Chapter 12 Exam

A  receiving foreign ambassadors

B  making treaties

C  granting pardons

D  declaring war

A  placate a symbolic constituency

B  help set the president’s agenda

C  mentor the president

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

A  the president’s powers to negotiate treaties

B  presidential and vice presidential succession and disability

C  presidential powers to conduct war

D  the Electoral College

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

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

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

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

A  during presidential election years

B  in times of economic crisis

C  when they oppose the president’s agenda

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

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

D  Rally events make presidents more politically cautious.

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

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

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

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

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

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

A  to keep the president and first family secure

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

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

D  to administer the armed forces

A  Executive Office of the President

B  Office of Administration

C  White House staff

D  the cabinet

A  approval ratings

B  levels of executive privilege

C  campaign spending

D  debts and deficits

A  executive order

B  approval rating

C  executive agreement

D  electoral mandate

A  determining the Supreme Court’s docket

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

C  determining the constitutionality of judicial acts

D  nominating federal judges

A  Office of Management and Budget

B  secretary of the treasury

C  secretary of commerce

D  chief of staff

A  to assess budget proposals for Congress

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

C  to advise the president on economic policy

D  to enact the president’s budget

A  Vice presidents started to preside over the Senate.

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

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

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

A  chief legislator

B  commander in chief

C  head of state

D  chief executive

A  because the Constitution establishes a system of shared powers

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

C  because Congress cannot debate legislation without approval from the president

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

A  requires the president to be at least 35 years old

B  limits the president’s terms of office

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

D  requires that presidents be natural-born citizens

A  Senate majority leader

B  vice president of the United States

C  Speaker of the House

D  president of the United States