Question 1

The powers of Congress have declined dramatically in which of the following areas during the last 50 years?

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A)   national defense and the federal budget
B)   health care and education
C)   law enforcement and oversight
D)   national defense and environmental protection

Question 2

The Cabinet

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A)   has no legal status under the Constitution.
B)   does not meet as a group, except during the State of the Union address.
C)   secretaries do not have to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
D)   has no responsibility to Congress.

Question 3

Which of the following statements about signing statements is most accurate?

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A)   The Constitution requires that the president explain his or her interpretation of every law he or she signs by issuing a signing statement.
B)   Although signing statements were commonly used prior to 1900, no modern president has issued them when signing a piece of legislation into law.
C)   Signing statements never instruct executive agencies whether to implement sections of a new law and never interpret ambiguous provisions of the law.
D)   While presidents have made signing statements throughout American history, they have only recently been recorded and made part of the official legislative record.

Question 4

The Environmental Protection Agency

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A)   was created by President Richard Nixon's executive order in 1970.
B)   is responsible for establishing and enforcing air and water quality standards.
C)   is an agency of the executive bureaucracy.
D)   All of these are correct.

Question 5

The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 happened as a result of a(n)

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A)   executive order.
B)   signing statement.
C)   negotiated treaty.
D)   presidential pardon.

Question 6

A pocket veto is a

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A)   presidential veto that is automatically triggered if the president does not act on a given piece of legislation passed during the final 30 days of a legislative session.
B)   presidential veto that is automatically triggered if the president does not act on a given piece of legislation passed during the final 10 days of a legislative session.
C)   veto issued by the Senate against a bill passed in the House of Representatives.
D)   veto issued by the states against a law passed by Congress.

Question 7

The presidency is awarded to the candidate who wins

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A)   a majority of votes in the electoral college.
B)   two-thirds of votes in the electoral college.
C)   a majority of the popular vote.
D)   two-thirds of the popular vote.

Question 8

Why does Congress suffer from a collective action problem in the face of presidential power?

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A)   Individual members of Congress are more concerned with the substantive impact of presidential action on their constituents than with the general implications of presidential powers.
B)   The House and the Senate must work in tandem, but constantly find any unity impossible.
C)   The Constitution gives the president the ability to resist any congressional oversight not supported by two-thirds of its members.
D)   Members of Congress are often uninformed about the actions of the president.

Question 9

Perhaps the most significant constitutional powers of the president are those concerning waging war. Explore the president's war powers. What are they? How have different presidents exercised those powers? What are the war powers of Congress? How has Congress attempted to limit the president's unilateral use of war powers?

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Question 10

The Executive Office of the President was created during the administration of ________.

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A)   Abraham Lincoln
B)   Theodore Roosevelt
C)   Franklin Roosevelt
D)   Harry Truman

Question 11

The office of the presidency was established by Article ________ of the Constitution.

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A)   I
B)   II
C)   III
D)   V

Question 12

In United States v. Nixon (1974) , the Supreme Court justices

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A)   impeached Nixon.
B)   allowed Nixon to withhold secret tapes from Congress.
C)   required Nixon to turn over secret tapes to Congress.
D)   ruled that Nixon must resign from office in order to avoid criminal charges.

Question 13

The president's group of advisers and analysts is collectively called the ________.

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A)   Cabinet
B)   White House staff
C)   Executive Council of Advisers
D)   Department of State

Question 14

An informal group of advisers to the president is often called the ________.

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A)   kitchen cabinet
B)   plumbers
C)   round table
D)   inner cabinet

Question 15

________ powers are specifically established by the language of the Constitution.

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A)   Expressed
B)   Delegated
C)   Implied
D)   Inherent

Question 16

The main political value of the vice president is to

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A)   bring the president votes in the election from a group or region that would not otherwise be a likely source of support.
B)   draw negative attention away from the president during times of crisis.
C)   give the president an institutional link to Congress.
D)   promote bipartisanship with members of the opposing political party.

Question 17

The goal of the War Powers Resolution was to

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A)   compel a congressional declaration of war for every large-scale military operation.
B)   limit the ability of Congress to cut off funding for troops when the president sends them overseas without congressional approval.
C)   limit the power of the president to commit American troops to military action without authorization from Congress.
D)   end the Vietnam War.

Question 18

After the president and vice president, which office is next in the line of succession?

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A)   Speaker of the House
B)   Senate majority leader
C)   secretary of state
D)   attorney general

Question 19

The formal group of presidential foreign policy advisers, established in 1947, is called the ________.

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A)   State Department
B)   National Security Council
C)   Council on Foreign Relations
D)   War Council

Question 20

All executive agreements differ from formal treaties in that they

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A)   must be approved by the U.S. Supreme Court but not by Congress.
B)   do not have to be approved by the Senate.
C)   do not have to be approved by the House.
D)   are generally formulated at meetings of the United Nations.

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