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WorksheetsAP Government Final Exam
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 30mins
Which of the following scenarios illustrates an action that would be protected by the free exercise clause in the First Amendment?
A) A student wears a T-shirt to public school portraying an illegal substance.
B) A person legally purchases a firearm for the purpose of self-defense.
C) A person wears a necklace bearing a Christian cross to work.
D) A state mandates the reading of a prayer at the beginning of the school day.
Which of the following is most likely to be considered speech that is protected by the First Amendment?
A) A newspaper publishes a factually untrue article that defames the reputation of a public individual.
B) A group of people who are upset with a judge's decision stage a protest on the judge's private property.
C) An individual posts something on social media that is highly critical of the president.
D) A person threatens to commit an act of violence in an online video.
The Washington Post receives a top secret report that details how the executive branch mishandled a deal made with a foreign nation regarding nuclear weapons. The executive branch attempts to stop the publishing of the report, but the publishers cite the precedent in New York Times Company. United States (1971) establishing which of the following legal rules?
The application of strict scrutiny
The exclusionary rule for evidence
The heavy presumption against prior restraint
Time, place, and manner restrictions
The quote points to which of the following amendments to the United States Constitution as a basis to limit state action?
The First Amendment
The Second Amendment
The Third Amendment
The Fourth Amendment
In which of the following situations would the Supreme Court be most likely to utilize the doctrine of selective incorporation?
When an individual claims that a right protected by the Bill of Rights is infringed upon by a state
When there is a conflict among the branches of the national government
When a federal policy shifting oversight authority from a national agency to a state agency is challenged
When a former employee files a wrongful termination claim against a company headquartered in another state
A woman is arrested for possessing illegal substances that were obtained after a warrantless search of her home by local police. Which of the following best explains whether the evidence could be used in a criminal trial?
The due process rights of the Fifth Amendment require that the evidence be reviewed by the prosecution before being admitted as evidence in court.
The exclusionary rule, derived from the Fourth Amendment, prevents the evidence from being used against the suspect.
Since the evidence obtained suggests illegal activity, the evidence may be used against the defendant in a criminal trial.
If the case is in the state court system, the evidence can be used against the defendant.
Which of the following best illustrates the protection of an individual's Fifth Amendment rights? 4UGF24
An appeals court rules that a lower court imposed excessive punishment on an individual who broke a law.
A judge blocks an attempt by law enforcement to search a home without probable cause.
After arrest, a suspect is informed of the right to remain silent during interrogation.
During a time of war, soldiers are not quartered in a person's home without the consent of the owner.
The clause of the United States Constitution that was used in the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) was 4UGF23
The due process clause
The necessary and proper clause
The free exercise clause
The equal protection clause
Which of the following is generally best the most important agent of political socialization?
Family
The media
Place of birth
Social class
Which of the following scenarios best reflects the process of political socialization?
An individual takes a civics course in school and develops opinions about politics.
Members of Congress increasingly vote the same way as other members of their party.
A group is able to attract new members by offering access to a broad network of people.
As media choices increase, individuals expand their media consumption to new sources.
The passage is most related to which of the following concepts?
One of the principal effects of 9/11 was instilling in Americans a fear that their personal security was at greater risk thanever before. lany aspects of the post-9/11 world are indeed new, but the fear it evokes echoes that felt by priorgenerations, At times the country has met those fears while still holding fast to its core democratic principles, Other times, fear has overruled American principles, especially the protection of individual freedoms, The most important legacy of theAmerican experience following 9/11 will not be the novelty of fear, but rather how well the country copes with that fearwhile adhering to its constitutional framework. Given how searing the 9/11 experience was, it is sometimes hard to remember that prior generations of Americans didn'always sleep soundly either. Pearl Harbor is an often-cited example, but it joins many other moments of intense fear inU.S. history. During the 40-plus years ofthe Cold War, American school children practiced “duck and cover" drils theway today's kids might practice school lock-downs. As a teenage in the 1980s. I joined Sting in hoping we could avert a nuclear holocaust if “the Russians love their children, too." With the collapse of the Soviet Union, other threats in the United States soon appeared: the 1993 World Trade Centerbombig, the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, and the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Park bombing, to name iust a few, During the1990s, some in the military liked to refer to the United States as a "homeland sanctuary;" after 9/11, many talk about theend of that sanctuary. True, the country has experienced fewer exteral threats to its population than have most other nations. But it's amisconception to think that the American sense of external threat is new. Kathleen Hicks, “What Will Americans Do About Their Fear of Terrorism?" The Atlantic Monthly,
Political partisanship
Political socialization
Political ideology
Political polling
Which of the following best explains how the passage relates to the political process?
