US Government Honors Final ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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US Government Honors
US Government Honors Final ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
1. What essential element must be present before constitutional protections of due process of
law come into play ?
(A) a case in controversy
(B) state action (government action)
(C) criminal activity
(D) police misconduct...
US Government Honors Final ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
1. What essential element must be present before constitutional protections of due process of
law come into play ?
(A) a case in controversy
(B) state action (government action)
(C) criminal activity
2. Which of the following rationales for government is most commonly used for justification
of law and policy ?
(A) national defense
(B) economic development and support
(C) public health and safety
(D) labor relations - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔public health and safety
The 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads as follows: "The powers not delegated to
the United States
by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively,
or to the people."
A careful reading of the meaning of this amendment suggests the existence of a multi-level
approach to
governance known as
(A) states rights.
(B) pluralism.
(C) centralization.
(D) federalism. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔federalism
,It has often been said that: "Government exists to regulate
human behavior for the common good." Most government
actions in a representative democracy involve balancing
competing interests in society. Based on the quote above
and what you know already about American democracy,
which of the following conflicts between interests
is most common in the United States ?
(A) individual vs. society
(B) group vs. group
(C) government vs. group
(D) environmentalist vs. free-enterprise entrepreneur - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔individual
vs. society
Which of the following institutions of government is designed specifically to deal with
conflict resolution in a
just and fair manner ?
(A) penal systems
(B) law enforcement organizations
(C) courts of law and equity
(D) legislative assemblies - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔courts of law and equity
Article IV of the U.S. Constitution, with its provisions on "Full Faith and Credit" and
"Privileges and
Immunities," was crafted by the Framers with which of the following primary intent ?
(A) an intent to preserve the independence and policy prerogatives of states to the greatest
extent possible
(B) an intent to unify the nation politically, legally, economically, socially, and culturally
(C) an intent to limit the authority of the national government
, (D) an intent to initiate a direct democracy rather than a representative democracy -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔an intent to unify the nation politically, legally, economically,
socially, and culturally
The preamble to the U.S. Constitution begins with the
words "We the People ..." What form of government
did the Framers contemplate by using those words ?
(A) a direct democracy
(B) a republic (representative democracy)
(C) an aristocracy
(D) a plutocracy - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔a republic
. The due process clause contained in the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution makes the
procedural
protections of due process applicable specifically to what level(s) of government ?
(A) the federal government
(B) state governments
(C) local governments
(D) both B and C - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔both b and c
A resident of North Carolina, Citizen A, owes a debt to another resident of North Carolina,
Citizen B. Citizen A
does not meet his contractual obligation to repay his debt, and Citizen B obtains a judgment
in the amount of the
debt against Citizen A in a North Carolina court. Shortly after the judgment is rendered, but
before it could be
executed, Citizen A moves to the state of Virginia. Citizen B then brings a lawsuit for
enforcement of the
judgment in a Virginia state court. The Virginia court issues a writ of attachment (order to
seize) Citizen A's
, property found in Virginia in satisfaction of the North Carolina court's judgment. The
Virginia court's action to
enforce the North Carolina judgment is supported by which of the following provisions of
the U.S. Constitution ?
(A) the due process clause of the 14th Amendment
(B) the privileges and immunities clause of the 14th Amendment
(C) the full faith and - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔the full faith and credit clause
Which of the following is NOT a primary component of due process of law ?
. Which of the following was a primary motivation for the Framers to write the U.S.
Constitution ?
(A) substantive and procedural failures of the Articles of Confederation to create an effective
and unified
national government
(B) to build greater political, legal, economic, and cultural unity among the states
(C) to enhance the powers of individual states
(D) both A and B - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔both a and b
Which of the following is an important argument in favor
of the concept of federalism ?
(A) With federalism, individual state governments
have freedom to innovate and thus operate as
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