Final Exam

Name: _____________________________ Date:___________________

Seniors congratulations on reaching day two of Finals for AP US Government! Best of luck!
Read the question carefully and choose the best answer.
1. This constitutional arrangement facilitates state innovations in policy, and it allows states
to move beyond the limits of national policy. ________ is a way of organizing a nation so
that two or more levels of government have formal authority over the same area and
people.
a. Tyranny
b. Dictatorship
c. Federalism
d. Generalism
e. Democracy
2. Dual federalism is a
a. A system of government in which powers and policy assignments are shared
between states and the national government.
b. A system of government in which people can choose their leaders and
representatives
c. A system of representative government in which both federalism and national
governments work together to pass policy
d. A system of government in which both the states and the national government
remain supreme within their own spheres, each responsible for some policies.
3. A system of government in which powers and policy assignments are shared between
states and the national government.
a. Shared federalism
b. cooperative federalism
c. Dual federalism
d. Democracy
4. The national government has implied as well as enumerated powers.The Civil War also
helped establish the preeminence of the national government, and over the years the
Supreme Court has interpreted these powersparticularly Congresss interstate
commerce powerbroadly. An example of a case that made this clear was
a. McCulloch v. Maryland
b. US v Lopez
c. Nichols v Lau
d. Dred Scott v Sandford
5. Federalism provides for all of the following except:
a. effective representation of local interests
b. reduces conflict at the national level
 c. Encourages pizza party political representation
d. encourages acceptance of losing elections
e. increases the opportunities for citizens to participate in government
6. Demography is the science of population changes. All of the following would be
considered as an example of demographics except for:
a. Age
b. Reading level
c. Sex
d. Marriage status
e. Education level
7. Minority majority is the situation, likely beginning in the mid-twenty-first century, in which
the non-Hispanic whites will represent a minority of the U.S. population and minority
groups together will represent a majority. Which of the following groups is postured to
become the first Minority Majority
a. Asians
b. Latinos
c. Homosexuals
d. African Americans
8. Much of the process of political socialization is informal. People pick up and absorb
political orientations from major actors in their everyday environment. The principal
actors in the socialization process are all of the following except
a. Family
b. Education level
c. The media
d. Schools
e. Age
9. A political ideology is a coherent set of values and beliefs about public policy. The two
most prominent ideologies in American politics are conservatism and
a. Liberalism
b. Libertarianism
c. Green partism
d. Political partism
10. Conventional forms of political participation include
a. Voting
b. Attending protest demonstrations
c. Acts of civil disobedience
d. Writing letters and emails to public officials
11. The regular pattern in which women are more likely to support Democratic candidates, in
part because they tend to be less conservative than men and more likely to support
spending on social services and to oppose higher levels of military spending.
a. Gender Gap
b. Financial Gap
c. Educational difference
 d. Moral deference
12. A politics in which the behavior of citizens and policymakers and the political agenda
itself are increasingly shaped by technology.
a. Narrowcasting
b. Broadcasting
c. Print media
d. high-tech politics
13. mass media consists of Television, radio, magazines and other means of popular
communication. What else would be considered a form of mass media?
a. Graffiti
b. Avant garde art
c. The internet
d. Commercials
14. According to Anthony Downs, a team of men [and women] seeking to control the
governing apparatus by gaining office in a duly constituted election.
a. Congressional committees
b. Political party
c. Narrowcasting
d. Trial balloons
15. Linkage institutions are the channels through which peoples concerns become political
issues on the governments policy agenda. In the United States, linkage institutions
include all of the following except for:
a. Elections
b. Political parties
c. Interest groups
d. the media
e. The bureaucracy
16. Political parties play an important role within government. All of the following are
examples of roles that Political parties perform except for
a. Parties pick candidates
b. Parties run campaigns
c. Parties give cues to voters
d. Parties articulate policies
e. Parties pay premiums for votes
17. rational-choice theory is a popular theory in political science to explain the actions of
voters as well as politicians. It assumes
a. that individuals act in their own best interest, carefully weighing the costs and
benefits of possible alternatives.
