This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Political Science > Process > Governance > Political Process – Quiz 46 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Process Quiz 46 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which election would you expect to have the highest turnout? A) Election for Mayor. B) Election for School Board Members. C) Election for Governor. D) Election for President of the United State. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Election for President of the United State. 2. The Electoral College Process is used to elect the ..... A) President and Vice President. B) Governor. C) House of Reps. D) General Assembly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) President and Vice President. 3. The popular vote is the A) Vote from western states. B) Vote for president and vice-president by voters. C) Vote only for state and local officials. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vote for president and vice-president by voters. 4. Country ran is run according to the interests of its ruler rather than its people is called a ..... A) Autocracy. B) Constitutional Monarchy. C) Anocracy. D) Democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autocracy. 5. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 has been amended to add protections for voters. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 6. Candidates must hold extensive ..... activities in order to pay for their campaigns. A) Fundraising. B) Farming. C) Fantasia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fundraising. 7. You must receive at least ..... electoral votes to become President. A) 130. B) 350. C) 270. D) The most electoral votes regardless of number. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 270. 8. Political parties try to mobilize voters. Mobilizing voters means to ..... A) Raise money. B) Get large groups of people to take interest in candidates, issues, and elections. C) Find candidates. D) Watching and listening to voters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Get large groups of people to take interest in candidates, issues, and elections. 9. What is Economics? A) A system of destroying, storing, and consuming goods and services. B) A system of not producing needed goods and services. C) A system of producing, distributing, and consuming goods and services. D) A system of growing plants and trees to better the environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A system of producing, distributing, and consuming goods and services. 10. This amendment changed the voting age to 18. A) 26th. B) 19th. C) 15th. D) Show. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 26th. 11. What is the constitutional purpose of the Electoral College? A) Educate the electorate. B) Teach senators how to do a good job. C) Elect the President and Vice President. D) Share different points of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elect the President and Vice President. 12. General elections are for A) Determining a winner when no candidate received a majority of the vote. B) Give the voters a chance to express their opinions on a specific issue. C) Deciding who gets the job. D) Determining a winner for a specific political party. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deciding who gets the job. 13. Announce they are running for an office usually as an independent candidate or as a challenger to the party's preferred candidate A) Direct primary. B) Caucus. C) Write-in candidate. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Write-in candidate. 14. What party system is the most common party system? A) Third-party. B) One-party. C) Two-party. D) Multiparty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Multiparty. 15. What responsibility allows you to volunteer to protect our country in the military? Citizens can also serve in roles that do not ask you to fight such as helping the environment, education, and/or health care. A) Participate in your local community. B) Defend the country if the need should arise. C) Pay taxes. D) Serve on a jury. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Defend the country if the need should arise. 16. Where does the formal process for a bill becoming a law begin? A) Constituents. B) Executive Branch. C) Congress member introducing a bill. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Congress member introducing a bill. 17. What does a winner-take-all system mean? A) The winner of the popular vote gets all the electoral votes. B) The winner of the popular vote gets two-thirds of the electoral votes. C) The electoral votes are divided between the candidates based on popular vote. D) The winner of the popular vote gets half of the electoral votes and the other votes are divided among the other candidates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The winner of the popular vote gets all the electoral votes. 18. A single-party system A) Is what the United States has today. B) Creates an unstable government. C) Exists in nearly all dictatorships today. D) Results in democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exists in nearly all dictatorships today. 19. In order to register to vote, a person must meet which of the following: A) Non U.S. citizen, 24 years of age. B) Must be a convicted felon, U.S. citizen. C) Mentally competent, at least 24 years old. D) At least 18 years old, Citizen of U.S. and state. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At least 18 years old, Citizen of U.S. and state. 20. Number each state gets is based on the number of representatives and the number of senators that state has. Need 270 to win Presidential election. A) Electoral College. B) Electoral University. C) Electric University. D) Electric College. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Electoral College. 21. If you don't register to vote, you can still go and vote on election day. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 22. An opinion page in a newspaper or presented radio and television is called a (an)- A) Referendum. B) Amendment. C) Headline. D) Editorial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Editorial. 23. Which executive officer acts as chief of state, party chief, and chief legislator in Virginia? A) Lieutenant governor. B) Delegate. C) Governor. D) Attorney general. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Governor. 24. What is the potential impact of media reporting on a news story? A) Creating pressure for politicians to act. B) Influencing the economic and organisational pressures. C) Controlling the outcome of elections. D) Manipulating public opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Creating pressure for politicians to act. 25. The number of electors of each state is based on what? A) The size of the state's square mileage. B) The number of registered voters in that state. C) The number of representatives in the state's legislature. D) The size of the state's Congressional representation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The size of the state's Congressional representation. 26. This is the legal status of a person who is afforded all of the privileges and protections from the government. A) Immigrant. B) Citizen. C) Alien. D) Natural. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Citizen. 27. Message meant to influence people in a certain way A) Cartogram. B) Propaganda. C) Doctrine. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Propaganda. 28. This word means "issues or beliefs" A) Electorate. B) Educate. C) Platform. D) Function. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Platform. 29. What is a special interest group? A) A group of people with common goals who organize to influence government. B) The electoral college. C) A political party. D) An organization to raise money for campaigns. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A group of people with common goals who organize to influence government. 30. What is it called when a state peacefully chooses to split up into multiple smaller states? A) Balkanization. B) Devolution. C) Federalism. D) Evolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Devolution. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesProcess QuizzesPolitical Science QuizzesPolitical Process Quiz 1Political Process Quiz 2Political Process Quiz 3Political Process Quiz 4Political Process Quiz 5Political Process Quiz 6Political Process Quiz 7Political Process Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books