Government Final Exam 2022
Which articles of the constitution established the which institutions of government?
Correct Answers: Article 1: Congress
Article 2: President
Article 3: Judiciary
What is unified government?
Correct Answers: The situation that occurs when the same party controls the Senate, House of
Representatives, and the White House. (More policy changes)
What are the powers of Congress?
Correct Answers: Make laws, coin money, and regulate commerce. Has power to do anything
necessary and proper. (clause)
What are the various types of committees present in each chamber of Congress?
Correct Answers: Standing, conference, joint, special
What is the structure of committees?
Correct Answers: Speaker appoints chairmen. A party will appoint a member to a committee based
on considerations of constituency as well as considerations of the members party loyalty Senate.
What is the purpose of the standing committee?
Correct Answers: permanent committee of the house of representatives or senate that reviews and
reports legislation to the full chamber
What is the purpose of the conference committee?
Correct Answers: temporary committee with members from both the house and senate. responsible
for working out the differences between chamber versions of a bill.
What if the purpose of the joint committee?
Correct Answers: both house and senate with jurisdiction over specific issues of mutual interest.
What if the purpose of the special committee.
Correct Answers: temporary committee, organized around a specific purpose. usually investigative in
nature and lacks the authority to review legislation
What does the term bicameral mean?
Correct Answers: composed of two chambers
What is Senatorial Courtesy?
Correct Answers: President asks opinions of who the old senators are to appoint judicial nominees
How is congress elected and how has this changed over time?
Correct Answers: 17th amendment: Changed from state legislators to elect senators to popular vote
How does the process of impeachment work?
, Correct Answers: starts in the house, convicted in senate (whole process), 2/3 Senate must vote to
impeach
What is filibuster?
Correct Answers: A tactic used to delay or prevent action on a bill by extending the debate on it
What is a cloture?
Correct Answers: legislative procedure used in the senate to bring an end to debate. it requires 60
votes to invoke cloture and end a filibuster.
What is required to overcome a presidential veto?
Correct Answers: 2/3 majority vote in support of the legislation
What is gerrymandering, and from where does the term originate?
Correct Answers: when politicians deliberately draw congressional district lines for electoral
advantage. term originated from the 1812 restricting of the state of Massacucuents to favor the
democratic Republican party. Combined Government Eldridge Gerry's role and the districts that
resembled a salamander.
How are presidents elected?
Correct Answers: through the electoral college
What are the requirements for one to become president?
Correct Answers: President must be a natural born citizen, 35 years of age, and who has resided in
the US for at least 14 years.
How were the presidential term limits established?
Correct Answers: limited to 4 years, no limit originally, had to be changed after Franklin D.
Roosevelt's election to the fourth term in 1944, constitution was amended to limit the number of terms
to two. (22nd Amendment)
What are the enumerated powers of the president?
Correct Answers: tax, declare war, coin money, regulate commerce
What are the implied powers?
Correct Answers: Stem from the necessary and proper clause
What is the honeymoon period?
Correct Answers: the first several months of a new presidential administration during which newly
elected president generally faces little public criticism (can get a lot of policies through)
What are the roles and duties of the vice president?
Correct Answers: president of senate: breaks ties
his power has increased over time
What is bully pulpit?
Correct Answers: a platform through which a president can push his agenda by swaying public
opinion and the media and effect change (Reagan and Obama use this)
What is the difference between the traditional and the modern presidency?
Which articles of the constitution established the which institutions of government?
Correct Answers: Article 1: Congress
Article 2: President
Article 3: Judiciary
What is unified government?
Correct Answers: The situation that occurs when the same party controls the Senate, House of
Representatives, and the White House. (More policy changes)
What are the powers of Congress?
Correct Answers: Make laws, coin money, and regulate commerce. Has power to do anything
necessary and proper. (clause)
What are the various types of committees present in each chamber of Congress?
Correct Answers: Standing, conference, joint, special
What is the structure of committees?
Correct Answers: Speaker appoints chairmen. A party will appoint a member to a committee based
on considerations of constituency as well as considerations of the members party loyalty Senate.
What is the purpose of the standing committee?
Correct Answers: permanent committee of the house of representatives or senate that reviews and
reports legislation to the full chamber
What is the purpose of the conference committee?
Correct Answers: temporary committee with members from both the house and senate. responsible
for working out the differences between chamber versions of a bill.
What if the purpose of the joint committee?
Correct Answers: both house and senate with jurisdiction over specific issues of mutual interest.
What if the purpose of the special committee.
Correct Answers: temporary committee, organized around a specific purpose. usually investigative in
nature and lacks the authority to review legislation
What does the term bicameral mean?
Correct Answers: composed of two chambers
What is Senatorial Courtesy?
Correct Answers: President asks opinions of who the old senators are to appoint judicial nominees
How is congress elected and how has this changed over time?
Correct Answers: 17th amendment: Changed from state legislators to elect senators to popular vote
How does the process of impeachment work?
, Correct Answers: starts in the house, convicted in senate (whole process), 2/3 Senate must vote to
impeach
What is filibuster?
Correct Answers: A tactic used to delay or prevent action on a bill by extending the debate on it
What is a cloture?
Correct Answers: legislative procedure used in the senate to bring an end to debate. it requires 60
votes to invoke cloture and end a filibuster.
What is required to overcome a presidential veto?
Correct Answers: 2/3 majority vote in support of the legislation
What is gerrymandering, and from where does the term originate?
Correct Answers: when politicians deliberately draw congressional district lines for electoral
advantage. term originated from the 1812 restricting of the state of Massacucuents to favor the
democratic Republican party. Combined Government Eldridge Gerry's role and the districts that
resembled a salamander.
How are presidents elected?
Correct Answers: through the electoral college
What are the requirements for one to become president?
Correct Answers: President must be a natural born citizen, 35 years of age, and who has resided in
the US for at least 14 years.
How were the presidential term limits established?
Correct Answers: limited to 4 years, no limit originally, had to be changed after Franklin D.
Roosevelt's election to the fourth term in 1944, constitution was amended to limit the number of terms
to two. (22nd Amendment)
What are the enumerated powers of the president?
Correct Answers: tax, declare war, coin money, regulate commerce
What are the implied powers?
Correct Answers: Stem from the necessary and proper clause
What is the honeymoon period?
Correct Answers: the first several months of a new presidential administration during which newly
elected president generally faces little public criticism (can get a lot of policies through)
What are the roles and duties of the vice president?
Correct Answers: president of senate: breaks ties
his power has increased over time
What is bully pulpit?
Correct Answers: a platform through which a president can push his agenda by swaying public
opinion and the media and effect change (Reagan and Obama use this)
What is the difference between the traditional and the modern presidency?
