This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Process > Governance > Political Process – Quiz 70 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Process Quiz 70 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Country ran is run according to the interests of its ruler rather than its people is called a ..... A) Autocracy. B) Anocracy. C) Democracy. D) Constitutional Monarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autocracy. 2. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 has been amended to add protections for voters. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. 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. 4. You must receive at least ..... electoral votes to become President. A) The most electoral votes regardless of number. B) 270. C) 350. D) 130. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 270. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. This amendment changed the voting age to 18. A) 26th. B) Show. C) 15th. D) 19th. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 26th. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. What party system is the most common party system? A) Multiparty. B) One-party. C) Two-party. D) Third-party. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Multiparty. 12. 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) Pay taxes. B) Participate in your local community. C) Defend the country if the need should arise. D) Serve on a jury. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Defend the country if the need should arise. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. 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. 17. 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) Electric College. B) Electric University. C) Electoral College. D) Electoral University. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Electoral College. 18. 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. 19. An opinion page in a newspaper or presented radio and television is called a (an)- A) Amendment. B) Headline. C) Editorial. D) Referendum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Editorial. 20. Which executive officer acts as chief of state, party chief, and chief legislator in Virginia? A) Governor. B) Attorney general. C) Lieutenant governor. D) Delegate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Governor. ← 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