PLS 101 Final Exam Study Questions and Answers Graded A With Complete Solutions 2025
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PLS 101
Institution
PLS 101
The doctrine of prior restraint prevents the government from prohibiting speech or publication ________. -Correct Answer before the fact
Which of the following created the right to privacy?
a. the Bill of Rights
b. the Constitution
c the executive branch
d. the legislature
e. the judiciar...
PLS 101 Final Exam Study Questions and
Answers Graded A With Complete Solutions
2025
The doctrine of prior restraint prevents the government from prohibiting speech or
publication ________. -Correct Answer ✔before the fact
Which of the following created the right to privacy?
a. the Bill of Rights
b. the Constitution
c the executive branch
d. the legislature
e. the judiciary -Correct Answer ✔e. the judiciary
The Supreme Court has used selective incorporation to _________ the rights of states.
-Correct Answer ✔limit
The U.S. Constitution was adopted in response to the weaknesses of the Articles of
______. -Correct Answer ✔Confederation
Which of the following is a concurrent power?
a. control over the money supply
b. social welfare activities
c. criminal law
d. power to tax
e. contract law -Correct Answer ✔d. power to tax
What are the two types of powers given to the national government under the United
States Constitution?
a. enumerated; implied
b. enumerated; suggested
c. implied; explicit
d. suggested; explicit
e. suggested; implied -Correct Answer ✔a. enumerated; implied
Indirect democracy is based on which of the following?
a. consensus
b. unanimity
c. representation
d. "mob rule"
e the system of government used in ancient Greece -Correct Answer ✔c. representation
PLS 101 Final Exam
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________ powers are shared by the federal and state governments. -Correct Answer
✔Concurrent
In recent years, the Supreme Court has struggled to address _______ on the internet in
a First Amendment context. -Correct Answer ✔obscenity
Which test examines the constitutionality of religious establishments? -Correct Answer
✔Lemon
What was the first major Supreme Court decision to define the relationship between the
federal and state government? -Correct Answer ✔McCulloch v. Maryland
The Free Exercise Clause guarantees that the national government will not interfere
with which of the following?
a. education
b. finance
c. business
d. speech
e. religion -Correct Answer ✔d. speech
The provision of the Fourteenth Amendment that prohibits any states from denying "any
person within its jurisdiction the euqal protection of the laws" is known as _____ clause.
-Correct Answer ✔Equal Protection
How many constitutions has the United States had in its history? -Correct Answer ✔Two
Over time, Americans' expectations of government have generally _______. -Correct
Answer ✔increased
Which clause prevents the national government from sanctioning an official religion? -
Correct Answer ✔establishment
A false written statement is _______; the same statement spoken aloud is _______. -
Correct Answer ✔libel; slander
How does the preamble to the Constitution begin? -Correct Answer ✔"We the
people...."
The Fifteenth Amendment guarantees citizens the right to vote regardless of _______. -
Correct Answer ✔Race
The power to regulate immigration is best described as a(n) _______ power. -Correct
Answer ✔concurrent
PLS 101 Final Exam
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