One of the principal effects of 9/11 was instilling in Americans a fear that their personal
security was at greater risk thanever before. lany aspects of the post-9/11 world are indeed
new, but the fear it evokes echoes that felt by priorgenerations, At times the country has met
those fears while still holding fast to its core democratic principles, Other times, fear has
overruled American principles, especially the protection of individual freedoms, The most
important legacy of theAmerican experience following 9/11 will not be the novelty of fear, but
rather how well the country copes with that fearwhile adhering to its constitutional
framework.
Given how searing the 9/11 experience was, it is sometimes hard to remember that prior
generations of Americans didn'always sleep soundly either. Pearl Harbor is an often-cited
example, but it joins many other moments of intense fear inU.S. history. During the 40-plus
years ofthe Cold War, American school children practiced “duck and cover" drils theway
today's kids might practice school lock-downs. As a teenage in the 1980s. I joined Sting in
hoping we could avert a nuclear holocaust if “the Russians love their children, too."
With the collapse of the Soviet Union, other threats in the United States soon appeared: the
1993 World Trade Centerbombig, the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, and the 1996 Atlanta
Olympic Park bombing, to name iust a few, During the1990s, some in the military liked to refer
to the United States as a "homeland sanctuary;" after 9/11, many talk about theend of that
sanctuary.
True, the country has experienced fewer exteral threats to its population than have most other
nations. But it's amisconception to think that the American sense of external threat is new.
Kathleen Hicks, “What Will Americans Do About Their Fear of Terrorism?" The Atlantic
Monthly, 2016
Which of the following best explains how the passage relates to the political process?
A) Attacks on United States soil can mobilize the public to act and demand changes to the public policy process
B) Public opinion plays an important role in the development of new security measures to protect the United States from internal and external threats.
C) There are important political and cultural events that can cause the development of lasting political belief across groups of people in society.
D) Citizens judge political leaders on how they react to the internal and external threats faced during their time in office.
Which of the following public policies would Democrats be most likely to support?
Removing regulations in the marketplace
Securing a national public health care system
Reducing national government oversight of education policies in each state
Decreasing mandatory spending for entitlement programs like Medicare
Which is the most likely action a Republican in Congress would take regarding policies supported by the author in the passage?
A) They would vote against a bill advocating for state involvement in school choice to lessen the role of the national government in education policy.
B) They would vote for a greater role for the national government in education policy to limit school choice policies at the state level.
C) They would vote yes on a bill that provided funding for the Department of Education to increase their control of voucher programs at the state level.
If the national government were ununited under a Democratic Congress and a Democratic president, which action would they most likely take in response to the goals expressed in the passage? 4UGF16
The Democratic Congress passes legislation that strengthens the role of the national government in determining how school choice programs would be most equitably implemented in each state.
A Democratic president issues an executive order that gives control over the use of vouchers for school choice to the state level and decreases state accountability to the national government.
A Democratic president uses the State of the Union address to push for the elimination of the Department of Education, believing that there is too much involvement of the national government in education policy.
A Democratic Congress delays action on legislation for school vouchers, fearing the president would veto the bill.
Which of these statements reflects the message the author believes is most important about education? 4UGF15
Parents should be involved in decisions about where their children go to school.
The national government should take greater control in deciding where students should go to school.
School choice will not allow equal access for all students to a quality education.
Vouchers will give an unfair advantage to the affluent and the powerful.
In 2014, a poll reported that 51 percent of Americans support legislation to reduce carbon emissions, while 47 percent oppose it. The reported margin of sampling error was +/- 4 percent. Which of the following inferences can be made from the poll?
More people support legislation to reduce carbon emissions than oppose it.
More states are passing laws to reduce carbon emissions.
A majority of people under 35 years of age support legislation to reduce carbon emissions.
It is unclear whether more people support legislation to reduce carbon emissions than oppose it.
