AP gov Multiple Choice questions with
Correct Answers
Which of the following is considered a linkage instituiton?
A. The bureaucracy
B. Congress
C. The executive Department
D. The government
E. The media - ANSWER✔✔-E
All the following are characteristics of politics EXCEPT-
A. Individuals with similar ideas banded together to form political parties
B. The means through which individuals are groups get involved
C. Who gets what, when, how, and why
D. The passing of laws that serve to further minority rights
E. The interrelationship of individuals and groups - ANSWER✔✔-D
Which of the following institutions established in the Constitution make public policy?
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,A. The senate, president, and political parties
B. Congress, president, and courts
C. Congress, courts, and the military
D. Congress, president, and the military
E. Congress, president, and the bureaucracy - ANSWER✔✔-B
Which of the following best defines a set of a institutions linking government, politics, and public
policy?
A. An educational system
B. A political system
C. A social system
D. An economic system
E. A socioeconomic system - ANSWER✔✔-B
Which of the following are considered linkage institutions?
I. Congress
II. Political parties
III. The media
IV. The courts
A. I only
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, B. I and II only
C. II and III only
D. I, II, and III only
E. All of them - ANSWER✔✔-C
Which of the following principles describes a philosophy of the Federalist Party?
A. Federalists believed in a loose construction of the Constitution
B. Federalist a believed in a strict interpretation of the constitution
C. Federalist a believed in a conservative interpretation of the constitution
D. Federalist a believed that congress should be the main cog of government
E. Federalist a believed that the interests of the common man should be reflected in government -
ANSWER✔✔-A
All the following characteristics reflect the reasons why political parties are formed EXCEPT
A. People band together because of similar needs
B. People band together because of similar values
C. People band together because they have similar income
D. People band together because they have similar beliefs
E. People band together because they have similar goals - ANSWER✔✔-C
Which of the following groups examines a candidates record primarily on specific issues?
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Which of the following is considered a linkage instituiton?
A. The bureaucracy
B. Congress
C. The executive Department
D. The government
E. The media - ANSWER✔✔-E
All the following are characteristics of politics EXCEPT-
A. Individuals with similar ideas banded together to form political parties
B. The means through which individuals are groups get involved
C. Who gets what, when, how, and why
D. The passing of laws that serve to further minority rights
E. The interrelationship of individuals and groups - ANSWER✔✔-D
Which of the following institutions established in the Constitution make public policy?
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,A. The senate, president, and political parties
B. Congress, president, and courts
C. Congress, courts, and the military
D. Congress, president, and the military
E. Congress, president, and the bureaucracy - ANSWER✔✔-B
Which of the following best defines a set of a institutions linking government, politics, and public
policy?
A. An educational system
B. A political system
C. A social system
D. An economic system
E. A socioeconomic system - ANSWER✔✔-B
Which of the following are considered linkage institutions?
I. Congress
II. Political parties
III. The media
IV. The courts
A. I only
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, B. I and II only
C. II and III only
D. I, II, and III only
E. All of them - ANSWER✔✔-C
Which of the following principles describes a philosophy of the Federalist Party?
A. Federalists believed in a loose construction of the Constitution
B. Federalist a believed in a strict interpretation of the constitution
C. Federalist a believed in a conservative interpretation of the constitution
D. Federalist a believed that congress should be the main cog of government
E. Federalist a believed that the interests of the common man should be reflected in government -
ANSWER✔✔-A
All the following characteristics reflect the reasons why political parties are formed EXCEPT
A. People band together because of similar needs
B. People band together because of similar values
C. People band together because they have similar income
D. People band together because they have similar beliefs
E. People band together because they have similar goals - ANSWER✔✔-C
Which of the following groups examines a candidates record primarily on specific issues?
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