POLSC 115 PRACTICE TEST FINAL EXAM UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Which of the following is not a right found in the original Constitution? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Freedom of Speech
Article I of the Constitution prohibits which of the following, defined as making an act punishable as a
crime even if the act was legal when it was committed? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅ex post facto laws
The process by which provisions of the Bill of Rights are brought within the scope of the Fourteenth
Amendment due process clause and so applied to state and local governments is called _____________.
- CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Selective incorporation
The _______ clause prevents government sponsorship of religion, direct government financial support
of religion, and government involvement in religious matters. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅No
Establishment
Which of the following is not a viewpoint or test of current Supreme Court justices related to separation
of church and state? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the exclusionary rule
The Supreme Court has held that prayer in public schools - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅is allowed by
individual students, but it may not be sponsored, organized, or endorsed by school officials
In which of the following cases did the Supreme Court rule that Ohio's school voucher program to be
neutral and permissible? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Zelman v. Simmons-Harris (2002)
The Supreme Court ruled the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 unconstitutional because
__________. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Congress was assuming the role of the courts in interpreting
the First Amendment.
Which of the following holds that the use of words and pictures should rarely if ever, be curtailed or
banned under the First Amendment? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The Preferred Position or Preferred
Freedoms Doctrine
, Commercial speech is constitutionally protected - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅and is more heavily
regulated than other speech
Which of the following is not part of a test to determine if a work may be considered legally obscene? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A three-judge federal panel determines that average persons are offended.
Which of the following forms of governmental interference with expression are judges most suspicious
of? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Prior restraint on publication
Laws passed by states requiring government agencies to open their meetings to the public and press are
called __________ laws. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅sunshine
The definition of "libel" is - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅written false statements that defame
someone's character or reputation
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan held that there must be proof of which of the following in order to find
libel against a public figure? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅actual malice or reckless disregard for the
truth
When the government exercises the power of eminent domain for a public purpose, it must - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅fairly compensate the property owner
The production and distribution of obscene materials, as a form of free speech, are - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅not entitled to constitutional protection
What kind of speech is by its very utterance intended to inflict injury or incite an immediate breach of
peace? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅fighting words
In which of the following cases did the Court strike down a law that made it a crime to send obscene or
indecent messages to anyone under 18 years of age on the internet? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Reno
v. American Civil Liberties Union (1997)
AND ANSWERS
Which of the following is not a right found in the original Constitution? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Freedom of Speech
Article I of the Constitution prohibits which of the following, defined as making an act punishable as a
crime even if the act was legal when it was committed? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅ex post facto laws
The process by which provisions of the Bill of Rights are brought within the scope of the Fourteenth
Amendment due process clause and so applied to state and local governments is called _____________.
- CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Selective incorporation
The _______ clause prevents government sponsorship of religion, direct government financial support
of religion, and government involvement in religious matters. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅No
Establishment
Which of the following is not a viewpoint or test of current Supreme Court justices related to separation
of church and state? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the exclusionary rule
The Supreme Court has held that prayer in public schools - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅is allowed by
individual students, but it may not be sponsored, organized, or endorsed by school officials
In which of the following cases did the Supreme Court rule that Ohio's school voucher program to be
neutral and permissible? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Zelman v. Simmons-Harris (2002)
The Supreme Court ruled the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 unconstitutional because
__________. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Congress was assuming the role of the courts in interpreting
the First Amendment.
Which of the following holds that the use of words and pictures should rarely if ever, be curtailed or
banned under the First Amendment? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The Preferred Position or Preferred
Freedoms Doctrine
, Commercial speech is constitutionally protected - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅and is more heavily
regulated than other speech
Which of the following is not part of a test to determine if a work may be considered legally obscene? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A three-judge federal panel determines that average persons are offended.
Which of the following forms of governmental interference with expression are judges most suspicious
of? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Prior restraint on publication
Laws passed by states requiring government agencies to open their meetings to the public and press are
called __________ laws. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅sunshine
The definition of "libel" is - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅written false statements that defame
someone's character or reputation
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan held that there must be proof of which of the following in order to find
libel against a public figure? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅actual malice or reckless disregard for the
truth
When the government exercises the power of eminent domain for a public purpose, it must - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅fairly compensate the property owner
The production and distribution of obscene materials, as a form of free speech, are - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅not entitled to constitutional protection
What kind of speech is by its very utterance intended to inflict injury or incite an immediate breach of
peace? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅fighting words
In which of the following cases did the Court strike down a law that made it a crime to send obscene or
indecent messages to anyone under 18 years of age on the internet? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Reno
v. American Civil Liberties Union (1997)
