EOC Review

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EOC Review

• Goal 2

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Objective 2.01

• Which political party supported Alexander
  Hamiltons opinion that the U.S. needed a strong
  central government?
• Anti-Federalist
• Democratic
• c.Whig
• d.Federalist

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• Which conflict created the debt that America
  colonists were expected to repay to Great Britain
  during the 1760s ?
• French and Indian War
• Spanish-American War
• Glorious Revolution
• American Revolution

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• Why does the Constitution of the United State
  state that revenue bills must originate in the
  house of representatives?
• The founding fathers did not want many bills
  concerning finance to reach the senate.
• Members of the House of Representatives must have
  business experience
• The house of representatives represents the will
  of the people
• The Senate is too concern with foreign affairs to
  deal with the financing issues.

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• Which process is used to change the U.S.
  Constitution?
• Eminent domain
• initiative
• amendment
• Judicial review

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• Which U.S. Supreme Court case allowed the
  government to restrict the rights of individuals
  during a time of national crisis?
• Olmstead v. United States (1928)
• Korematsu v. United States (1994)
• Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
• Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

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Objective 2.02

• Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution
  guarantees all persons equal access to public
  recreation facilities?
• The Fifth Amendment
• The Fourteenth Amendment
• The Nineteenth Amendment
• The Twenty-Sixth Amendment

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• Why are national party conventions held by the
  two major U.S. political parties?
• To select a presidential candidates
• To survey public opinion
• To recruit new electors
• To install new legislators

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• How do communities settle disagreements about
  locations for new businesses?
• The citizens hold a public hearing to discuss
  proposed locations for the company.
• The community asks the courts to determine the
  best location
• The community passes an ordinance to limit
  pollution by the company.
• The citizens picket and protest outside the
  companys construction site.

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• How have North Carolina legislators responded to
  the concerns of some parents about the quality of
  education?
• Legislators have prohibited religious schools.
• Legislators have funded private schools.
• Legislators have founded home school.
• Legislators have allowed the creation of charter
  schools.

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Objective 2.03

• If a judge remands a case, where is the case
  sent?
• To the Supreme Court
• To an appellate court
• To a lower court
• To a civil court

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• Court cases involving child adoption fall under
  which jurisdiction?
• Criminal law
• Civil law
• Administrative law
• Constitutional law

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• Which agency is primarily responsible for
  informing the public about a flu epidemic?
• Centers For Disease Control (CDC)
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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• Which is a frequent criticism of special interest
  groups and their influence on the political
  process?
• Special interest groups have too much influence
  because they donate significant amounts of money
  to political campaigns.
• Special interest groups have too little influence
  because they do not have access to elected
  officials.
• Special interest groups have too much influence
  because provide lists of office-seekers to the
  government.
• Special interest groups have too little influence
  because they lobby for many issues at once.

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• A person opened a booth at a flea market to sell
  paintings. This is an example of which factor of
  production?
• Capital
• Entrepreneurship
• Natural resources
• Machinery

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• Which factor determines the wage or salary of a
  new employee?
• The workers physical health status
• The length of a commute to work
• The availability of workers with similar skills
• The workers credit history

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• In which circumstance would a shoe store reduce
  the price of shoes?
• Equilibrium
• Shortage
• Specialization
• Surplus

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• How do banks use deposits?
• To distribute profits
• To sell shares of stock
• To make loans
• To control the money supply

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• Which is most likely the result of high
  unemployment?
• An increase in consumer spending
• A decrease in consumer spending
• An increase in sales tax
• A decrease in the need for social services

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Objective 2.05

• What is the likely result of an industrial plant
  closing?
• Unemployment in the area increases.
• The local economy grows.
• The local government collects more taxes.
• Some former employees receive increases in
  salary.

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• Which term describes the willingness of citizens
  to respect the rights of people who hold
  attitudes and beliefs different from their own?
• Volunteerism
• Community spirit
• Patriotism
• Tolerance

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• Why did the Puritans leave England to establish a
  colony in America?
• They wanted to spread Christianity among the
  native peoples of the New World.
• They wanted to provide new raw materials to
  support the church of England.
• They wanted the freedom to practice Christianity
  in their own way.
• They hoped to become rich by planting cotton and
  tobacco.

