Question 1

Which of the following illustrates the concept of fiscal federalism?

Accepted Answer

A) The national government of Nilkoma buying company shares and investing them in nation-building projects 
B) The national government of Paplis borrowing funds from neighboring countries to finance its national policies 
C) The national government of Yokojima delegating its states to carry out population control policies and allocating a portion of taxes collected to them 
D) The national government of Gegvant creating a pooled-resources fund in order to raise money to carry out its day-to-day government functioning activities 
E) The nation of Gargantua withdrawing from the economic union of which it has been a member for more than five decades 
A) The national government of Nilkoma buying company shares and investing them in nation-building projects 
B) The national government of Paplis borrowing funds from neighboring countries to finance its national policies 
C) The national government of Yokojima delegating its states to carry out population control policies and allocating a portion of taxes collected to them 
D) The national government of Gegvant creating a pooled-resources fund in order to raise money to carry out its day-to-day government functioning activities 
E) The nation of Gargantua withdrawing from the economic union of which it has been a member for more than five decades C

Question 2

Which of the following is a concurrent power?

Accepted Answer

A) The power to regulate interstate commerce 
B) The power to conduct foreign relations 
C) The power to charter banks and corporations 
D) The power to establish post offices 
E) The power to coin money 
A) The power to regulate interstate commerce 
B) The power to conduct foreign relations 
C) The power to charter banks and corporations 
D) The power to establish post offices 
E) The power to coin money C

Question 3

The new federalism involved a shift from state-centered federalism to nation-centered federalism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

The constitutional basis for the implied powers of the national government is found in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution and is often called the _____.

Accepted Answer

A) enclave clause 
B) supremacy clause 
C) necessary and proper clause 
D) commerce clause 
E) full faith and credit clause 
A) enclave clause 
B) supremacy clause 
C) necessary and proper clause 
D) commerce clause 
E) full faith and credit clause

Question 5

The term _____ refers to the national, or central, government of the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) supranational government 
B) caretaker government 
C) federal government 
D) subnational government 
E) apex government 
A) supranational government 
B) caretaker government 
C) federal government 
D) subnational government 
E) apex government

Question 6

Which of the following is a characteristic of concurrent powers?

Accepted Answer

A) They are held exclusively by the national government. 
B) They apply only within the geographic area of the state to which they are granted. 
C) They include functions that the Constitution delegates exclusively to the national government. 
D) They allow states to levy taxes on goods being imported from other states and countries. 
E) They allow the U.S. national government to impose taxes on exported goods. 
A) They are held exclusively by the national government. 
B) They apply only within the geographic area of the state to which they are granted. 
C) They include functions that the Constitution delegates exclusively to the national government. 
D) They allow states to levy taxes on goods being imported from other states and countries. 
E) They allow the U.S. national government to impose taxes on exported goods.

Question 7

Government powers in a(n)_____ are divided between a central government and regional, or subdivisional, governments.

Accepted Answer

A) anarchic system 
B) federal system 
C) totalitarian system 
D) unitary system 
E) lateral system 
A) anarchic system 
B) federal system 
C) totalitarian system 
D) unitary system 
E) lateral system

Question 8

Which of the following is true of the model of dual federalism?

Accepted Answer

A) It involves allocation of taxes collected by one level of government to another level. 
B) It assumes that the national government is superior to the state government. 
C) It assumes that each level of government has separate and distinct functions and responsibilities. 
D) It emphasizes overlapping functions of the state and national governments. 
E) It involves a sovereign national government and dependent state governments. 
A) It involves allocation of taxes collected by one level of government to another level. 
B) It assumes that the national government is superior to the state government. 
C) It assumes that each level of government has separate and distinct functions and responsibilities. 
D) It emphasizes overlapping functions of the state and national governments. 
E) It involves a sovereign national government and dependent state governments.

Question 9

An example of the inherent power of the U.S. government is the acquisition of the _____, which was necessary to secure support for ratification of the Constitution in several states, including Maryland.

Accepted Answer

A) colonies on the Atlantic seaboard 
B) Northwest Territory 
C) Pacific Islands 
D) Caribbean islands 
E) southern states 
A) colonies on the Atlantic seaboard 
B) Northwest Territory 
C) Pacific Islands 
D) Caribbean islands 
E) southern states

Question 10

Which of the following is true of a federal system of government?

