Take a quick CLEP sample test with our FREE CLEP practice sample questions! These are a quick preview of what kind of information you'll be studying in our CLEP Study Guide for this subject. You can also use these CLEP sample test questions to gauge how ready you are to take your CLEP test. How do you know when you are ready? A good way to tell is when you can flip open our CLEP study guide, put your finger on a page, any page, and be able to define and explain what it is you're pointing out. That takes effort. Studying for a CLEP test does take effort, but based on your previous and current experience, there may be CLEP tests that you can take with little or no study. Taking a practice CLEP test can tell you if you are ready, it can give you an idea of the content of the CLEP test, it can tell you how difficult or easy your CLEP test will be.
Still learning about CLEP tests or you need more information than just a CLEP sample test? Visit our New Student Center to get a great overview of where to start.

American Government CLEP Practice Test
1) Which amendment protects against search and seizure?
A) 1st Amendment
B) 2nd Amendment
C) 3rd Amendment
D) 4th Amendment
E) 5th Amendment
2) The Department of Commerce does which of the following?
A) Manage supply and demand
B) Creates standards of measure
C) Manages pricing
D) Improves technology for small businesses
E) None of the above
3) Which group of people most recently received the right to vote?
A) Women
B) African Americans
C) Asian Americans
D) American’s between the age of 18 and 21
E) Latin Americans
4) Which Supreme Court case supported the idea of “separate but equal” in relation to segregation?
A) Bowers v. Hardwick
B) Plessy v. Ferguson
C) Roe v. Wade
D) Lemon v. Kurtzman
E) Miranda v. Arizona
5) What was the only amendment of the constitution to be repealed?
A) 5th Amendment
B) 10th Amendment
C) 13th Amendment
D) 18th Amendment
E) 1st Amendment
6) Which of the following is NOT a civil liberty protected by the constitution?
A) Freedom of speech
B) Right to bear arms
C) Due process
D) Freedom of religion
E) None of the above
7) Which of the following does NOT lobby Congress?
A) Unions
B) Foreign governments
C) Teacher’s coalitions
D) Private businesses
E) Political parties
8) The most influential aspect in determining what a person’s political party/affiliation will be
is
A) Peers
B) Family
C) Church
D) Neighborhood
E) School
9) The court case of Brown v. Board of Education resulted in
A) Allowing abortion
B) Desegregating schools
C) Small business reform
D) Creating standard student per instructor ratio
E) None of the above
10) __________ is NOT an example of congressional oversight.
A) Senate trials
B) House of representatives impeachment trials
C) Preventing fraud
D) Overturn Supreme Court decisions
E) None of the above

Need more practice?
Our American Government CLEP Study guide has 141 MORE test questions to help you get ready for the test!
CLEP Practice Test Answer Key
1) D
2) B
3) D
4) B
5) D
6) E
7) E
8) B
9) B
10) D