Fantastic Test: Civic Literacy Exam - Fun Too!!!

[Feuer Frei!]

Put your thinking caps on:

http://www.isi.org/quiz.aspx?q=FE5C3B47-9675-41E0-9CF3-072BB31E2692

[CCIP]

Quick shot at it got me 27/33

Remember that I'm not American, and most of the ones I got wrong had to do with wordings of historical documents :)

[Torplexed]

28/33. I botched the Socrates, Plato, Aristotle question for one. :dead:

[Stealhead]

missed the same amount though not so bad considering how late it is.
did you see the link that shows how elected officials did per answer? pretty sad.You'll have to take it again to see that table
it seems it will be below your score.

never mind wont show your score I got 27/33 that Socrates one threw me as well and I missed the one about Roosevelt
and the Supreme Court and the one about the flood gates was sort of tricky I missed that one. I was gong to post my score but it wont show it in a link.

Oh come on now CCIP at least two or three of those questions would be easy for you the one about sputnik, the Cuban missile Crisis and WWII there are a few giveaways on there most any person who is a subsim regular would know seeing we are all history buffs around here or most of us are.
though according to the chart many elected officials missed those:har:

[Seth8530]

30/33 i chose the ellectorial college one as the ppl who make up congress by accident.
And i failed on

What was the source of the following phrase: ---8220;Government of the people, by the people, for the people---8221;?
Your Answer: U.S. Constitution
Correct Answer: Gettysburg Address

Which of the following statements is true about abortion?
Your Answer: it was legal in most states in the 1960s Correct Answer: the Supreme Court struck down most legal restrictions on it in Roe v. Wade

So not too bad i reckon. Needless to say im full of trivial information

[Sledgehammer427]

19/33
:shifty:

2% better than college educators. that makes me feel better.

[magic452]

29/33 I have no idea how I missed the "Government of the people"
The one about taxes equaling expenses I miss read deficit not debt in the answer. Plato got me on another. That one is not really a civics question.

Magic

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Overloaded by civic-minded Subsimmers? :D

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Good I don't have to bother. :D

[Feuer Frei!]

:damn:
Dammit, i post a link and look what happens!
Sorry guys. Advice: keep trying?! :oops:

@STEED:
how convenient, however, i've booked you in for a test once link is live again! Don't disappoint me. :yeah:

[papa_smurf]

Looks like we crashed it:D subsim power!

[STEED]

:damn:
Dammit, i post a link and look what happens!
Sorry guys. Advice: keep trying?! :oops:

@STEED:
how convenient, however, i've booked you in for a test once link is live again! Don't disappoint me. :yeah:

10am Sunday and my mug of coffee. :DL

Looks like we crashed it:D subsim power!

http://s4.hubimg.com/u/1199683_f260.jpg

Power to the Subsimmers!

[Platapus]

Strange that this civics test site is down on (cue ominous music) 21 May 2011

:hmmm::stare::o:dead:

[Platapus]

It finally worked.

I got 100% I did not think I would get the Plato question (I agree what does that have to do with civics. I guessed correctly to be honest.

I also thought the last question was worded awkwardly.

[CCIP]

The Plato question was the easiest one for me, but that's mostly because all I've been doing for the last few weeks is studying for my PhD exam where knowledge of Plato, Aristotle etc. will be one of the first things I'll be tested on :DL

[Stealhead]

Yeah I thought the last one was tricky(or second from last); the one about the dam or something and then says national defense in (). and still you are paying for anything that government does with taxes and people often complain about what there taxes pay for.

I think it should be timed as well to keep someone from simply opening another web page and cheating.

I'd say if you get 80% or higher fair and square then you did pretty good.

[Sailor Steve]

It finally worked for me too.


You answered 28 out of 33 correctly — 84.85 %
My failings were mostly the economic ones.

[Stealhead]

Wow seems to be the average 27 or 28 correct.I should have thought to write down all the ones I missed it would interesting if most of us are missing the same ones.I bet that we are.

[frau kaleun]

29 out of 33, 87.88%

Missed three of the economic ones, plus the one about FDR and the Supreme Court in 1935/36.

[Hottentot]

Groo, me dumb foreigner, me get 66.67% good. Me go eat banana now. Then me apply for job as college educator. Get pay well and buy many more banana. Groooooooo.

[Stealhead]

Well if you are not a US citizen I'd not expect you to do all that well we are supposed to know this stuff.

[ReFaN]

17 out of 33, 51.52%

Never heard of most things, picked from the heart.

[August]

You answered 29 out of 33 correctly — 87.88 %

[Platapus]

The Plato question was the easiest one for me, but that's mostly because all I've been doing for the last few weeks is studying for my PhD exam where knowledge of Plato, Aristotle etc. will be one of the first things I'll be tested on :DL

Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?

Morons.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQNHBUqfLnM

Good luck with your quals. Glad I have those behind me. Now all I have to do is finish my little paper and I am done.

[mookiemookie]

Sadly the questions I missed were Econ 101! :oops:

You answered 31 out of 33 correctly — 93.94 %



Incorrect Answers
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

Question: International trade and specialization most often lead to which of the following?
Your Answer: an increase in a nation’s import tariffs
Correct Answer: an increase in a nation’s productivity

[tater]

I got 100%.

Yeah, the "public good" answer was poorly worded, IMO, I agree. I knew what they wanted, so picked the right answer even though I was not technically sure it was right (I wanted to see "non-rival" and "non-exclusive").

[nikimcbee]

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

What, no obamnuism? working on test now.

[nikimcbee]

You answered 31 out of 33 correctly — 93.94 %


I missed the abortion one; meh


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: decreasing both taxes and spending Correct Answer: decreasing taxes and increasing spending

[Torplexed]

I missed the abortion one; meh

I betcha aced the Gettysburg Address one. :up:

[nikimcbee]

I betcha aced the Gettysburg Address one. :up:
:up:

and the FDR ones, those were easy. The so-crates one made me think.:D

[Penguin]

got 30/33 :o - I am quite amazed, had to guess some answers though,

also had Plato & Co wrong, took the relative to one's time answer;
assumed that Roosevelt wanted to impeach judges;
and thought that “Government of the people, by the people, for the people” was in the Declaration of Independence

[sharkbit]

29/33

Some economic ones and the Aristotle, Socrates one.

:)

[vienna]

30/33

Missed: socrates, fiscal policy (read it wrorng), and "wall of separation" (guessed at that)