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1. Your city police department is run by which level of government?

A. FederalB. NationalC. StateD. Local

D. Local

2. Which level of government has the greatest authority?

A.Local

B.State

C.Federal

D.Volunteer

C. Federal

3. Which of the following is a state legislative body?

A. Kentucky House of Representatives

B. U.S. House of RepresentativesC. Frankfort City CouncilD. Kentucky State Troopers

A. Kentucky House of Representatives

4. Which legislative body would propose and debate an

amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

A. Frankfort City CouncilB. Kentucky State SenateC. Kentucky House of

RepresentativesD. U.S. House of Representatives

D. U.S. House of Representatives

5. Which of the following is a function of the executive

branch?

A. Proposing billsB. Operating police departmentsC. VotingD. Hearing court cases

B. Operating police departments

6. You would work with the judicial branch of government if

you?

A. Wanted to have a law passedB. Wanted to discuss a proposed billC. Reported a fireD. Were arrested for stealing a car

D. Were arrested for stealing a car

7. Which of the following statements is correct?

A. The executive branch interprets the law

B. The judicial branch enforces the lawC. The legislative branch creates the lawD. The executive branch proposes bills

C. The legislative branch creates the law

8. Which of the following is a part of the U.S. Congress?

A. County legislatureB. U.S. SenateC. City councilD. State House of Representatives

B. U.S. Senate

9. The number of representatives in which office

is based on the number of people in an entire state?

A. U.S. SenateB. U.S. House of RepresentativesC. City councilD. State Supreme court

B. U.S. House of Representatives

10. Which person has authority over the FBI?

A. PresidentB. GovernorC. MayorD. County Executive

A. President

11. Which of the following is the state equivalent of the

President?

A. Speaker of the HouseB. MayorC. GovernorD. County Executive

C. Governor

12. Who must approve the President’s nominee to the U.S.

Supreme court?

A. U.S. CongressB. U.S. House of RepresentativesC. U.S. SenateD. U.S. Supreme Court

C. U.S. Senate

13. A community collects taxes to pay for a fire department. This is an

action taken by the following

institution

A. GovernmentB. FamilyC. BusinessD. industry

A. Government

14.Which is NOT an example of the government “promoting the

general welfare” of citizens?

A. providing educationB. providing protection—policeC. environmental protectionD. providing fast food restaurants

D. providing fast food restaurants

15.Which of these services is provided by the government

and paid for with money raised from taxes?

A. hair cutsB. highway repairC. home roof repairD. personal computer repair

B. Highway repair

16. In the United States, one of the main responsibilities of state

governments is to provide

A. an army and navyB. public educationC. coins and paper moneyD. postal service

B. public education

17. In order to ensure fair trials, citizens are expected to

A. watch court cases on televisionB. serve on juriesC. write letters to government

leadersD. punish criminals

B. serve on juries

18. Kentucky’s legislative branch of government is the

A. Metro CouncilB. CongressC. General AssemblyD. Parliament

C. General Assembly

19. The following phrase BEST describes a democratic

government A. a government owned and run by a big

businessB. a government whose leader has full

controlC. a government by the people and for

the peopleD. a government that owns all the land

and property

C. A government by the people and for the people

20. The leader of the executive branch of government at the

state level is the

A. MayorB. GovernorC. PresidentD. Commissioner

B. Governor

21. One way a local government provides for society’s needs is

to

A. build a shopping mallB. open a restaurantC. operate an arcadeD. provide a police force

D. provide a police force

22. Elected officials at all three levels of government can

A. make lawsB. raise an armyC. coin (make) moneyD. sign treaties

A. make laws

23. An important role of government is to provide services that meet

some needs of its citizens. Which is a

service provided by a government?

A. movie theatersB. RestaurantsC. police forceD. dry cleaners

C. police force

24. The Kentucky Constitution requires our state legislators to

provide

A. an efficient system of schoolsB. free public librariesC. basketball arenas for collegesD. city fire departments

A. an efficient system of schools

25. Services provided by our local, state, and national

governments are paid for with funding from

A. ProfitsB. ExportsC. TaxesD. Stocks

C. Taxes

26. The purpose of a law that requires people to wear seat

belts in cars is to

A. raise taxes through finesB. protect the safety of individualsC. increase the cost of carsD. control who can drive a car

B. protect the safety of individuals

27. Which of these is NOT an example of the head of the

executive branch at some level of government?

A. local-mayorB. state-governorC. country-politicianD. national-president

C. country-politician

28. In Democratic governments,

leaders

A. are elected by the citizensB. obtain power by military forceC. inherit their positionsD. are considered above the law

A. are elected by the citizens