This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Process > Governance > Political Process – Quiz 63 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Process Quiz 63 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When a party creates posters encouraging people to vote for their candidate, which function of political parties is being used? A) Recruit and nominate candidates. B) Educating people about campaign issues. C) Helping candidates win elections. D) Monitoring actions of officeholders. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Helping candidates win elections. 2. Who decides/votes for the President when the Electoral vote was too close to call or a tie? A) The Senate. B) The President of the Senate. C) Supreme Court. D) House of Representative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) House of Representative. 3. All of the following strategies are used to evaluate campaign speeches, literature, and advertisements for accuracy EXCEPT: A) Believe what you hear and read. B) Evaluating the source of the information. C) Identify propaganda. D) Separate fact from opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Believe what you hear and read. 4. Political Personality A) A person who attracts attention to their party (ex. Teddy Roosevelt-Bull Moose). B) A party's goals, ideas, and beliefs on hot topic issues. The main difference between parties. C) Favors traditional values, less government, stronger military. D) Favor bigger government, more social programs and therefore higher taxes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A person who attracts attention to their party (ex. Teddy Roosevelt-Bull Moose). 5. A political party's formal statement on their beliefs on the major issues. A) Propaganda. B) General Election. C) Party Platform. D) Candidate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Party Platform. 6. Exit polls typically occur A) After the election. B) Months before the election. C) Weeks before the election. D) Days before the election. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After the election. 7. Many organizations seek to predict and understand the will of the people on certain topics by conducting ..... They are often poor indicators of the will of the people due to errors in sampling (who did they ask) and biased questioning. A) Political parties. B) Mass media. C) Opinion polls. D) Campaign ads. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Opinion polls. 8. An aggregation of views shared by a segment of society is otherwise known as A) Public policy. B) Public interest. C) Public opinion. D) Public agreement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Public opinion. 9. When should candidates pay attention to smaller states? A) During a close and tight election. B) Always. They have the most electoral votes. C) To appear to look fair. D) Candidates should never pay attention to smaller states. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) During a close and tight election. 10. How many electoral votes must a candidate receive in order to win the election? A) 100. B) 50. C) 270. D) 538. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 270. 11. Which issue do republicans and democrats disagree on most? A) Campaigning for election. B) Using propaganda. C) Role of the media. D) Role the government should play in people's lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Role the government should play in people's lives. 12. In Arizona who may vote in the Republican Party's presidential primary? A) Anyone who shows up to the polls. B) Anyone who is a registered voter. C) Only registered members of the Republican Party and Independents. D) Only registered members of the Republican Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Only registered members of the Republican Party. 13. What was the goal of the Berlin Conference? A) To promote independence movements in Africa. B) To recognize the different ethnic and cultural groups in Africa. C) To establish self-sufficiency in African countries. D) To create states that benefited Europeans and allowed resource extraction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To create states that benefited Europeans and allowed resource extraction. 14. Political Action Committees (PACs) develop to- A) Lobby government officials. B) Recruit and nominate candidates. C) Develop campaign finance reform laws. D) Support political candidates by contributing money. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Support political candidates by contributing money. 15. Campaign finance reform A) Laws that limit the amount individuals may contribute to political candidates and campaigns. B) Only citizens who do this may vote in primary and general elections. C) * Broadcast different points of view * Identify (List) candidates * Emphasize selected issues * Write editorials, political cartoons, op-eds (B[L]EW). D) * Identifying propaganda * Detecting bias * Evaluating sources (and) * Separating fact from opinion (IDEaS). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Laws that limit the amount individuals may contribute to political candidates and campaigns. 16. To buy a product or service A) Demand. B) Produce. C) Consume. D) Supply. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consume. 17. Definition:the means of communication, as radio and television, newspapers, magazines, and the internet, that reach or influence people widely A) Media. B) Election. C) Campaign. D) Policy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Media. 18. Ancient Greece was a collection of ..... states. A) Island. B) City. C) Compact. D) Elongated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) City. 19. In Virginia one must register at least 22 days before Election Day in order to: A) Get your name on the ballot as a candidate. B) Perform your civic duty. C) Be able to vote in the election. D) Get your voter registration card. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Be able to vote in the election. 20. EVEN IF YOU ARE 18, A CITIZEN AND RESIDENT, YOU COULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO VOTE BECAUSE A) YOU FORGOT TO REGISTER. B) YOU STILL NEED TO HAVE A JOB. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) YOU FORGOT TO REGISTER. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesProcess QuizzesPolitical Process Quiz 1Political Process Quiz 2Political Process Quiz 3Political Process Quiz 4Political Process Quiz 5Political Process Quiz 6Political Process Quiz 7Political Process Quiz 8Political Process Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books