Full Civic Literacy Exam

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[nikos1121]

Full Civic Literacy Exam (from our 2008 survey) Are you more knowledgeable than the average citizen? The average score for all 2,508 Americans taking the following test was 49%; college educators scored 55%. Can you do better? Questions were drawn from past ISI surveys, as well as other nationally recognized exams.

[wideminded]

I scored 33 out of 33. Overall I did not think it was that hard although on one or two I had to use process of elimination.

The quiz did point out to me some things that perhaps I should know more about. And I liked the fact that it doesn't take too long. Thanks for posting.

[Sherman Logan]

Kind of a dumb question. Don’t see the point.

But total spending divided by number of people = total revenue divided by number of people only if accounts balance.

[verga]

You answered 27 out of 33 correctly — 81.82 %

[verga]

You answered 27 out of 33 correctly — 81.82 %

[Conservative4Ever]

28 out of 33.

[Islander7]

I got 32 right. Missed the last question, failure to think! LOL

[Recon Dad]

You’re right read carefully. Of the 6 I missed 3 were dumb errors on my part for not paying attention, but I’m old.

[raybbr]

Thirty out of 33. Not bad. Actually pretty easy.

Incorrect Answers

• Question: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas would concur that:

  Your Answer: all moral and political truth is relative to one’s time and place

  Correct Answer: certain permanent moral and political truths are accessible to human reason

• Question: Which of the following fiscal policy combinations has the federal government most often followed to stimulate economic activity when the economy is in a severe recession?

  Your Answer: increasing both taxes and spending

  Correct Answer: decreasing taxes and increasing spending

• Question: If taxes equal government spending, then:

  Your Answer: government debt is zero

  Correct Answer: tax per person equals government spending per person on average

  I never studied Philosophy so it was a choice between the right answer and the one I picked.

[aruanan]

Results

• You answered 33 out of 33 correctly — 100.00 %

[Psalm 73]

31 out of 33 - thanks for posting this - it was fun.
Can't fathom how the Libtards view themselves as having superior knowledge when you know they they get 40% - 50% scores on these things.

[JRios1968]

You answered 28 out of 33 correctly — 84.85 %

[FairWitness]

“You answered 33 out of 33 correctly — 100.00 %”!

I have to admit that I guessed on two of them. I don’t dare tell my wife who already thinks I spend way too much time on this “politics and government stuff”.

[PapaBear3625]

uestion: If taxes equal government spending, then: Your Answer: government debt is zero Correct Answer: tax per person equals government spending per person on average

If taxes equal government spending at the moment, that does not mean that debt will be zero, if government spending was greater than taxes in the past. It would just mean that debt would not be growing.

How can this be correct when the government receives money from taxes which are not taxes on individuals?

The question just says "taxes", which would include taxes on individuals, corp taxes, etc. It still would not include, for example, government revenue from leasing government land for cattle grazing, sale of offshore drilling rights, etc.

The question writer decided to be cute about the definition of "average".

[central_va]

I got a 32 out of 33. Can I continue to freep?

Here is the question I got wrong:

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

Your Answer: property rights and contracts are best enforced by the market system

Correct Answer: the price system utilizes more local knowledge of means and ends

To me all the choices were bad.

[jmckay8497]

You answered 30 out of 33 correctly — 90.91 %

When I saw what I missed I was PO’d

[jmckay8497]

You answered 30 out of 33 correctly — 90.91 %

When I saw what I missed I was PO’d

[jmckay8497]

You answered 30 out of 33 correctly — 90.91 %

When I saw what I missed I was PO’d

[jmckay8497]

You answered 30 out of 33 correctly — 90.91 %

When I saw what I missed I was PO’d

[Little Ray]

Gee. 100%
They’re gonna have to work a little harder to stump me...

[Jim Noble]

100% 6 minutes.