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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A vetoes.
B signing statements.
C legislative initiatives.
D executive agreements.
Question #2
A make it very difficult for challengers to defeat incumbent presidents in elections.
B have given presidents capacity to achieve policy results despite congressional opposition to their legislative agendas.
C are deeply unpopular with the public and have led to the declining trust in American government.
D have dramatically limited the power of the president and made it easier for Congress to dominate the American political system.
Question #3
A executive order.
B writ of habeas corpus.
C writ of mandamus.
D recess appointment.
Question #4
A House and tried in the Senate, with the chief justice presiding and a 50% plus one vote needed for conviction.
B Senate and tried in the House, with the chief justice presiding and a 50% plus one vote needed for conviction.
C Senate and tried in the House, with the chief justice presiding and a two-thirds vote needed for conviction.
D House and tried in the Senate, with the chief justice presiding and a two-thirds vote needed for conviction.
Question #5
A made by a presidential candidate when formally accepting his or her party’s nomination.
B made by the president and the leader of a foreign country immediately following an executive agreement.
C the president makes about his or her interpretation of a congressional enactment he or she is signing into law.
D the president is required to make any time he or she issues an executive order.
Question #6
A must obtain a so-called consent decree from the Senate before they use executive orders.
B must secure preclearance from the federal judiciary for their use of executive orders.
C only make executive orders when dealing with foreign affairs.
D must state the constitutional or statutory basis for their use of executive orders.
E
Question #7
A become increasingly rare due to the Congress imposing limits on them.
B become focused almost exclusively on emergency wartime measures rather than on domestic policy matters.
C become routine instruments of presidential governance rather than emergency wartime measures.
D ended entirely due to a series of Supreme Court decisions outlawing most forms of unilateral presidential action.
Question #8
A Delegation
B Administrative oversight
C An executive agreement
D Regulatory review
Question #9
A the presidency
B the executive bureaucracy
C Congress
D the Supreme Court
Question #10
A White House staff usually provides advice that is more explicitly political than that coming from the EOP.
B White House staff serve for at most one year, whereas EOP staff serve for as long as they wish.
C White House staff appointments are subject to confirmation by the Senate, whereas EOP appointments are not.
D White House staff often come from both parties, whereas members of the EOP usually come from the president’s party.
Question #11
A give the president an institutional link to Congress.
B promote bipartisanship with members of the opposing political party through negotiations.
C bring the president votes in the election that he or she might otherwise not win.
D draw negative attention away from the president during times of crisis.
Question #12
A Dolley Madison
B Hillary Clinton
C Laura Bush
D Eleanor Roosevelt
Question #13
A Speaker of the House
B attorney general
C secretary of state
D Senate majority leader
Question #14
A Department of the Interior.
B White House staff.
C Executive Office of the President.
D Cabinet.
Question #15
A 5; secretary
B 50; senator
C 15; senator
D 15; secretary
Question #16
A cabinet secretaries
B state governors who resign before their terms have expired
C state Supreme Court justices
D members of the House of Representatives who resign before their terms have expired
Question #17
A Congress can find executive branch actions unconstitutional and veto executive actions.
B Congress can appropriate funds and veto executive actions.
C Congress can appropriate funds and impeach members of the executive branch.
D Congress can find executive branch actions unconstitutional and impeach members of the executive branch.
Question #18
A They usually last longer and are also harder for future administrations to overturn.
B They are less likely to be found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
C They are more respected internationally.
D They require a lower threshold of congressional support in order to get passed.
Question #19
A implied; inherent
B expressed; delegated
C inherent; expressed
D implied; delegated
Question #20
A expressed
B inherent
C delegated
D implied
Question #21
A hold elections for an entirely new Congress regardless of whether congressional elections are scheduled.
B issue a formal declaration of war without congressional approval.
C embargo trade, seize foreign assets, and prohibit transactions with whatever foreign nations are involved.
D add amendments to the Constitution without congressional or state government approval.
Question #22
A implied powers can be traced to the powers expressed in the actual language of the Constitution, while inherent powers derive from national sovereignty.
B implied powers can be traced to the powers expressed in the actual language of the Constitution, while inherent powers derive from congressional laws and Supreme Court decisions.
C inherent powers can be traced to the powers expressed in the actual language of the Constitution, while implied powers derive from congressional laws and Supreme Court decisions.
D inherent powers can be traced to the powers expressed in the actual language of the Constitution, while implied powers derive from national sovereignty.
Question #23
A Use of the veto has remained constant across presidential administrations, and vetoes are seldom overridden.
B Use of the veto has remained constant across presidential administrations, and vetoes are frequently overridden.
C Use of the veto varies considerably across presidential administrations, and vetoes are seldom overridden.
D Presidents have used the veto only twice in American history.
Question #24
A an expressed power.
B a delegated power.
C executive privilege.
D an executive order.
Question #25
A Since around the time of the Civil War, Congress has tended to draft legislation that offers very specific guidelines for implementation by the executive.
B Congress has never given executive agencies broad mandates and has always drafted legislation that offers very specific guidelines for implementation by the executive.
C The Constitution explicitly prohibits Congress from providing specific guidelines to executive agencies for implementing laws.
D Starting around the time of the New Deal, Congress has tended to draft legislation that offers few clear guidelines for implementation by the executive.
Question #26
A explicit powers.
B inherent powers.
C delegated powers.
D usurped powers.
Question #27
A unitary
B unlimited
C dual
D totalitarian
Question #28
A required by Congressional law.
B mandated by the Constitution.
C based on tradition but was discontinued during the Great Depression and World War II.
D only given once every four years.
