PLSC EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
ALL CORRECT
The 1994 freedom of access to clinic entrances act - Answer- prohibits protesters from
blocking entrances to abortion clinics
The part of the first amendment prohibiting the national government from interfering with
religious practices is called the - Answer- free exercise clause
To be considered obscene, a work must - Answer- lack serious redeeming literary,
artistic, political, or scientific merit
Which of the following best defines civil liberties - Answer- civil liberties restrain the
actions of government against individuals
Some claim that the United States did not achieve true freedom of _____________ until
1969, when the Supreme Court overturned the conviction of a Ku Klux Klan leader in
Brandenburg v Ohio - Answer- political speech
A defendant's pretrial rights include all of the following except - Answer- negotiable bail
Defamation of character is defined as - Answer- wrongfully hurting a person's good
reputation
In Griswold v Connecticut, the supreme court held that - Answer- prohibiting
contraceptives violated a right to personal privacy
All of the following are true about religious displays on public property except that -
Answer- nativity scenes have been allowed as stand-alone displays
With regard to physician-assisted suicide, the supreme court has said that - Answer- the
liberty interest does not include a right to commit suicide
In Reno v American-arab anti-discrimination committee, the supreme court ruled that
aliens have - Answer- no first amendment rights to object to deportation
which of the following best describes prior restraint - Answer- restraining an activity
before that activity has actually occurred
at the federal level, the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) of 1990 made it a crime to -
Answer- sell child pornography on the internet
ALL CORRECT
The 1994 freedom of access to clinic entrances act - Answer- prohibits protesters from
blocking entrances to abortion clinics
The part of the first amendment prohibiting the national government from interfering with
religious practices is called the - Answer- free exercise clause
To be considered obscene, a work must - Answer- lack serious redeeming literary,
artistic, political, or scientific merit
Which of the following best defines civil liberties - Answer- civil liberties restrain the
actions of government against individuals
Some claim that the United States did not achieve true freedom of _____________ until
1969, when the Supreme Court overturned the conviction of a Ku Klux Klan leader in
Brandenburg v Ohio - Answer- political speech
A defendant's pretrial rights include all of the following except - Answer- negotiable bail
Defamation of character is defined as - Answer- wrongfully hurting a person's good
reputation
In Griswold v Connecticut, the supreme court held that - Answer- prohibiting
contraceptives violated a right to personal privacy
All of the following are true about religious displays on public property except that -
Answer- nativity scenes have been allowed as stand-alone displays
With regard to physician-assisted suicide, the supreme court has said that - Answer- the
liberty interest does not include a right to commit suicide
In Reno v American-arab anti-discrimination committee, the supreme court ruled that
aliens have - Answer- no first amendment rights to object to deportation
which of the following best describes prior restraint - Answer- restraining an activity
before that activity has actually occurred
at the federal level, the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) of 1990 made it a crime to -
Answer- sell child pornography on the internet
