U.S. Government FLVS Module 3 Pre-Test – Flashcards
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Which of the following is a function of only the House of Representatives, not the Senate?
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Proposing tax bills.
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The purpose of the conference committee is to
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resolve differences between House and Senate versions of similar bills
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Why can the lawmaking process be so time-consuming?
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The bills go through committees of Congress members who carefully study each new idea.
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Which of the following is an accurate list of the requirements to be U.S. president?
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at least 35 years old, a natural-born citizen, and at least 14 years as a resident
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According to the U.S. Constitution, who shall have the power to "appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the Supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States?"
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The U.S. president
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One aspect of the president's relationship with Congress is that the
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president must give an address regularly to Congress on the state of the union
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A law that bans certain chemicals from perfumes, medicines, and cosmetics would be enforced by the
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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The main difference between a typical regulatory agency like the State Department and an independent one like the Federal Reserve is that the president has
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limited ability to dismiss the leaders of an independent agency
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The media are important to the American system of government because they
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help individuals to monitor and influence the actions of government officials
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Which of the following is an example of how the media could influence public policy?
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A TV station reports that 90 percent of Americans prefer sales taxes to income taxes.
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The election results for the year 2000 shown above illustrate that
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Florida votes had a significant impact on the election's outcome
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Voter turnout is the percentage of
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eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election
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Among 18- to 29-year-old voters, how many were voting for the first time in the 2000 presidential election?
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42 percent
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According to the graph above, voter turnout in presidential elections
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shows a sharp increase between 1986 and 1992
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Florida has 67 counties. This map shows that the majority of Florida counties' populations
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increased from 0 to 25 percent
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According to the map, which of the following states had the largest population change between the years 2000 and 2010?
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Georgia
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According to the map, which of the following states had the smallest population change between the years 2000 and 2010?
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New York
