Question 1

The main value of the vice presidency is as an electoral resource for the president.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The power to declare war is one of the president's expressed powers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

How are appointments to the federal judiciary made?

Accepted Answer

A)  by the president, with the advice and consent of Congress
B)  by the president, with the advice and consent of the House
C)  by the president, with the advice and consent of the Senate
D)  by the president, with the advice and consent of the chief justice

Question 4

Which of the following is true of the line-item veto power for the president?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Supreme Court has ruled that the Constitution does not authorize the line-item veto.
B)  The president may currently use the line-item veto but rarely does so because veto bargaining makes it unnecessary.
C)  Presidents since Bill Clinton have made frequent use of the line-item veto to reduce pork-barrel spending in budgetary bills.
D)  The line-item veto can only be used in the last 10 days that Congress is in session.

Question 5

What conditions would make a president more likely to prioritize a legislative strategy over an administrative strategy for making policy change?

Accepted Answer

•Presidential party support in Congress:...

Question 6

Though Congress created the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Congress has delegated much of its rule-making power regarding the FDA's function to the executive branch. Occasionally, the president orders the FDA to create new rules to regulate a particular product, such as tobacco, over the objections of Congress. This scenario is an example of which principal-agent problem?

Accepted Answer

A)  instrumental behavior
B)  asymmetric information
C)  agency loss
D)  transaction cost

Question 7

Explain the role of the vice president. How are vice presidents selected? Discuss the relationships that specific vice presidents have had with their presidents.

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The constitutional role of the vice pres...

Question 8

What are the powers specifically granted to the president in the text of the Constitution called?

Accepted Answer

A)  manifest prose
B)  delegated powers
C)  articulated authorities
D)  expressed powers

Question 9

What is the primary difference between White House staff and other advisers from cabinet departments or the Executive Office of the President?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are composed of elected officials from local, state, and federal offices.
B)  They must be approved by the Senate.
C)  They are often citizens of other countries.
D)  They are much more focused on the president's electoral and partisan interests.

Question 10

Congress has power to declare war, but the president is commander in chief of the U.S. armed forces. What is the current constitutional balance of power between the president and Congress over control of foreign and defense policy?

Accepted Answer

•The president is the dominant actor bec...

Question 11

Which of the following is one reason Congress has delegated more authority to the executive branch?

Accepted Answer

A)  The expansion of governmental activity since the New Deal has made it difficult for Congress to execute and administer the programs it passes.
B)  The Congressional Enforcement Act of 1953 reduced the costs of delegation by ensuring that committees can quickly veto proposed regulations.
C)  The World Trade Organization Act of 1994 required that the executive branch have the ability to suspend any law or regulation that violates the terms of the treaty.
D)  The congressional agenda is so small that members of Congress prefer to specify long, detailed statutes that instruct agencies in the specific implementation of the law. A

Question 12

American courts treat administrative rules much like congressional statutes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 13

What is the theory of the unitary executive? How have different presidents applied it to expand their power?

Accepted Answer

According to the textbook, the unitary theory is the idea popularized by the George W. Bush administration that "Article II of the Constitution vests all executive power in the president, who, by implication, is in full control of the executive branch." However, several recent presidents have joined Bush in making aggressive use of administrative prerogatives. The text mentions the following:
•Bill Clinton issued 107 directives to agencies to propose specific rules and regulations. Both Bush and Obama followed that precedent.
•Clinton, Bush, and Obama all used executive orders to push their policy priorities, including Bush's aggressive use of executive orders to fight terrorism-for example, by beginning a domestic surveillance program.
•Bush was a foremost practitioner of signing statements, often couched in the language of the unitary executive model.

Question 14

In general, presidents have used the veto to equalize or perhaps upset the balance of power with Congress.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Most presidents veto more legislation than they sign.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Occasionally the president weighs the advantages of using a veto to gain policy concessions from Congress against the potential costs of losing popularity in public opinion polls. This scenario is an example of which principle of politics?

Accepted Answer

A)  policy principle
B)  collective action principle
C)  rationality principle
D)  institution principle

Question 17

In addition to holding committee hearings and revising laws that delegate authority, what is one of the tactics Congress uses to oversee the exercise of delegated power to the executive branch?

Accepted Answer

A)  reduce the salaries of employees from deviant agencies
B)  control the budget of executive branch agencies
C)  direct Congress's Inspector General to subpoena the records of suspicious agencies
D)  fire leaders of executive branch agencies who had been appointed by the president

Question 18

How did Franklin D. Roosevelt circumvent the editors and publishers who were unsympathetic to his goals?

Accepted Answer

A)  by avoiding news interviews
B)  by cultivating reporters through press conferences
C)  by eliminating the position of White House press secretary
D)  by refusing to meet with reporters from hostile newspapers

Question 19

The staff of the White House sometimes insulates the president from other sources of information.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Who is automatically in the president's Cabinet?

Accepted Answer

A)  top White House staff
B)  top agency leaders and White House staff
C)  heads of all the major executive departments
D)  congressional leaders and the heads of national party organizations from the president's party

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The main value of the vice presidency is as an electoral resource for the president.

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The power to declare war is one of the president's expressed powers.

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How are appointments to the federal judiciary made?

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Which of the following is true of the line-item veto power for the president?

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What conditions would make a president more likely to prioritize a legislative strategy over an administrative strategy for making policy change?

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Explain the role of the vice president. How are vice presidents selected? Discuss the relationships that specific vice presidents have had with their presidents.

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What are the powers specifically granted to the president in the text of the Constitution called?

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What is the primary difference between White House staff and other advisers from cabinet departments or the Executive Office of the President?

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Congress has power to declare war, but the president is commander in chief of the U.S. armed forces. What is the current constitutional balance of power between the president and Congress over control of foreign and defense policy?

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In general, presidents have used the veto to equalize or perhaps upset the balance of power with Congress.

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Most presidents veto more legislation than they sign.

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Occasionally the president weighs the advantages of using a veto to gain policy concessions from Congress against the potential costs of losing popularity in public opinion polls. This scenario is an example of which principle of politics?

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In addition to holding committee hearings and revising laws that delegate authority, what is one of the tactics Congress uses to oversee the exercise of delegated power to the executive branch?

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How did Franklin D. Roosevelt circumvent the editors and publishers who were unsympathetic to his goals?

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The staff of the White House sometimes insulates the president from other sources of information.

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The power to declare war is one of the president's expressed powers.

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How are appointments to the federal judiciary made?

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What conditions would make a president more likely to prioritize a legislative strategy over an administrative strategy for making policy change?

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Most presidents veto more legislation than they sign.

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In addition to holding committee hearings and revising laws that delegate authority, what is one of the tactics Congress uses to oversee the exercise of delegated power to the executive branch?

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How did Franklin D. Roosevelt circumvent the editors and publishers who were unsympathetic to his goals?

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