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Question 1                                                                                                                                

Which of the following is an accurate statement about the consequences of declining trust in government?

Distrust makes people less willing to pay the taxes necessary for public activities.

Distrust motivates people to participate in politics through voting, volunteering for political campaigns, and running for office.

Distrust makes it easier for the government to help people in times of crisis.

Distrust strengthens the government’s ability to defend our national interests in the world economy.

Question 3                   

Generally speaking, in order to be a good citizen in the United States, what is most critical to possess?

a lot of corporate connections

significant resources, such as money

knowledge of the American political system

strongly held convictions

Question 4                   

In his 1935 book, Harold Laswell described politics as "Who Gets What When How." The American concept of pluralism, or group politics, includes all of the following except _________________.

A) placing others into decision-making positions.

B) removing inefficient or ineffective representatives.

C) casting one's ballot on Election Day.

D) influencing decisions affecting one's life.

Question 5                   

Which one of the following statements regarding political socialization is correct?

A) Political socialization is not necessary for the long-term preservation of any political community.

B) Political socialization and brainwashing are the exact same phenomenon in any society.

C) Political socialization assumes good citizens must be made; they are not born.

D) Political socialization assumes that good citizens are born; they cannot be made.

Question 11                      

What is the relationship between the prior restraint concept and the contemporary understanding of freedom of the press?

A) Freedom of the press means absolute protection from prior restraint, since allowing it takes information completely out of the marketplace of ideas.

B) The Supreme Court has allowed prior restraint in cases of the press publishing hate speech in cases like Near v. Minnesota (1931).

C) In general, the Supreme Court has ruled prior restraint to be an unconstitutional infringement on freedom of the press, but reserves the government's right to intervene in limited and specific cases, particularly with issues like national security.

Question 13                      

Which one of the following phrases accurately describes the intent of the First Amendment's establishment clause?

A) prohibits the national government from denying individuals the right to practice their religious beliefs

B) permits the reciting of prayers in public schools that were written by school officials.

C) prohibits the creation of a church officially supported by the national government

D) None of the above, because there is no such thing as an establishment clause in the First Amendment.

Question 19                      

Which one of the following best defines federalism as a system of government?

where member nations meet in a multinational conference.

in which power is divided between a national government and lower-level governments.

in which the national government is funded through direct taxation of local governments.

in which authority is divided into separate branches and each individual branch is given some power over the other branches.

Question 21                      

Which of the following traditional functions of political parties has become less critical in today's major political parties?

A) directing and financing campaigns

B) getting out the vote on election day

C) facilitating electoral choice between candidates

D) recruiting and nominating candidates for office

Question 29                      

Judges who are said to interject their values into the interpretation of cases are said to be engaging in what practice?

A) stare decisis

B) judicial conservatism

C) judicial activism

D) judicial review

Question 35                      

What was the significance of the Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010)?

A) It removed restraints that had been placed on Congressional campaign contributions and expenditures.

B) It abolished of the ceiling on campaign contributions established by campaign funding reform in 1974.

C) It made mandatory the use of public funds and accompanying expenditure limits in all presidential campaigns beginning in 2020.

D) It declared political spending a form of protected speech under the first amendment and ruled that government may not prohibit corporate spending used to support or denounce candidates in elections.

Question 36                      

Specific details of the presidential elections of 2000 and 2016 have contributed to gained momentum for what election reform issue?

A) term limits for members of Congress to match those applied to the president

B) the procedure for electing the president

C) the money given by corporations and unions to presidential candidates

D) the role of the Supreme Court in determining the outcome of elections

Question 39                      

What was the Great Compromise?

A) an agreement on taxation

B) an arrangement over slavery

C) a proposal that dealt with representation in Congress

D) an understanding about the national government's role in commerce

Question 40                      

The "Black Lives Matter" movement is a current civil rights effort focusing on violence and systemic racism toward black people. Which event led to the creation of this movement?

the death of Trayvon Martin in 2012.

the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers in 1991.

the election of Barack Obama as president in 2008.

the killing of Michael Brown by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014.

Question 42                      

What is the medium of the following citation: John Q. Smith, "Putin's Foreign Policy," World PoliticsXXIV (Winter 2013): 57.

A) an article from a magazine

B) an article from a journal

C) an article from a newspaper

D) an article from an online database

Question 45                      

Which one of the following IS NOT a reason for documenting the sources you use in your paper?

A) Your professor determines the citation style to use.

B) Your readers should be able to determine the accuracy of your sources.

C) Representing the work of others as your own is plagiarism.

D) Documentation discourages the circulation of error.

Question 48                      

Which of the following citations are a correct Chicago Style footnote:

A) ² Sheryl Guy Stolberg and Robert Pear. “Wary Centrists Posing Challenge in Health Care Vote,” New York Times, February 27, 2010. online.

B) ² Sheryl Guy Stolberg and Robert Pear, “Wary Centrists Posing Challenge in Health Care Vote,” New York Times, February 27, 2010, accessed February 28, 2010, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/us/politics/28health.html.

C) ² Stolberg, Sheryl Guy, and Robert Pear. “Wary Centrists Posing Challenge in Health Care Vote.” New York Times, February 27, 2010. Accessed February 28, 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/us/politics/28health.html.

D) ² Stolberg, Sheryl Guy and Robert Pear, “Wary Centrists Posing Challenge in Health Care Vote,” New York Times, February 27, 2010, accessed February 28, 2010, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/us/politics/28health.html.

Question 49                      

When doing survey research, it’s important to have a random sample of the population being surveyed. A random sample is one in which ________________________.

A) every person in the population to be studied is included in the sample selected for the study.

B) all patterns of people are noted, but not all groups are present in the study’s sample.

C) the members are selected in a double-blind fashion by the researchers

D) each person in the population to be studied has an equal chance of being selected in the sample in the study

Question 50                      

Which of the following entries is a correct Chicago Style entry for a bibliography:

A) Gueorgi Kossinets and Duncan J. Watts, “Origins of Homophily in an Evolving Social Network,” American Journal of Sociology 115 (2009): 411, accessed February 28, 2010, doi:10.1086/599247.

B) Kossinets, Gueorgi, and Duncan J. Watts. “Origins of Homophily in an Evolving Social Network.” American Journal of Sociology 115 (2009): 405–50. Accessed February 28, 2010. doi:10.1086/599247.

C) Gueorgi Kossinets and Duncan J. Watts. “Origins of Homophily in an Evolving Social Network.” American Journal of Sociology 115 (2009): 411, accessed February 28, 2010, online.

D) Kossinets, Gueorgi, and Duncan J. Watts, “Origins of Homophily in an Evolving Social Network,” American Journal of Sociology 115 (2009): 405–50. Accessed February 28, 2010. doi:10.1086/599247.

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Answer 1

1. Distrust makes people less willing to pay the taxes necessary for public activities is an accurate statement about the consequences of declining trust in government. Hence,option(A) is correct.

3. In order to be a good citizen in the United States, the most critical to possess is the knowledge of the American political system. Hence,option(C) is correct.

4. The American concept of pluralism or group politics ,includes all of the following except placing others into decision making positions. Hence,option(A) is correct.

5. Political socialization assumes that good citizens are born ,they cannot be made is the correct statement. Hence,option(D) is correct.

11. The relationship between the prior restraint concept and the contemporary understanding of freedom of the press is the Supreme court has allowed prior restraint in cases of the press publishing hate speech in cases like Near v. Minnesota (1931). Hence, option(B) is correct.