b. That interest groups pay money and provide information to Congress
c. The congressional committees work in conjunction with the bureaucracy
d. Voters and politicians vote at random
18. Elections to select party nominees in which voters can decide on Election Day whether
they want to participate in the Democratic or Republican contests.
a. Presidential primaries
b. Closed primaries
c. Rational caucus
d. open primaries
19. Closed primaries are elections to select party nominees in which
 a. only people who have registered in advance with the party can vote for that
partys candidates, thus encouraging greater party loyalty.
b. Only party nominees can cast their votes
c. There is a city hall like meeting and everyone is able to cast their vote for the
appropriate candidate
d. Voters can decide on election day whomever they would like when they would
like
20. The meeting of party delegates every four years to choose a presidential ticket and write
the partys platform.
a. Critical election
b. State party election
c. National party convention
d. Party platform
21. The displacement of the majority party by the minority party, usually during a critical
election period.
a. Party realignment
b. Coalition agreement
c. Electoral shakeups
d. Party dealignment
22. Party dealignment is the gradual disengagement of _____as seen in part by shrinking
party identification.
a. Parties from people
b. Voters from congress
c. Congressional committees
d. people from the parties
23. Third parties are electoral contenders other than the two major parties. American third
parties are not unusual, but they rarely win elections. Which of the following are
examples of third parties
a. Political parties
b. Brown party
c. Green party
d. ACLU
24. When two or more parties join together to form a majority in a national legislature. This
form of government is quite common in the multiparty systems of Europe.
a. Not this answer
b. Coalition government
c. Congressional committees
d. Majority Minorities
25. Even though political parties are one of Americans least beloved institutions, political
scientists see them as a key linkage between policymakers and the people. Political
parties operate at three levels: (1) in the electorate; (2) as organizations; and (3)
a. In life
b. In congressional committees
c. In not this answer
d. in government
26. Party identificationones self-proclaimed general preference for one party or the
otheris the most important factor in explaining the political behavior of American
voters. People who do not identify with either party are known as political independents.
 They are the crucial swing voters who can go either way and are also more likely to split
their tickets. Of the following groups which are especially likely to be Independents?
a. Old people
b. Educated people
c. Young people
d. Political die hards
27. The official endorsement of a candidate for office by a political party. Generally, success
in the nomination game requires momentum, money, and
a. Media attention
b. More money
c. Luck
d. Strategic maneuvering
28. The period before any votes are cast when candidates compete to win early support
from the elite of the party and to create a positive first impression of their leadership
skills.
a. Closed primary
b. Open primary
c. Invisible primary
d. Presidential primary
29. A system for selecting convention delegates used in about a dozen states in which
voters must attend an open meeting to express their presidential preference.
a. Congressional committee
b. Caucus
c. Town hall delegate meeting
d. Congressional election
30. Elections in which a states voters go to the polls to express their preference for a partys
nominee for president. Most delegates to the national party conventions are chosen this
way
a. Open primary
b. Closed primary
c. Secondary primary
d. Presidential primary
31. Groups that raise money from individuals and then distribute it in the form of
contributions to candidates that the group supports. They must register with the FEC and
report their donations and contributions to it. Individual contributions to this group are
limited to $5,000 per year, and each group may give up to $5,000 to a candidate for
each election. Are known by their three letter acronym
a. Super duper pacs
b. Snax
c. Packs
d. Pac
32. The legal right to vote in the United States, gradually extended to virtually all citizens
over the age of 18.
a. Voter rights act of 1965
b. Suffrage
c. Suffering
d. Legal rights and responsibilities
33. A 1993 act that requires states to permit people to register to vote when they apply for a
 drivers license.
a. Motor Voter Act
b. Voter identification laws
c. McClashen Feinstein act
d. Open primary
34. An organization of people with shared policy goals entering the policy process at several
points to try to achieve those goals. This organization pursues their goals in many
arenas.
a. Hyperpluralism
b. Collective goods
c. Congressional committees
d. Interest group
35. A theory of government and politics emphasizing that many groups, each pressing for its
preferred policies, compete and counterbalance one another in the political marketplace.
a. Hyper pluralism
b. Iron triangle
c. Pluralism
d. Collective goods
36. A theory of government and politics contending that an upper-class elite will hold most of
the power and thus in effect run the government.
