There are three branches of government. Why?

Related 2008 question

The 2008 test covers the same fact from another angle.

• 2008 Question 14: What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?checks and balances · separation of powers

The 65/20 special consideration

Question 15 is not one of the 20 asterisked questions, so an applicant who qualifies for the 65/20 special consideration would not be asked it. Everyone else studies all 128.

Answers that get mixed up with this one

These are the wrong options the 2025 practice test puts beside this question. Each one is the correct answer to a different 2025 question.

• Executive branchanswers Question 17: The President of the United States is in charge of which branch of government?
• Two (2) yearsanswers Question 25: How long is a term for a member of the House of Representatives?
• Citizens in their (congressional) districtanswers Question 33: Who does a member of the House of Representatives represent?

More Principles of American Government questions

• Question 10: Name two important ideas from the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.Equality · Liberty · Social contract · Natural rights · Limited government · Self-government
• Question 11: The words “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” are in what founding document?Declaration of Independence
• Question 12: What is the economic system of the United States?Capitalism · Free market economy
• Question 13: What is the rule of law?Everyone must follow the law. · Leaders must obey the law. · Government must obey the law. · No one is above the law.
• Question 14: Many documents influenced the U.S. Constitution. Name one.Declaration of Independence · Articles of Confederation · Federalist Papers · Anti-Federalist Papers · Virginia Declaration of Rights · Fundamental Orders of Connecticut · Mayflower Compact · Iroquois Great Law of Peace