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UTA POLS 2311 TEST EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE JUST
RELEASED THIS YEAR
Question: requires that each state's laws be honored by the other states. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔The full faith and credit clause
Question: government in which the national government holds the ultimate authority. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A unitary system
Question: How did the Great Depression affect the nature of federalism in the United States? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔It brought a dramatic increase in the growth and power of the national
government over commerce, though for the most part state power was not directly curtailed.
Question: General revenue-sharing grants are a central component of the process of
devolution, which is a policy? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔to remove a program from one level of
government by delegating it or passing it down to a lower form of government.
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Question: The power delegated by a state to a local unit of government to manage its own
affairs is known as - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔home rule
Q:A system that distributes power between state and national governments is called - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔federalism
Question: Which of the following issues has been the most controversial between states and
the federal government during the Obama administration?
immigration
same-sex marriage
health care
terrorism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔health care
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Question: What is an unfunded mandate? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a federal law that requires
the states to do certain things but does not provide state governments with the funding to
implement these policies
Question: Which of the following has been a key characteristic of federalism in the United
States since the year 2000?
Supreme Court rejection of a greater role for federal power in regulation of health care
greater state initiative in the realm of immigration law and policy due to federal inaction
a broad reduction in federal power under Republican presidential leadership
a general trend in Supreme Court decisions toward weaker federal control over the states -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔greater state initiative in the realm of immigration law and policy due to
federal inaction
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Question: The necessary and proper clause (Article I, Section 8) of the U.S. Constitution is the
source of which of the following powers? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔implied
Question: Which government traditionally has the authority to regulate fundamental matters
referred to as police powers? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔state
Question: Which type of grant provides the most control to state and local governments in the
distribution of federal grants-in-aid? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔block
Question: In what way did the comity clause seek to promote national unity? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔It prevented states from discriminating against someone from another state or
giving special privileges to their own residents.
Question: The principle of ________ gives the federal government the power to override any
state or local law in one particular area of policy. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔preemption
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UTA POLS 2311 TEST EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE JUST
RELEASED THIS YEAR
Question: requires that each state's laws be honored by the other states. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔The full faith and credit clause
Question: government in which the national government holds the ultimate authority. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A unitary system
Question: How did the Great Depression affect the nature of federalism in the United States? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔It brought a dramatic increase in the growth and power of the national
government over commerce, though for the most part state power was not directly curtailed.
Question: General revenue-sharing grants are a central component of the process of
devolution, which is a policy? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔to remove a program from one level of
government by delegating it or passing it down to a lower form of government.
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Question: The power delegated by a state to a local unit of government to manage its own
affairs is known as - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔home rule
Q:A system that distributes power between state and national governments is called - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔federalism
Question: Which of the following issues has been the most controversial between states and
the federal government during the Obama administration?
immigration
same-sex marriage
health care
terrorism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔health care
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Question: What is an unfunded mandate? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a federal law that requires
the states to do certain things but does not provide state governments with the funding to
implement these policies
Question: Which of the following has been a key characteristic of federalism in the United
States since the year 2000?
Supreme Court rejection of a greater role for federal power in regulation of health care
greater state initiative in the realm of immigration law and policy due to federal inaction
a broad reduction in federal power under Republican presidential leadership
a general trend in Supreme Court decisions toward weaker federal control over the states -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔greater state initiative in the realm of immigration law and policy due to
federal inaction
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Question: The necessary and proper clause (Article I, Section 8) of the U.S. Constitution is the
source of which of the following powers? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔implied
Question: Which government traditionally has the authority to regulate fundamental matters
referred to as police powers? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔state
Question: Which type of grant provides the most control to state and local governments in the
distribution of federal grants-in-aid? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔block
Question: In what way did the comity clause seek to promote national unity? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔It prevented states from discriminating against someone from another state or
giving special privileges to their own residents.
Question: The principle of ________ gives the federal government the power to override any
state or local law in one particular area of policy. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔preemption
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