This is the AP U.S. Government test over ch. 6 & 9 in .
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| 2199832572 | 1. The textbook discusses three important agents that can socialize Americans to participate in the political process. What are they? | C. The media, the schools, and the family | 0 | |
| 2199844813 | 2. To what do political scientists attribute the relatively restrained scope of government activities in the United States compared to most European nations? | A. The predominance of conservative thinking in America | 1 | |
| 2200520843 | 3. Which value most accurately describes the number of adult Americans who voted in the presidential election of 2012? | D. 1/2 of adult American citizens | 2 | |
| 2200527627 | 4. What technique is the key to the accuracy of public opinion polls? | C. Random sampling | 3 | |
| 2200536902 | 5. The role of religion in influencing political ideologyis determined more by _______ than by religious denomination. | E. Religiosity | 4 | |
| 2200555690 | 6. "Letter from a Birmingham Jail," penned by Martin Luther King Jr., in 1963, is a classic defense of which form of political protest? | A. Civil disobedience | 5 | |
| 2200833314 | 7. Why is participation in the census so important? | C. Because the information the census collects helps to determine how more than $400 billion dollars of federal funding each year is spent | 6 | |
| 2200844952 | 8. What is the effect of aging on political participation? | C. Aging increases political participation | 7 | |
| 2200850820 | 9. How is political participation defined? | B. As all the activities used by citizens to influence the selection of political leaders or the policies they pursue | 8 | |
| 2200861226 | 10. Of the following forms of political participation, which is more likely than the others to be classified as conventional? | A. Running for office on a third-party ticket | 9 | |
| 2200867679 | 11. Reapportionment occurs once a decade, after every census. Why? | A. To reallocate seats in the House of Representatives, based on each state's proportion of the population | 10 | |
| 2200881002 | 12. Which of the following statements about the influence of education on political attitudes and behavior is false? | D. Less-educated citizens are more likely to vote than better-educated citizens | 11 | |
| 2200900090 | 13. Consider the effects of growing older on political behavior. What aspects of political behavior increase as people age? | E. Political participation and strength of party attachment | 12 | |
| 2200900091 | 14. What is the "paradox of mass politics," according to Russell Newman? | E. That the American political system works so well despite the public's lack of work knowledge about politics | 13 | |
| 2200919960 | 15. Which of the following statements about American attitudes toward the scope of government is true, according to the latest research on public opinion? | C. Most Americans see the need to streamline the federal government as appealing | 14 | |
| 2200942196 | 16. Alice is an 83-year-old resident of Oregon. She voted for Barack Obama in 2008 and again in 2012. Alice hopes that the next U.S. president will be a woman and she plans to be around to vote for her. Given what you know about age in relation to voter turnout, will Alice be likely to vote in 2014, when she will be 85? | C. Alice will be likely to vote in 2014, unless the infirmities of old age make it too hard for her to cast a ballot | 15 | |
| 2231589331 | 17. You have been following the career of local politician Stan Chessman, who has recently been elected to the U.S. House o Representatives, for a long time. Generally, you approve of Stan's stands on the issues. Recently, however, Stan began publicizing his support for a new aid package for Pakistan. Stan has always impressed you with his vigorous antispending positions against programs not directly benefiting American workers. You are at a loss to explain Stan's decision to endorse this aid package. You wonder if it has something to do with a recent poll about American interests in South Asia, which overwhelmingly described Pakistan as the key to strategic U.S. interests in that region. In this scenario, what are you accusing Stan of? | D. Of being more concerned with following the polls than leading | 16 | |
| 2233069133 | 18. In a random sample of 1,000 high-school students, 29% indicated that they had read the Declaration of Independence at least once. If the margin of error is calculated to be 4%, which of the following statements is more likely than the others to be true? | C. Ninety-five percent of the time, the percentage of those questioned who have read the Declaration of Independence would likely be between 25 and 35 percent | 17 | |
| 2233069134 | 19. Where do some critics place the blame for Americans' lack on political knowledge? | C. On Americans themselves, for not remembering much about what they are exposed to through the media | 18 | |
| 2233069135 | 20. Of the following, which is a form of political participation? | E. Calling your representative to express your opinion about some legislation coming up for a vote | 19 | |
| 2233069136 | 21. Researchers studying campaigns stress that campaigns have what three effects on voters? | D. Reinforcement, Activation, and Conversion | 20 | |
| 2233069137 | 22. Some people have called the American electoral process _______________. | B. "The Permanent Campaign" | 21 | |
| 2233069138 | 23. According to the "America in Perspective" feature box, in which of the following countries is voter turnout lowest? | E. United States | 22 | |
| 2233069139 | 24. What is the most common reason given for not voting by U.S. citizens who are registered to vote? | C. It's hard to take time off of work or school | 23 | |
| 2233069140 | 25. The 2008 election was the first time that _________ voted at the same time as whites. | E. African Americans | 24 | |
| 2233069141 | 26. What do voters find to be the three most important dimensions of a candidate's image? | C. Integrity, Reliability, and Competence | 25 | |
| 2233069142 | 27. What is the phenomenon that people's beliefs often guide what they pay attention to and how they interpret events? | D. Selective perception | 26 | |
| 2233069143 | 28. Because states are the key battlegrounds of campaigns, candidates often find themselves ___________. | D. Tailoring their appeals to the particular interests of a state | 27 | |
| 2233069144 | 29. Of the following, who would be most likely to vote? | C. Someone with a high sense of political efficacy | 28 | |
| 2233069145 | 30. Which of the following makes it harder to vote by increasing the costs associated with voting? | D. Voter ID laws | 29 | |
| 2233069146 | 31. Which states tend to have higher voter turnouts? | A. Southern states | 30 | |
| 2233069147 | 32. Which of the following groups is overrepresented among voters? | B. People who are married | 31 | |
| 2233069148 | 33. Research on political campaigns suggest that one of the strongest strategies you could use to impact voters is to ________. | C. Rely on the keen interest most citizens have in the election process to show your candidate's true worth | 32 | |
| 2233069149 | 34. Of the following people, who is most likely to participate in a presidential caucus? | D. A party acitivist | 33 | |
| 2233069150 | 35. Which of the following is consistent with the mandate theory of elections? | E. Barack Obama's claim that his victory in the 2012 means that the public wants to raise taxes on the wealthy. | 34 | |
| 2233069151 | 36. Why are people with higher-than-average education more likely to vote? | C. Education helps would-be voters navigate the voter registration process | 35 | |
| 2233069152 | 37. Why do presidential candidates tend to focus their efforts on battleground states? | D. The winner-take-all system makes battleground states more relevant to a campaign | 36 | |
| 2233069153 | 38. How does party identification simplify the voting process? | B. It provides a cue as to which candidate a voter is more likely to prefer | 37 | |
| 2233069154 | 39. Why is it sometimes difficult for citizens to engage in policy voting? | B. Candidates can be intentionally vague about their issue stances. | 38 | |
| 2233069155 | 40. One of the down sides to the American system of elections and campaigns is that _______________. | C. A person who might be an excellent candidate could be discouraged from running. | 39 |