Question #29
A two-thirds of both houses of Congress
B three-fourths of both houses of Congress
C a majority of both houses of Congress
D a unanimous vote of both houses of Congress
Question #30
A treaty negotiated by the Senate and a foreign state that requires the president’s approval.
B formal contract negotiated by a state governor and the president that requires the Senate’s approval.
C formal contract between the United States and a foreign state that is approved by a vote in the House of Representatives.
D simple understanding between the president and a foreign state that is not submitted to Congress for approval.
Question #31
A simple majority vote in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
B simple majority vote in both houses.
C statement by the Speaker of the House.
D statement by the Senate majority leader.
Question #32
A acknowledges the legitimacy of that country’s government.
B will deploy military personnel within that country.
C is willing to trade with people and companies working in that territory.
D will impose economic sanctions on that country.
Question #33
A can refuse to send federal troops at his or her discretion.
B can refuse to send federal troops with a majority vote of Congress.
C is constitutionally required to send exactly as many federal troops as the state government has requested.
D is constitutionally required to send some federal troops, but he or she can choose exactly how many will be sent.
Question #34
A inherent; expressed
B expressed; implied
C inherent; implied
D expressed; inherent
Question #35
A Expressed
B Inherent
C Implied
D Delegated
Question #36
A About half of all presidential orders end up being rescinded by congressional legislation.
B Only a tiny percentage of presidential orders have ever been rescinded by congressional legislation.
C Congress cannot rescind a presidential order.
D Nearly 90% of all presidential orders end up being rescinded by congressional legislation.
Question #37
A Government Accountability Office; judiciary; earmarks
B Executive Office of the President; judiciary; executive orders
C Government Accountability Office; bureaucracy; earmarks
D Executive Office of the President; bureaucracy; executive orders
Question #38
A less popular than when he entered.
B more popular than when he entered.
C without issuing a single executive order.
D without issuing a single signing statement.
Question #39
A serve as Speaker of the House of Representatives.
B represent the president overseas.
C run the day-to-day operations of the Executive Office of the President.
D cast tie-breaking votes in the Senate.
Question #40
A it is granted the authority under the Constitution to pass the federal budget.
B the Constitution requires that the president receive its approval for administrative rule changes and tax increases.
C it has the power to veto legislation passed by Congress that negatively impacts the federal budget.
D its personnel assist with overseeing regulatory proposals and preparing the national budget.
Question #41
A chief diplomat.
B commander in chief.
C head of government.
D head of state.
Question #42
A negotiates foreign trade treaties on behalf of the federal government.
B regulates stock market transactions and enforces federal antitrust laws.
C sets interest rates for the federal government.
D analyzes trends to help the president anticipate economic events.
Question #43
A Department of State.
B Executive Council of Advisers.
C White House staff.
D Cabinet.
Question #44
A be approved by the House but are responsible to the Senate and to Congress at large.
B be approved by the Senate but are not responsible to the Senate or to Congress at large.
C be approved by the Senate and are responsible to the Senate and to Congress at large.
D be approved by the House and are not responsible to the Senate or to Congress at large.
Question #45
A Presidential Advisory Committee
B Executive Office of the President
C Cabinet
D White House staff
Question #46
A signing treaties and issuing pardons and amnesties.
B appointing federal judges and ruling on the constitutionality of Congressional actions.
C ruling on the constitutionality of congressional actions and signing treaties.
D appointing federal judges and issuing pardons and amnesties.
Question #47
A head of the political party.
B head of the bureaucracy.
C head of state.
D head of government.
Question #48
A legislative
B military
C diplomatic
D judicial
Question #49
A Congressional tax legislation is vague and empowers the IRS to employ a great deal of “prosecutorial discretion.”
B Congressional tax legislation is vague and the IRS receives all of its guidance from the president.
C Congressional tax legislation is specific and detailed, leaving little to the discretion of IRS administrators.
D The IRS is an independent government agency and is not influenced by congressional tax legislation.
Question #50
A president may make unilateral use of the emergency powers to protect states against domestic disorder.
B use of the president’s emergency powers against domestic disorder necessitates a request by the governor of the state in question.
C president requires the federal court’s approval before using troops in domestic disturbances.
D president needs congressional authorization to use troops in both domestic and international situations.
Question #51
A National Security Act of 1947
B USA PATRIOT Act of 2001
C Boland Amendment of 1982
D War Powers Resolution of 1973
Question #52
A elite pluralism.
B the unitary executive.
C absolutism.
D pluralism.
Question #53
A has been relatively constant throughout American history.
B has never exceeded two.
C is typically higher when Congress is controlled by the opposite party.
D is typically lower when Congress is controlled by the opposite party.
Question #54
A presidential immunity
B expressed powers
C the Fifth Amendment
D executive privilege
Question #55
A must be approved by the U.S. Supreme Court but not by Congress.
B are generally formulated at meetings of the United Nations.
C do not have to be approved by two-thirds vote of the House.
D do not have to be approved by two-thirds vote of the Senate.
Question #56
A diplomacy
B executive immunity
C executive agreements
D international protocols
Question #57
A the national guard
B the elastic clause
C presidential emergency power
D the War Powers Act
Question #58
A requiring a majority of both the House and the Senate to vote in favor of any presidential order to deploy federal troops within the United States.
B strictly prohibiting presidents from ever deploying federal troops within the United States.
C stating that a state government must request federal troops before the president can deploy them within that state to provide public order.
D requiring two-thirds of both the House and the Senate to vote in favor of any presidential order to deploy federal troops within the United States.
Question #59
A the president’s party.
B Congress.
C the Constitution.
D the Supreme Court.
Question #60
A III
B II
C V
D I