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Government CH 17
Test Description: Elections and Campaigns
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which legislation requires public disclosure of spending, bans interest group donations, and limits individual contributions to campaigns?
A
Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA)
B
Political Action Committee Act
C
Hatch Act
D
Pendleton Act
2) Which Executive agency enforces the rules established by the FECA?
A
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
B
Political Action Committees (PAC's)
C
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
D
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
3) What are organizations formed by interest groups or businesses to donate money to campaigns called?
A
Political Action Committees (PAC's)
B
precincts
C
nominating conventions
D
Political Parties
4) What do we use to select our president?
A
popular vote
B
proportional plan
C
electoral college
D
district plan
5) What is the proposed alternative to the Electoral college where electoral votes per state would be divided based on the proportion of the popular vote called?
A
Proportional Vote Plan
B
Popular Vote Plan
C
Straight Party Ticket Plan
D
District Vote Plan
6) How much of the electoral vote is needed in order to win the presidency
A
1/2
B
plurality
C
1/3
D
majority
7) How much of the popular vote within one state is needed to win all of that state's electoral votes? (In all states except Nebraska and Maine)
A
1/3
B
majority
C
plurality
D
1/2
8) Who won the popular vote in the 2000 Presidential Election?
A
Bill Clinton
B
George Bush
C
Al Gore
D
Barack Obama
9) How is the amount of electoral votes that each state gets determined?
A
mayors plus governors
B
representatives plus governors
C
senators plus governors
D
representatives plus senators
10) How many electoral votes does Missouri have
A
10
B
8
C
9
D
11
11) How many total electoral votes are there?
A
435
B
535
C
438
D
538
12) How many electoral votes constitute a majority?
A
270
B
218
C
170
D
269
13) Which state has the most electoral votes?
A
New York
B
Florida
C
Texas
D
California
14) Which amendment allows the House to decide the presidency if no candidate receives a majority of the votes?
A
11th
B
24th
C
12th
D
23rd
15) Which amendment allows Washington, D.C. to have three electoral votes for the Presidency?
A
24th
B
11th
C
12th
D
23rd
16) Which linkage institution that organizes campaigns to NOMINATE CANDIDATES?
A
Political Parties
B
Interest Groups
C
Political Action Committees
D
Precincts
17) Which is the main election in which an officeholder is selected?
A
general election
B
caucus
C
essential election
D
primary election
18) What is the purpose of primaries and caucuses?
A
to select the office holder
B
to challenge existing laws
C
to narrow down each party's candidates to one
D
to reform legislation
19) What might a candidate spend campaign contribution on?
A
personal vacations
B
hiring a campaign manager
C
hiring a private investigator
D
bribing interest groups
20) What are donations made directly to a political party for general purposes called?
A
hard money
B
soft money
C
bribes
D
precincts
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