major parties
(D) chose the president by depriving either of the major parties of an electoral college
victory
(E) supported a political agenda that appealed especially to women - ANSWER-(C)
dramatized issues and positions that were being ignored by the major parties
. Which of the following committee assignments would confer the most power and
influence on members of the House of Representatives?
(A) Agriculture
(B) Ways and Means
(C) Veterans' Affairs
(D) Armed Services
(E) Education and Labor - ANSWER-(B) Ways and Means
3. An oral statement that is false and intended to damage an individual is known as
(A) slander
(B) libel
(C) testimony
(D) argument
(E) free speech - ANSWER-(A) slander
31. Which of the following political philosophers most influenced the writing of the
United States Constitution?
(A) Plato
,(B) Machiavelli
(C) Locke
(D) Rousseau
(E) Marx - ANSWER-(C) Locke
4. Which of the following is clearly a task charged to the Federal Reserve as a
regulatory agency?
(A) Protecting market users and the public from fraud, manipulation and abusive
practices related to the sale of commodity and financial futures and options
(B) Eliminating and preventing what regulators perceive to be harmfully anticompetitive
business practices, such as coercive monopolies
(C) Disclosing campaign-finance information and overseeing the public funding of
presidential elections
(D) Developing government-wide, cost-minimizing policies and offering superior
workplaces, expert solutions, acquisition services and management policies
(E) Providing financial services to depository institutions, the United States government
and foreign institutions, as well as playing a key role in operating the nation's payments
system - ANSWER-(E) Providing financial services to depository institutions, the United
States government and foreign institutions, as well as playing a key role in operating the
nation's payments system
73. The formation of numerous numbers of political action committees in the 1970s was
a result of
(A) The passage of bills by Congress attempting to limit the amount of money entering
elections
(B) Gideon v. Wainwright
(C) Corruption in Congress
(D) The growing influence of women's rights groups
(E) The creation of a new executive agency - ANSWER-(A) The passage of bills by
Congress attempting to limit the amount of money entering elections
A graph denoting public opinion that reveals a bell curve with the fewest numbers of
people being of extreme opinion on either end of the graph and the greatest number in
the middle is representative of
(A) Bimodal opinion
(B) Consensus opinion
(C) Divided opinion
(D) Random sampling
(E) Normal distribution - ANSWER-(E) Normal distribution
A law that requires lobbyists to clearly state who their clients are and what they are
lobbying for is
(A) Marbury v. Madison
(B) The 1965 Voting Rights Act
(C) The Legislative Reorganization Act
(D) The Federalist Papers
, (E) The First Amendment - ANSWER-(C) The Legislative Reorganization Act
A tax levied after one dies is called
(A) An estate tax
(B) A progressive tax
(C) A payroll tax
(D) A sales tax
(E) A sin tax - ANSWER-(A) An estate tax
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
According to the Constitution, Congress may not
(A) Discipline itself
(B) Grant titles of nobility
(C) Regulate interstate commerce
(D) Declare war
(E) Govern Washington, D.C. - ANSWER-(B) Grant titles of nobility
According to the Constitution, which of the following decides the presidential election
outcome in the event that a single candidate does not get a majority of electoral votes?
(A) The Supreme Court
(B) The Senate
(C) The House of Representatives
(D) Both houses of Congress
(E) The sitting president - ANSWER-(C) The House of Representatives
All of the following are constitutional rights that neither the federal government nor the
states can restrict EXCEPT the right to
(A) remain silent during questioning
(B) be represented by counsel
(C) be indicted by grand jury
(D) not be tried for the same offense twice
(E) receive a trial by jury in a criminal case - ANSWER-(C) be indicted by grand jury
All of the following are ways through which citizens learn about politics except
(A) Religious institutions
(B) Schools
(C) Workplace culture
(D) Mass media
(E) Regulatory agencies - ANSWER-(E) Regulatory agencies
Verified 2025 Graded A+
All of the following statements correctly describe judicial appointments at the federal
level EXCEPT:
(A) Congress nominates and confirms all appointments to the federal judiciary
(B) Federal judicial appointments are typically evaluated by the American Bar
Association or the Federalist Society.
(C) If a senator is a member of the president's party, tradition may allow the senator to
exercise an informal veto over an individual being considered from the senator's state.
