political science question

political science question

Study Questions

Marbury v. Madison is a Supreme Court case that… (Check the one correct answer.)

⃝ Established the role of the Congress in the government.

⃝ Created the Federal Reserve Board.

⃝ Protected the rights of the accused in criminal trials.

⃝ Established the role of the Supreme Court in the Federal Government

⃝ None of the above

The United States has a Federal form of Government. That means that… (Check the one correct answer.)

⃝ The powers of government are all in the hands of the Congress.

⃝ The President appoints the leadership of the House and Senate.

⃝ A majority of the states can repeal any law passed by Congress.

⃝ The powers of the national government are divided between the national and state governments ⃝ All of the above

⃝ None of the above

A credit default swap is… (Check the one correct answer.)

⃝ A procedure for trading credit card debt for an unsecured bank loan

⃝ A procedure for consolidating debt

⃝ An insurance policy against the default of a security

⃝ None of the above

In recent history, real wages have not grown since approximately… (Check the one correct answer.)

⃝ 1950

⃝ 1960

⃝ 1970

⃝ 1980

⃝ 1990

⃝ 2000

⃝ None of the above

Which of the following are parts of “the American creed?” (Check as many as apply.)

⃝ Constitutionalism

⃝ Property

⃝ Democracy

⃝ Socialism

⃝ Individualism

⃝ Equality

⃝ Freedom

⃝ All of the above

⃝ None of the above

The Cold War lasted approximately… (Check the one correct answer.)

⃝ From 2001 to 2013

⃝ From 1947 to 1991

⃝ From 1789 to 1856

⃝ From 1915 to 1917

⃝ None of the above

The Gibbons v. Ogden Supreme Court decision… (Check the one correct answer.)

⃝ Declared the Alien and Sedition Act illegal.

⃝ Established the supremacy of federal law over state law.

⃝ Created the notion of “one person one vote.”

⃝ Desegregated schools.

⃝ None of the above

Advice and consent is a procedure pertaining to… (Check the one correct answer.)

⃝ The selection of the Speaker of the House of Representatives

⃝ The selection of the Majority Leader of the Senate

⃝ Senatorial action on appointments to key government posts and on treaties

⃝ All of the above

⃝ None of the above

The President appoints the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

⃝ True

⃝ False

The Articles of Confederation were… (Check the one correct answer.)

⃝ The Constitution of the Confederate States

⃝ A federation of wheat-growing states

⃝ The precursor to the U.S. Constitution

⃝ The States won by the Democratic Party in the elections of 1948

The United States has a bicameral legislature.

⃝ True

⃝ False

Citizens United v. F.E.C. was a Supreme Court decision that… (Check the one correct answer.)

⃝ Made it possible for the Federal Environmental Commission to issue binding orders

⃝ Ended the Environmental Protection Agency

⃝ Made it impossible for the U.S. to go to war without a vote of Congress

⃝ None of the above

A filibuster is an effort by a Senator to pass a bill

⃝ True

⃝ False

The Second Amendment concerns the freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures

⃝ True

⃝ False

The Fourth Amendment concerns the right to keep and bear arms.

⃝ True

⃝ False

Bill Clinton was President for 12 years.

⃝ True

⃝ False

Donald Trump received a majority of the popular vote in the elections of 2016.

⃝ True

⃝ False

The following have a Constitutional role in the judicial process… (Check the one correct answer.)

⃝ Congress

⃝ The President

⃝ The Supreme Court

⃝ All of the above

⃝ None of the above

The 19th Amendment

⃝ Freed the slaves

⃝ Gave Chinese the right to vote

⃝ Prevented members of the KKK from voting

⃝ Gave women the right to vote

⃝ All of the above

⃝ None of the above

Plessy v. Ferguson was a Supreme Court case that… (Check the one correct answer.)

⃝ Legalized alcoholic drinks

⃝ Affirmed the doctrine of separate but equal

⃝ Ended the First World War

⃝ All of the above

⃝ None of the above

The following have a Constitutional role in the legislative process

⃝ Congress

⃝ The President

⃝ The Supreme Court

⃝ All of the above

⃝ None of the above

The following have a Constitutional role in the executive process

⃝ Congress

⃝ The President

⃝ The Supreme Court

⃝ All of the above

⃝ None of the above

Current candidates for President have all said that they will make major changes in government policy if elected. Can they do this by themselves?

⃝ Yes

⃝ No

The House of Representatives is elected every two years, and each Member can serve only three terms.

⃝ True

⃝ False

Who can introduce a bill in Congress? (Check as many as apply.)

