Module 11 Quiz

A  Agenda setting and lawmaking

B  Constituency service and budget approval

C  Budget approval and policymaking

D  Policymaking and agenda setting

E  Representation and lawmaking

A  districts are often drawn to benefit partisan groups

B  states have been known to create more districts than they have been apportioned

C  states can gain but never lose districts

D  districts must include urban and rural areas

A  broad discussion of policy issues

B  less media coverage than House races

C  narrow discussion of specific policy issues

D  less money than House races

A  the filibuster

B  committees

C  the budget process

D  the actions of the leadership

A  legislate in a way that carefully considered the circumstances and issue so as to reach a solution that is best for everyone

B  legislate in the way he or she believed constituents wanted, regardless of the anticipated outcome

C    

D  legislate in a way that is best for the nation regardless of the costs for the constituents

E  legislate in the way that he or she thinks is best for the constituents

A  The two houses convene in joint session for all impeachment votes.

B  The Senate impeaches and the House removes the president from office.

C  Representatives of the media are prohibited from entering the legislature’s chambers.

D  Either chamber can impeach, but then the Supreme Court must decide if the president is to be removed from office.

E  The House impeaches and the Senate removes the president from office.

A  Franking

B  Gerrymandering

C  Reapportionment

D  Malapportionment

E  Redistricting

A  Franking

B  Malapportionment

C  Reapportionment

D  Redistricting

E  Gerrymandering

A  neglected

B  tabled

C  vetoed

D  amended

A  the local constituents want action on national issues

B  the local constituents tend to care about things that affect them

C  the local candidate will always win

D  the act of campaigning always occurs at the local level where constituents are