Accepted Answer

A) It ensures that national powers are not expanded at the expense of the states. 
B) It makes it easy to coordinate government policies at the national, state, and local levels. 
C) It inhibits the representation of political and regional subcultures in laws. 
D) It vests unlimited power in the central government to oversee activities of all state governments. 
E) It hinders business transactions because of red tape created by regulations at all levels of governmental. 
A) It ensures that national powers are not expanded at the expense of the states. 
B) It makes it easy to coordinate government policies at the national, state, and local levels. 
C) It inhibits the representation of political and regional subcultures in laws. 
D) It vests unlimited power in the central government to oversee activities of all state governments. 
E) It hinders business transactions because of red tape created by regulations at all levels of governmental.

Question 11

Which of the following is true of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal legislation?

Accepted Answer

A) It grew out of the desire to solve the issues created by apartheid in the United States. 
B) It involved many government spending and public-assistance programs. 
C) It ushered in an era of competitive federalism where the states competed for businesses and citizens. 
D) It gave states more discretion and let them function as separate units from the national units. 
E) It marked the beginning of an era of state supremacy in which the states decided the powers of the federal government. 
A) It grew out of the desire to solve the issues created by apartheid in the United States. 
B) It involved many government spending and public-assistance programs. 
C) It ushered in an era of competitive federalism where the states competed for businesses and citizens. 
D) It gave states more discretion and let them function as separate units from the national units. 
E) It marked the beginning of an era of state supremacy in which the states decided the powers of the federal government.

Question 12

Identify a true statement about dual federalism.

Accepted Answer

A) It assumes that state and national governments are more or less equals. 
B) It emphasizes overlap of functions between the state and national governments. 
C) It states that only the national government holds sovereign powers over all matters. 
D) It involves allocation of taxes collected by one level of government to another level. 
E) It assumes that all branches of the government are complementary to each other. 
A) It assumes that state and national governments are more or less equals. 
B) It emphasizes overlap of functions between the state and national governments. 
C) It states that only the national government holds sovereign powers over all matters. 
D) It involves allocation of taxes collected by one level of government to another level. 
E) It assumes that all branches of the government are complementary to each other.

Question 13

The power to maintain a state militia is given by the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which of the following is true of the Supreme Court case of McCulloch v. Maryland(1819)?

Accepted Answer

A) It involved the full faith and credit clause on the issue of the legitimacy of gay marriage in the state of Maryland. 
B) It involved the question of taxes imposed by the federal government on the bank of Maryland. 
C) It involved both the necessary and proper clause and the supremacy clause. 
D) It dealt with the issue of whether the national government had the exclusive power to regulate commerce involving more than one state. 
E) It dealt with the issue of how the commerce clause should be defined. 
A) It involved the full faith and credit clause on the issue of the legitimacy of gay marriage in the state of Maryland. 
B) It involved the question of taxes imposed by the federal government on the bank of Maryland. 
C) It involved both the necessary and proper clause and the supremacy clause. 
D) It dealt with the issue of whether the national government had the exclusive power to regulate commerce involving more than one state. 
E) It dealt with the issue of how the commerce clause should be defined.

Question 15

The national government allotted funds to the state of Vermont to improve its transport infrastructure. These funds can be classified as a _____.

Accepted Answer

A) categorical grant 
B) block grant 
C) payout grant 
D) caucus grant 
E) filibuster grant 
A) categorical grant 
B) block grant 
C) payout grant 
D) caucus grant 
E) filibuster grant

Question 16

Discuss how the issue of same-sex marriage has made the constitutional mandate of the full faith and credit clause difficult to follow. What actions has the federal government taken in this regard?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. The Constitution's fu

Question 17

In 2004,__________became the first American state to authorize gay marriages.

Accepted Answer

A) Michigan 
B) Missouri 
C) Massachusetts 
D) Maryland 
E) Mississippi 
A) Michigan 
B) Missouri 
C) Massachusetts 
D) Maryland 
E) Mississippi

Question 18

The national government of Tarpiland requires that in order for its states to welcome foreign investment in setting up automobile factories, they must comply with acceptable emission levels for greenhouse gases. Which of the following refers to this condition put forward by Tarpiland toward its states?

