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CLEP AMERICAN GOVERNMENT ULTIMATE LATEST 2025 ACTUAL
EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+|
||PROFESSOR VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
Under which of the following conditions are interest groups most
likely to influence policymaking?
(A) When a problem has been dramatized by television network
news
(B) When the president has made a major address on the subject
(C) When the parties in Congress have opposing positions on the
issue
(D) When presidential candidates have been disagreeing with one
another on the subject
(E) When the issue is a highly technical one requiring very
detailed legislation - ANSWER-(E) When the issue is a highly
technical one requiring very detailed legislation
All of the following help to explain the president's difficulty in
controlling cabinet-level agencies EXCEPT:
(A) Agencies often have political support from interest groups.
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(B) Agency staff often have information and technical expertise
that the president and presidential advisers lack.
(C) The president cannot dismiss appointees after they have been
confirmed by the Senate.
(D) Civil servants who remain in their jobs through changes of
administration develop loyalties to their agencies.
(E) Congress is a competitor for influence over the bureaucracy -
ANSWER-(C) The president cannot dismiss appointees after they
have been confirmed by the Senate.
In the Constitution as originally ratified in 1788, the provisions
regarding which of the following most closely approximate
popular, majoritarian democracy?
(A) Election of members of the House of Representatives
(B) Election of members of the Senate
(C) Election of the president
(D) Ratification of treaties
(E) Confirmation of presidential appointments - ANSWER-(A)
Election of members of the House of Representatives
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The most likely and often the most powerful policy coalition of
interests is likely to include a federal agency plus which of the
following?
(A) Related agencies in the bureaucracy and a congressional
committee chairperson
(B) Congress and the president
(C) An interest group and the president
(D) An interest group and a congressional subcommittee
(E) An interest group and the majority party - ANSWER-(D) An
interest group and a congressional subcommittee
Throughout most of the twentieth century, which of the following
was most likely to occur in midterm congressional elections?
(A) The party of the president typically lost seats in Congress,
regardless of whether the president was a Republican or a
Democrat.
(B) The party of the president typically gained seats in Congress,
regardless of whether the president was a Republican or a
Democrat.
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(C) The Democratic Party gained seats in Congress, whereas the
Republican Party lost seats.
(D) The Republican Party gained seats in Congress, whereas the
Democratic Party lost seats.
(E) Voter turnout was typically higher than in presidential
elections. - ANSWER-(A) The party of the president typically lost
seats in Congress, regardless of whether the president was a
Republican or a Democrat.
Delegates to the Republican and Democratic national conventions
are primarily chosen:
(A) by local party leaders
(B) in primaries
(C) in state caucuses
(D) by members of Congress
(E) by lottery - ANSWER-(B) in primaries
The chart above supports which of the following statements?
I. Both Republicans and Democrats have more trust in the federal
government to do a better job than state governments.
CLEP AMERICAN GOVERNMENT ULTIMATE LATEST 2025 ACTUAL
EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+|
||PROFESSOR VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
Under which of the following conditions are interest groups most
likely to influence policymaking?
(A) When a problem has been dramatized by television network
news
(B) When the president has made a major address on the subject
(C) When the parties in Congress have opposing positions on the
issue
(D) When presidential candidates have been disagreeing with one
another on the subject
(E) When the issue is a highly technical one requiring very
detailed legislation - ANSWER-(E) When the issue is a highly
technical one requiring very detailed legislation
All of the following help to explain the president's difficulty in
controlling cabinet-level agencies EXCEPT:
(A) Agencies often have political support from interest groups.
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(B) Agency staff often have information and technical expertise
that the president and presidential advisers lack.
(C) The president cannot dismiss appointees after they have been
confirmed by the Senate.
(D) Civil servants who remain in their jobs through changes of
administration develop loyalties to their agencies.
(E) Congress is a competitor for influence over the bureaucracy -
ANSWER-(C) The president cannot dismiss appointees after they
have been confirmed by the Senate.
In the Constitution as originally ratified in 1788, the provisions
regarding which of the following most closely approximate
popular, majoritarian democracy?
(A) Election of members of the House of Representatives
(B) Election of members of the Senate
(C) Election of the president
(D) Ratification of treaties
(E) Confirmation of presidential appointments - ANSWER-(A)
Election of members of the House of Representatives
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The most likely and often the most powerful policy coalition of
interests is likely to include a federal agency plus which of the
following?
(A) Related agencies in the bureaucracy and a congressional
committee chairperson
(B) Congress and the president
(C) An interest group and the president
(D) An interest group and a congressional subcommittee
(E) An interest group and the majority party - ANSWER-(D) An
interest group and a congressional subcommittee
Throughout most of the twentieth century, which of the following
was most likely to occur in midterm congressional elections?
(A) The party of the president typically lost seats in Congress,
regardless of whether the president was a Republican or a
Democrat.
(B) The party of the president typically gained seats in Congress,
regardless of whether the president was a Republican or a
Democrat.
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(C) The Democratic Party gained seats in Congress, whereas the
Republican Party lost seats.
(D) The Republican Party gained seats in Congress, whereas the
Democratic Party lost seats.
(E) Voter turnout was typically higher than in presidential
elections. - ANSWER-(A) The party of the president typically lost
seats in Congress, regardless of whether the president was a
Republican or a Democrat.
Delegates to the Republican and Democratic national conventions
are primarily chosen:
(A) by local party leaders
(B) in primaries
(C) in state caucuses
(D) by members of Congress
(E) by lottery - ANSWER-(B) in primaries
The chart above supports which of the following statements?
I. Both Republicans and Democrats have more trust in the federal
government to do a better job than state governments.
