Question 1

The Miranda warnings inform criminal suspects of their fundamental duties on their arrest.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Stopping an activity before it actually happens is known as__________.

Accepted Answer

A) prior restraint 
B) libel 
C) slander 
D) double jeopardy 
E) due course 
A) prior restraint 
B) libel 
C) slander 
D) double jeopardy 
E) due course

Question 3

Is the right to free speech absolute? What are the types of speech that receive no protection under the First Amendment?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. The right to free spe

Question 4

_____ is defined as the cause for believing that there is a substantial likelihood that a person has committed or is about to commit a crime.

Accepted Answer

A) Probable cause 
B) Exclusionary cause 
C) Self-incrimination 
D) Double jeopardy 
E) Visionary cause 
A) Probable cause 
B) Exclusionary cause 
C) Self-incrimination 
D) Double jeopardy 
E) Visionary cause

Question 5

In the landmark 1965 case of _____, the Supreme Court held that the right to privacy is implied by other rights guaranteed in the First, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Ninth Amendments.

Accepted Answer

A) Reynolds v. United States 
B) Roe v. Wade 
C) Griswold v. Connecticut 
D) Lemon v. Kurtzman 
E) Miller v. California 
A) Reynolds v. United States 
B) Roe v. Wade 
C) Griswold v. Connecticut 
D) Lemon v. Kurtzman 
E) Miller v. California

Question 6

The concept of intelligent design posits that an undirected process such as natural selection lies behind the creation and development of the universe and living things.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Identify a true statement about the USA Patriot Act of 2001.

Accepted Answer

A) It allows an American citizen to request copies of information about him or her contained in government files. 
B) It prevents states from disclosing or selling a person's personal information without the person's consent. 
C) It allows the government to access personal information on American citizens to an extent never before allowed. 
D) It seeks to control the National Security Agency's collection of metadata on domestic phone calls. 
E) It supports the protection, enhancement, and wise use of a person's personal information. 
A) It allows an American citizen to request copies of information about him or her contained in government files. 
B) It prevents states from disclosing or selling a person's personal information without the person's consent. 
C) It allows the government to access personal information on American citizens to an extent never before allowed. 
D) It seeks to control the National Security Agency's collection of metadata on domestic phone calls. 
E) It supports the protection, enhancement, and wise use of a person's personal information.

Question 8

Why do criminal suspects have rights? Discuss some of the constitutional safeguards for criminal defendants set forth in the Bill of Rights.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. Criminal suspects hav

Question 9

Which of the following is true of the provisions under the Sixth Amendment?

Accepted Answer

A) The Sixth Amendment provides that a person can be required to testify against himself or herself. 
B) The Sixth Amendment prohibits excessive bail and fines and unusual punishments. 
C) The Sixth Amendment provides that no warrant for a search or an arrest can be issued without probable cause. 
D) The Sixth Amendment guarantees a speedy trial, a trial by jury, a public trial, and the right to confront witnesses. 
E) The Sixth Amendment offers protection from unreasonable searches and seizures. 
A) The Sixth Amendment provides that a person can be required to testify against himself or herself. 
B) The Sixth Amendment prohibits excessive bail and fines and unusual punishments. 
C) The Sixth Amendment provides that no warrant for a search or an arrest can be issued without probable cause. 
D) The Sixth Amendment guarantees a speedy trial, a trial by jury, a public trial, and the right to confront witnesses. 
E) The Sixth Amendment offers protection from unreasonable searches and seizures.

Question 10

Which of the following is a criterion for a work to be ruled obscene?

Accepted Answer

A) It must be in the written or printed form. 
B) It must advocate the violent overthrowing of the government. 
C) It must have serious political or scientific value. 
D) It must interfere with government interests. 
E) It must offensively depict prohibited sexual conduct. 
A) It must be in the written or printed form. 
B) It must advocate the violent overthrowing of the government. 
C) It must have serious political or scientific value. 
D) It must interfere with government interests. 
E) It must offensively depict prohibited sexual conduct.

Question 11

Under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, the government can:

Accepted Answer

A) demand personal information about individuals from private companies such as banks. 
B) monitor certain domestic phone calls without first obtaining a warrant. 
C) deport noncitizens for alleged terrorism without any court review of the deportation order. 
D) investigate people who are only vaguely associated with terrorists. 
E) make physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill persons constitutional. 
A) demand personal information about individuals from private companies such as banks. 
B) monitor certain domestic phone calls without first obtaining a warrant. 
C) deport noncitizens for alleged terrorism without any court review of the deportation order. 
D) investigate people who are only vaguely associated with terrorists. 
E) make physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill persons constitutional.

