Time for a Civics test. - Page 2

Crickett · 11-23-2008, 03:56 AM

You answered 29 out of 33 correctly — 87.88 %

I guess it helps that I'm a political science minor. I got 7 (embarrassed about that one), 13, 14 and 33 wrong.

Although I don't really agree with #27. Free market secures more economic prosperity because it has a profit motive that centralized planning simply doesn't. At least that's the way I understand it. The price system on the other hand has more to do with supply and demand, which are usually reflected in the price barring monopolies, oligopolies or simple price fixing. It's why the price of oil has been plummeting. The usually inelastic demand of oil hasn't been so inelastic the past few months.

Miamian · 11-23-2008, 05:44 AM

75.76%. Some of the questions are a bit loaded.

PATSSUCK · 11-23-2008, 08:34 AM

87% ... wooohoooo lol. I am a civics teacher so you would expect a good score. I was a little nervous to be honest. I am not surpised that people are sooo bad at Civics. The schools dont give a crap abouyt history or civics.

Crickett · 11-23-2008, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Miamian

75.76%. Some of the questions are a bit loaded.

Not really.

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Originally Posted by PATSSUCK

87% ... wooohoooo lol. I am a civics teacher so you would expect a good score. I was a little nervous to be honest. I am not surpised that people are sooo bad at Civics. The schools dont give a crap abouyt history or civics.

I'd say most if not all of the history questions involved I learned in high school. The history course I took in college was post reconstructionist. The political science and philisophical questions they simply don't teach in high school so far as I know.

phinfan3411 · 11-23-2008, 11:59 AM

Alright, I guess I am more than qualified to run for public office, but not quite up to par to hangout in a Miami Dolphins fan forum?????

You guys killed me...23 out of 33, but I don't like some of those questions.

poornate · 11-23-2008, 07:47 PM

I also teach... is this where I get to brag?

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You answered 32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 %

Average score for this quiz during November: 77.5%
Average score: 77.5%

If so then.... woo-hoo!

cmax13 · 11-23-2008, 08:32 PM

look at the big brain on nate...

(movie quote, nothing personal)

good job, i'd expect that for a teacher. my teacher friend did worse than i did, my kids (one 18 one 21) did worse than i did, too, so i don't feel so bad.

Miamian · 11-24-2008, 04:03 AM

[quote=Crickett;1062723002]Not really. [quote]
No?

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27) Free markets typically secure more economic prosperity than government’s centralized planning because:

The_Dark_Knight · 11-24-2008, 07:51 AM

You answered 25 out of 33 correctly — 75.76 %
Average score for this quiz during November: 77.9%
Average score: 77.9%
You can take the quiz as often as you like, however, your score will only count once toward the monthly average.
If you have any comments or questions about the quiz, please email americancivicliteracy@isi.org.
You can consult the following table to see how citizens and elected officials scored on each question.
Where to from here?

Answers to Your Missed Questions:
Question #4 - B. Would slavery be allowed to expand to new territories?
Question #12 - B. the Supreme Court struck down most legal restrictions on it in Roe v. Wade
Question #13 - E. certain permanent moral and political truths are accessible to human reason
Question #14 - B. stressed the sinfulness of all humanity
Question #27 - A. the price system utilizes more local knowledge of means and ends
Question #29 - B. a resident can benefit from it without directly paying for it
Question #30 - C. decreasing taxes and increasing spending
Question #33 - D. tax per person equals government spending per person

Crickett · 11-24-2008, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Miamian

No?

Its a free market theory question. And no. Unless you find questions about free market theory in general to by loaded questions I guess.

Ferretsquig · 11-24-2008, 12:21 PM

It is a question relating to a theory. If they presented it as such then I'd have no complaint. They present it as a fact.

Crickett · 11-24-2008, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Ferretsquig

It is a question relating to a theory. If they presented it as such then I'd have no complaint. They present it as a fact.

Much like science, economics questions in this thing are often going to be "theoretical". Example: The theory of supply and demand.

Yeah, there is no question about supply and demand. It is simply an example.

Dolphan7 · 11-24-2008, 03:27 PM

You answered 27 out of 33 correctly — 81.82 %

Question #4 - B. Would slavery be allowed to expand to new territories?
Question #7 - D. Gettysburg Address
Question #14 - B. stressed the sinfulness of all humanity
Question #25 - B. individual citizens create, exchange, and control goods and resources
Question #30 - C. decreasing taxes and increasing spending
Question #33 - D. tax per person equals government spending per person

Nappy Roots · 11-24-2008, 03:45 PM

39.39%

i got 1-4 right...quickly went downhill from there

The_Dark_Knight · 11-25-2008, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Nappy Roots

39.39%

i got 1-4 right...quickly went downhill from there

Don't feel bad Nappy. You're young and I'm sure quite a few of those questions you probably weren't taught in school.

