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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A the redrawing of district boundaries within each state.
B a budget procedure used in the House.
C a court order to hold new elections because of voting irregularities.
D altering a legislative formula that apportions spending among the states.
E the allocation of seats in the House to each state after each census.
Question #2
A minority leader
B minority whip
C majority whip
D majority leader
E president pro tempore
Question #3
A passing information down from the leadership to party members and ensuring that members cast their votes on important issues.
B gathering research information.
C attempting to convince the general public that congresspersons should vote the party line.
D pressuring them to take positions popular among the party rank-and-file.
E voting to support the party platform at the national convention.
Question #4
A the most important foreign policy powers of Congress.
B powers reserved for the president.
C the most important domestic powers of Congress.
D powers that have only recently been granted to Congress.
E powers reserved exclusively for the states.
Question #5
A the fourth person in line to succeed the president.
B the leader of the majority party in the Senate.
C always a member of the majority party in the Senate.
D the vice president of the United States.
E the senator with the most seniority, regardless of party.
Question #6
A when members of Congress attach amendments to bills.
B an arrangement in which members of Congress agree in advance to support each others’ bills.
C the process of putting together a budget.
D when members of Congress undermine the personal credibility of their opponents.
E when members of Congress use unlimited debate as a delaying tactic to block a bill.
Question #7
A has provided the basis for an expanded role of the national government.
B has greatly expanded the presidential powers.
C was in the original Constitution, but was eliminated as a consequence of the Twenty-Seventh Amendment.
D has served to limit the expansion of national authority.
E is located in the Constitution in the text of the Tenth Amendment.
Question #8
A businesspersons.
B lawyers.
C lobbyists.
D clergy.
E educators.
Question #9
A write a compromise bill, if the House and Senate bills contain different provisions.
B set the rules of debate for a bill.
C determine the committee path of a bill.
D originate appropriations bills.
E override a presidential veto.
Question #10
A Senator designate selected by the president.
B President of the Senate.
C President pro tempore of the Senate.
D Senate majority and minority leaders and their respective whips.
E the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Question #11
A the resolution that adjourns Congress.
B closed meetings held by both parties to elect their leadership or resolve other important issues.
C action taken by the House Rules Committee that must be approved by the Speaker.
D a process that shuts off discussion on a bill in the Senate.
E a method used to defeat legislation in Congress.
Question #12
A committees that handle issues that the most important committees in Congress do not consider.
B committees that reconcile differences in an action.
C committees that work with counterparts in the other house of Congress.
D permanent bodies that are established by the rules of each chamber and that continue from session to session.
E committees inside committees, which handle tasks that the main committee has no time for.
Question #13
A when the President supervises the activity of the judicial branch.
B the time of the year that Congress chooses its leadership.
C the process by which Congress follows up on the laws it has enacted.
D when Congress passes legislation.
E the process by which Congress reviews the actions of subcommittees.
Question #14
A done when the president signs it.
B performed on the floor of the House of Representatives.
C done in the Rules Committee of the Senate.
D performed by the committees and subcommittees within Congress.
E performed by interest groups and then acted on by Congress.
Question #15
A powers that are specifically granted to the national government by the Constitution.
B powers that allow the president to do whatever he likes, as long as it carries out the Constitution.
C powers that the executive branch has.
D spelled out in the Necessary and Proper Clause of the Constitution.
E Supreme Court decisions.
Question #16
A use its oversight power.
B impeach high government officials.
C decide whether or not laws are constitutional.
D enforce the laws.
E make laws.
Question #17
A rider.
B earmark.
C backdoor clause.
D amendment.
E unfunded mandate.
Question #18
A supporting his or her political party.
B supporting the president on all of his legislative programs.
C representing other members of Congress.
D mirroring the views of the majority of the constituents who elected him or her.
E acting according to the broad interests of the entire society.
Question #19
A supporting the president on all of his or her legislative programs.
B representing other members of Congress.
C acting according to the broad interests of the entire society.
D supporting his or her political party.
E mirroring the views of the majority of the constituents who elected him or her.
Question #20
A the use of unlimited debate as a delaying tactic to block a bill.
B used in the House to force a standing committee to release a bill.
C a method used by the Speaker of the House to promote the majority party’s legislation.
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