APGOPO reading quiz

Which of the following makes it easy for a citizen to register to vote?

National Voter Registration Act

Which of the following is a reason to make voter registration more difficult?

Decrease election fraud

What unusual step did Oregon take to increase voter registration?

The state automatically registers all citizens over eighteen to vote

If you wanted to prove the United States is suffering from low voter turnout, a calculation based on which population would yield the lowest voter turnout rate?

voting-age population

What characterizes those most likely to vote in the next election?

over forty-five years old

Why do Belgium, Turkey, and Australia have higher voter turnout rates than the United States?

compulsory voting laws

A state might hold a primary instead of a caucus because a primary is ________.

faster and has higher turnout

Which of the following citizens is most likely to run for office?

Jeffrey Lyons, a 40-year-old lawyer and father of one

Where and when do Electoral College electors vote?

in their state capitol, in December

In which type of election are you most likely to see coattail effects?

presidential

Susan is currently working two part-time jobs and is frustrated about the poor economy. On Election Day, she votes for every challenger on the ballot, because she feels the president and Congress are not doing enough to help her. What type of vote did she cast?

retrospective

Which factor is most likely to lead to the incumbency advantage for a candidate?

gerrymandering of the candidate's district

Which of the following is not a step in the initiative process?

signature or veto by state governor

A referendum is not purely direct democracy because the ________.

government proposes something and the voters approve it

A local station that broadcasts national network programming is called a(an) ________ station.

affiliate

Cable programming is often ________.

national

A conglomerate is a corporation that ________.

owns many businesses and media networks

When acting as an agenda setter, the media ________.

decides which issues deserve public attention

Newspapers during the Revolutionary War period tended to ________.

unite the colonists and provide information about the British

Muckraking occurs when newspapers ________.

investigate problems in government and business

Radio quiz shows and comedy shows were most popular in the ________.

1930s

Television news became a regular feature during ________ due to the public's demand for ________ to explain current events.

WWII; images and maps

In which circumstance would the courts find libel?

A reporter writes that local college students are drug dealers but has no sources.

The Supreme Court determined that the right of the press to print classified material ________.

is partial, and the press may print classified material only if it does not compromise troops or covert operatives

The Federal Communications Commission oversees the programming of which entities?

television, radio, satellite, and cable

Which of the following is a reasonable exception to the Freedom of Information Act?

medical records for government employees

Which of the following is an example of episodic framing?

a story on drug abuse that interviews addicts and discusses reasons for addiction and government responses to help addicts

According to research, why might a woman decide not to run for office?

She fears the campaign will be too expensive.

Media coverage of a race tends to

overrepresent African Americans as poor