Accepted Answer

A) Federal preemption 
B) A federal mandate 
C) A continuing resolution 
D) An interstate compact 
E) Veto power 
A) Federal preemption 
B) A federal mandate 
C) A continuing resolution 
D) An interstate compact 
E) Veto power

Question 19

Which of the following is true of the supremacy clause that appears in Article VI, Clause 2, of the U.S. Constitution?

Accepted Answer

A) It establishes Congress as the supreme branch of the national government. 
B) It ensures that the states retain ultimate governmental power. 
C) It gives sovereign powers to local governments who function at their own discretion. 
D) It outlines the powers of the Supreme Court as the ultimate arbitrator of the Constitution. 
E) It makes the Constitution and federal laws superior to all conflicting state and local laws. 
A) It establishes Congress as the supreme branch of the national government. 
B) It ensures that the states retain ultimate governmental power. 
C) It gives sovereign powers to local governments who function at their own discretion. 
D) It outlines the powers of the Supreme Court as the ultimate arbitrator of the Constitution. 
E) It makes the Constitution and federal laws superior to all conflicting state and local laws.

Question 20

The government of Aurelia has been exercising the power to conduct elections for almost a century now. The new government in power, however, decides to hand over the rights to conduct elections to the state governments in the country in order to ensure better representation and participation. This scenario illustrates the concept of _____.

Accepted Answer

A) new federalism 
B) cooperative federalism 
C) competitive federalism 
D) horizontal federalism 
E) picket-fence federalism 
A) new federalism 
B) cooperative federalism 
C) competitive federalism 
D) horizontal federalism 
E) picket-fence federalism

Which of the following illustrates the concept of fiscal federalism?

Which of the following is a concurrent power?

The new federalism involved a shift from state-centered federalism to nation-centered federalism.

The constitutional basis for the implied powers of the national government is found in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution and is often called the _____.

The term _____ refers to the national, or central, government of the United States.

Which of the following is a characteristic of concurrent powers?

Government powers in a(n)_____ are divided between a central government and regional, or subdivisional, governments.

Which of the following is true of the model of dual federalism?

An example of the inherent power of the U.S. government is the acquisition of the _____, which was necessary to secure support for ratification of the Constitution in several states, including Maryland.

Which of the following is true of a federal system of government?

Which of the following is true of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal legislation?

Identify a true statement about dual federalism.

The power to maintain a state militia is given by the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Which of the following is true of the Supreme Court case of McCulloch v. Maryland(1819)?

The national government allotted funds to the state of Vermont to improve its transport infrastructure. These funds can be classified as a _____.

Discuss how the issue of same-sex marriage has made the constitutional mandate of the full faith and credit clause difficult to follow. What actions has the federal government taken in this regard?

In 2004,__________became the first American state to authorize gay marriages.

Which of the following is true of the supremacy clause that appears in Article VI, Clause 2, of the U.S. Constitution?

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Exam 3: Federalism

Which of the following illustrates the concept of fiscal federalism?

Which of the following is a concurrent power?

The new federalism involved a shift from state-centered federalism to nation-centered federalism.

The constitutional basis for the implied powers of the national government is found in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution and is often called the _____.

The term _____ refers to the national, or central, government of the United States.

Which of the following is a characteristic of concurrent powers?

Government powers in a(n)_____ are divided between a central government and regional, or subdivisional, governments.

Which of the following is true of the model of dual federalism?

An example of the inherent power of the U.S. government is the acquisition of the _____, which was necessary to secure support for ratification of the Constitution in several states, including Maryland.

Which of the following is true of a federal system of government?

Which of the following is true of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal legislation?

Identify a true statement about dual federalism.

The power to maintain a state militia is given by the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Which of the following is true of the Supreme Court case of McCulloch v. Maryland(1819)?

The national government allotted funds to the state of Vermont to improve its transport infrastructure. These funds can be classified as a _____.

Discuss how the issue of same-sex marriage has made the constitutional mandate of the full faith and credit clause difficult to follow. What actions has the federal government taken in this regard?

In 2004,__________became the first American state to authorize gay marriages.

Which of the following is true of the supremacy clause that appears in Article VI, Clause 2, of the U.S. Constitution?

America in the Twenty-First Century

The Constitution

Civil Liberties

Civil Rights

Interest Groups

Political Parties

Public Opinion and Voting

Campaigns and Elections

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Domestic Policy

Foreign Policy

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