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• Which action is protected by the Bill of Rights?
• Yelling fire! in a crowded movie theater
• Carrying an unregistered handgun
• Requiring morning prayer at a public school
• Writing a letter of complaint to the mayor

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• Which event convinced many U.S. citizens that a
  constitutional convention was needed?
• The signing of the Declaration of Independence
• The creation of the Northwest Ordinance
• The American Revolution
• Daniel Shayss Rebellion

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• What kind of powers are defined by the Necessary
  and Proper Clause?
• Enumerated
• Reserved
• Implied
• Expressed

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• Which U.S. Supreme Court case upheld the
  principle of implied powers?
• Marbury v. Madison (1803)
• McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
• Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
• Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

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• A states national guard is controlled by which
  government official?
• Mayor
• Secretary of labor
• Governor
• Secretary of defense

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• The decision in the case of Leandro v. State of
  North Carolina (1997) protected the rights of
  which group?
• Illegal immigrants
• Students in public school
• State employees
• Workers in manufacturing jobs

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• The United States has which types of political
  party system?
• Multi-party
• Three-party
• Two-party
• One-party

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• Which is the most probable penalty for a person
  who violates a civil law?
• Payment
• Imprisonment
• Community service
• House arrest

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• When is a jury hung?
• When the juries hears only felony cases
• When the jury votes for the execution of the
  accused
• When the jury violates the rules set by the judge
• When the jury cannot agree on a verdict

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• Which characteristic is required of the third
  party in arbitration?
• Has independent wealth
• Is impartial on the issue
• Has previous legal experience
• Is unknown to both parties

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According to the Graph, which statement is
accurate in showing the relationship between
types of crime and probation?

1. Probation most commonly resulted from property
   crimes.
2. More people received probation because of
   assaultive offensive in 1995 than in 2000.
3. More people received probation because of drug
   offenses than property crimes.
4. Probation resulting from driving while impaired
   (DWI) convictions increased from 1995 to 2000

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• Which set of law simplified the roman laws?
• Code of Hammurabi
• Justinian Code
• Draconian Laws
• Magna Carta

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• In a bank there are tellers, loan officers, and
  managers. Which economic concept does this
  arrangement demonstrate?
• outsourcing
• Assembly-nine production
• Opportunity cost
• Division of labor

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• What is a likely benefit to employers for
  providing education and training for their
  employees?
• Workers will find better jobs as their skills
  increase
• Morale of workers will decline as training
  increases
• Valuable production time will be lost
• Production capacity of workers will improve

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• Which is most likely the result of healthy
  competition in the market ?
• Higher prices/ lower price/ less choice of
  products
• Lower prices/ better quality/ greater choice of
  products
• Higher prices/ better quality/ less choice of
  products
• Lower prices/ lower quality/ greater choice of
  products

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• Why does the government allow a tax deduction for
  interest payments on mortgage loans?
• To decrease an individuals taxable income
• To increase the amount owed in taxes
• To make filling the tax forms easier
• To encourage people to invest in homes

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• if the economy is in recession, what will the
  Federal Reserve Board most likely do to initiate
  a recovery?
• Raise taxes
• Lower interest rates
• Wait for the economy to improve
• Eliminate government jobs

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• How would U.S. consumers most likely react to a
  large increase in the excise tax on luxury cars
  imported from Japan?
• U.S. consumers would continue to buy Japanese
  luxury cars.
• U.S. consumers would buy more domestic or
  European luxury cars.
• U.S. consumers who usually purchase Japanese
  luxury cars would demand greater fuel efficiency
  in these cars.
• U.S. consumers who usually purchase Japanese
  luxury cars would buy non-luxury Japanese cars
  instead.

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• Which action is a civic responsibility?
• Voting in national election
• Obeying laws
• Registering for the draft
• Serving on a jury

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• Which system of government did the Constitutional
  Convention create for the United State?
• Totalitarian
• Authoritarian
• Fascist
• Republican

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• How did Britains practice of salutary neglect
  before 1763 encourage the colonies to move toward
  revolution?
• The colonists needed protection from other
  European countries.
• This practice supported the development of
  self-government and domestic production in the
  colonist.
• The colonist had become wealthy while under
  British rule.
• This practice did not acknowledge the Articles of
  Confederation as the ruling document of the
  colonist.

