Chapter 13 Post Test

A  legislative initiatives.

B  vetoes.

C  executive agreements.

D  signing statements.

A  make it very difficult for challengers to defeat incumbent presidents in elections.

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

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

D  have given presidents capacity to achieve policy results despite congressional opposition to their legislative agendas.

A  recess appointment.

B  writ of habeas corpus.

C  executive order.

D  writ of mandamus.

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

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

C  House and tried in the Senate, with the chief justice presiding and a 50% plus one vote needed for conviction.

D  Senate and tried in the House, with the chief justice presiding and a 50% plus one vote needed for conviction.

A  the president is required to make any time he or she issues an executive order.

B  made by a presidential candidate when formally accepting his or her party’s nomination.

C  the president makes about his or her interpretation of a congressional enactment he or she is signing into law.

D  made by the president and the leader of a foreign country immediately following an executive agreement.

A  only make executive orders when dealing with foreign affairs.

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

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

D    

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

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

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

C  become increasingly rare due to the Congress imposing limits on them.

D  become focused almost exclusively on emergency wartime measures rather than on domestic policy matters.

A  Administrative oversight

B  Regulatory review

C  Delegation

D  An executive agreement

A  the executive bureaucracy

B  Congress

C  the presidency

D  the Supreme Court

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

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

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

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

A  promote bipartisanship with members of the opposing political party through negotiations.

B  give the president an institutional link to Congress.

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.

A  Hillary Clinton

B  Laura Bush

C  Dolley Madison

D  Eleanor Roosevelt

A  Speaker of the House

B  Senate majority leader

C  attorney general

D  secretary of state

A  Department of the Interior.

B  White House staff.

C  Cabinet.

D  Executive Office of the President.

A  15; senator

B  50; senator

C  15; secretary

D  5; secretary

A  cabinet secretaries

B  state Supreme Court justices

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

D  state governors who resign before their terms have expired

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

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 veto executive actions.

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

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

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

D  They are more respected internationally.

A  implied; delegated

B  inherent; expressed

C  implied; inherent

D  expressed; delegated

A  implied

B  inherent

C  delegated

D  expressed

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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

A  a delegated power.

B  executive privilege.

C  an executive order.

D  an expressed power.

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

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

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

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

A  usurped powers.

B  explicit powers.

C  delegated powers.

D  inherent powers.

A  dual

B  totalitarian

C  unlimited

D  unitary

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

B  required by Congressional law.

C  only given once every four years.

D  mandated by the Constitution.

A  a unanimous vote of both houses of Congress

B  two-thirds of both houses of Congress

C  three-fourths of both houses of Congress

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

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

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

A  simple majority vote in both houses.

B  statement by the Senate majority leader.

C  simple majority vote in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

D  statement by the Speaker of the House.

A  acknowledges the legitimacy of that country’s government.

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

C  will deploy military personnel within that country.

D  will impose economic sanctions on that country.

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

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

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

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

A  inherent; expressed

B  inherent; implied

C  expressed; inherent

D  expressed; implied

A  Implied

B  Inherent

C  Expressed

D  Delegated

A  Congress cannot rescind a presidential order.

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

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

B  cast tie-breaking votes in the Senate.

C  serve as Speaker of the House of Representatives.

D  represent the president overseas.

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

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

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

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

A  chief diplomat.

B  head of state.

C  head of government.

D  commander in chief.

A  analyzes trends to help the president anticipate economic events.

B  sets interest rates for the federal government.

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

D  regulates stock market transactions and enforces federal antitrust laws.

A  Cabinet.

B  Department of State.

C  White House staff.

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 Senate but are not responsible to the Senate or to Congress at large.

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

A  Cabinet

B  Executive Office of the President

C  Presidential Advisory Committee

D  White House staff

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

B  signing treaties and issuing pardons and amnesties.

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

D  appointing federal judges and issuing pardons and amnesties.

A  head of the bureaucracy.

B  head of government.

C  head of state.

D  head of the political party.

A  military

B  diplomatic

C  judicial

D  legislative

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

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

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.

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

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

A  National Security Act of 1947

B  Boland Amendment of 1982

C  USA PATRIOT Act of 2001

D  War Powers Resolution of 1973

A  pluralism.

B  the unitary executive.

C  elite pluralism.

D  absolutism.

A  has been relatively constant throughout American history.

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

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

D  has never exceeded two.

A  the Fifth Amendment

B  expressed powers

C  executive privilege

D  presidential immunity

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

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

A  executive agreements

B  diplomacy

C  executive immunity

D  international protocols

A  the elastic clause

B  the War Powers Act

C  presidential emergency power

D  the national guard

A  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.

B  strictly prohibiting presidents from ever deploying federal troops within the United States.

C  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.

D  stating that a state government must request federal troops before the president can deploy them within that state to provide public order.

A  Congress.

B  the Constitution.

C  the Supreme Court.

D  the president’s party.

A  V

B  I

C  III

D  II