CLEP AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
PRACTICE EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Punch cards - ANS Type of voting system that became well known immediately following the
2000 election
Prospective voting - ANS A person who votes based on what candidate says he or she will do
in the future is said to be engaged in this type of voting
House of Representatives - ANS Should presidential candidates receive an equal number of
electoral votes, the election is decided by___________
Democracy - ANS "A form of government in which the people (defined broadly to include all
adults or narrowly to exclude women and slaves, for example) are the ultimate political
authority"
Direct democracy - ANS New England town's meetings are examples of this type of
democracy
The Federalist Papers - ANS Under the pen name "Publius," Alexander Hamilton, James
Madison, and John Jay wrote this
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, The Mayflower Compact - ANS In the seventeenth century, the signers of which document
agreed to live under the colony's recognized authority and to wait for a royal charter, such as
the Virginians had?
Rhode Island - ANS The last state to ratify the U.S. Constitution
U.S. President - ANS The purpose of the electoral college is to choose the_________
Interest groups - ANS In the debates over the Constitution, federalist sand anti-federalist a
spoke of factions the way we today speak of _________
Article I - ANS "All Bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives."
These words appear in which article of the U.S. Constitution?
John Locke - ANS The English philosopher whose words are heavily drawn on in the
Declaration of Independence
U.S. Treasury - ANS Insofar as the Constitution is concerned, members of Congress receive
payment for their work from_______
Senate - ANS The Vice President of the United States is the president of what government
body?
25 - ANS What is the minimum age specified in the Constitution for members of the House of
Representatives?
Oregon - ANS In recent decades, which state has relied most heavily on mail-in voting?
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PRACTICE EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Punch cards - ANS Type of voting system that became well known immediately following the
2000 election
Prospective voting - ANS A person who votes based on what candidate says he or she will do
in the future is said to be engaged in this type of voting
House of Representatives - ANS Should presidential candidates receive an equal number of
electoral votes, the election is decided by___________
Democracy - ANS "A form of government in which the people (defined broadly to include all
adults or narrowly to exclude women and slaves, for example) are the ultimate political
authority"
Direct democracy - ANS New England town's meetings are examples of this type of
democracy
The Federalist Papers - ANS Under the pen name "Publius," Alexander Hamilton, James
Madison, and John Jay wrote this
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, The Mayflower Compact - ANS In the seventeenth century, the signers of which document
agreed to live under the colony's recognized authority and to wait for a royal charter, such as
the Virginians had?
Rhode Island - ANS The last state to ratify the U.S. Constitution
U.S. President - ANS The purpose of the electoral college is to choose the_________
Interest groups - ANS In the debates over the Constitution, federalist sand anti-federalist a
spoke of factions the way we today speak of _________
Article I - ANS "All Bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives."
These words appear in which article of the U.S. Constitution?
John Locke - ANS The English philosopher whose words are heavily drawn on in the
Declaration of Independence
U.S. Treasury - ANS Insofar as the Constitution is concerned, members of Congress receive
payment for their work from_______
Senate - ANS The Vice President of the United States is the president of what government
body?
25 - ANS What is the minimum age specified in the Constitution for members of the House of
Representatives?
Oregon - ANS In recent decades, which state has relied most heavily on mail-in voting?
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