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• How does the Electoral College limit the voting
  power of citizens?
• The Electoral College must approve campaign
  contributions to each candidates or political
  party.
• Because of the design of the Constitution, the
  Electoral College is comprise in each state of
  the political party in the minority.
• Because of the Electoral College system,
  sometimes a president is elected who did not
  receive a majority of popular votes.
• The Electoral College fails to properly educate
  American Voters.

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• Which U.S. Supreme Court case ruled that
  school-sponsored activities and publications
  could be censored despite the guarantees of First
  Amendment?
• Abington School district v. Schempp (1963)
• Tinker v. Des Moines School District (1969)
• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
  (1978)
• Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeir (1988)

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• Which is an example of an excise tax?
• An income tax
• A highway toll
• A drivers license fee
• A tax on cigarettes

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• Which procedure allows voters to remove an
  elected official from office?
• Recall
• Referendum
• Proposition
• Initiative

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• Which national officials are elected exclusively
  by voters?
• President and vice-president
• Supreme Court justices
• Cabinet members
• Senators and representatives

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• Congress ends its session the day a bill is sent
  to the president. Which action would constitute a
  pocket vote?
• The president rejects the bill and sends it back
  to congress.
• The president sign the bill into law
• The president sets the bill aside and ignores it.
• The president meets with congressional leaders
  before signing the bill.

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• Which law enforcement agency would most likely
  respond to a conflict between neighbors who live
  outside the city limits?
• Sheriffs department
• City police
• State highway patrol
• State bureau of investigation

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• Police officers investigate local investigate
  local crimes and may arrest those accused of
  breaking local laws. Which agency has similar
  role at the national level?
• Central Intelligence Agency(CIA)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
• Department of Defense (DOD)

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According to this chart, which statement
concerning the cost of community supervision is
accurate?
Cost of community supervision
Daily
Yearly
Regular probation/ parole 1. 75 639
Intensive probation 10.06 3,672
Electronic house arrest 6.65 2,427
Community service 1.29 471

1. Electronic house arrest cost less than intensive
   probation.
2. Community service cost more than parole.
3. Intensive probation is less expensive than
   regular probation.
4. Electronic house arrest is the least expensive
   type of supervision.

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• What is the role of the judicial branch of
  government?
• To carry out laws passed by Congress
• To approve presidential appointments
• To rule of the validity of acts of the president
• To interpret the laws passed by Congress

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• What is the primary responsibility of the U.S.
  Department of Justice?
• To collect federal taxes
• To develop foreign policies
• To protect public lands
• To investigate violations of federal law

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• Which best explains the concept of scarcity?
• Limited wants, limited resources
• Unlimited wants, unlimited resources
• Limited wants, unlimited resources
• Unlimited wants, limited resources

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• What is most likely to increase as specialization
  increases?
• Productivity
• Competition
• Automation
• Incentives

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• A consumer wants to buy a new computer. Although
  the computer will be more expensive, it will be
  faster and more efficient than the less expensive
  model. Which term describes such an economic
  choice?
• Competition
• Scarcity
• Trade-off
• Supply

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• What increases as the number of companies making
  similar products increases?
• Monopolies
• Competition
• Specialization
• Efficiency

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• In the circular flow free enterprise model, how
  are prices for goods establish?
• Incomes determine prices.
• Profits determine prices.
• Buyers and sellers decide prices.
• Government decide prices.

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• What important economic concept is evident when a
  student wears a shirt made in Malaysia, drives a
  car made in Germany, and eats fruit produced in
  Mexico?
• Stock exchange
• Exchange of money
• Market place economy
• Global interdependence

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• What economic policy would a supporter of
  laisser-faire economics support ?
• Antitrust
• Business regulation
• Free enterprise
• Taxation

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• Which is the most effective action the private
  sector can take to improve public safety and
  security violating civil liberties?
• Create a web site with the name of neighbors who
  appear to the criminals
• Develop a neighborhood watch program
• Request a background check of all potential
  neighbors
• Search all homes in the neighborhood

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• Which issue was the focus of the American
  Confederation as a result of Shayss Rebellion?
• Trade with France
• Foreign policy issue
• War with Great Britain
• Stronger central government.

