Chapter 12 Exam

A  declaring war

B  granting pardons

C  receiving foreign ambassadors

D  making treaties

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

B  mentor the president

C  help set the president’s agenda

D  placate a symbolic constituency

A  the president’s powers to negotiate treaties

B  presidential powers to conduct war

C  the Electoral College

D  presidential and vice presidential succession and disability

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

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 composed of advisers who do whatever is in the best interest of the president.

A  during presidential election years

B  in times of economic crisis

C  in times of relative peace and prosperity

D  when they oppose the president’s agenda

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

B  to keep the president and first family secure

C  to administer the armed forces

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

A  Executive Office of the President

B  White House staff

C  Office of Administration

D  the cabinet

A  debts and deficits

B  levels of executive privilege

C  campaign spending

D  approval ratings

A  executive order

B  executive agreement

C  electoral mandate

D  approval rating

A  determining the constitutionality of judicial acts

B  nominating federal judges

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

D  determining the Supreme Court’s docket

A  chief of staff

B  Office of Management and Budget

C  secretary of the treasury

D  secretary of commerce

A  to assess budget proposals for Congress

B  to advise the president on economic policy

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

D  to enact the president’s budget

A  Vice presidents started to preside over the Senate.

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

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

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

A  commander in chief

B  head of state

C  chief legislator

D  chief executive

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

B  because the Constitution establishes a system of shared powers

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

D  because Congress cannot debate legislation without approval from the president

A  requires that presidents be natural-born citizens

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

C  limits the president’s terms of office

D  requires the president to be at least 35 years old

A  vice president of the United States

B  Senate majority leader

C  Speaker of the House

D  president of the United States