A political science professor is researching the effects that the Fifteenth and Twenty-Sixth Amendments have had on the American political system. Which of the following is the most likely reason the professor is researching these amendments?
To study the expansion of the right to equal protection under the law.
To study the expansion of voting rights.
To study the expansion of due process rights.
To study the expansion of federal authority over states.
A person votes for Democratic candidates based on the belief that the policies of the Democratic Party will be personally beneficial. This type of voting matches which of the following voting behavior models? 4UGF12
Prospective voting
Retrospective voting
Straight ticket voting
Rational choice voting
A citizen who uses the rational choice model of voting behavior selects candidates for office based on
what is thought to be in the citizen's own self-interest
the label of the party running for office
predictions of how a candidate will perform in the future
the recent performance of the candidates running for office
Which of the following scenarios explains how demographic factors affect voter participation in elections?
Wealthier individuals are more likely to become involved in campaigns because they believe that their actions may influence the candidates.
Individuals who belong to marginalized groups are likely to participate in elections because their issues are often highlighted by political party leaders.
Political action committees (PACs) raise money from their donors, which they use to run television advertisements during campaigns.
Gerrymandered districts are likely to produce competitive districts, which leads to lower turnout rates in elections.
While the central goal of political parties is to win elections, parties can also support democracy. Which of the following scenarios best illustrates this relationship?
A political party changes its stance on environmental policy after its candidates receive large contributions from an energy company.
Political parties use the social media site Instagram to reach out to younger voters to inform them about upcoming elections and encourage them to register to vote.
The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure uses research given to it from the American Society of Civil Engineers when amending an infrastructure bill.
A former member of Congress takes a job as a political consultant to advise current members on their campaigns and raise money for elections.
Which of the following best represents how each linkage institution influences policy making?
A. Political Party: Recruits and financially supports candidates for office Interest Group: Offers benefits to members based on the candidate they vote for
B. Political Party: Facilitates the building of coalitions in Congress Interest Group: Presents important information on specific issues to legislators
C. Political Party: Constrains legislators to promote only those measures approved by the party Interest Group: Allows free riders to benefit from group activities at no cost
D. Political Party: Formally proposes legislation on an issue by including it on the party platform Interest Group: Files briefs in court to appeal judges’ decisions in cases they are passionate about
Which of the following scenarios reflects the most direct effect of the practice described in the passage on the electoral process?
State legislatures will redraw the boundaries of electoral districts to group like-minded voters together.
Political parties will rely increasingly on social media advertising to reach different coalitions of voters.
Political campaigns will operate with greater transparency regarding the sources of their financing and advertising.
Political parties will play a greater role in recruiting qualified candidates capable of effectively communicating their party's policy agenda to potential voters.
Which of the following political processes or behaviors is most directly affected by the development described in the passage?
Partisan voting in Congress
Voter mobilization
Campaign finance reform
Regional party realignments
The practice of 'microtargeting' described in the passage is an even more powerful campaign tool for parties if they are able to
command greater loyalty to their party platform
attract a large audience for their national party conventions
develop a unified message that appeals to a majority of voters
collect and manage large databases of information on specific groups of voters
An emerging third party is struggling to get congressional candidates elected to office. Which of the following is a feature of the American political system that would explain why the party is struggling to achieve its goal?
The free-rider problem
Candidate-centered campaigns
Voter identification laws
Single-member districts
Which of the following provisions of the Bill of Rights could support the actions that Cesar Chavez is encouraging the farmworkers to take?
The right to fair trial
The right to assemble
The right to bear arms
The right to an attorney
Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the establishment clause and the free exercise clause?
D. Ensures that all students must attend public school regardless of religious views.
C. Provides a wall of separation of between church and state
A. Used by founders to establish Christianity as the national religion
A. Reflects a basic belief in the protection of religious freedom
B. Prohibits the federal government from promoting religion or creating a national religion
The experience of those who lived through 9/11 needs to create which of the following outcomes, according to the author of the passage?
Citizens should not let their fear of another terror attack override the country's ability to adhere to the civil liberties protections outlined in the Constitution.
Citizens need to acknowledge that the 9/11 attack was a unique event and work to develop a new strategy to combat future terror attacks.
Citizens have to be willing to sacrifice some civil liberties in order to protect the country from future terroristic attacks.
Citizens can rely on the government to develop plans to protect them in the event of a future attack on the United States.
