AP U.S. Government and Politics Practice Test
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Question 1 of 15
1. Question
Despite concerns raised by her constituents, a member of the House of Representatives votes in favor of a bill, believing that in the long term it is in the best interest of her constituents. This is an example of which of the following models of representation?
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Question 2 of 15
2. Question
Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the arguments made in The Federalist 10 and Brutus 1?
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Question 3 of 15
3. Question
According to the data, both gun owners and non–gun owners
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Question 4 of 15
4. Question
Which of the following best explains how poll respondents regard the relationship between the right to own guns and personal freedom?
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Question 5 of 15
5. Question
Which of the following powers allows both the federal and state governments to make policies involving taxation?
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Question 6 of 15
6. Question
In which of the following ways could the president try to limit the impact of a Supreme Court decision?
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Question 7 of 15
7. Question
The vice of the groupist theory is that it conceals the most significant aspects of the system. The flaw in the pluralist heaven is that the heavenly chorus sings with a strong upper-class accent. Probably about 90 percent of the people cannot get into the pressure system.
The notion that the pressure system is automatically representative of the whole community is a myth fostered by the universalizing tendency of modern group theories. Pressure politics is a selective process ill designed to serve diffuse interests. The system is skewed, loaded, and unbalanced in favor of a fraction of a minority.
—E. E. Schattschneider, The Semisovereign People, 1960
Which of the following best captures the author’s argument regarding the forms of democracy?
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Question 8 of 15
8. Question
The vice of the groupist theory is that it conceals the most significant aspects of the system. The flaw in the pluralist heaven is that the heavenly chorus sings with a strong upper-class accent. Probably about 90 percent of the people cannot get into the pressure system.
The notion that the pressure system is automatically representative of the whole community is a myth fostered by the universalizing tendency of modern group theories. Pressure politics is a selective process ill designed to serve diffuse interests. The system is skewed, loaded, and unbalanced in favor of a fraction of a minority.
—E. E. Schattschneider, The Semisovereign People, 1960
Which of the following statements about interest groups would the author most likely agree with?
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Question 9 of 15
9. Question
The vice of the groupist theory is that it conceals the most significant aspects of the system. The flaw in the pluralist heaven is that the heavenly chorus sings with a strong upper-class accent. Probably about 90 percent of the people cannot get into the pressure system.
The notion that the pressure system is automatically representative of the whole community is a myth fostered by the universalizing tendency of modern group theories. Pressure politics is a selective process ill designed to serve diffuse interests. The system is skewed, loaded, and unbalanced in favor of a fraction of a minority.
—E. E. Schattschneider, The Semisovereign People, 1960
Which of the following activities would the author most likely be concerned about interest groups engaging in?
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Question 10 of 15
10. Question
According to the United States Constitution, all revenue bills must
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Question 11 of 15
11. Question
Which of the following illustrates an economic policy most likely supported by an ideologically liberal individual?
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Question 12 of 15
12. Question
Which of the following is the best interpretation of the political cartoon?
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Question 13 of 15
13. Question
Which of the following Supreme Court cases is most related to the topic in the cartoon?
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Question 14 of 15
14. Question
Which of the following arguments best supports a claim that the electoral college violates democratic principles?
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Question 15 of 15
15. Question
Which of the following best describes the holding in Baker v. Carr (1961)?
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