US Government Honors Final Exam
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1. What essential element must be present before constitutional protections
of due process of law come into play ?
(A) a case in controversy
(B) state action (government action)
(C) criminal activity
(D) police misconduct - ✔✔state action
2. Which of the following rationales for government is most commonly used
for justification of law and policy ?
(A) national defense
(B) economic development and support
(C) public health and safety
(D) labor relations - ✔✔public health and safety
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The 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads as follows: "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."
A careful reading of the meaning of this amendment suggests the
existence of a multi-level approach to
governance known as
(A) states rights.
(B) pluralism.
(C) centralization.
(D) federalism. - ✔✔federalism
It has often been said that: "Government exists to regulate
human behavior for the common good." Most government
actions in a representative democracy involve balancing
competing interests in society. Based on the quote above
and what you know already about American democracy,
which of the following conflicts between interests
is most common in the United States ?
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(A) individual vs. society
(B) group vs. group
(C) government vs. group
(D) environmentalist vs. free-enterprise entrepreneur - ✔✔individual vs.
society
Which of the following institutions of government is designed specifically to
deal with conflict resolution in a
just and fair manner ?
(A) penal systems
(B) law enforcement organizations
(C) courts of law and equity
(D) legislative assemblies - ✔✔courts of law and equity
Article IV of the U.S. Constitution, with its provisions on "Full Faith and
Credit" and "Privileges and
Immunities," was crafted by the Framers with which of the following
primary intent ?
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(A) an intent to preserve the independence and policy prerogatives of
states to the greatest extent possible
(B) an intent to unify the nation politically, legally, economically, socially,
and culturally
(C) an intent to limit the authority of the national government
(D) an intent to initiate a direct democracy rather than a representative
democracy - ✔✔an intent to unify the nation politically, legally,
economically, socially, and culturally
The preamble to the U.S. Constitution begins with the
words "We the People ..." What form of government
did the Framers contemplate by using those words ?
(A) a direct democracy
(B) a republic (representative democracy)
(C) an aristocracy
(D) a plutocracy - ✔✔a republic
. The due process clause contained in the 14th Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution makes the procedural