Test 1 AP Government

T/F: All issues on the government's policy agenda are carefully considered by public officials

False

T/F: Government often acts on issues that are not especially high on the policy agenda

False

T/F: Governments have little incentive to provide public goods

False

T/F: In the "kitchen debate" between Nixon and Khrushchev, Nixon predicted that Khrushchev's grandchildren would live in a democracy-but he was wrong

False

T/F: Most governmental policies are made by a single institution

False

T/F: The US has one of the highest voter turnout rates in the world

False

T/F: The revolutionary expansion of channels and Web sites anticipated in the near future is likely to enhance the political interest and involvement of young people

False

T/F: The turnout rate for people under 25 has fallen from 50% in 1972 to just 33% in 1996

False

T/F: The voter turnout rate in the United States is one of the highest in the world

False

T/F: The writers of the Constitution were unanimously and devotedly committed to democracy

False

T/F: A political issue arises when people disagree about a problem or about a public policy choice made to combat a problem

True

T/F: A recent study of college freshmen found that among the class of 2003 only 26% said that "keeping up with politics" was an important priority for them-compared to 73% of their parents' generation

True

T/F: In a democracy, public officials are supposed to pay attention to the problems that concern voters

True

T/F: Public goods are things that everyone shares, such as clean air

True

T/F: Very few policies are made by a single policy-making institution in the United States

True

There is a tremendous gap between youth and the elderly in all of the following EXCEPT: A) political interest B) political experience C) volunteering D) voter turnout E) political knowledge

Volunteering