CLEP AMERICAN GOVERNMENT TEST 1 NEWEST ACTUAL
COMPLETE 200 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ABOUT MIRANDA V.
ARIZONA IS CORRECT?
(A) IT DECLARED SEGREGATION BY RACE
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
(B) IT GRANTED WOMEN THE SAME VOTING RIGHTS AS MEN
(C) IT DECLARED THE RECITATION OF THE PLEDGE OF THE
UNION
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
(D) IT REQUIRED THAT CITIZENS BE INFORMED OF THEIR
RIGHTS WHEN
BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST
(E) IT DECLARED THAT A WOMAN'S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
WERE INCLUDED IN THE CONCEPTION OF THE RIGHT TO
PRIVACY - ANSWER-D.
It required that citizens be informed of their rights when being
placed under arrest.
ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ARE REASONS WHY INCUMBENT
,REPRESENTATIVES USUALLY WIN RE-ELECTION TO
CONGRESS EXCEPT:
(A) INCUMBENTS USE FRANKING PRIVILEGES TO
COMMUNICATE WITH
VOTERS
(B) INCUMBENTS GENERATE GOOD WILL BY GETTING "PORK
BARREL"
PROJECTS FOR THEIR DISTRICTS
(C) INCUMBENTS HAVE LARGE STAFFS TO WORK ON
CONSTITUENCY
RELATIONS
(D) INCUMBENTS ALWAYS BENEFIT FROM CONGRESSIONAL
REDISTRICTING
(E) INCUMBENTS RECEIVE THE MOST MONEY FROM SPECIAL
INTEREST GROUPS - ANSWER-D. Incumbents always benefit
from congressional redistricting.
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT TRUE OF STATE MILITIAS?
A) THEY ARE ESTABLISHED TO ENFORCE THE WILL OF THE
PEOPLE
B) THEY ARE USED TO PUT DOWN INSURRECTIONS
,C) THEY HAVE BEEN SUPERSEDED BY THE NATIONAL GUARD
D) THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO RESIST INVASIONS
E) THEY ARE DISCUSSED IN ARTICLE 1 OF THE CONSTITUTION
- ANSWER-A. they are established to enforce the will of the
people
THOSE CALLING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE
CONSTITUTION PRESENTED ALL OF THE FOLLOWING
ARGUMENTS EXCEPT THAT FEDERALISM WOULD:
A) PROTECT INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS WHILE ALLOWING THE
GOVERNMENT
TO WORK FOR THE COMMON GOOD
B) HELP PREVENT TYRANNY
C) HELP PREVENT WAR BETWEEN THE STATES
D) ALLOW THE STATES TO BE A TESTING GROUND FOR NEW
POLICIES
AND PROGRAMS
, E) GIVE THE STATES GREATER SOVEREIGNTY AND
INDEPENDENCE -
ANSWER-E. give the states greater sovereignty and
independence.
TO PREVENT JURORS FROM HEARING ABOUT A TRIAL IN THE
MEDIA, JUDGES WILL SOMETIMES IMPOSE WHAT
RESTRICTION ON JOURNALISTS?
A) GAG ORDER
B) WRIT OF PREVENTION
C) DISCRETION ORDER
D) ORDER OF CESSATION
E) NONCOMPLIANCE ORDER - ANSWER-A. gag order
THE CONSTITUTION GIVES CONGRESS THE POWER TO:
A) DECLARE WAR
B) COMMAND U.S. ARMED FORCES
C) APPOINT AMBASSADORS
D) NEGOTIATE TREATIES
E) NOMINATE FEDERAL JUDGES - ANSWER-A. declare war
THE SUPREME COURT'S POWER TO DETERMINE WHAT IS AND
WHAT IS NOT CONSTITUTIONAL IS REFERRED TO AS:
COMPLETE 200 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+(2025/2026)
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ABOUT MIRANDA V.
ARIZONA IS CORRECT?
(A) IT DECLARED SEGREGATION BY RACE
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
(B) IT GRANTED WOMEN THE SAME VOTING RIGHTS AS MEN
(C) IT DECLARED THE RECITATION OF THE PLEDGE OF THE
UNION
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
(D) IT REQUIRED THAT CITIZENS BE INFORMED OF THEIR
RIGHTS WHEN
BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST
(E) IT DECLARED THAT A WOMAN'S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
WERE INCLUDED IN THE CONCEPTION OF THE RIGHT TO
PRIVACY - ANSWER-D.
It required that citizens be informed of their rights when being
placed under arrest.
ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ARE REASONS WHY INCUMBENT
,REPRESENTATIVES USUALLY WIN RE-ELECTION TO
CONGRESS EXCEPT:
(A) INCUMBENTS USE FRANKING PRIVILEGES TO
COMMUNICATE WITH
VOTERS
(B) INCUMBENTS GENERATE GOOD WILL BY GETTING "PORK
BARREL"
PROJECTS FOR THEIR DISTRICTS
(C) INCUMBENTS HAVE LARGE STAFFS TO WORK ON
CONSTITUENCY
RELATIONS
(D) INCUMBENTS ALWAYS BENEFIT FROM CONGRESSIONAL
REDISTRICTING
(E) INCUMBENTS RECEIVE THE MOST MONEY FROM SPECIAL
INTEREST GROUPS - ANSWER-D. Incumbents always benefit
from congressional redistricting.
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT TRUE OF STATE MILITIAS?
A) THEY ARE ESTABLISHED TO ENFORCE THE WILL OF THE
PEOPLE
B) THEY ARE USED TO PUT DOWN INSURRECTIONS
,C) THEY HAVE BEEN SUPERSEDED BY THE NATIONAL GUARD
D) THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO RESIST INVASIONS
E) THEY ARE DISCUSSED IN ARTICLE 1 OF THE CONSTITUTION
- ANSWER-A. they are established to enforce the will of the
people
THOSE CALLING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE
CONSTITUTION PRESENTED ALL OF THE FOLLOWING
ARGUMENTS EXCEPT THAT FEDERALISM WOULD:
A) PROTECT INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS WHILE ALLOWING THE
GOVERNMENT
TO WORK FOR THE COMMON GOOD
B) HELP PREVENT TYRANNY
C) HELP PREVENT WAR BETWEEN THE STATES
D) ALLOW THE STATES TO BE A TESTING GROUND FOR NEW
POLICIES
AND PROGRAMS
, E) GIVE THE STATES GREATER SOVEREIGNTY AND
INDEPENDENCE -
ANSWER-E. give the states greater sovereignty and
independence.
TO PREVENT JURORS FROM HEARING ABOUT A TRIAL IN THE
MEDIA, JUDGES WILL SOMETIMES IMPOSE WHAT
RESTRICTION ON JOURNALISTS?
A) GAG ORDER
B) WRIT OF PREVENTION
C) DISCRETION ORDER
D) ORDER OF CESSATION
E) NONCOMPLIANCE ORDER - ANSWER-A. gag order
THE CONSTITUTION GIVES CONGRESS THE POWER TO:
A) DECLARE WAR
B) COMMAND U.S. ARMED FORCES
C) APPOINT AMBASSADORS
D) NEGOTIATE TREATIES
E) NOMINATE FEDERAL JUDGES - ANSWER-A. declare war
THE SUPREME COURT'S POWER TO DETERMINE WHAT IS AND
WHAT IS NOT CONSTITUTIONAL IS REFERRED TO AS:
