Response to the following multiple choice questions:
QUESTION 1. The people in the district represented by a member of the House of Representatives are called that member's _____________________.
QUESTION 2. Which of the following are 'building blocks' of congressional organization?
congressional staff
the press corps
political parties
the committee system
the parliamentary rules of the House and Senate
government agencies that need Congressional oversight
QUESTION 3. Which one of the following is a staff agency for the Congress?
the personal staff members in Washington DC
the personal staff members in the offices in the home state or district
the Government Accountability Office
the restaurants in the basement of the Capitol building
QUESTION 4. Place the following steps of a how a bill becomes law in the correct order.
Bill goes to White House
Bill is introduced and received by the Speaker of the House or the president of the Senate
Bill goes to conference committee
Bill goes to floor of House or Senate for debate and voting
Bill goes to committee and subcommittee
QUESTION 5. The tendency of Congress to spread the benefits of a policy over a wide range of members' districts is called the _______________ tendency.
QUESTION 6. Beyond the expressed powers listed in the Constitution and the delegated powers provided by the Congress, the President also has "___________" powers that stem from the rights, duties, and obligations of the presidency.
QUESTION 7. Which of the following are 'expressed' powers of the Presidency?
broad mandates provided by Congress
Executive Orders
the veto
military and domestic defense power
QUESTION 8. The chief administrators of the major federal Departments are collectively known as the President's ________________.
QUESTION 9. The President's closest advisers are located in the Executive Office of the President.
True
False
QUESTION 10. President Trump uses Twitter, and President Obama appeared as a guest on The Derry Show with Jon Stewart Both are examples of the President trying to increase power through
working with spectc individuals to pursue legslative requests
going public to win support
enlacing policy goals through the Federal Communications Commission
interviewing potential candidates to be nominated as federal judges
QUESTION 11. The federal bureaucracy has been growing faster than both the economy and the population.
True
False
QUESTION 12. The word for the efforts of departments and agencies to carry out laws and convert them into specific bureaucratic routines is ________________.
QUESTION 13. Rules issued by government agencies provide more detailed specifications than the supporting legislation, but still have the force of law once approved.
True
False
QUESTION 14. Which of the following is NOT part of the Executive Branch?
Amtrak
the Government Accountability Office
the Interstate Commerce Commission
the Department of Justice
QUESTION 15. According to the authors, what kind of an agency is the Federal Reserve System?
clientele agency
Agency of redistribution
regulatory agency
Agency for maintenance of the union
QUESTION 16. "Judicial ___________" is the judicial philosophy whose adherents refuse to go beyond the text of the Constitution in interpreting its meaning.
QUESTION 17. When there is a split vote on a verdict by the Supreme Court, one of the justices who voted against the majority will often write
a judicial review opinion
a restrained opinion
a concurring opinion
a dissenting opinion
QUESTION 18. The U.S. Supreme Court does not have to review every case that is sent to it.
True
False
QUESTION 19. How many of the current nine US Supreme Court Justices were appointed by Republican presidents?
3
4
5
7
QUESTION 20. A legal proceeding that follows the law and provides adequate protection for the individual's rights is called ____________________.