Chapter 12 Exam

A  declaring war

B  receiving foreign ambassadors

C  granting pardons

D  making treaties

A  help set the president’s agenda

B  mentor the president

C  placate a symbolic constituency

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 president’s powers to negotiate treaties

C  presidential and vice presidential succession and disability

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  in times of relative peace and prosperity

B  when they oppose the president’s agenda

C  in times of economic crisis

D  during presidential election years

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

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

C  Rally events make presidents more politically cautious.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

D  Modern presidents have considerably less power as leaders of their political parties 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  Executive Office of the President

B  Office of Administration

C  White House staff

D  the cabinet

A  approval ratings

B  debts and deficits

C  levels of executive privilege

D  campaign spending

A  approval rating

B  executive order

C  electoral mandate

D  executive agreement

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

B  nominating federal judges

C  determining the Supreme Court’s docket

D  determining the constitutionality of judicial acts

A  secretary of the treasury

B  secretary of commerce

C  chief of staff

D  Office of Management and Budget

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 enact the president’s budget

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  head of state

B  commander in chief

C  chief legislator

D  chief executive

A  because Congress cannot debate legislation without approval from the president

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

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

D  because the Constitution establishes a system of shared powers

A  limits the president’s terms of office

B  requires that presidents be natural-born citizens

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

D  requires the president to be at least 35 years old

A  vice president of the United States

B  president of the United States

C  Speaker of the House

D  Senate majority leader