Chapter 13 Post Test

A  executive agreements.

B  vetoes.

C  legislative initiatives.

D  signing statements.

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  have dramatically limited the power of the president and made it easier for Congress to dominate the American political system.

D  are deeply unpopular with the public and have led to the declining trust in American government.

A  recess appointment.

B  executive order.

C  writ of mandamus.

D  writ of habeas corpus.

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  House and tried in the Senate, with the chief justice presiding and a two-thirds vote needed for conviction.

D  Senate and tried in the House, with the chief justice presiding and a two-thirds vote needed for conviction.

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.

A  must state the constitutional or statutory basis for their use of executive orders.

B  must secure preclearance from the federal judiciary for their use of executive orders.

C  must obtain a so-called consent decree from the Senate before they use executive orders.

D    

E  only make executive orders when dealing with foreign affairs.

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  ended entirely due to a series of Supreme Court decisions outlawing most forms of unilateral presidential action.

D  become routine instruments of presidential governance rather than emergency wartime measures.

A  Delegation

B  An executive agreement

C  Regulatory review

D  Administrative oversight

A  the presidency

B  Congress

C  the executive bureaucracy

D  the Supreme Court

A  White House staff often come from both parties, whereas members of the EOP usually come from the president’s party.

B  White House staff appointments are subject to confirmation by the Senate, whereas EOP appointments are not.

C  White House staff serve for at most one year, whereas EOP staff serve for as long as they wish.

D  White House staff usually provides advice that is more explicitly political than that coming from the EOP.

A  draw negative attention away from the president during times of crisis.

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  give the president an institutional link to Congress.

A  Eleanor Roosevelt

B  Dolley Madison

C  Laura Bush

D  Hillary Clinton

A  secretary of state

B  attorney general

C  Speaker of the House

D  Senate majority leader

A  White House staff.

B  Cabinet.

C  Department of the Interior.

D  Executive Office of the President.

A  15; senator

B  15; secretary

C  5; secretary

D  50; senator

A  cabinet secretaries

B  state governors who resign before their terms have expired

C  members of the House of Representatives who resign before their terms have expired

D  state Supreme Court justices

A  Congress can appropriate funds and veto executive actions.

B  Congress can appropriate funds and impeach members of the executive branch.

C  Congress can find executive branch actions unconstitutional and impeach members of the executive branch.

D  Congress can find executive branch actions unconstitutional and veto executive actions.

A  They are less likely to be found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

B  They require a lower threshold of congressional support in order to get passed.

C  They are more respected internationally.

D  They usually last longer and are also harder for future administrations to overturn.

A  implied; delegated

B  inherent; expressed

C  expressed; delegated

D  implied; inherent

A  delegated

B  expressed

C  inherent

D  implied

A  hold elections for an entirely new Congress regardless of whether congressional elections are scheduled.

B  add amendments to the Constitution without congressional or state government approval.

C  embargo trade, seize foreign assets, and prohibit transactions with whatever foreign nations are involved.

D  issue a formal declaration of war without congressional approval.

A  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.

B  implied powers can be traced to the powers expressed in the actual language of the Constitution, while inherent powers derive from national sovereignty.

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.

A  Use of the veto has remained constant across presidential administrations, and vetoes are frequently overridden.

B  Use of the veto varies considerably across presidential administrations, and vetoes are seldom overridden.

C  Use of the veto has remained constant across presidential administrations, and vetoes are seldom overridden.

D  Presidents have used the veto only twice in American history.

A  an executive order.

B  a delegated power.

C  executive privilege.

D  an expressed power.

A  The Constitution explicitly prohibits Congress from providing specific guidelines to executive agencies for implementing laws.

B  Starting around the time of the New Deal, Congress has tended to draft legislation that offers few clear guidelines for implementation by the executive.

C  Since around the time of the Civil War, Congress has tended to draft legislation that offers very specific guidelines for implementation by the executive.

D  Congress has never given executive agencies broad mandates and has always drafted legislation that offers very specific guidelines for implementation by the executive.

A  explicit powers.

B  usurped powers.

C  delegated powers.

D  inherent powers.

A  dual

B  totalitarian

C  unlimited

D  unitary

A  only given once every four years.

B  required by Congressional law.

C  based on tradition but was discontinued during the Great Depression and World War II.

D  mandated by the Constitution.

A  two-thirds of both houses of Congress

B  a unanimous vote of both houses of Congress

C  a majority of both houses of Congress

D  three-fourths of both houses of Congress

A  formal contract between the United States and a foreign state that is approved by a vote in the House of Representatives.

B  simple understanding between the president and a foreign state that is not submitted to Congress for approval.

C  formal contract negotiated by a state governor and the president that requires the Senate’s approval.

D  treaty negotiated by the Senate and a foreign state that requires the president’s approval.

