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CLEP AMERICAN GOVERNMENT ULTIMATE NEWEST
2025/ 2026 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 170
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED
A+||NEWEST UPDATE!!!!
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.
(B) Agency staff often have information and technical
expertise that the president and presidential advisers lack.
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(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
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
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(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.
(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.
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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.
II. Most groups trust their own state governments more
than the federal government.
III. Democrats trust the federal government more than
Republicans.
IV. Liberals believe in big government.
(A) I only
(B) III only
(C) II and III only
(D) II and IV only
(E) I, II, III, and IV - ANSWER-(C) II and III only
CLEP AMERICAN GOVERNMENT ULTIMATE NEWEST
2025/ 2026 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 170
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED
A+||NEWEST UPDATE!!!!
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.
(B) Agency staff often have information and technical
expertise that the president and presidential advisers lack.
,2|Page
(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
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
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(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.
(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.
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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.
II. Most groups trust their own state governments more
than the federal government.
III. Democrats trust the federal government more than
Republicans.
IV. Liberals believe in big government.
(A) I only
(B) III only
(C) II and III only
(D) II and IV only
(E) I, II, III, and IV - ANSWER-(C) II and III only
