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Upfront Quiz: 8/23/19
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Question 1
1.
"No Hiding Your Face?"
What kind of crimes have police solved using facial recognition software?
A) Assault
B) Murder
C) Shoplifting
D) All of the above
Question 2
2.
"No Hiding Your Face?"
What flaw in the design of facial recognition technology does the article discuss?
A) How slow it is
B) How hard it is to run searches
C) Problems with accuracy in identifying matches
D) The lack of enough cameras on the streets
Question 3
3.
"No Hiding Your Face?"
Police departments say that the flaws with facial recognition systems aren't a problem because ________________________.
A) no laws are being broken
B) they rely on facial recognition for leads, not evidence
C) few police departments use facial recognition
D) all of the above are correct
Question 4
4.
"Checks & Balances"
What was the Framers' intention with the system of checks and balances?
A) To keep political parties from becoming too powerful
B) To prevent one branch of the government from becoming too powerful
C) To ensure that the president would be the only official who could agree to treaties
D) To create a way for the federal government to provide more services to citizens
Question 5
5.
"Checks & Balances"
Which of the following is
NOT
an example of the system of checks and balances at work?
A) The president vetoes a bill
B) A Supreme Court justice retires
C) The Senate refuses to approve a treaty
D) The federal courts block an executive order
Question 6
6.
"Checks & Balances"
The Framers feared that political parties would ______________________________________.
A) prevent people from voting
B) lead to too many impeachments
C) create divisions in the government
D) take over the job of congressional committees
Question 7
7.
"Checks & Balances"
According to the article, what is impeachment?
A) The way a congressional investigation begins
B) The process Congress can use to remove a president or other federal official from office
C) The steps the president follows when appointing a federal judge
D) The report the Supreme Court issues when ruling that a law is unconstitutional
Question 8
8.
"The Legacy of Gandhi"
Which British entity first ruled India?
A) the Raj
B) the British Crown
C) a private company
D) the British Parliament
Question 9
9.
"The Legacy of Gandhi"
What was the Salt March?
A) The act of defiance led by Gandhi
B) A war between India and Pakistan
C) An oppressive law imposed by the British
D) A British massacre of hundreds of Indians