More Sample Questions

More Sample Questions

More Sample Questions

  1. A legislature passes a law to prohibit private automobiles after January 1, 2010. Individuals who purchased a car before March 15, 2008, the day the law was passed and signed by the chief executive, may keep that car after 2010. All other cars must be off the road in 2010. The law is published and when enforced, is applied against all individuals. What aspect of the rule of law may be violated in this scenario?
  2. Generality
  3. Prospectivity
  4. Due process
  5. Consent
  6. Publicity
  7. No rule of law is violated.
  8. Locke’s second treatise included all of the following except:
  9. Concept of a social contract
  10. Government relies upon the consent of the governed
  11. Right of revolt
  12. Separation of power
  13. It included all of a-d.
  14. Which of the following would be the most likely policy of a mercantilist society?
  15. Free international trade
  16. Restriction of exports goods
  17. Prohibition of technology from leaving the country
  18. Prohibition of gold imports
  19. Free market in labor
  20. As described by Adam Smith, all of the following are likely advantages of a free market economy except:
  21. Distributes income equally across the population
  22. Controls self-interest
  23. Self-interests are guided to achieve the common good
  24. Allows for specialization and trade
  25. Competition prevents monopoly power
  26. The Declaration of Independence includes all of the following except:
  27. Accepts Locke’s view of sovereignty
  28. Accuses the British Parliament of acts of tyranny
  29. Claims that equality of all men is a self-evident truth
  30. Accuses King George of dissolving colonial legislatures
  31. Declaration contains all of a-d.
  32. According to City Upon a Hill, state governments during and after the revolution were marked by all of the following except:
  33. Violations of the rule of law
  34. Legislative tyranny
  35. Constitutional drift
  36. Domination by a particular interest or faction
  37. All of a-d were problems of state governments in this period.
  38. The Articles of Confederation were characterized by which of the following?
  39. An independent federal judiciary
  40. A chief executive officer
  41. Federal taxes
  42. Resolved western land claims
  43. James Madison contributed all of the following to the Constitution except:
  44. Developed the idea of a bicameral legislature to represent states and people.
  45. Kept notes of the convention
  46. Developed the large republic argument
  47. Managed the passage of the Bill of Rights post ratification
  48. Helped write the Federalist Papers to help ratification in NY.
  49. The Constitution was designed to:
  50. Reduce the power of slaveowners
  51. Increase the power of the national government while limiting that power
  52. Increase the enumerated rights of the states
  53. Reduce the power of the large states over the small states
  54. None of the above.
  55. Which of the following is not true of the Constitution?
  56. Article 1 enumerates the powers of the legislative branch
  57. Article 3 creates a federal judiciary that is independent, once appointed
  58. Article 2 enumerates the powers of the presidency
  59. Article 6 makes the laws and treaties passed by the U.S. government dominant over the states.
  60. Article 5 provides an amending process.
  61. All of the above are true of the Constitution.
  62. The country of Montebello develops a Constitution with a parliament which chooses the chief executives of the government. The Constitution contains a Bill of Rights and limits on the power of the government. Among the rights, any group of citizens may form a political party and seek the votes of the people. In this situation we would predict:
  63. Several political parties will be competitive and have representation in the parliament.
  64. Governing coalitions would be formed before each election and voters will choose among them.
  65. After the election, governing coalitions will be formed regardless of the number of political parties.
  66. After an election, a governing coalition will be formed if no party has a plurality in parliament.
  67. After an election a governing coalition will be formed if no party has a majority in parliament.
  68. a and c
  69. a and d
  70. a and e
  71. All of the following are true of the way the U.S. treated the unsettled land to the west except:
  72. The West was surveyed with a grid pattern to allow for ownership on a small scale.
  73. The “colonial” approach was taken for western states making them subservient to the more settled eastern states.
  74. Common people held the dream of moving westward to own land.
  75. Turner argued that the American democracy was shaped by the existence of a frontier.
  76. All of the above were true of the west.
  77. Which of the following are true of U.S. Slavery?
  78. Slavery was profitable
  79. Slaves were highly productive
  80. Slaves lacked incentives to work hard and were not productive.
  81. The South depended on slavery for a significant part of its income.
  82. Most of the slaves brought from Africa to the western hemisphere came to the U.S.
  83. a,c,e
  84. a,b,d
  85. c,e
  86. a and b
  87. The Civil War and its aftermath caused all of the following changes except:
  88. 14th amendment
  89. Federalism was clarified.
  90. Creation of ICC commission to regulate railroads
  91. Republican party solidified its role as one of the two major parties
  92. All of the above
  93. a and b
  94. b and d
  95. a, b and d
  96. a and c
  97. The rise of government was aided by:
  98. War
  99. Perceived market weaknesses such as economic injustice
  100. Income tax amendment
  101. Regulation of markets started during the New Deal
  102. All of the above
  103. a and b
  104. b, c, and d
  105. c and d
  106. Which of the following amendments reduce the filters of consent?
  107. 17th amendment
  108. 19th amendment
  109. 22nd amendment
  110. 25th amendment
  111. All of the above
  112. a and b
  113. a and c
  114. b and d
  115. The power of the Supreme Court cannot be checked by:
  116. Judicial reinterpretation overturning a previous decision
  117. Amendment added to the Constitution
  118. Re-drafting of laws to meet constitutional objections.
  119. Law passed by Congress and signed by the President defining what is constitutional
  120. All of the above may check the power of the Court.
  121. Which match of a market weakness and a problem is incorrect?
  122. Oil spill-negative externality
  123. Inflation-recession
  124. War on terror-public good
  125. OPEC sets oil production quotas—monopoly
  126. Side effects of prescription drugs—imperfect information
  127. A market economy would be characterized by all of the following except:
  128. Economic competition
  129. Money used in exchange
  130. Exchanges that benefit both parties to the exchange
  131. Exchanges made that meet everyone’s basic needs
  132. Well-defined property rights
  133. Specialization and trade according comparative advantage
  134. Voting serves what functions in a democracy?
  135. Provides consent for the rule of law
  136. Checks the power of government
  137. Aligns the interests of candidates and voters
  138. Gives a single individual influence over government.
  139. All of the above.
  140. a and b
  141. a, b and c
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