Exam Questions (PSC 101) questions
& answers already passed
1. - correct answer ✔✔1.
2. Prior to the Constitutional Convention, What two models of intergovernmental relations
predominated throughout the world? - correct answer ✔✔unitary and confederated
3. One of the Chief Weaknesses of the confederated form of government is that it - correct
answer ✔✔often cannot act with the speed that circumstances require
4. Which of the following statements best captures the meaning of the term "elastic clause"
when applied to the U.S. Constitution? - correct answer ✔✔The federal government can
assume additional power as needed in order to accomplish the function established for it by the
Constitution
5. Under the U.S. constitution, the federal government's ability to coin money is an example of. .
. - correct answer ✔✔an enumerated power
6. According to the tenth Amendment, any powers not granted to the national government by
the constitution - correct answer ✔✔belong to either the people or the states
7. Based on the U.S. Constitution, the powers to pass ex post facto laws or bills of attainder are
both - correct answer ✔✔prohibited powers
8. The supremacy clause, stipulated in Article VI of the Constitution, holds that - correct answer
✔✔in a conflict between federal and state laws, the former will override the latter
& answers already passed
1. - correct answer ✔✔1.
2. Prior to the Constitutional Convention, What two models of intergovernmental relations
predominated throughout the world? - correct answer ✔✔unitary and confederated
3. One of the Chief Weaknesses of the confederated form of government is that it - correct
answer ✔✔often cannot act with the speed that circumstances require
4. Which of the following statements best captures the meaning of the term "elastic clause"
when applied to the U.S. Constitution? - correct answer ✔✔The federal government can
assume additional power as needed in order to accomplish the function established for it by the
Constitution
5. Under the U.S. constitution, the federal government's ability to coin money is an example of. .
. - correct answer ✔✔an enumerated power
6. According to the tenth Amendment, any powers not granted to the national government by
the constitution - correct answer ✔✔belong to either the people or the states
7. Based on the U.S. Constitution, the powers to pass ex post facto laws or bills of attainder are
both - correct answer ✔✔prohibited powers
8. The supremacy clause, stipulated in Article VI of the Constitution, holds that - correct answer
✔✔in a conflict between federal and state laws, the former will override the latter
