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GOVT2305 Federal Government

Module 2 Quiz

Question 1

In a _______________________ the states have stronger sovereignty than the central government.

  monarchical system

  confederate system

  unitary

  federal

 Question 2Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, which helps explain the powers of Congress, contains the _________________.

  reserved powers

  full faith and credit clause

  enumerated powers

  supremacy clause

 Question 3Amendment 10 of the Constitution contains the ______________________.

  reserved powers

  enumerated powers

  elongated powers

  treble powers

 Question 4The Supreme Court case that determined the national government has the implied power to establish a national bank is ______________________.

  Dred Scott

  Gibbons v. Ogden

  McCulloch v. Maryland

  Plessy v. Ferguson

 Question 5The doctrine that is based on the idea that a precise separation of national and state authority is both plausible and desirable.

  dual federalism

  striated federalism

  coerced federalism

  marble cake federalism

 Question 6States’ rights is most closely associated with which of the following?

  10th Amendment

  1st Amendment

  Article I, Sec. 10

  Article IV

 Question 7Over time, there’s been a nationalization of America’s federal system—a gradual shift in power from the states to the national government.

  True

  False

 Question 8The “necessary and proper” clause is sometimes referred to as the elastic clause.

  True

  False

 Question 9The concept of state sovereignty has been expanded and grown in the US since the days of the Articles of Confederation

  True

  False

Question 10 Unitary systems of government are so named because they do not have member states.

  True

  False

 Question 11The US has never operated under a confederate system.

  True

  False

 Question 12The US now operates under a system of dual federalism.

  True

  False

 Question 13Unfunded mandates are actually never enforced by way of civil and/or criminal penalties for noncompliance by state and local authorities.

  True

  False

 Question 14Which of the following cases in Texas cannot be heard by the federal courts?

  maritime cases

  divorces

  cases arising under the US Constitution

  cases between people from two different states

 Question 15Which of the following statements most closely represents the intent of the full faith and credit clause?

  state governors must give full faith and credit to the edicts of the president

  the president must give full faith and credit to the desires of the Supreme Court

  each state must give full faith and credit to the court rulings of other states

  the states must give full faith and credit to the rulings of the US Supreme Court

 Question 16The supremacy clause of the US Constitution is most accurately represented by which of the following statements?

  the president's executive orders are supreme to rulings of the US Supreme Court

  Dual federalism is supreme over cooperative federalism

  US treaties are superior to any state law

  because of the 10th Amendment, state constitutions are the supreme law for that state

 Question 17The US Constitution guarantees that each state will have a republican form of government.

  True

  False

 Question 18Federal grants-in-aid are used to encourage states and localities to pursue nationally defined goals

  True

  False

 Question 19The consensus among the framers was that states ___________________________.

  would retain any powers not delegated to the national government

  would resolve disputes between citizens of different states

  that produced their own constitutions would be allowed to have their own constitution deemed to be the supreme law of their state

  lose all of their sovereignty once the Constitution was ratified

 Question 20The US federal system is one in which states and the national government share some responsibilities.

  True

  False