Chapter 12 Exam

A  receiving foreign ambassadors

B  declaring war

C  making treaties

D  granting pardons

A  mentor the president

B  ensure that the president’s party will have a good chance of winning the next presidential election

C  placate a symbolic constituency

D  help set the president’s agenda

A  presidential and vice presidential succession and disability

B  the Electoral College

C  presidential powers to conduct war

D  the president’s powers to negotiate treaties

A  The White House staff is composed of advisers who do whatever is in the best interest of the president.

B  The White House staff is composed of policy specialists who have little personal loyalty to the president.

C  The White House staff is the link between executive agencies in the bureaucracy and Congress.

D  The White House staff is a loose collection of bureaucrats who are loyal to executive agencies.

A  during presidential election years

B  when they oppose the president’s agenda

C  in times of economic crisis

D  in times of relative peace and prosperity

A  Rally events tend to temporarily increase presidential approval ratings, providing presidents with a window of opportunity to press their agenda.

B  Rally events make presidents more politically cautious.

C  Rally events cause a long-term increase in presidential approval ratings, practically guaranteeing reelection.

D  Rally events lead to drops in presidential approval ratings, making passage of their agendas more difficult.

A  The vice presidency has become a prerequisite for the presidency.

B  The vice president is no longer trusted as he once was.

C  The vice president recently has been locked out of the policymaking process.

D  The vice president has been more involved in the policy making process in recent years than in the past.

A  Modern presidents have considerably less power as leaders of their political parties than the Framers originally intended.

B  Modern presidents are much more influential in the legislative process than the Framers originally intended.

C  Modern presidents are considerably less democratic than the Framers originally intended.

D  Modern presidents are more subservient to the will of Congress than the Framers originally intended.

A  to administer the armed forces

B  to link the president’s foreign and military policy advisers

C  to keep the president and first family secure

D  to provide the president with national security policy advice from the opposing party’s perspective

A  the cabinet

B  Office of Administration

C  White House staff

D  Executive Office of the President

A  levels of executive privilege

B  approval ratings

C  campaign spending

D  debts and deficits

A  executive agreement

B  approval rating

C  executive order

D  electoral mandate

A  nominating federal judges

B  determining the constitutionality of judicial acts

C  determining the Supreme Court’s docket

D  establishing the jurisdiction of the federal courts including the Supreme Court

A  secretary of commerce

B  chief of staff

C  Office of Management and Budget

D  secretary of the treasury

A  to assess budget proposals for Congress

B  to enact the president’s budget

C  to suggest programs that should be scaled back or curtailed because they use tax dollars inefficiently

D  to advise the president on economic policy

A  Vice presidents started to preside over the Senate.

B  Presidents are more likely to use their vice presidents as close policy advisers.

C  Presidents are more likely to select ideologically moderate vice presidents to expand their electoral appeal.

D  Vice presidents started taking the lead in the budgeting process.

A  commander in chief

B  chief executive

C  chief legislator

D  head of state

A  because the Constitution does not give the president any powers to influence public policy

B  because Congress cannot debate legislation without approval from the president

C  because the president has diminishing power over the course of his or her administration

D  because the Constitution establishes a system of shared powers

A  limits the president’s terms of office

B  requires the president to be at least 35 years old

C  requires that presidents be natural-born citizens

D  requires the president to be a resident of the United States

A  Speaker of the House

B  Senate majority leader

C  vice president of the United States

D  president of the United States