AP GOV - Unit 4 Practice Test

Which of the following is NOT a core value of United States political culture?

• Legal equality
• Political equality
• Economic equality
• Freedom of religion
• Freedom of speech

All of the following are traditional political values held by most Americans EXCEPT

• individual freedom
• representative democracy
• equality of opportunity
• equality of outcome
• due process of law

When a child’s parents both identify strongly with the same political party, the child will most likely

• identify with the opposing party
• identify with the parents’ party
• have a low sense of political efficacy
• become an independent rather than a party identifier
• become alienated from the political system

Which of the following scenarios best illustrates political socialization?

• The government establishes a tax policy benefiting lower-income families.
• A young teenager hears her parents discussing politics around the dinner table, which influences her own views.
• A citizen serves on a jury and receives training on how to apply the law.
• A suspect is informed of his rights by an officer who is about to interrogate him.

Which of the following statements draws an accurate comparison from the information graphic?

• The Nixon “Boomer” generation was far more likely to vote Democrat when they were eighteen year olds than the Truman “Silent” generation.
• The Ford/Carter “Boomer” generation has voted more consistently Republican than has the Bush/Obama “Millennial” generation.
• The Roosevelt “Greatest” generation voted Democrat in 2000 but voted Republican in 2006.
• The Reagan/Bush “Gen X” generation voted more consistently with the national average than did the Nixon “Boomer” generation.

Which of the following best describes a trend in the data?

• The older the respondents, the more likely they are to identify as patriotic.
• Generation X respondents are more likely to be politically active than the Baby-Boomer respondents.
• Baby Boomer respondents are the most likely to consider themselves self-reliant.
• The younger the respondents, the more likely they are to identify as religious and moral.

The passage is most related to which of the following concepts?

• Political partisanship
• Political socialization
• Political ideology
• Political polling

Which of the following best explains how the passage relates to the political process?

• Attacks on United States soil can mobilize the public to act and demand changes to the public policy process.
• Public opinion plays an important role in the development of new security measures to protect the United States from internal and external threats.
• There are important political and cultural events that can cause the development of lasting political beliefs across groups of people in society.
• Citizens judge political leaders on how they react to the internal and external threats faced during their time in office.

Which of the following best describes an exit poll?

• A poll that asks voters at randomly selected voting places whom they voted for so that election results can be predicted more quickly
• A poll conducted by having a computer randomly select phone numbers from around the country
• An opinion poll that is used to intentionally sway people’s opinions by using false or misleading information in the conversation
• A poll that randomly samples a population to capture public opinion at a given time

Which of the following is an accurate comparison of an exit poll and a tracking poll?

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