⃝ The President

⃝ Any Senator

⃝ Any Member of the House of Representatives

⃝ Any citizen of the United States

⃝ All of the above

⃝ None of the above

The following are Congressional support agencies. (Check as many as apply.)

⃝ Democratic National Committee

⃝ Republican National Committee

⃝ Library of Congress

⃝ National Association of Manufacturers

⃝ Government Accountability Office

⃝ Congressional Budget Office

⃝ All of the above

⃝ None of the above

Once either house of Congress passes a bill, it becomes law.

⃝ True

⃝ False

Democratic socialism and communism are the same things.

⃝ True

⃝ False

The last time Congress officially declared war was…

⃝ World War I

⃝ World War II

⃝ The Korean War

⃝ The War in Vietnam

⃝ None of the above

The term of an elected President is four years, and Presidents can serve any number of terms.

⃝ True

⃝ False

There are only 535 elected officials of the Federal Government.

⃝ True

⃝ False

In the Congress, a Conference Committee… (Check the only correct answer.)

⃝ Meets whenever there is a need for a meeting of more than 10 Members

⃝ Is chosen to agree on the exact text of legislation

⃝ Is a Congressional delegation to the President

⃝ All of the above

⃝ None of the above

The approximate percentage of those eligible to vote who have done so in the recent presidential elections is? (Check the one correct answer.)

⃝ 95%

⃝ 80%

⃝ 60%

⃝ 50%

⃝ 30%

⃝ None of the above

What is the number of authorized Supreme Court members? (Check the one correct answer.)

⃝ 22

⃝ 15

⃝ 12

⃝ 9

⃝ 5

The Cabinet is… (Check the one correct answer.)

⃝ An elegant piece of furniture in the President’s oval office since 1900

⃝ Any group of Senators who meet with the President

⃝ A group of senior officials chosen by the President to meet with him/her periodically

⃝ All of the above

⃝ None of the above

The National Security Council is… (Check the one correct answer.)

⃝ A private organization concerned with national security policy

⃝ A council whose members are a number of European and North American countries

⃝ A Congressional support agency

⃝ A group of senior government officials concerned with national security policy

⃝ None of the above

The House and Senate Appropriations Committees are the least powerful Committees of the Congress.

⃝ True

⃝ False

The Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee are the ruling committees of the Federal Government, comprised of key Members of the Senate and House of Representatives.

⃝ True

⃝ False

How many votes are there in the Electoral College? (Check the one correct answer.)

⃝ 1,237

⃝ 757

⃝ 538

⃝ 535

⃝ None of the above

A PAC is…. (Check the one correct answer.)

⃝ The People’s Action Commission, a lobbying group

⃝ The Positive Action Coalition, a group headed by Al Sharpton

⃝ A staff agency of the Executive Office of the President

⃝ A Political Action Committee

⃝ None of the above

The Congressional Research Service is…. (Check the one correct answer.)

⃝ A division of the Library of Congress

⃝ A group that does public policy research for Congress

⃝ The main repository of Congress institutional memory

⃝ All of the above

⃝ None of the above

If a President vetoes a legislative proposal, it can never become a law.

⃝ True

⃝ False

An elected President can serve… (Check the one correct answer.)

⃝ No more than 2 terms

⃝ No more than 4 terms

⃝ Any number of terms

⃝ None of the above

The Speaker of the House of Representatives is the…. (Check the one correct answer.)

⃝ Most important official of the Federal Government

⃝ Second most important official of the Federal Government

⃝ Third most important official of the Federal Government

⃝ Not an important official of the Federal Government

The term of a U.S. Senator is…. (Check the one correct answer.)

⃝ 10 years

⃝ 8 years

⃝ 6 years

⃝ 4 years

⃝ 2 years

⃝ None of the above

A Presidential Executive Order cannot be challenged by Congress or the Supreme Court.

⃝ True

⃝ False

The following were Presidents of the United States. (Check as many as apply.)

⃝ Henry Wallace

⃝ Riley Martin

⃝ Robert F. Kennedy

⃝ Winston Churchill

⃝ Theodore Roosevelt

⃝ None of the above

The Majority Leader of the Senate is… (Check the one correct answer.)

⃝ The leader of the majority party in the Senate

⃝ The Senator who has been in the Senate the longest

⃝ Appointed by the President

⃝ Appointed by the Speaker of the House

⃝ None of the above

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court has no vote unless there is a tie.

⃝ True

⃝ False

The President appoints the Secretary of State and does not have to clear it with anyone.

⃝ True

⃝ False

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