Political Beliefs and Behaviors Test

A person loses his job and refuses to accept any government assistance to get back on his feet, instead relying on savings and seeking a new job immediately. Which of the following core values would this person most relate to?

Individualism

Which of the following describes an effect of the Twenty-Fourth Amendment?

It eliminated poll taxes.

All of the following are traditional political values held by most Americans EXCEPT

equality of outcome

The most important principle in sampling is

randomness

Children are most likely to adopt the party identification

of their parents

A political culture exists where

there is a distinctive and patterned way of thinking about political and economic life

Which one of the following is an action that does NOT involve participation in the political process?

reading about politics in the newspaper

Of the following, the most important role in the political socialization of children is played by

the family

The Twenty-sixth Amendment extended suffrage to

those aged eighteen to twenty

The most widely performed act of political participation in the United States is

voting in presiential elections

Voter turnout seems to be highest among

young voters

General agreement among the citizenry on an issue is called

a consensus

Which of the following best describes an exit poll?

A poll that asks voters at randomly selected voting places whom they voted for so that election results can be predicted more quickly

Which of the following scenarios best reflects the process of political socialization?

An individual takes a civics course in school and develops opinions about politics.

Which of the following best describes how the generations view themselves in regards to the idealistic trait?

Baby-Boomer respondents are more likely to consider themselves idealistic than Generation X respondents.

Political socialization is the process by which

political values are passed to the next generation

The experience of those who lived through 9/11 needs to create which of the following outcomes, according to the author of the passage?.

Citizens should not let their fear of another terror attack override the country's ability to adhere to the civil liberties protections outlined in the Constitution.

The gender gap refers to the tendency of women to vote for

Democrat presidential candidates

Which of the following statements about economic equality applies most accurately to Americans?

Most Americans believe that everyone has the right to get ahead: "equality of opportunity."

Kathleen Hicks, "What Will Americans Do About Their Fear of Terrorism?" The Atlantic Monthly, 2016 The passage is most related to which of the following concepts?

Political socialization

Which of the following is a likely public policy result of the data on the line graph?

Public policies that create jobs but increase the deficit, such as tax cuts or infrastructure spending, will likely be prioritized over paying down the national debt.

Which of the following most likely explains the difference in the result of the two polls?

Question format

Based on the outcome of the polls, which of the following is likely true about questions that use the agree-disagree format?

Questions that use the agree-disagree format increase the percentage of respondents who agree with the primary statement.

Which of the following is most important for getting an accurate measure of public opinion in a survey?

Selecting a random sample

Which generation group is most likely to oppose a protest of national symbols or ceremonies?

Silent

According to the bar graph, which of the following is a likely effect of the trend depicted in the bar graph on voting and elections? (graph)

The Democratic Party will win more elections, based on current voting trends.

Which of the following is the best example of the core value of limited government?

The United States Constitution delegating specific powers to Congress

In a public opinion poll, a polling company used an online survey tool to randomly contact respondents who did not have telephone lines in addition to contacting people over the phone. Which of the following best explains this decision?

The company wanted to ensure that the sample of the population was truly random.

Which of the following best explains the data in the line graph? (graph)

The economy is likely the most important issue because it is a broader category that is more open to individual interpretation than both jobs and the budget deficit.

Kathleen Hicks, "What Will Americans Do About Their Fear of Terrorism?" The Atlantic Monthly, 2016 Which of the following best explains how the passage relates to the political process?

There are important political and cultural events that can cause the development of lasting political beliefs across groups of people in society.

According to the bar graph, which of the following statements will be true in the year 2060? (graph)

Those identifying as White alone will remain a majority.

Which of the following is the best conclusion a polling group might draw from the results of the two polls?

Using an agree-or-disagree format encourages respondents to agree with the position.

The aggregate of individual attitudes or beliefs shared by some portion of adults is referred to as

public opinion

The difference between a political ideology and a political culture is that

a political ideology deals with what government should do; a political culture deals with how governments should operate

Candidates for political office use public opinion polls for all of the following purposes EXCEPT to

bring the opposition's opinions into alignment with those of the candidate

Which of the following statements about public opinion polls is correct

public opinion polls do identify issues important to the public

Although people do not have much confidence in government institutions, polls show that they

expect government to solve major problems

Political events like the Vietnam War tend to produce what are called

generational effects

When a child's parents both identify strongly with the same political party, the child will most likely

identify with the parents' party

Which of the following is NOT an explanation for low voter turnout?

laws protecting minority voting rights