Government Cumulative Exam
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The U.S Congress is a bicameral legislature, meaning that it
A) is divided into two houses
B) has equal powers with the president
C) has two concepts of representation
D) has two constitutional tasks to perform ✔✔A
The Constitution gives the vice president
A) no duties to perform
B) only the job of presiding over the Senate
C) the task of chief of staff for the president
D) many responsibilities independent of the president ✔✔B
The practice by the party controlling the state legislature of drawing legislative district
boundaries to maximize the number of seats it can win is called
,A) Pork barrel legislation
B) gerrymandering
C) home style
D) the seniority system ✔✔B
The leadership positions in Congress are all determined by
A) the president
B) public election
C) constitutional procedures
D) the majority power in the body ✔✔D
The public expects the president to
A) manage the economy and conduct foreign policy
B) administer a complex bureaucracy
C) respond to disasters and social problems
,D) all of the above ✔✔D
When applied to Congress, casework means
A) preparing for testimony at congressional hearings
B) overseeing the workings of the executive branch
C) developing arguments for congressional debate
D) providing personal services for constituents ✔✔D
U.S. district courts are
A) high-level special claims courts
B) high-level regional circuit courts
C) middle-level appeals court
D) the lowest level trial courts in the federal system ✔✔D
If congress passes a law, the president has ten days to act. If congress adjourns within ten days
and the president does not sign the law, the law dies. This is called
, A) Pocket veto
B) administrative veto
C) inactive veto
D) death warrant ✔✔A
When legislative districts are drawn so as to divide one party's voters into several districts,
making them in a minority in each new district is called
A) packing
B) minority-majority districting
C) cracking
D) franking ✔✔C
With regard to presidential power, the Constitution grants
A) that the president will share equal power with congress
B) that the president will be superior in power to congress
Questions and Answers Already Passed
The U.S Congress is a bicameral legislature, meaning that it
A) is divided into two houses
B) has equal powers with the president
C) has two concepts of representation
D) has two constitutional tasks to perform ✔✔A
The Constitution gives the vice president
A) no duties to perform
B) only the job of presiding over the Senate
C) the task of chief of staff for the president
D) many responsibilities independent of the president ✔✔B
The practice by the party controlling the state legislature of drawing legislative district
boundaries to maximize the number of seats it can win is called
,A) Pork barrel legislation
B) gerrymandering
C) home style
D) the seniority system ✔✔B
The leadership positions in Congress are all determined by
A) the president
B) public election
C) constitutional procedures
D) the majority power in the body ✔✔D
The public expects the president to
A) manage the economy and conduct foreign policy
B) administer a complex bureaucracy
C) respond to disasters and social problems
,D) all of the above ✔✔D
When applied to Congress, casework means
A) preparing for testimony at congressional hearings
B) overseeing the workings of the executive branch
C) developing arguments for congressional debate
D) providing personal services for constituents ✔✔D
U.S. district courts are
A) high-level special claims courts
B) high-level regional circuit courts
C) middle-level appeals court
D) the lowest level trial courts in the federal system ✔✔D
If congress passes a law, the president has ten days to act. If congress adjourns within ten days
and the president does not sign the law, the law dies. This is called
, A) Pocket veto
B) administrative veto
C) inactive veto
D) death warrant ✔✔A
When legislative districts are drawn so as to divide one party's voters into several districts,
making them in a minority in each new district is called
A) packing
B) minority-majority districting
C) cracking
D) franking ✔✔C
With regard to presidential power, the Constitution grants
A) that the president will share equal power with congress
B) that the president will be superior in power to congress
