QUESTION 1

Political parties have three functions and operations, which are parties in government, parties as organizations, and parties in the electorate.
True
False
 
QUESTION 2

The meeting where the party formally nominates its presidential candidate is known as____________.
A.the national party convention
B.the great debate convention
C.the general election convention
D.the political party convention
 
QUESTION 3

Party identification is the psychological attachment or loyalty to a political party.
True
False
 
QUESTION 4

A mathematical result showing that the voter with the ideological preference in the middle of the ranking of voters must be satisfied and approve of a majority-rule winning outcome is known as _______________.
A.the quantifiable voter
B.the median voter theorem
C.the average voter theorem
D.the mathematical theorem voter
 
QUESTION 5

___________ is the method for determining an election's winner in which the candidate who receives the most votes wins.
A.Coalition building
B.Masking the numbers
C.Plurality rule
D.Election laws
 
QUESTION 6

Politics is the process of making collective decisions, usually by the government, to allocate public resources and to make and enforce rules for the operation of society.
True
False
 
QUESTION 7

The United State government operates as a federal system instead of a unilateral system.
True
False
 
QUESTION 8

The prisoner's dilemma is that each person would be better off if they did NOT cooperate and remain silent so that they can achieve the better collective outcome.
True
False
 
QUESTION 9

Most of the members of the Republican Party agree that privatizing Medicare will save costs. However, it is tempting for individual members to _____________, and let others in the party pay the cost of casting hard votes, while they vote in a way that wins favor with constituents.
A.protest vote
B.split referral
C.free ride
D.filibuster
 
QUESTION 10

A ___________ occurs when a senator continues speaking to prevent an end to a debate and a final vote on legislation.
A.filibuster
B.quorum call
C.rule is broken
D.an advisor meeting
 
QUESTION 11

There are currently how many justice on the Supreme Court?
A.5
B.8
C.10
D.9
 
QUESTION 12

Executive privilege is the idea that the president must be able to share some confidential information with members of the executive branch is the basis for a limited right which has been upheld by the Supreme Court.
True
False
 
QUESTION 13

According to Hamilton's Federalist #78, which features of the federal judiciary is most important for ensuring the Court's ability to protect the rights of political minorities and insulated the justices from public and political pressure.
A.life tenure of judges
B.rule of four
C.senatorial advice and consent
D.domination of the court
 
QUESTION 14

Which of the following is the practice of drawing strangely shaped electoral district boundaries to gain political advantage?
A.logrolling
B.gerrymandering
C.horse trading
D.line distributive
 
QUESTION 15

How long does a senator serve between elections?
A.2
B.5
C.8
D.6
 
QUESTION 16

Members in the House of Representatives serve a total of two years between election cycles.
True
False
 
QUESTION 17

According to Mayhew, ___________ is the proximate goal of every legislator.
A.amibition
B.re-election
C.good public policy
D.constituency service
 
QUESTION 18

The case of McCulloch v. Maryland established the authority of the courts to decide whether a law or government action is constitutionally permissible.
True
False
 
QUESTION 19

___________________ is the constitution drafted by the Second Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified by the states in 1781.
A.The Articles of Confederation
B.The Constitutional Achievement
C.The Great Depression
D.The Preliminary Constitution
 
QUESTION 20

The Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan were both incorporated into the current Constitution.
True
False
 
QUESTION 21

A legislature consisting of two chambers or houses is known as ________________.
A.tricameral legislature
B.bicameral legislature
C.the electoral college
D.unnecessary
 
QUESTION 22

The checks and balance between the legislative branch, the judicial branch, and the executive branch are considered separation of powers.
True
False
 
QUESTION 23

The Bill of Rights is the first twenty amendments to the Constitution.
True
False
 
QUESTION 24

Jim Crow laws passed after the Civil Water to establish a system of segregation of public facilities and private establishments that made Black Native Americans second-class citizens.
True
False
 
QUESTION 25

According to the Supreme Court, "suspect" classification includes race, but not gender when determining whether a law is presumed to be unconstitutional.
True
False