How can a third party get on the ballot if it does not secure the required number of votes to get on the ballot?
A) It must get consent from the two major parties.
B) It must petition the state board of electors with its party platform and pay a registration fee.
C) It can bring litigation to the state court of election appeals.
D) It can launch a petition drive to gather the signatures of voter who did not vote in either major party primary.
Q. 2Which of the following is not a factor that makes full employment an elusive goal?
A) inability to accurately measure unemployment
B) seasonal factors
C) voluntary job changes
D) routine shifts in economic conditions
E) short-term holiday jobs
Q. 3In 2006, Kinky Friedman had to collect more than 45,000 signatures of eligible voters who had not voted in the March primaries in order to be on the ballot, because he was a third-party candidate
A) who was convicted of a crime and served time in jail.
B) who had not received the vote share required to be placed on the ballot.
C) who had failed to win three previous elections.
D) who was a naturalized and not native born Texan.
Q. 4The unemployment rate measures ________.
A) people who are unemployed, in addition to all seasonal workers
B) people who are unemployed or underemployed
C) people who are unemployed and actively seeking work
D) all people who are unemployed
E) all people under the age of 65 who are unemployed
Q. 5Which of the following is NOT a distinct characteristic of American political parties?
A) decentralization
B) two-party system
C) pragmatism
D) idealism
Q. 6The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a(n) _________.
A) ratio that is based on market values that is used by insurance companies to set rates on businesses
B) government comparison of prices across major department stores
C) total of all annual sales in the private retail sector
D) index of prices for goods and services regularly traded in the U.S. economy
E) government-issued tool for fixing prices in the private sector
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