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Title: Civics Test
Post by: bryand71 on November 26, 2008, 12:38:50 AM
http://americancivicliteracy.org/resources/quiz.aspx

Additional Finding
Elected Officials Score Lower than the General Public

Officeholders typically have less civic knowledge than the general public. On average, they score 44%, five percentage points lower than non-officeholders.

    * Thirty percent of elected officials do not know that “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” are the inalienable rights referred to in the Declaration of Independence.



So how did you do?


I got:  27 out of 33 correctly — 81.82 %
Title: Re: Civics Test
Post by: cooptire on November 26, 2008, 12:55:39 AM
My score was 84.85. Not really happy with the ones I missed though.  :-[
Title: Re: Civics Test
Post by: tombogan03884 on November 26, 2008, 01:04:58 AM
31 of 33  ;D 
Title: Re: Civics Test
Post by: cooptire on November 26, 2008, 01:09:34 AM
My score was 84.85. Not really happy with the ones I missed though.  :-[

Shoot, I'm not happy that I missed any to tell the truth.! >:(
Title: Re: Civics Test
Post by: tombogan03884 on November 26, 2008, 01:12:52 AM
The ones I missed were about Government building projects, (29) and Free trade (31) not my strong subjects any way.
Title: Re: Civics Test
Post by: TAB on November 26, 2008, 01:34:49 AM
100%

A couple I had to actually think about.( the new deal one and the one about flood control, that was a very poorly worded question)
Title: Re: Civics Test
Post by: SlickRob on November 26, 2008, 05:16:38 AM
32 of 33!   ;D
Title: Re: Civics Test
Post by: Hazcat on November 26, 2008, 07:44:07 AM
30 out of 33 but I think #33 has two correct answers;

33)   If taxes equal government spending, then:
A. government debt is zero
B. printing money no longer causes inflation
C. government is not helping anybody
D. tax per person equals government spending per person
E. tax loopholes and special-interest spending are absent

Correct answer is D but I think A is equally true.
Title: Re: Civics Test
Post by: tombogan03884 on November 26, 2008, 08:39:16 AM
30 out of 33 but I think #33 has two correct answers;

33)   If taxes equal government spending, then:
A. government debt is zero
B. printing money no longer causes inflation
C. government is not helping anybody
D. tax per person equals government spending per person
E. tax loopholes and special-interest spending are absent

Correct answer is D but I think A is equally true.

No because it does not take into account any debt previously existing
Title: Re: Civics Test
Post by: Hazcat on November 26, 2008, 08:42:51 AM
Where does it say that there is pre-existing debt?
Title: Re: Civics Test
Post by: tombogan03884 on November 26, 2008, 08:48:46 AM
Where does it say that there is pre-existing debt?

Same place it says there ISN'T.  ;D
Title: Re: Civics Test
Post by: Hazcat on November 26, 2008, 09:32:11 AM
Yeah, well I still think either answer is correct!  :P                                     ;D
Title: Re: Civics Test
Post by: deepwater on November 26, 2008, 09:59:36 AM
84.85%
I can see now that our elected officials really are a bunch of retards.
Title: Re: Civics Test
Post by: Fatman on November 26, 2008, 10:33:56 AM
Good test.

Lower taxes and increase spending to get out of a recession.  I'm guessing Obama got that half right.

Haz - debt is independent of taxes collected and government spending. All government spending isn't applied to eliminate debt, else the welfare recipients would riot.  ;D
Title: Re: Civics Test
Post by: Solus on November 26, 2008, 12:07:10 PM
Where does it say that there is pre-existing debt?

It does not say there is pre-existing debt.

But it does  not say there is  no pre-existing debt, so that is a possibility.

A. will only be true as long as there is no pre-existing debt, where as the correct answer will be true regardless.

Also, debt might be incurred without spending.   Liability in a law suit could be counted as debt without spending
Title: Re: Civics Test
Post by: Hazcat on November 26, 2008, 12:17:22 PM
It does not say there is pre-existing debt.

But it does  not say there is  no pre-existing debt, so that is a possibility.

A. will only be true as long as there is no pre-existing debt, where as the correct answer will be true regardless.

Also, debt might be incurred without spending.   Liability in a law suit could be counted as debt without spending

Picky, picky, picky!










;D
Title: Re: Civics Test
Post by: scw78 on November 26, 2008, 01:24:45 PM
Quote
30 out of 33 but I think #33 has two correct answers;

33)   If taxes equal government spending, then:
A. government debt is zero
B. printing money no longer causes inflation
C. government is not helping anybody
D. tax per person equals government spending per person
E. tax loopholes and special-interest spending are absent

Correct answer is D but I think A is equally true.

31 out of 33 and I agree with Haz - answer what the question asks, not what you assume is included in background material  ;)
Title: Re: Civics Test
Post by: tombogan03884 on November 26, 2008, 06:20:41 PM
31 out of 33 and I agree with Haz - answer what the question asks, not what you assume is included in background material  ;)

I did, and I got number 33 RIGHT  ;D
Title: Re: Civics Test
Post by: MikeBjerum on November 26, 2008, 06:33:15 PM
Could of had a 32, but since I'm not comprehending tonight I ended with a 30  :-[
Title: Re: Civics Test
Post by: Big Frank on November 30, 2008, 08:10:41 PM
84.85%. That makes me a B student. College educators get a C, and the average American fails.