Quiz 4 Chapters 7, 8, 11, and 12

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

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

C  only a symbolic leader of the military.

D  not responsible for military decisions.

E  the ultimate decision maker in military matters.

A  oversee actions of state governments.

B  honor pronouncements of the United Nations.

C  inform Congress prior to any military action.

D  enforce laws, treaties, and court orders.

E  submit a balanced budget to Congress.

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

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

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

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

E  none of the above

A  White, male Protestants

B  Primarily Catholics and Jews

C  California natives

D  Military commanders from the South

E  Older and from western states

A  forty years.

B  twenty-five years.

C  forty-five years.

D  thirty years.

E  thirty-five years.

A  senator designate selected by the president.

B  speaker of the Senate.

C  president pro tempore of the Senate.

D  Senate majority leader.

E  president of the Senate.

A  Speaker of the House.

B  majority leader.

C  president pro tempore.

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

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

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

E  normally a bipartisan exercise.

A  presenting oneself as being informed and experienced.

B  personal appearances with constituents.

C  using the mass media.

D  changing one’s political party.

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

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

B  a technique that is unique to the House.

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

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

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

A  broad grants of power given to the executive branch.

B  part of the elastic clause in the Constitution.

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

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

E  powers that allow the president to take quick action.

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

B  reviews the actions of subcommittees.

C  passes legislation.

D  supervises the activity of the judicial branch.

E  chooses its leadership.

A  representing the broad interests of the entire society.

B  representing other members of Congress.

C  supporting his or her political party.

D  supporting the president on all of his legislative programs.

E  primarily representing the wishes of his or her constituents.

A  lawmaking.

B  using the impeachment power.

C  judging whether laws are constitutional.

D  investigating other branches of government through oversight.

E  enforcing laws.

A  members.

B  constituents.

C  delegates.

D  representatives.

E  trustees.

A  An elevated sense of personal confidence

B  A higher sense of political efficacy

C  Thematic framing

D  Episodic framing

A  has been expanded since the writing of the Constitution.

B  has not been extended to those without property.

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

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

E  can never be taken away.

A  People under the age of sixty-five

B  Hispanics

C  Wealthier people

D  The poor and homeless

E  Very young voters aged eighteen to twenty-four

A  changes every four years.

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

C  cannot exceed fifty members.

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

E  cannot be changed without a Constitutional amendment.

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

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

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

D  the presidential candidate is chosen by the party delegates.

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

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

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

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

D  candidates from both parties are on the same ballot.

E  party leaders meet to choose the candidates.

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

B  Corporations make contributions directly to candidates for political office.

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

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

A  were banned in 2002.

B  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. 

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

D  can only be employed by political parties.

E  must be coordinated with a candidate’s campaign.

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

B  there is a connection between money and elections.

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

D  all of the above.

A  evenly divided between men and women.

B  representative of the general public.

C  Roman Catholics.

D  white and male.

E  younger than the candidates elected in the 1800s.