A  statement by the Senate majority leader.

B  statement by the Speaker of the House.

C  simple majority vote in both houses.

D  simple majority vote in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

A  is willing to trade with people and companies working in that territory.

B  acknowledges the legitimacy of that country’s government.

C  will deploy military personnel within that country.

D  will impose economic sanctions on that country.

A  is constitutionally required to send exactly as many federal troops as the state government has requested.

B  can refuse to send federal troops with a majority vote of Congress.

C  can refuse to send federal troops at his or her discretion.

D  is constitutionally required to send some federal troops, but he or she can choose exactly how many will be sent.

A  expressed; implied

B  inherent; expressed

C  expressed; inherent

D  inherent; implied

A  Expressed

B  Delegated

C  Implied

D  Inherent

A  About half of all presidential orders end up being rescinded by congressional legislation.

B  Congress cannot rescind a presidential order.

C  Only a tiny percentage of presidential orders have ever been rescinded by congressional legislation.

D  Nearly 90% of all presidential orders end up being rescinded by congressional legislation.

A  Executive Office of the President; judiciary; executive orders

B  Government Accountability Office; judiciary; earmarks

C  Government Accountability Office; bureaucracy; earmarks

D  Executive Office of the President; bureaucracy; executive orders

A  without issuing a single executive order.

B  less popular than when he entered.

C  more popular than when he entered.

D  without issuing a single signing statement.

A  serve as Speaker of the House of Representatives.

B  represent the president overseas.

C  cast tie-breaking votes in the Senate.

D  run the day-to-day operations of the Executive Office of the President.

A  the Constitution requires that the president receive its approval for administrative rule changes and tax increases.

B  its personnel assist with overseeing regulatory proposals and preparing the national budget.

C  it is granted the authority under the Constitution to pass the federal budget.

D  it has the power to veto legislation passed by Congress that negatively impacts the federal budget.

A  head of government.

B  head of state.

C  commander in chief.

D  chief diplomat.

A  sets interest rates for the federal government.

B  negotiates foreign trade treaties on behalf of the federal government.

C  analyzes trends to help the president anticipate economic events.

D  regulates stock market transactions and enforces federal antitrust laws.

A  White House staff.

B  Department of State.

C  Cabinet.

D  Executive Council of Advisers.

A  be approved by the House but are responsible to the Senate and to Congress at large.

B  be approved by the Senate and are responsible to the Senate and to Congress at large.

C  be approved by the House and are not responsible to the Senate or to Congress at large.

D  be approved by the Senate but are not responsible to the Senate or to Congress at large.

A  White House staff

B  Presidential Advisory Committee

C  Executive Office of the President

D  Cabinet

A  appointing federal judges and ruling on the constitutionality of Congressional actions.

B  appointing federal judges and issuing pardons and amnesties.

C  signing treaties and issuing pardons and amnesties.

D  ruling on the constitutionality of congressional actions and signing treaties.

A  head of the bureaucracy.

B  head of the political party.

C  head of government.

D  head of state.

A  diplomatic

B  military

C  legislative

D  judicial

A  Congressional tax legislation is vague and the IRS receives all of its guidance from the president.

B  Congressional tax legislation is specific and detailed, leaving little to the discretion of IRS administrators.

C  Congressional tax legislation is vague and empowers the IRS to employ a great deal of “prosecutorial discretion.”

D  The IRS is an independent government agency and is not influenced by congressional tax legislation.

A  president needs congressional authorization to use troops in both domestic and international situations.

B  president may make unilateral use of the emergency powers to protect states against domestic disorder.

C  president requires the federal court’s approval before using troops in domestic disturbances.

D  use of the president’s emergency powers against domestic disorder necessitates a request by the governor of the state in question.

A  USA PATRIOT Act of 2001

B  Boland Amendment of 1982

C  War Powers Resolution of 1973

D  National Security Act of 1947

A  the unitary executive.

B  pluralism.

C  absolutism.

D  elite pluralism.

A  has never exceeded two.

B  has been relatively constant throughout American history.

C  is typically higher when Congress is controlled by the opposite party.

D  is typically lower when Congress is controlled by the opposite party.

A  presidential immunity

B  expressed powers

C  executive privilege

D  the Fifth Amendment

A  do not have to be approved by two-thirds vote of the Senate.

B  must be approved by the U.S. Supreme Court but not by Congress.

C  do not have to be approved by two-thirds vote of the House.

D  are generally formulated at meetings of the United Nations.

A  diplomacy

B  executive agreements

C  executive immunity

D  international protocols

A  the War Powers Act

B  the elastic clause

C  presidential emergency power

D  the national guard

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.

A  Congress.

B  the Supreme Court.

C  the Constitution.

D  the president’s party.

A  II

B  I

C  V

D  III