AP U.S. Government and Politics Past Paper PDF

1 Multiple Choice 1 point Which of the following is generally the most important agent of political socialization? 4UG410 Family The media Place of birth Social class 2 Multiple Choice 1 point Which of the following is the best example of the democratic ideal...

1 Multiple Choice 1 point Which of the following is generally the most important agent of political socialization? 4UG410 Family The media Place of birth Social class 2 Multiple Choice 1 point Which of the following is the best example of the democratic ideal of limited government? 4UG49 Interest groups lobbying the government to influence legislation on a particular issue The media covering a confirmation hearing for a potential Supreme Court justice Citizens voting to elect a new member of the United States Congress The United States Constitution enumerating specific powers to Congress 3 Multiple Choice 1 point Which of the following best describes how the generations view themselves in regards to the idealistic trait? 4UG48 Millennial respondents are the least likely to consider themselves idealistic. Each group is less likely to identify as idealistic as they get older. Baby-Boomer respondents are more likely to consider themselves idealistic than Generation X respondents. Silent Generation respondents are the most likely to consider themselves idealistic. 4 Multiple Choice 1 point The passage is most related to which of the following concepts? 4UG47 Political partisanship Political socialization Political ideology Political polling 5 Multiple Choice 1 point Based on the outcome of the polls, which of the following is likely true about questions that use the agree-disagree format? 4UG46 Questions that use the agree-disagree format increase the percentage of respondents who agree with the primary statement. Questions that use the agree-disagree format create confusion about what is being asked. Questions that use the agree-disagree format reduce support for the public policy that is being surveyed. Questions that use the agree-disagree promote considerations of other perspectives. 6 Multiple Choice 1 point Source: Pew Research Center, 2018 Which of the following best explains the data in the line graph? 4UG45 Between 2012 and 2018, the economy did not grow enough to make economic issues a top priority. Voters care more about jobs than the budget deficit because there has been an increase in unemployment between 2010 and 2018. The economy is likely the most important issue because it is a broader category that is more open to individual interpretation than both jobs and the budget deficit. Complex issues such as the budget deficit receive little attention in the media even though citizens care deeply about them. 7 Multiple Choice 1 point Which of the following public policies would Republicans be most likely to support? 4UG44 Increasing government regulations in the market Increasing oversight of the national government on small businesses Reducing national government involvement in education Reducing the role of state governments in health care 8 Multiple Choice 1 point A state government places security cameras facing a popular site of protest in a public square in front of its statehouse. This scenario illustrates 4UG43 how political attitudes quickly shift in the United States the balance of promoting stability and ensuring civil liberties the free-rider problem of organizing a civil right protests the impact of globalization on individual political attitudes 9 Multiple Choice 1 point The primary responsibility for determining monetary policy in the United States rests with the 4UG42 International Monetary Fund World Bank Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Treasury Department Comptroller of the Currency 10 Multiple Choice 1 point Which of the following policies involves more state spending than federal spending? 4UG41 Military policy Social security Education Medicare Veterans affairs