11-23-2008, 05:44 AM	#17
Miamian Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Jerusalem Posts: 6,730 Thanks: 102 Thanked 70 Times in 53 Posts	75.76%. Some of the questions are a bit loaded. __________________ אויר הרים צלול כיין וריח אורנים נישא ברוח הערביים עם קול פעמונים ובתרדמת אילן ואבן שבוייה בחלומה העיר אשר בדד יושבת ובליבה חומה ירושלים של זהב ושל נחושת ושל אור הלא לכל שירייך אני כינור מילי נעומי שמר

11-23-2008, 08:34 AM	#18
PATSSUCK FinHeaven VIP Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Miami Age: 28 Posts: 589 Thanks: 65 Thanked 58 Times in 44 Posts	87% ... wooohoooo lol. I am a civics teacher so you would expect a good score. I was a little nervous to be honest. I am not surpised that people are sooo bad at Civics. The schools dont give a crap abouyt history or civics. __________________ Conformity is a disease, Rebellion is the cure

11-24-2008, 07:51 AM	#24
The_Dark_Knight Defender of the Truth Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 43 Posts: 5,315 Thanks: 113 Thanked 540 Times in 317 Posts	You answered 25 out of 33 correctly — 75.76 % Average score for this quiz during November: 77.9% Average score: 77.9% You can take the quiz as often as you like, however, your score will only count once toward the monthly average. If you have any comments or questions about the quiz, please email americancivicliteracy@isi.org. You can consult the following table to see how citizens and elected officials scored on each question. Where to from here? Answers to Your Missed Questions: Question #4 - B. Would slavery be allowed to expand to new territories? Question #12 - B. the Supreme Court struck down most legal restrictions on it in Roe v. Wade Question #13 - E. certain permanent moral and political truths are accessible to human reason Question #14 - B. stressed the sinfulness of all humanity Question #27 - A. the price system utilizes more local knowledge of means and ends Question #29 - B. a resident can benefit from it without directly paying for it Question #30 - C. decreasing taxes and increasing spending Question #33 - D. tax per person equals government spending per person __________________ I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. -Winston Churchill In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. -Voltaire (1764)

11-24-2008, 12:21 PM	#26
Ferretsquig Perennial All-Pro Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Carolina Posts: 4,848 Thanks: 0 Thanked 138 Times in 109 Posts	It is a question relating to a theory. If they presented it as such then I'd have no complaint. They present it as a fact. __________________

11-24-2008, 03:27 PM	#28
Dolphan7 Desert Dolphin Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tucson, Arizona Age: 47 Posts: 11,763 Thanks: 659 Thanked 654 Times in 478 Posts FH Badges Total Awards: 2	You answered 27 out of 33 correctly — 81.82 % Question #4 - B. Would slavery be allowed to expand to new territories? Question #7 - D. Gettysburg Address Question #14 - B. stressed the sinfulness of all humanity Question #25 - B. individual citizens create, exchange, and control goods and resources Question #30 - C. decreasing taxes and increasing spending Question #33 - D. tax per person equals government spending per person __________________ *Players come and go, but I will always be a Miami Dolphins Fan first and foremost.* Always make sure your Thanks is greater than your Thanked!

11-23-2008, 11:59 AM	#20
phinfan3411 3rd string punter Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,168 Thanks: 526 Thanked 256 Times in 184 Posts	Alright, I guess I am more than qualified to run for public office, but not quite up to par to hangout in a Miami Dolphins fan forum????? You guys killed me...23 out of 33, but I don't like some of those questions.

11-23-2008, 08:32 PM	#22
cmax13 Love my kids, 420 and foosball Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Miami Age: 53 Posts: 471 Thanks: 4 Thanked 11 Times in 6 Posts	look at the big brain on nate... (movie quote, nothing personal) good job, i'd expect that for a teacher. my teacher friend did worse than i did, my kids (one 18 one 21) did worse than i did, too, so i don't feel so bad.

11-24-2008, 03:45 PM	#29
Nappy Roots Da Dalphins Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Flawda Age: 22 Posts: 14,098 Thanks: 161 Thanked 348 Times in 181 Posts	39.39% i got 1-4 right...quickly went downhill from there __________________

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