1. How much money does a member of congress ern?

a. $200,000

b. $174,000

c. $100,000

d.$112,000

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Text, 361

$174,000

2. Who is most likely to win elections?

a. Incumbents

b. People who already hold a different office 

c. Former actors

d. Everyone has an equal chance

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Text, 364

Incumbents

3. What is bicameral legislature?

a. Legislature with a single house

b. Legislature with two or more houses

c. Legislature without a house

d. Legislature with two houses

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Text, 370

Legislature with two houses

4. Who can draft a bill?

a. Senators only

b. Members of the house of representatives only

c. Anyone

d. The president 

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Text, 381

Anyone

5. How many lobbyists are there and how much have they spend?
a. 500 and $4 million

b. 12,000 and $30 million

c. 500 and $1 million

d. 12,000 and $3 billion 

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Text, 387

12,000 and $3 billlion                       

6. What is the purpose of lobbyists? 

a. To provide legislators with policy information, political intelligenc, and assurances of financial aid

b. To influence voters

c. To fundraise and create support via the media for presidential candidates

d. To even out the election process

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Text, 388 

To provide legislators with policy information, political intelligenc, and assurances of financial aid

7. Who is congress supposed to represent?

a. The American Elite

b. The president 

c. The American people

d. Foreign countries of interest to the U.S.

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Text, 389 

The American people

8. What requirements must one meet to be the president of the U.S.? 

a. Natural born citizen, 25 years old

b. Natural born citizen, 35 years old, resided in the US for 14 years

c. 35 years old, resided in the US for 10 years, Christian

d. Male, natural born citizen, resided in the US for 15 years

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Text, 400 

Natural born citizen, 35 years old, resided in the US for 14 years

9. What demographics has the President usually fit?

a. White, male, Catholic

b. White, male, Jewish

c. Male, Protestant

d.White, male, Protestant 

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Text, 401 

White, male, Protestant

10. Which of the following is NOT a point of impeachable offenses?

a. Immoral behavior is grounds for impeachment

b. Impeachable behavior does not have to be a crime

c. The offense should be grave

d. A matter of policy disagreement is not grounds for impeachment

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Text, 404 

Immoral behavior is grounds for impeachment

11. When was the state department founded?

a. 1801

b. 1789

c. 1913

d. 1849

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Text, 410 

1789

12. Which is NOT a responsibility of the President?

a. Chief Diplomat

b. Commander in Chief

c. War Declarer

d. Crisis Manager

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Text, 425-427 

War Declarer

13. What did the Pendleton Civil Service act (1883) do?

a. Create Federal Civil Service system

b. Create the Postal system

c. Create the Office of Personnel Management

d. Create the FBI

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Text, 478 

Create the Federal Civil Service system

14. How many cabinet departments are there?

a. 10

b. 13

c. 5

d. 15

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Text, 480

15

15. What is the FCC in charge of? 

a. Federal trade

b. Licensing TV and Radio

c. Controling the news

d. The exchange of foreign goods

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Text, 482

Licensing TV and Radio

16. What is deregulation?

a. Changing the rules on the exchange of goods

b. Lifting of governtmental restrictions

c. Lifting taxes

d. Adding taxes

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Text, 494

Lifting of governmental restrictions

17. What is an example of an iron triangle?

a. Bureaucracy, interest groups, congressional sub committees

b. Congress, Senate, House of representatives

c. Executive, Presidental, Judicial

d. Local Government, State Government, School boards

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Text, 499

Bureaucracy, interest groups, congressional sub committees

18. How many Justices sit on the Supreme Court? 

a. 10

b. 7

c. 9

d. 11

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Text, 518

9

19. What percent of cases make it to the supreme court?

a. 15%

b. 10%

c. 25%

d. <1%

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Text, 526

<1% 

20. What is Judicial Restraint?

a. When judges refrain from making a ruling

b. When judges set a new precedent

c. When judges send a case to a different court

d. When judges adhere closely to precendent 

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Text, 538

When Judges adhere closely to precedent