LAST EOC practice test

Examine the table on government services and answer: What conclusion can you draw from the information in the table?

• The federal government is more important and powerful than state and local governments.

• State government services focus primarily on national safety, national defense, and the general welfare.

• Local governments provide more direct services to the people than state and federal governments.

• Law enforcement and education are the primary services provided by the federal government.

One way the power of Congress is limited is through the use of:

• casework

• filibusters

• a president's veto

• implied powers

What is one principle that was established by the Magna Carta?

• the rule of law

• limited government

• representative government

• precedent

How is a state’s number of electors determined?

• It is based on a percentage of the state's population

• It is equal to the number of its state representatives

• It is equal to the number of its members of Congress

• Each state has ten electors, and each territory has two.

Read the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and answer the following question:

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people."

Which type of power is established in this excerpt from the Tenth Amendment?

• reserved powers

• representative powers

• concurrent powers

• delegated powers

In an appellate court case, judges determine:

• whether or not the defendant is guilty.

• whether or not the case was tried fairly.

• the sentencing for the defendant.

• the damages due to the plaintiff.

What power do governors have that presidents do not?

• issuing executive orders

• appointing judges

• activating troops

• using a line-item veto

Read the excerpt from Article VI of the U.S. Constitution and answer the following question:

"This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding." —Article VI, U.S. Constitution.

Which weakness in the Articles of Confederation is addressed in this part of the Constitution?

• There was no executive branch to enforce national laws.

• The states had more power than the national government.

• Laws required the approval of nine states.

• There was no national court system.

Which of these is a duty of citizens of the United States but is NOT a duty of noncitizens?

• paying taxes

• obeying the law

• going to school

• serving on a jury

Which of the following amendments help protect the rights of someone suspected or accused of committing a crime?

• First Amendment

• Second Amendment

• Fifth Amendment

• Ninth Amendment