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• Which group strongly supported the addition of
  the Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution?
• Anti-Federalists
• Democrats
• Federalists
• Whigs

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• What happens after a two-third majority of both
  houses of congress propose an amendment to the
  U.S. Constitution ?
• The U. S. Supreme Court can prohibit members of
  congress from taking a vote on the issue.
• The amendment can be approved with three-fourths
  of the state legislature ratifying it.
• The amendment cannot become part of the
  Constitution without a popular referendum on it.
• The amendment cannot become law until the
  president first vetoes it.

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• Which case would most likely be heard by the U.S.
  Supreme Court?
• A lawsuit to stop construction of a new highway
  near an elementary school
• An appeal of a murder conviction
• A case in which a defendants rights are denied
  and the case is further appealed
• A case in which there is a hung jury

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• Which case extended the Fourteenth Amendment's
  guarantee of equal protection under the law?
• Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
• Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
  (1954)
• Engel v. Vitale (1962)
• Tinker v. Des Moines School Districts (1969)

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• Which is the most reliable source of information
  for learning about the views of a political
  party?
• The party platform
• Campaign advertisement
• Newspaper editorials
• Public opinion polls

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• What is used to determined the number of
  electoral votes for each U.S. states?
• The number of U.S. congressional district in the
  state
• The number of registered voters in the state
• The number of U.S. representatives and senators
  from the state
• The number of public officials from the state

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• What are the three levels of federal courts in
  the United States?
• District, appeals, and supreme
• District, territorial, and supreme
• Legislative, appeals, and judicial
• Legislative, appeal, and supreme

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• Which is an advantage of resolving group conflict
  by consensus?
• General agreement is reached among a groups
  members.
• Differences of opinion can be ignored within the
  group.
• More resources can be used by groups in
  consensus.
• Fewer people in the group are required to agree.

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• Which crime is a misdemeanor?
• Burglary
• Kidnapping
• Littering
• Murder

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• What do the National Aeronautics and Space
  Administration (NASA) and the Federal Reserve
  have in common ?
• They are executive offices of the president.
• They are independent agencies
• They are special advisory groups
• They serve to the White House office.

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• Why is rent a fixed cost for a college student
  living in an apartment?
• The landlord may changed at any time during the
  lease.
• A limited number of people can live in the
  apartment under the term of the lease.
• The monthly rent can be expected to stay the same
  for the term of the lease.
• Students pay their leases in advance for the
  entire rental period.

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• What might a company do in order to increase
  profits?
• Begin working with businesses that do not make
  profits
• Stop selling shareholders
• Hires as many new workers as its budget will
  allow
• Retrain workers in more efficient technologies

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• In a market economic system, what happens to the
  price of a good when its supply increases and its
  demand decreases?
• The price increases.
• The price remains the same.
• The price fluctuates wildly.
• The price decreases.

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• A nation where the basic economic decisions are
  made by a central authority represents which type
  of economy?
• Traditional
• Mixed
• Market
• Command

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• Why was the barter system replaced by the use of
  money?
• Goods were easy to store.
• Services were evenly traded.
• Money allows value to be calculated.
• Money can appreciate in value.

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• As stock market indicators improve, the business
  cycle is most likely to be in which phase?
• A perfect expansion
• A perfect recession
• Entering a period of contraction
• Entering a period of depression

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• How would an extended recession in the United
  States likely affect international economies?
• International economics may also fall into
  recession.
• Foreign stock markets would crash.
• International economics would experience
  prosperity.
• Foreign stock markets would benefit.

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• How could someone whose parents are both
  foreigners to become the U.S. president?
• The person has held a .U.S. public office
• The person is at least 25 years of age.
• The person now lives in the U. S.
• The person was born in the U.S.

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• Of the following, who will most likely have
  financial security in the U.S. economy?
• A high school dropout
• A college graduate
• A students who begins work at age 16
• A high school graduate