ICSE Civics Objective Test
A quiz that's all about the different U. S. Civics.
- 1.What term refers to being taxed on the same money twice?
- A.
Triple Taxation
- B.
Double Taxation
- C.
Net Taxation
- D.
Penalty Taxation
- 2.Which of the following is an example of electronic media?
- A.
Website
- B.
Direct Mail
- C.
Monthly Magazine
- D.
Daily Newspaper
- 3.What's the inherent power by which the government can appropriate private property called?
- A.
Real Estate Rights
- B.
Eminent Domain
- C.
Foreclosure
- D.
Effective Dominance
- 4.Can you be arrested for something you did while it was still legal, and what is that called?
- A.
Yes, Common Law
- B.
Yes, Extraterritoriality
- C.
No, An Ex Post Facto Law
- D.
No, Constitutionality
- 5.In a situation with a hung jury, what happens to the defendant?
- A.
The Defendant May Be Retried
- B.
The Defendant Is Guilty
- C.
The Defendant Can't Be Retried
- D.
The Judge Decides
- 6.Who can issue an indictment?
- A.
A Grand Jury
- B.
The President
- C.
A Federal Judge
- D.
A Federal Prosecutor
- 7.Which of these things is usually not considered infrastructure?
- A.
A Sewer Line
- B.
A Highway
- C.
A Power Line
- D.
A Flower Bed
- 8.What are you given if a court orders you to do or not do something during a civil trial?
- A.
Trust
- B.
Injunction
- C.
Subpoena
- D.
Equity
- 9.What is the legal terminology for "the study, knowledge, or science of law"?
- A.
Jurisprudence
- B.
By-Laws
- C.
Malice
- D.
Arbitration
- 10.If someone is held legally responsible for their actions, they are said to be what?
- A.
Guilty
- B.
Wrong-Doing
- C.
Liable
- D.
Held-Up
- 11.A single principle of a political platform is called a what?
- A.
Dais
- B.
Stand
- C.
Idea
- D.
Plank
- 12.The 24th Amendment prohibits what kind of tax?
- A.
Income Tax
- B.
Property Tax
- C.
Poll Tax
- D.
Cigarette Tax
- 13.Which of these can be blocked legally under the rule of prior restraint?
- A.
A Request To Commit Crime
- B.
A Political Joke
- C.
An Untrue Story
- D.
A Request To Give Money
- 14.Which of these is not used to protect domestic goods from foreign competition?
- A.
Confiscating Foreign Goods
- B.
Tariffs
- C.
Import Taxes
- D.
Quotas
- 15.Who can issue a search warrant?
- A.
Supreme Court Justices
- B.
Detectives
- C.
Judges
- D.
Lawyers
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