Question on civics test questions

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ncnat

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Pardon me if this question has been answered before. I am going through the 100 civics test questions from the book I got at FP. A lot of questions have multiple answers. I understand that for some questions, only one of the answers is good enough because the questions says "name one of the...". But for the others, I am a little puzzled about whether to say all the answers or only one of them. Here is an example:

Who makes federal laws:
1. Congress
2. Senate and House
3. (U.S. or national) legislature

The three answers seem to refer to the same thing. Am I supposed to answer one of the answers or all three?

Here is another example:

What did the Declaration of Independence do?
1. announced...
2. Declared...
3. said that the United States is free

Am I supposed to answer all three answers if asked?

Thanks!
 
As far as I understand any one of the response would be good.

IO is trying to find if you understand the context or are totally unaware of US Govt / history.
 
ncnat said:
Pardon me if this question has been answered before. I am going through the 100 civics test questions from the book I got at FP. A lot of questions have multiple answers. I understand that for some questions, only one of the answers is good enough because the questions says "name one of the...". But for the others, I am a little puzzled about whether to say all the answers or only one of them. Here is an example:

Who makes federal laws:
1. Congress
2. Senate and House
3. (U.S. or national) legislature

The three answers seem to refer to the same thing. Am I supposed to answer one of the answers or all three?

Here is another example:

What did the Declaration of Independence do?
1. announced...
2. Declared...
3. said that the United States is free

Am I supposed to answer all three answers if asked?

Thanks!
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I think they give us acceptable answers, because they just rephrase the sentence, or make it more detailed, like "Who makes Federal Laws?". It's Congress. That would be a god answer. But we can give a more detailed answer: "Congress, namely Senate and House of Representatives."

There are just few exact numbers we need to remember:
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? July4,1776
When was the Constitution written? 1787
How many ammendments does the Constitution have? 27
How many voting members are in the House of Representatives? 435
How many members are in the Senate? 100

There few names of people we need to remember:
Thomas Jefferson (Who wrote the Constitution?)
Benjamin Franklin (US Diplomat)
James Madison (one of the authors of the Federalist papers)
George Washington (The first president)
Susan B. Anthony (fought for women's rights)
M.L.King (fought for civil rights)
Woodrow Wilson (the president during the WWI)
Franklin Roosevelt (the president during WWII)
Lincoln (freed the slaves, preserved the Union during the Civil war)

Once we remember the names and the dates, everything else is easy.

Good Luck!
 
mara777 said:
I think they give us acceptable answers, because they just rephrase the sentence, or make it more detailed, like "Who makes Federal Laws?". It's Congress. That would be a god answer. But we can give a more detailed answer: "Congress, namely Senate and House of Representatives."

There are just few exact numbers we need to remember:
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? July4,1776
When was the Constitution written? 1787
How many ammendments does the Constitution have? 27
How many voting members are in the House of Representatives? 435
How many members are in the Senate? 100

There few names of people we need to remember:
Thomas Jefferson (Who wrote the Constitution?)
Benjamin Franklin (US Diplomat)
James Madison (one of the authors of the Federalist papers)
George Washington (The first president)
Susan B. Anthony (fought for women's rights)
M.L.King (fought for civil rights)
Woodrow Wilson (the president during the WWI)
Franklin Roosevelt (the president during WWII)
Lincoln (freed the slaves, preserved the Union during the Civil war)

Once we remember the names and the dates, everything else is easy.

Good Luck!
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Thanks Mara,

This is a very good summary of date and names to remember.
I should mail this to myself and put in Outlook reminder for everyday till interview :)
 
Thanks very much for all your answers (especially mara777)! This is very helpful!
 
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mara777, does it say that Jefferson wrote the Constitution in the study guide? I find that odd as my understanding is that he wrote the Declaration of Independence. The Constitution was a join effort with multiple drafts. The biggest contributor to its contents would be James Madison.

I may be mistaken, of course. I took a number of American Politics classes for my BA, but its been a while. It gets burried under the several years' worth of knowledge that followed (international relations MA). :)
 
SORRY! Thomas Jefferson

Sorry guys, Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, of course, NOT THE CONSTITUTION! He supported the Constitution, though, but could not participate in the writing since he was in France.

The questions in the Test about writing the Constitution do not include "Who wrote the Constitution?". The questions are:
What happened at the Constitutional Convention? The Constitution was written!
The Federalists papers supported the Constitution. Name one of the writes.
Answer: James Madison or you can say Alexander Hamilton or John Jay.You can also say Publius which is pseudonym for the authors.
 
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