Interesting US civics test

[Kimbell175113]

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made it halfway through before i had to quit due to excessive yawning. that being said, i doubt i'd even get 10% as I only answered one question without guessing.

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10%? you must run really bad at guessing

[Alobar]

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Does knowing any of this stuff really matter?

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I think knowing this stuff is extremely important for people in a democracy. Someone who does well on this test probably has a good grasp on what is going on in the government which I also think is important.

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While that's true, I don't think you can at all suggest that the inverse is true

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exactly, which basically means it doesnt really matter.

[miajag]

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Does knowing any of this stuff really matter?

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I think you're a pretty bright guy, but I'm just gonna throw this out there: That's typically something dumb people say.

[Kimbell175113]

Sklansky could explain it well. A person not knowing the majority of this stuff does not prove the person is dumb, but it implies it. Obviously, someone who scores, say, >45, is more likely to be intelligent than someone who scores <30.

Then again, Sklansky probably wouldn't know a ton of these.

edit: change my answer to "what miajag said."

[tsearcher]

You answered 57 out of 60 correctly — 95.00 %
Average score for this quiz during September: 74.3%
Average score since September 18, 2007: 74.3%
You can take the quiz as often as you like, however, your score will only count once toward the monthly average.


Answers to Your Missed Questions:
Question #5 - D. Yorktown
Question #53 - B. a resident can benefit from it without directly paying for it.
Question #60 - B. social security.

I was a History Major and Economics Minor so the test was pretty easy for me. I don't think the answer to #53 is correct.

[daryn]

66%, i passed!

[Alobar]

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66%, i passed!

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see daryn didnt do well and he's the smartest person he knows, so thats pretty much proof that test means dick [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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You answered 56 out of 60 correctly — 93.33 %
Average score for this quiz during September: 74.3%

I got 1, 18,, 23, and 36 wrong

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27) Which statement is a common argument against the claim that “man cannot know things”?

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I just picked the only answer that made any damn sense at all, which I think was C. I know I got it right, but your form may have been diff than mine.

[dave6]

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You answered 53 out of 60 correctly — 88.33 %

EDIT:
53) National defense is considered a public good because:
A. a majority of citizens value it.
B. a resident can benefit from it without directly paying for it.
C. military contracts increase employment opportunities.
D. a majority of citizens support the military during war.
E. airport security personnel are members of the Federal civil service.

They give B as the correct answer. Should be A, no?

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From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_good

The economic concept of public goods should not be confused with the expression "the public good", which is usually an application of a collective ethical notion of "the good" in political decision-making. Another common confusion is that public goods are goods provided by the public sector. Although it is often the case that Government is involved in producing public goods, this is not necessarily the case. Public goods may be naturally available, they may be produced by private individuals and firms, by non-state collective action, or they may not be produced at all.