Chapter 12 Exam

A  granting pardons

B  making treaties

C  declaring war

D  receiving foreign ambassadors

A  mentor the president

B  placate a symbolic constituency

C  help set the president’s agenda

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

A  presidential powers to conduct war

B  the Electoral College

C  the president’s powers to negotiate treaties

D  presidential and vice presidential succession and disability

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

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

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  in times of economic crisis

B  during presidential election years

C  in times of relative peace and prosperity

D  when they oppose the president’s agenda

A  Rally events make presidents more politically cautious.

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

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

B  Modern presidents have considerably less power as leaders of their political parties 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 keep the president and first family secure

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

C  to administer the armed forces

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

A  Office of Administration

B  the cabinet

C  Executive Office of the President

D  White House staff

A  levels of executive privilege

B  debts and deficits

C  approval ratings

D  campaign spending

A  electoral mandate

B  executive agreement

C  approval rating

D  executive order

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

B  determining the constitutionality of judicial acts

C  nominating federal judges

D  determining the Supreme Court’s docket

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  Vice presidents started taking the lead in the budgeting process.

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

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

A  chief legislator

B  chief executive

C  head of state

D  commander in chief

A  because Congress cannot debate legislation without approval from the president

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

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  requires the president to be a resident of the United States

B  requires the president to be at least 35 years old

C  limits the president’s terms of office

D  requires that presidents be natural-born citizens

A  president of the United States

B  vice president of the United States

C  Senate majority leader

D  Speaker of the House