General Information Reviewer - Part 6

Practice 20 General Information questions for the Civil Service Exam (CSE), each with the correct answer and an explanation.

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Part 6 of our General Information reviewer has 20 practice questions in the style of the Civil Service Exam. Answer them in order, read the explanation after each one, and check your score against the 80% passing mark at the end. Questions and choices are reshuffled every time you retake the part.

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Sample questions from Part 6

Here are a few questions from this part. Take the full test to answer all 20 and get your score.

Sample question 1

The member of the House of Representatives shall be elected for a term of ________

  • 6 years
  • 5 years
  • 3 years
  • 4 years
Answer: 3 years
Art. VI, Sec. 7: Members of the House of Representatives serve a term of three years, with no more than three consecutive terms.

Sample question 2

It is the power of the State to take properties for the purpose of the public use upon payment of just compensation.

  • Power of Eminent Domain
  • Power to impeach
  • Power of Taxation
  • Police Power
Answer: Power of Eminent Domain
Eminent domain is the State's power to take private property for public use upon payment of just compensation.

Sample question 3

It is the power of the State to promote public welfare by restraining the use of both liberty and property of all people.

  • Police power
  • Power of Taxation
  • Power to impeach
  • Power of Eminent domain
Answer: Police power
Police power is the State's inherent power to regulate liberty and property to promote public welfare.

Sample question 4

A Member of either House of Congress may be expelled by their fellow Members. For a member to be expelled, how much of the total number of Members of a house must concur with the expulsion?

  • Three-fourths
  • Two-thirds
  • Majority
  • Nine-tenths
Answer: Two-thirds
Art. VI, Sec. 16(3): each House may expel a Member with the concurrence of two-thirds of all its Members.

Sample question 5

If a President wishes to veto a bill, he/she must communicate it within a certain span of time, otherwise the bill will become a law. How long is this span of time?

  • 60 days
  • 48 days
  • 30 days
  • 3 weeks
Answer: 30 days
Art. VI, Sec. 27: if the President does not communicate a veto within 30 days after receiving a bill, it becomes law as if signed.

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