AP Gov, Chapter 1, Test Bank
Questions and answers
2025/2026
There is a trememdous gap between youth and the elderly in all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Political participation
b. Political interest
c. Volunteering
d. Media use
e. Political Knowledge - correct answersc
Political knowledge:
a. Is greater among youth than elderly
b. Is not that important in a democracy
c. Is generally high in the United States
d. Fosters political tolerance
e. None of the above - correct answersd
Voter turnout matters because:
a. Federal funds are allocated on the basis of the number of voters in a congressional district
b. It makes our country look better
c. It makes citizens feel better
d. Better candidates are selected when more people vote
e. Politicians pay more attention to those who vote than those who do not vote - correct
answerse
,Government is defined as the
a. Institutions and processes through which public policies are made for society
b. Executive branch and its agencies
c. Body that is concerned with economic problems while leaving social to other institutions of
society
d. Organization that brings problems to the attention of public officials
e. Agency that implements policies that have been enacted by other institutions of the political
system - correct answersa
The policymaking institutions of the American national government include all of the following
EXCEPT:
a. The presidency
b. Political parties
c. Congress
d. The Senate
e. The Supreme Court - correct answersb
One advantage of the Internet for democracy is that it
a. Provides less information than newspapers
b. Makes it easy to avoid political topics
c. Will provide more political information to political elites
d. Makes it easier for citizens to communicate directly with government
e. None of the above - correct answersd
Things that are indivisible, nonexclusive, and that everyone can share are called
a. intangible property
, b. socialized
c. communist
d. public goods
e. community property - correct answersd
Governments in the modern world, whether democratic or not, are similar in doing all of the
following EXCEPT
a. Maintaining a national defense
b. Providing public services
c. Protecting citizens' civil liberties
d. Providing public goods
e. Collecting taxes - correct answersc
A public good is defined as
a. Something in which any member of society can share
b. A choice that the government makes in response to a political issue
c. A public policy that is good for the nation as a whole
d. Something provided by the government that cannot be provided by the private sector
e. All of the above - correct answersa
Which of the following statements about public goods is FALSE?
a. The government usually provides public goods
b. Individuals have powerful incentives to provide public goods
c. Public goods are not profitable
d. Public goods are indivisible and nonexclusive
e. Public goods are things that everyone can share - correct answersb
Questions and answers
2025/2026
There is a trememdous gap between youth and the elderly in all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Political participation
b. Political interest
c. Volunteering
d. Media use
e. Political Knowledge - correct answersc
Political knowledge:
a. Is greater among youth than elderly
b. Is not that important in a democracy
c. Is generally high in the United States
d. Fosters political tolerance
e. None of the above - correct answersd
Voter turnout matters because:
a. Federal funds are allocated on the basis of the number of voters in a congressional district
b. It makes our country look better
c. It makes citizens feel better
d. Better candidates are selected when more people vote
e. Politicians pay more attention to those who vote than those who do not vote - correct
answerse
,Government is defined as the
a. Institutions and processes through which public policies are made for society
b. Executive branch and its agencies
c. Body that is concerned with economic problems while leaving social to other institutions of
society
d. Organization that brings problems to the attention of public officials
e. Agency that implements policies that have been enacted by other institutions of the political
system - correct answersa
The policymaking institutions of the American national government include all of the following
EXCEPT:
a. The presidency
b. Political parties
c. Congress
d. The Senate
e. The Supreme Court - correct answersb
One advantage of the Internet for democracy is that it
a. Provides less information than newspapers
b. Makes it easy to avoid political topics
c. Will provide more political information to political elites
d. Makes it easier for citizens to communicate directly with government
e. None of the above - correct answersd
Things that are indivisible, nonexclusive, and that everyone can share are called
a. intangible property
, b. socialized
c. communist
d. public goods
e. community property - correct answersd
Governments in the modern world, whether democratic or not, are similar in doing all of the
following EXCEPT
a. Maintaining a national defense
b. Providing public services
c. Protecting citizens' civil liberties
d. Providing public goods
e. Collecting taxes - correct answersc
A public good is defined as
a. Something in which any member of society can share
b. A choice that the government makes in response to a political issue
c. A public policy that is good for the nation as a whole
d. Something provided by the government that cannot be provided by the private sector
e. All of the above - correct answersa
Which of the following statements about public goods is FALSE?
a. The government usually provides public goods
b. Individuals have powerful incentives to provide public goods
c. Public goods are not profitable
d. Public goods are indivisible and nonexclusive
e. Public goods are things that everyone can share - correct answersb