Question 12

An assumption regarding the Bill of Rights that was held by the courts for many years was that:

Accepted Answer

A) the Bill of Rights protected the rights of the majority over that of the minority. 
B) Congress has the final say when there is a disagreement over the interpretation of the Bill of Rights. 
C) the scope of the Bill of Rights was limited to the actions of the national government. 
D) political leaders and state ministers were the sole beneficiaries of the provisions of the Bill of Rights. 
E) the Bill of Rights did not reserve powers to the U.S. states. 
A) the Bill of Rights protected the rights of the majority over that of the minority. 
B) Congress has the final say when there is a disagreement over the interpretation of the Bill of Rights. 
C) the scope of the Bill of Rights was limited to the actions of the national government. 
D) political leaders and state ministers were the sole beneficiaries of the provisions of the Bill of Rights. 
E) the Bill of Rights did not reserve powers to the U.S. states.

Question 13

TR News publishes a story about a state governor's son having allegedly smuggled narcotics across the national border. Upon reading the news, the governor develops health complications. Investigations reveal that the governor's son is innocent and all charges are, therefore, dropped. However, the governor feels that he can collect damages from TR News for having published the story against his son. In this scenario, the governor can sue TR News for _____.

Accepted Answer

A) hate speech 
B) slander 
C) libel 
D) obscenity 
E) battery 
A) hate speech 
B) slander 
C) libel 
D) obscenity 
E) battery

Question 14

The Supreme Court upheld the view that the Bill of Rights did not apply to state laws in _____.

Accepted Answer

A) Barron v. Baltimore (1833) 
B) Gitlow v. New York (1925) 
C) Everson v. Board of Education (1947) 
D) Mapp v. Ohio (1961) 
E) McDonald v. Chicago (2010) 
A) Barron v. Baltimore (1833) 
B) Gitlow v. New York (1925) 
C) Everson v. Board of Education (1947) 
D) Mapp v. Ohio (1961) 
E) McDonald v. Chicago (2010)

Question 15

Which of the following statements is true of the Freedom of Information Act of 1966?

Accepted Answer

A) It protects the privacy rights of individuals. 
B) It prevents states from disclosing or selling a driver's personal information without the driver's consent. 
C) It protects the privacy of medical information. 
D) It restricts government disclosure of data to third parties. 
E) It supports the protection, enhancement, and wise use of a person's personal information. 
A) It protects the privacy rights of individuals. 
B) It prevents states from disclosing or selling a driver's personal information without the driver's consent. 
C) It protects the privacy of medical information. 
D) It restricts government disclosure of data to third parties. 
E) It supports the protection, enhancement, and wise use of a person's personal information.

Question 16

Andrew, a police officer, forcefully enters the house of Farooq and starts searching the place without a warrant. Andrew does so because he saw Farooq near the bank where the burglary took place. In this case, Andrew has violated the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which of the following statements is true of the preferred-position doctrine?

Accepted Answer

A) It states that freedom of speech can be restricted only when it is directed against lawful authority. 
B) It holds that speech can be restricted if it is likely to interfere with government interests. 
C) It is aimed at checking the involvement of the government in religious matters. 
D) It holds that people cannot denounce the religious beliefs of others based on their own preferred religious positions. 
E) It states that certain freedoms are so essential to a democracy that they hold a preferred position. 
A) It states that freedom of speech can be restricted only when it is directed against lawful authority. 
B) It holds that speech can be restricted if it is likely to interfere with government interests. 
C) It is aimed at checking the involvement of the government in religious matters. 
D) It holds that people cannot denounce the religious beliefs of others based on their own preferred religious positions. 
E) It states that certain freedoms are so essential to a democracy that they hold a preferred position.

Question 18

The Constitution prohibits Congress from passing _____.

