Civic Literacy Final Exam 2024

By reading a party platform, you can learn about the party’s

• campaign strategies for the coming election.

• plans for the national convention.

• beliefs and positions on election issues.

• budget for campaign spending.

When a political candidate wins an election but fails to obtain a majority this is called a __________? In the United States this often results in a run-off election.

• Plurality

• Majority

• Singularity

• Semi-Victory

• Pyrrhic Victory

A situation in which an elected official can be removed from office by the voters before his term has been served is called a(n)?

• General Election

• Primary

• Impeachment

• Redo

• Recall

What is the "Electorate?"

• Anyone belonging to a political party.

• Everyone that is capable of being employed in the U.S.

• Everyone that pays taxes in the U.S.

• Anyone who is eligible to run for political office.

• All people who are eligible to vote in the United States.

The major impact that third parties have had on presidential elections has been to

• encourage larger voter turnout.

• replace one of the two major parties in the next election cycle.

• recruit leaders from the Democrats and Republicans to run for president

• encourage greater party identification among the electorate.

• develop ideas that are later adopted by the two major parties

Who decides the verdict in a North Carolina District court?

• judge

• magistrate

• jury

• clerk of court

In North Carolina, state judges are selected by the

• voters

• General Assembly

• governor

• Board of Lawyers

In which of the following NC Courts would the accused have a trial by jury?

• North Carolina Supreme Court

• NC Superior Courts

• Court of Appeals

• NC District Courts

Which of the following NC Courts hears Civil cases involving $25,000 or less?

• NC Supreme Court

• NC Superior Court

• Court of Appeals

• NC District Court

The US Supreme Court would have jurisdiction in a case involving a

• violation of freedom of speech

• real estate dispute between two large companies in Texas

• traffic violation in Washington, D.C.

• child custody dispute between divorced parents