CCP Government Test 3 (2025) – Study Guide and Exam Revision Material
What is redistricting? - correct answer ✔✔one rule, all districts must maintain the correct
population (approx. 710,000)
drawing the districts to benefit a particular group - correct answer ✔✔gerrymandering
majority party redistricting to secure majority control - correct answer ✔✔partisan
gerrymandering
redistricting to control the impact on an ethnic group's vote - correct answer ✔✔racial
gerrymandering
a direct reflection of the district the House and Senate people represent - correct answer
✔✔descriptive representation
Describe congressional oversight - correct answer ✔✔ensures executive branch carries out laws
Explain the term "Advise and Consent" - correct answer ✔✔a check/balance over executive
branch- approves presidential appointments, judges, ambassadors and cabinet post
Describe some of the checks and balances over the judicial branch - correct answer
✔✔Congress sets up the lower courts and pay their salaries, impeach federal judges, confirm or
deny appointments, Congress has the power to determine what courts hear specific cases
(jurisdiction)
What are the requirements to run for a House seat? - correct answer ✔✔25 years old, citizen
for at least 7 years, inhabit the state they represent
, What are the requirements to run for Senator? - correct answer ✔✔30 years old, citizen for at
least 9 years, inhabit the state they represent
Who are the people that have no direct representation and why? - correct answer ✔✔race,
gender, poor and uneducated because Congress is full of people who are lawyers, have
advanced degrees and are millionaires
In Congress, are more women democratic or republican? - correct answer ✔✔Democrats
Who holds the highest seat in the House? - correct answer ✔✔Speaker of the House- Nancy
Pelosi
Who are the 3 people with the highest seats in the Senate? - correct answer ✔✔Vice President
is leader of the Senate, and if he's not present, the "Pro Tempore" takes over (longest serving
majority senator)
"Majority Leader" has power over both VP and and Pro Tempore (Mitch McConnell-R)
Who are the minority leaders in both the Senate and House? - correct answer ✔✔House- Kevin
McCarthy
Senate- Chuck Schumer
Are committees in the Constitution? - correct answer ✔✔no
Why were committees created? - correct answer ✔✔developed to compensate for the
abundance of bills and representatives
What do committees do? - correct answer ✔✔draft legislation, investigate, gather information,
hold hearings; mold the legislation to gain support and gauge if the bill will pass
What is redistricting? - correct answer ✔✔one rule, all districts must maintain the correct
population (approx. 710,000)
drawing the districts to benefit a particular group - correct answer ✔✔gerrymandering
majority party redistricting to secure majority control - correct answer ✔✔partisan
gerrymandering
redistricting to control the impact on an ethnic group's vote - correct answer ✔✔racial
gerrymandering
a direct reflection of the district the House and Senate people represent - correct answer
✔✔descriptive representation
Describe congressional oversight - correct answer ✔✔ensures executive branch carries out laws
Explain the term "Advise and Consent" - correct answer ✔✔a check/balance over executive
branch- approves presidential appointments, judges, ambassadors and cabinet post
Describe some of the checks and balances over the judicial branch - correct answer
✔✔Congress sets up the lower courts and pay their salaries, impeach federal judges, confirm or
deny appointments, Congress has the power to determine what courts hear specific cases
(jurisdiction)
What are the requirements to run for a House seat? - correct answer ✔✔25 years old, citizen
for at least 7 years, inhabit the state they represent
, What are the requirements to run for Senator? - correct answer ✔✔30 years old, citizen for at
least 9 years, inhabit the state they represent
Who are the people that have no direct representation and why? - correct answer ✔✔race,
gender, poor and uneducated because Congress is full of people who are lawyers, have
advanced degrees and are millionaires
In Congress, are more women democratic or republican? - correct answer ✔✔Democrats
Who holds the highest seat in the House? - correct answer ✔✔Speaker of the House- Nancy
Pelosi
Who are the 3 people with the highest seats in the Senate? - correct answer ✔✔Vice President
is leader of the Senate, and if he's not present, the "Pro Tempore" takes over (longest serving
majority senator)
"Majority Leader" has power over both VP and and Pro Tempore (Mitch McConnell-R)
Who are the minority leaders in both the Senate and House? - correct answer ✔✔House- Kevin
McCarthy
Senate- Chuck Schumer
Are committees in the Constitution? - correct answer ✔✔no
Why were committees created? - correct answer ✔✔developed to compensate for the
abundance of bills and representatives
What do committees do? - correct answer ✔✔draft legislation, investigate, gather information,
hold hearings; mold the legislation to gain support and gauge if the bill will pass
