Answer: 79,783.22
Question: These chubby mythological winged children should not be confused with angels/cherubim.
Answer Options:
A. Putto & Putti
B. Nascio
C. Gopura
D. Raju
Answer: A. Putto & Putti
Question: A painting done on a circular canvas or panel is a…
Answer Options:
A. Rondel.
B. Folio.
C. Cerrito.
D. Tondo.
Answer: D. Tondo.
Question: Which of the following does your textbook recommend as a way to deal with nervousness in your speeches?
Answer Options:
A. All of these answers are correct.
B. As you rehearse, visualize yourself giving a successful speech.
C. Remember that your nervousness is not usually visible to your audience.
D. Concentrate on communicating with the audience rather than on your nerves.
Answer: A. All of these answers are correct.
Question: Calculate the present value of $10,000 to be received 20 years in the future assuming an annual discount rate of 5% compounded monthly.
Answer: 3,684.45
Question: The White House Office, the National Security Council, and the Office of Management and Budget are all part of:
Answer Options:
A. the kitchen cabinet
B. the cabinet
C. the Executive Office of the President
D. the Council of Presidential Advisors
E. the system of checks on executive power
Answer: C. the Executive Office of the President
Question: The U.S. vice president also:
Answer Options:
A. serves as president of the Senate.
B. makes committee assignments in the Senate.
C. casts tie-breaking votes in the Senate.
D. Both A and B.
E. Both A and C.
Answer: E. Both A and C.
Question: What is the significance of the Rosetta Stone and what language did it help to decipher?
Answer: The Rosetta Stone held the key to deciphering Hieroglyphics.
Question: Which of the following regarding the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 is true?
Answer Options:
A. Today, airline passengers still retain the Rights in the Bill of Rights, especially their 4th Amendment Rights.
B. Airline passengers are expected waive some of their Constitutional Rights before being allowed to board the aircraft.
C. Airline passengers have more Rights than those passengers in other public modes of travel.
D. Airline passengers’ Rights have been unaffected by security concerns.
E. None of the above are true.
Answer: B. Airline passengers are expected waive some of their Constitutional Rights before being allowed to board the aircraft.
Question: Public speakers who seek to communicate with listeners from cultures other than their own need to take special care to avoid ______ in their speeches.
Answer Options:
A. personal statements
B. visual aids
C. vocalized pauses
D. gestures
E. ethnocentrism
Answer: E. ethnocentrism
Question: Judicial activism means:
Answer Options:
A. the Supreme Court should accept as many cases for decision as it can.
B. the Supreme Court should actively check the other branches of government when they exceed their authority.
C. the Supreme Court should have the power of judicial review.
D. the courts should defer to decisions made by the elected representatives of the people whenever possible.
E. the members of the Supreme Court should deliver as many public speeches as possible, in an effort to engage and inform the American people.
Answer: B. the Supreme Court should actively check the other branches of government when they exceed their authority.
Question: The Civil Rights Acts passed by Congress between 1865 and 1875:
Answer Options:
A. were designed to enforce the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments.
B. implemented the affirmation of citizenship to anyone born in the United States.
C. were intended to equalize the burdens of Americans of all ethnic backgrounds.
D. made it illegal to use race or customs to deprive anyone of rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution.
Answer: A. were designed to enforce the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments.
Question: The notion of a “living Constitution” is often associated with:
Answer Options:
A. judicial restraint.
B. judicial activism.
C. broad construction.
D. strict construction.
E. Both A and D.
Answer: C. broad construction.
Question: Executive orders have been used to:
Answer Options:
A. implement affirmative action regulations.
B. reorganize the White House hierarchy.
C. fight the war on terrorism.
D. raise fuel efficiency standards of cars and trucks.
E. All of the above are true.
Answer: E. All of the above are true.
Question: Livia, the wife of a Roman Emperor commissioned this 1st-century portrait of her husband for her villa in Prima Porta. It is…
Answer Options:
A. Nero: My Rome.
B. All Praise be to Caesar.
C. Portrait of Augustus as General.
D. Augustus is Rome.
Answer: C. Portrait of Augustus as General.
Question: Judicial interpretations of common law principles and doctrines, constitutional law, statutory law, and administrative law is:
Answer Options:
A. called case law.
B. called judicial review.
C. a power of federal but not state courts.
D. a power of state but not federal courts.
E. not practiced in any court in the United States.
Answer: A. called case law.
Question: True or False? All states expanded their Medicaid programs as part of the Affordable Care Act.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: Which of the following does your textbook recommend as a way to deal with stage fright?
Answer Options:
A. Both acquire speaking experience and turn negative thoughts into positive ones.
B. Turn negative thoughts into positive ones.
C. Don’t expect perfection.
D. All of these answers are correct.
E. Acquire speaking experience.
Answer: D. All of these answers are correct.
Question: A temporary House or Senate committee established for a limited time period and for a special purpose is a:
Answer Options:
A. joint committee.
B. conference committee.
C. standing committee.
D. select committee.
E. rules committee.
Answer: D. select committee.