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