Quiz 4 Chapters 7, 8, 11, and 12

A  only a symbolic leader of the military.

B  obligated to sit on the Board of Regents for the military, naval, and air force academies.

C  not responsible for military decisions.

D  allowed to make military decisions, but only with the approval of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

E  the ultimate decision maker in military matters.

A  enforce laws, treaties, and court orders.

B  inform Congress prior to any military action.

C  honor pronouncements of the United Nations.

D  submit a balanced budget to Congress.

E  oversee actions of state governments.

A  current president serves two more years and another general election is held.

B  election is decided in the House of Representatives via state delegations.

C  candidate who receives a plurality of the popular vote is elected.

D  electors cast a second ballot to determine who will be elected.

E  none of the above

A  Primarily Catholics and Jews

B  Military commanders from the South

C  California natives

D  Older and from western states

E  White, male Protestants

A  forty years.

B  twenty-five years.

C  thirty years.

D  thirty-five years.

E  forty-five years.

A  speaker of the Senate.

B  senator designate selected by the president.

C  president of the Senate.

D  Senate majority leader.

E  president pro tempore of the Senate.

A  Speaker of the House.

B  president pro tempore.

C  majority leader.

D  president of the House.

E  chief whip.

A  the process by which seats in the House are distributed among the fifty states based on population data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

B  the redrawing of district boundaries within each state to ensure equal district populations.

C  altering a legislative formula that apportions spending among the states.

D  normally a bipartisan exercise.

E  a court order to hold new elections because of voting irregularities.

A  changing one’s political party.

B  using the mass media.

C  personal appearances with constituents.

D  pointing to things the candidate has done while in office.

E  presenting oneself as being informed and experienced.

A  a method used by the Speaker of the House to promote the majority party’s legislation.

B  an attempt to prevent the passage of a bill through the use of unlimited debate.

C  used in the House to force a standing committee to release a bill.

D  an attempt to persuade others to vote for a particular bill in return for a favor at a later date.

E  a technique that is unique to the House.

A  broad grants of power given to the executive branch.

B  part of the elastic clause in the Constitution.

C  powers that are specifically given to Congress in the Constitution.

D  powers that allow the president to take quick action.

E  decisions of the Supreme Court concerning the powers of Congress.

A  passes legislation.

B  reviews and monitors other bodies such as the executive branch.

C  reviews the actions of subcommittees.

D  supervises the activity of the judicial branch.

E  chooses its leadership.

A  supporting the president on all of his legislative programs.

B  representing the broad interests of the entire society.

C  supporting his or her political party.

D  representing other members of Congress.

E  primarily representing the wishes of his or her constituents.

A  enforcing laws.

B  judging whether laws are constitutional.

C  lawmaking.

D  using the impeachment power.

E  investigating other branches of government through oversight.

A  representatives.

B  delegates.

C  constituents.

D  trustees.

E  members.

A  Episodic framing

B  An elevated sense of personal confidence

C  A higher sense of political efficacy

D  Thematic framing

A  is taken away if one doesn’t vote in five elections.

B  has been expanded since the writing of the Constitution.

C  has not been extended to those without property.

D  has been given to aliens as long as they are registered to vote.

E  can never be taken away.

A  The poor and homeless

B  Very young voters aged eighteen to twenty-four

C  Hispanics

D  Wealthier people

E  People under the age of sixty-five

A  is the same so as to ensure that each state plays an equal role in selecting the president of the United States.

B  cannot be changed without a Constitutional amendment.

C  changes every four years.

D  cannot exceed fifty members.

E  is determined by adding the number of representatives and the number of senators a state has in Congress.

A  the delegates from those states that had early primaries and caucuses are seated closest to the front of the convention center.

B  it usually take three ballots for the party to choose the presidential candidate.

C  elites within the political parties are entrusted with making the determination of an appropriate candidate based upon electability.

D  most delegates arrive undecided as to who they would like to see as the party’s candidate.

E  the presidential candidate is chosen by the party delegates.

A  people can vote in the primary even if they are independents.

B  all people can vote for either party’s candidates.

C  candidates from both parties are on the same ballot.

D  only members of the political party selecting nominees may vote.

E  party leaders meet to choose the candidates.

A  The amount of PAC money spent on elections has lessened in recent years.

B  The Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission led to strict spending limits on corporations.

C  Corporations make contributions directly to candidates for political office.

D  Interest groups funnel PAC money to candidates they think can do the most good for them.

A  were less important in the 2012 elections than in previous election years.

B  were banned in 2002.

C  must be coordinated with a candidate’s campaign.

D  can only be employed by political parties.

E  are unregulated funds that may be spent on advertising or other campaign activities so long as those expenditures are not coordinated with any candidate’s campaign operations. 

A  there is a connection between money and elections.

B  the total spending in the 2012 Presidential election cycle was less than $100 million.

C  candidates spend more money running for the House of Representatives than the Senate.

D  all of the above.

A  white and male.

B  evenly divided between men and women.

C  younger than the candidates elected in the 1800s.

D  representative of the general public.

E  Roman Catholics.