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Example Question #1 : Campaigning And Elections In The Media
Which is not a way that the internet has affected politics since the year 2000?
The internet has made it easier to take accurate opinion polls
The internet has made it easier to disseminate criticism of opponents, often in real time
The internet has made it easier for politicians to raise money in small donation
The internet has made it easier to take instant opinion polls
The internet has made it easier to target people who are likely to support the candidate
The internet has made it easier to take accurate opinion polls
While the internet makes it easier to take quick opinion polls, these polls are often highly unreliable because the pollsters are not able to take good samples, and the samples are self-selecting in that they consist of people who use the internet, navigate to the particular site, are willing to spend time to take the poll, etc. While the internet has provided many avenues for exploring public opinion, most of these are related to the collection of hard data (like internet usage), as opposed to effective or accurate opinion polling.
Example Question #4 : Campaigning And Elections In The Media
A local broadcast station in a very conservative area of the country refuses to sell advertising time to a liberal candidate because it strongly opposes the candidate's viewpoints on several key issues, including gun control and abortion. Under what rule can the liberal candidate complain to the Federal Communications Commission?
The Anti-Discrimination in Broadcasting Act
The Equal Time Rule
The Fairness Doctrine
The Fair Elections Rule
The Broadcast Neutrality Rule
The Equal Time Rule
The Equal Time Rule holds that all publicly broadcast news stations that sell advertising to to one political candidate must sell equal time to that person's opponents.
Example Question #54 : Special Interests And Mass Media
Which of the following is not a true statement about the relationship between the national media and politicians?
The press and politicians often work together to advance a shared agenda
The rosier the news, the higher-ranking the official who announces it
Always release bad news on Saturday night
All secrets become public knowledge eventually
It is important to have a positive relationship with the press
The press and politicians often work together to advance a shared agenda
Having an adversarial press in America means that, at least on a national level, the press is suspicious of public officials and will happily break embarrassing stories about them. The press' main interest is in writing stories that will allow them to sell newspapers, advertising, etc, rather than in promoting specific agenda items.
Example Question #1 : Congress
Which description refers solely to the United States Senate?
Members have two-year terms
Initiates articles of impeachment
Initiates revenue bills
Contains four hundred and thirty-five members
Tries impeached officials
Tries impeached officials
Only the Senate can try impeached government officials. The rest of the choices apply to the House of Representatives. The House initiates impeachment procedures and all revenue bills. The Senate has one hundred members with six-year terms.
Example Question #2 : Structure Of Congress
Which of the following types of Congressional Committee consists of members of both houses of Congress?
Conference Committee
Oversight Committee
Select Committee
Standing Committee
Joint Committee
Joint Committee
A joint committee is the only type of committee that includes members of both houses of Congress.
Example Question #1 : Congress
What is the name of a Congressional committee designed to correct differences between a House and Senate version of a Bill?
A House Ways and Means Committee
A Standing Committee
A Conference Committee
A Logrolling Committee
A Cloture Committee
A Conference Committee
When there is disagreement between the House and the Senate over the exact language or direction that a bill should be taking, a Conference Committee of members of both houses is formed to try to negotiate these differences.
Example Question #2 : Structure Of Congress
What is the name given to permanent congressional committees tasked with responsibility over one area of government policy?
A House Committee
A Pluralistic Committee
A Standing Committee
A Conference Committee
A Majority Committee
A Standing Committee
A Standing Committee is a long-term, or permanent, Congressional committee that is responsible for one specific area of government policy. Examples include Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Energy, and Commerce: Ways and Means, etc.
Example Question #3 : Structure Of Congress
Who was elected Speaker of the House after the Republicans gained a majority in the House in the elections of 2010?
John Boehner
Nancy Pelosi
John McCain
Rand Paul
Dennis Hastert
John Boehner
The current Speaker of House, first elected when Republicans came to control the House in the election of 2010, is John Boehner. He was narrowly reelected at the beginning of 2013 and is currently serving his second term as Speaker of the House. As leader of the House, majority party Boehner is expected by tradition, but not required, to abstain from House debates.
Example Question #4 : Structure Of Congress
A bicameral legislature is one that __________.
has two houses
uses committees
is elected every two years
has one house
is elected
has two houses
Bicameral means two chambers or two houses, in the case of the United States that is the Senate and the House of Representatives. Unicameral means one chamber or house.
Example Question #5 : Structure Of Congress
The United States Senate has __________ members.
Each state elects two senators as per the constitution, thus 
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