WGU C963 OA Exam Questions with Verified Answers (Correct
Update)
Question 1: McCulloch v. Maryland
Answer: Maryland was trying to tax the national bank and Supreme Court
ruled that federal law was stronger than the state law.
Question 2: Equal time rule
Answer: a Federal Communications Commission rule that requires equal air time
for all major candidates competing for political office
Question 3: Media Priming
Answer: The media affect the standards people use to evaluate political figures or
the severity of problems.
Question 4: Passage of Title IX
Answer: "No person shall on the basis of SEX be denied participation,
excluded from, or discriminated against in any program or activity that receives Federal
assistance."
Question 5: Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
Answer: Established that there is an implied right to privacy in the
U.S. Constitution
Question 6: Lemon Test
Answer: The three-part test for Establishment Clause cases that a law must pass before
it is declared constitutional: it must have a secular purpose; it must neither advance nor inhibit
religion; and it must not cause excessive entanglement with religion.
Question 7: Burwell v. Hobby Lobby
Answer: (2014) Allowed closely-held, for-profit corporations to be
exempt from a law its owners religiously object to if there is a less restrictive means of furthering
the law's interest.
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, Question 8: 5th Amendment
Answer: prohibits government from forcing individuals to testify against
themselves.
Question 9: 1st Amendment
Answer: Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition.
Question 10: 2nd Amendment
Answer: Right to keep and bear arms
Question 11: 3rd Amendment
Answer: No quartering of soldiers
Question 12: 4th Amendment
Answer: Protects against unreasonable search and seizure
Question 13: 6th Amendment
Answer: Right to a speedy and public trial
Question 14: 7th Amendment
Answer: Right to a trial by jury in civil cases
Question 15: 8th Amendment
Answer: freedom from excessive bail. freedom from excessive fines and cruel and
unusal punishment.
Question 16: 9th Amendment
Answer: states that people's rights are not limited to just those listed in the
Constitution.
Question 17: 10th Amendment
Answer: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor
prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
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Update)
Question 1: McCulloch v. Maryland
Answer: Maryland was trying to tax the national bank and Supreme Court
ruled that federal law was stronger than the state law.
Question 2: Equal time rule
Answer: a Federal Communications Commission rule that requires equal air time
for all major candidates competing for political office
Question 3: Media Priming
Answer: The media affect the standards people use to evaluate political figures or
the severity of problems.
Question 4: Passage of Title IX
Answer: "No person shall on the basis of SEX be denied participation,
excluded from, or discriminated against in any program or activity that receives Federal
assistance."
Question 5: Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
Answer: Established that there is an implied right to privacy in the
U.S. Constitution
Question 6: Lemon Test
Answer: The three-part test for Establishment Clause cases that a law must pass before
it is declared constitutional: it must have a secular purpose; it must neither advance nor inhibit
religion; and it must not cause excessive entanglement with religion.
Question 7: Burwell v. Hobby Lobby
Answer: (2014) Allowed closely-held, for-profit corporations to be
exempt from a law its owners religiously object to if there is a less restrictive means of furthering
the law's interest.
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, Question 8: 5th Amendment
Answer: prohibits government from forcing individuals to testify against
themselves.
Question 9: 1st Amendment
Answer: Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition.
Question 10: 2nd Amendment
Answer: Right to keep and bear arms
Question 11: 3rd Amendment
Answer: No quartering of soldiers
Question 12: 4th Amendment
Answer: Protects against unreasonable search and seizure
Question 13: 6th Amendment
Answer: Right to a speedy and public trial
Question 14: 7th Amendment
Answer: Right to a trial by jury in civil cases
Question 15: 8th Amendment
Answer: freedom from excessive bail. freedom from excessive fines and cruel and
unusal punishment.
Question 16: 9th Amendment
Answer: states that people's rights are not limited to just those listed in the
Constitution.
Question 17: 10th Amendment
Answer: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor
prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
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