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CLEP AMERICAN GOVERNMENT EXAM WITH
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Which of the following best explains the consistent
growth of the federal bureaucracy over the past
hundred years?
(A) Increases in federal income tax since 1925
(B) The inability of Congress to cut programs
(C) The success of Democratic presidents in promoting
their policies
(D) Public demand for, and expectation of, social
services
(E) United States Supreme Court rulings requiring
Congress to assist those living in poverty - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ Public demand for, and expectation of, social
services
Public opinion is given a lot of attention in democracies
because the democratic form of government rests on
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(A) underwriting by the wealthy
(B) access to politicians
(C) the consent of the governed
(D) mobilization of the poor
(E) the capabilities of bureaucrats - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ (C) the consent of the governed
3. An oral statement that is false and intended to
damage an individual is known as
(A) slander
(B) libel
(C) testimony
(D) argument
(E) free speech - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ (A) slander
4. Which of the following is clearly a task charged to
the Federal Reserve as a regulatory agency?
(A) Protecting market users and the public from fraud,
manipulation and abusive practices related to the sale
of commodity and financial futures and options
(B) Eliminating and preventing what regulators perceive
to be harmfully anticompetitive business practices, such
as coercive monopolies
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(C) Disclosing campaign-finance information and
overseeing the public funding of presidential elections
(D) Developing government-wide, cost-minimizing
policies and offering superior workplaces, expert
solutions, acquisition services and management policies
(E) Providing financial services to depository institutions,
the United States government and foreign institutions, as
well as playing a key role in operating the nation's
payments system - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ (E) Providing
financial services to depository institutions, the United
States government and foreign institutions, as well as
playing a key role in operating the nation's payments
system
Although the Constitution does not explicitly give
Congress the right to enact a military draft, which clause
in the Constitution allows Congress to do so?
(A) Necessary and proper clause
(B) Take care clause
(C) Taxing and spending clause
(D) Due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
(E) Equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
- .....ANSWER ...✔✔ (A) Necessary and proper clause
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The formation of numerous interest groups during the
post-Civil War industrialization shows the
(A) influence of debates about slavery on the public
(B) growing influence of women's rights groups
(C) minimal influence of the federal government on
group formation
(D) influence of social tensions and economic stress on
group formation
(E) shift in federal government funding for interest
groups - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ (D) influence of social
tensions and economic stress on group formation
Which of the following statements best reflects the
pluralist theory of American politics?
(A) American politics is dominated by a small elite.
(B) Public policies emerge from cooperation among
elites in business, labor, and government.
(C) Public policies emerge from compromises reached
among competing groups.
(D) American politics is dominated by cities at the
expense of rural areas.
(E) The American political arena is made up of isolated
individuals who have few group affiliations outside the
family. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ (C) Public policies
CLEP AMERICAN GOVERNMENT EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
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Which of the following best explains the consistent
growth of the federal bureaucracy over the past
hundred years?
(A) Increases in federal income tax since 1925
(B) The inability of Congress to cut programs
(C) The success of Democratic presidents in promoting
their policies
(D) Public demand for, and expectation of, social
services
(E) United States Supreme Court rulings requiring
Congress to assist those living in poverty - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ Public demand for, and expectation of, social
services
Public opinion is given a lot of attention in democracies
because the democratic form of government rests on
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(A) underwriting by the wealthy
(B) access to politicians
(C) the consent of the governed
(D) mobilization of the poor
(E) the capabilities of bureaucrats - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ (C) the consent of the governed
3. An oral statement that is false and intended to
damage an individual is known as
(A) slander
(B) libel
(C) testimony
(D) argument
(E) free speech - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ (A) slander
4. Which of the following is clearly a task charged to
the Federal Reserve as a regulatory agency?
(A) Protecting market users and the public from fraud,
manipulation and abusive practices related to the sale
of commodity and financial futures and options
(B) Eliminating and preventing what regulators perceive
to be harmfully anticompetitive business practices, such
as coercive monopolies
,3|Page
(C) Disclosing campaign-finance information and
overseeing the public funding of presidential elections
(D) Developing government-wide, cost-minimizing
policies and offering superior workplaces, expert
solutions, acquisition services and management policies
(E) Providing financial services to depository institutions,
the United States government and foreign institutions, as
well as playing a key role in operating the nation's
payments system - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ (E) Providing
financial services to depository institutions, the United
States government and foreign institutions, as well as
playing a key role in operating the nation's payments
system
Although the Constitution does not explicitly give
Congress the right to enact a military draft, which clause
in the Constitution allows Congress to do so?
(A) Necessary and proper clause
(B) Take care clause
(C) Taxing and spending clause
(D) Due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
(E) Equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
- .....ANSWER ...✔✔ (A) Necessary and proper clause
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The formation of numerous interest groups during the
post-Civil War industrialization shows the
(A) influence of debates about slavery on the public
(B) growing influence of women's rights groups
(C) minimal influence of the federal government on
group formation
(D) influence of social tensions and economic stress on
group formation
(E) shift in federal government funding for interest
groups - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ (D) influence of social
tensions and economic stress on group formation
Which of the following statements best reflects the
pluralist theory of American politics?
(A) American politics is dominated by a small elite.
(B) Public policies emerge from cooperation among
elites in business, labor, and government.
(C) Public policies emerge from compromises reached
among competing groups.
(D) American politics is dominated by cities at the
expense of rural areas.
(E) The American political arena is made up of isolated
individuals who have few group affiliations outside the
family. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ (C) Public policies