a. Not this answer
b. Elitism
c. Dont circle this answer
d. Definitely not this answer
37. A theory of government and politics contending that groups are so strong that
government, seeking to please them all, is thereby weakened.
a. Iron triangle
b. Lobbying
c. Electioneering
d. Hyperpluralism
38. Subgovernments are composed of interest group leaders interested in a particular policy,
the government agency in charge of administering that policy, and the members of
congressional committees and subcommittees handling that policy; they exercise a great
deal of control over specific policy areas.
a. Iron triangles
b. Not this answer
c. Not this answer
d. Not this answer
39. For a group, the problem of people not joining because they can benefit from the groups
activities without joining.
a. Perks problem
b. Benefits problem
c. Yassssss . Wait this isnt free?
d. Free-rider problem
40. Groups that have a narrow interest, tend to dislike compromise, and often draw
membership from people new to politics.
a. single-issue groups
b. Multiple issue groups
 c. Conservative groups
d. Religious groups
41. According to Lester Milbrath, a communication, by someone other than a citizen acting
on his or her own behalf, directed to a governmental decision maker with the hope of
influencing his or her decision.
a. Lobbying
b. Appealing
c. Electioneering
d. Litigation
42. Direct group involvement in the electoral process, for example, by helping to fund
campaigns, getting members to work for candidates, and forming political action
committees.
a. Franking privileges
b. Casework
c. Constitutent services
d. Electioneering
43. Activities of members of Congress that help constituents as individuals, particularly by
cutting through bureaucratic red tape to get people what they think they have a right to
get.
a. Franking privilieges
b. House rules committee
c. Casework
d. Scheduling
44. The committee in the House of Representatives that reviews most bills coming from a
House committee before they go to the full House.
a. House Rules Committee
b. Armed services committee
c. Housing and Urban affairs
d. Human resources
45. A strategy unique to the Senate whereby opponents of a piece of legislation use their
right to unlimited debate to prevent the Senate from ever voting on a bill.
a. General Custard
b. Casework
c. Log rolling
d. Filibuster
46. Sixty members present and voting can halt a filibuster.
a. Filibuster
b. Cloture vote
c. Not this answer
d. Casework
47. This congressional leadership position is an office mandated by the constitution. This
position is chosen in practice by the majority party, has both formal and informal powers,
and is second in line to succeed to the presidency should that office become vacant.
a. Whip
b. Bill
c. Minority leader
d. Speaker of the house
48. The majority leader is the principal partisan ally of the Speaker of the House, or the
 partys manager in the Senate. The majority leader is responsible for
a. Scheduling bills
b. Influencing caucus assignments
c. Whipping up votes on behalf of the president
d. Work with the whips to count votes
49. Party leaders who work with the majority leader or minority leader to count votes
beforehand and lean on waverers whose votes are crucial to a bill favored by the party.
a. Grips
b. Whips
c. Minority leader
d. Joint committees
50. minority leader is
a. The principal leader of the majority party
b. The principal leader of the black caucus
c. The party leader who works with the majority leader to count votes
d. the principal leader of the minority party
51. Of the following which is not an example of an actual committee in Congress
a. standing committees
b. joint committees
c. Conservative committees
d. conference committees
e. select committees
52. A caucus (congressional) is a group of members of Congress sharing some interest or
characteristic. Many are composed of members from both parties and from both houses.
a. Standing committee
b. Joint committee
c. Tea party caucus
d. General caucus
53. A proposed law, drafted in legal language. Anyone can draft this, but only a member of
the House of Representatives or the Senate can formally submit this for consideration.
a. Bill
b. William
c. Commemorative memorabilia
d. legalese
54. Incumbents usually win reelection because all of the following except for
a. Weak opponents
b. Better funded than their opponents,
c. credit claiming
d. Scandal
55. How does a bill become a law? Please fill in the blanks. One point per fill in the blank.
Step One:____________________________________________________________________
Step two: The ____________ is sent to subcommitee.
Step Three ___________________________________________________________
Step Four_____________________________________________________________
Step Five _____________________________________________________________
Step Six: Final _________ is then given to the President.