(D) Presidents seldom recommend for judicial appointment individuals from the
opposition political party.
(E) Federal judgeships are often considered by presidents as patronage positions. -
ANSWER-(A) Congress nominates and confirms all appointments to the federal
judiciary
. In the electoral history of the United States, third parties have been effective vehicles
of protest when they
(A) aligned themselves with one of the major parties
(B) presented innovative programs in Congress
(C) dramatized issues and positions that were being ignored by the major parties
(D) chose the president by depriving either of the major parties of an electoral college
victory
(E) supported a political agenda that appealed especially to women - ANSWER-(C)
dramatized issues and positions that were being ignored by the major parties
. Which of the following committee assignments would confer the most power and
influence on members of the House of Representatives?
(A) Agriculture
(B) Ways and Means
(C) Veterans' Affairs
(D) Armed Services
(E) Education and Labor - ANSWER-(B) Ways and Means
3. An oral statement that is false and intended to damage an individual is known as
(A) slander
(B) libel
(C) testimony
(D) argument
(E) free speech - ANSWER-(A) slander
31. Which of the following political philosophers most influenced the writing of the
United States Constitution?
(A) Plato
,(B) Machiavelli
(C) Locke
(D) Rousseau
(E) Marx - ANSWER-(C) Locke
4. Which of the following is clearly a task charged to the Federal Reserve as a
regulatory agency?
(A) Protecting market users and the public from fraud, manipulation and abusive
practices related to the sale of commodity and financial futures and options
(B) Eliminating and preventing what regulators perceive to be harmfully anticompetitive
business practices, such as coercive monopolies
(C) Disclosing campaign-finance information and overseeing the public funding of
presidential elections
(D) Developing government-wide, cost-minimizing policies and offering superior
workplaces, expert solutions, acquisition services and management policies
(E) Providing financial services to depository institutions, the United States government
and foreign institutions, as well as playing a key role in operating the nation's payments
system - ANSWER-(E) Providing financial services to depository institutions, the United
States government and foreign institutions, as well as playing a key role in operating the
nation's payments system
73. The formation of numerous numbers of political action committees in the 1970s was
a result of
(A) The passage of bills by Congress attempting to limit the amount of money entering
elections
(B) Gideon v. Wainwright
(C) Corruption in Congress
(D) The growing influence of women's rights groups
(E) The creation of a new executive agency - ANSWER-(A) The passage of bills by
Congress attempting to limit the amount of money entering elections
A graph denoting public opinion that reveals a bell curve with the fewest numbers of
people being of extreme opinion on either end of the graph and the greatest number in
the middle is representative of
(A) Bimodal opinion
(B) Consensus opinion
(C) Divided opinion
(D) Random sampling
(E) Normal distribution - ANSWER-(E) Normal distribution
A law that requires lobbyists to clearly state who their clients are and what they are
lobbying for is
(A) Marbury v. Madison
(B) The 1965 Voting Rights Act
(C) The Legislative Reorganization Act
(D) The Federalist Papers
, (E) The First Amendment - ANSWER-(C) The Legislative Reorganization Act
A tax levied after one dies is called
(A) An estate tax
(B) A progressive tax
(C) A payroll tax
(D) A sales tax
(E) A sin tax - ANSWER-(A) An estate tax
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
According to the Constitution, Congress may not
(A) Discipline itself
(B) Grant titles of nobility
(C) Regulate interstate commerce
(D) Declare war
(E) Govern Washington, D.C. - ANSWER-(B) Grant titles of nobility
According to the Constitution, which of the following decides the presidential election
outcome in the event that a single candidate does not get a majority of electoral votes?
(A) The Supreme Court
(B) The Senate
(C) The House of Representatives
(D) Both houses of Congress
(E) The sitting president - ANSWER-(C) The House of Representatives
All of the following are constitutional rights that neither the federal government nor the
states can restrict EXCEPT the right to
(A) remain silent during questioning
(B) be represented by counsel
(C) be indicted by grand jury
(D) not be tried for the same offense twice
(E) receive a trial by jury in a criminal case - ANSWER-(C) be indicted by grand jury
All of the following are ways through which citizens learn about politics except
(A) Religious institutions
(B) Schools
(C) Workplace culture
(D) Mass media
(E) Regulatory agencies - ANSWER-(E) Regulatory agencies