Accepted Answer

A) the Bill of Rights 
B) private members' bills 
C) the writ of habeas corpus 
D) the Miranda warnings 
E) ex post facto laws 
A) the Bill of Rights 
B) private members' bills 
C) the writ of habeas corpus 
D) the Miranda warnings 
E) ex post facto laws

Question 19

The first eight amendments to the U.S. Constitution:

Accepted Answer

A) reserve certain rights and powers to people and to U.S. states. 
B) grant specific rights and liberties to people. 
C) allow the states to negotiate treaties with foreign countries. 
D) grant states the power to establish courts to protect the rights of their citizens. 
E) establish the executive and legislative powers of the President. 
A) reserve certain rights and powers to people and to U.S. states. 
B) grant specific rights and liberties to people. 
C) allow the states to negotiate treaties with foreign countries. 
D) grant states the power to establish courts to protect the rights of their citizens. 
E) establish the executive and legislative powers of the President.

Question 20

The Miranda warnings were created by the Supreme Court in the year__________.

Accepted Answer

A) 1920 
B) 1880 
C) 1966 
D) 1850 
E) 1945 
A) 1920 
B) 1880 
C) 1966 
D) 1850 
E) 1945

The Miranda warnings inform criminal suspects of their fundamental duties on their arrest.

Stopping an activity before it actually happens is known as__________.

Is the right to free speech absolute? What are the types of speech that receive no protection under the First Amendment?

_____ is defined as the cause for believing that there is a substantial likelihood that a person has committed or is about to commit a crime.

In the landmark 1965 case of _____, the Supreme Court held that the right to privacy is implied by other rights guaranteed in the First, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Ninth Amendments.

The concept of intelligent design posits that an undirected process such as natural selection lies behind the creation and development of the universe and living things.

Identify a true statement about the USA Patriot Act of 2001.

Why do criminal suspects have rights? Discuss some of the constitutional safeguards for criminal defendants set forth in the Bill of Rights.

Which of the following is true of the provisions under the Sixth Amendment?

Which of the following is a criterion for a work to be ruled obscene?

Under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, the government can:

An assumption regarding the Bill of Rights that was held by the courts for many years was that:

The Supreme Court upheld the view that the Bill of Rights did not apply to state laws in _____.

Which of the following statements is true of the Freedom of Information Act of 1966?

Andrew, a police officer, forcefully enters the house of Farooq and starts searching the place without a warrant. Andrew does so because he saw Farooq near the bank where the burglary took place. In this case, Andrew has violated the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution.

Which of the following statements is true of the preferred-position doctrine?

The Constitution prohibits Congress from passing _____.

The first eight amendments to the U.S. Constitution:

The Miranda warnings were created by the Supreme Court in the year__________.

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Exam 4: Civil Liberties

The Miranda warnings inform criminal suspects of their fundamental duties on their arrest.

Stopping an activity before it actually happens is known as__________.

Is the right to free speech absolute? What are the types of speech that receive no protection under the First Amendment?

_____ is defined as the cause for believing that there is a substantial likelihood that a person has committed or is about to commit a crime.

In the landmark 1965 case of _____, the Supreme Court held that the right to privacy is implied by other rights guaranteed in the First, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Ninth Amendments.

The concept of intelligent design posits that an undirected process such as natural selection lies behind the creation and development of the universe and living things.

Identify a true statement about the USA Patriot Act of 2001.

Why do criminal suspects have rights? Discuss some of the constitutional safeguards for criminal defendants set forth in the Bill of Rights.

Which of the following is true of the provisions under the Sixth Amendment?

Which of the following is a criterion for a work to be ruled obscene?

Under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, the government can:

An assumption regarding the Bill of Rights that was held by the courts for many years was that:

The Supreme Court upheld the view that the Bill of Rights did not apply to state laws in _____.

Which of the following statements is true of the Freedom of Information Act of 1966?

Andrew, a police officer, forcefully enters the house of Farooq and starts searching the place without a warrant. Andrew does so because he saw Farooq near the bank where the burglary took place. In this case, Andrew has violated the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution.

Which of the following statements is true of the preferred-position doctrine?

The Constitution prohibits Congress from passing _____.

The first eight amendments to the U.S. Constitution:

The Miranda warnings were created by the Supreme Court in the year__________.

America in the Twenty-First Century

The Constitution

Federalism

Civil Rights

Interest Groups

Political Parties

Public Opinion and Voting

Campaigns and Elections

Politics and the Media

The Congress

The Presidency

The Bureaucracy

The Judiaciary

Domestic Policy

Foreign Policy

Filters