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Political Systems
Final Exam Review
2014-15
The War Powers Act checks the president’s power by
A. Prohibiting him from issuing executive agreements
that engage the country in war
B. Preventing him from sending troops into crisis
situations without congressional approval
C. Mandating that Congress approve the president’s
decision to use weapons of mass destruction
D. Requiring troops to be withdrawn in sixty days unless
Congress declares war or issues an extension
A bill that is vetoed by the president
a. Goes to a conference committee for revision
b. Must be rewritten by the representative who
authored it
c. Goes to a federal court for approval of the
veto
d. Can become law if Congress overrides the
veto
All of the following are powers of the president
EXCEPT
A. Granting pardons
B. Dismissing Supreme Court justices
C. Negotiating treaties
D. Appointing top-level administrators to serve
in the bureaucracy
One example of constitutional checks and balances is
A. the president declares war, but Congress appropriates
military funds
B. the president nominates cabinet members, and the
House holds confirmation hearings
C. the House can impeach federal judges and the
president, and the Senate holds the impeachment
trial
D. Presidential vetoes of law can be overridden by a
simple majority vote in both the House and the
Senate
Which of the following is an example of presidential use
of informal powers?
A. President Ronald Reagan nominating Sandra Day
O’Connor to the United States Supreme Court
B. President Bill Clinton advocating for public policy
reform on his Health Security Express bus
C. President George W. Bush deploying United States
troops to Iraq
D. President Barack Obama delivering the State of the
Union address to Congress
The Constitution gives the president the power to
influence the legislative process through his
responsibility to
A. report on the state of the union and veto acts of
Congress
B. direct the business of Congress and initiate
impeachment
C. recommend legislation and make appointments
D. manage the economy, lead the party, and deal
with national crises
Although the president has a more prominent role
in foreign affairs, Congress has the ability to check
his commander in chief power’s by
A. Refusing to send troops into battle
B. Refusing to provide the necessary authorizations
and appropriations for presidential actions
C. Refusing to allow the president to present the
State of the Union Address
D. Refusing to enforce the Twenty-fifth
Amendment
The informal qualifications to become
president of the United States often include all
of the following EXCEPT
• Access to large sums of money
• Personal demographics
• Experience in government
• A bachelor’s degree in political science
The President’s powers as commander-in-chief
• Are strictly limited in times of war
• Only apply to the use of the Army and it’s
weapons
• Include the ability to fund military actions
• Are shared with Congress
The difference between a treaty and an executive
agreement is that
• A treaty is with a foreign state but an executive
agreement involves a domestic issue
• An executive agreement is good for as long as the
terms of the agreement state but a treaty ends when a
new president takes office
• A treaty requires approval by the Senate but an
executive agreement is made solely by the President
• A treaty allows the president to circumvent the checks
and balances of Congress but an executive agreement
does not
Which of the following presidents were
removed from office after being impeached?
• Richard Nixon
• Bill Clinton
• Both of these
• None of these
The order of succession to the presidency, should the president be
unable to fulfill his or her duties is
• Vice President, President Pro Tem of the Senate, Speaker of the
House, Cabinet members in order that their department was
created
• Vice President, Speaker of the House, President Pro Tem of the
Senate, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Cabinet members in
order that their department was created
• Vice President, Speaker of the House, President Pro Tem of the
Senate, Cabinet members in the order that their department was
created
• Vice President, Speaker of the Senate, Senate Majority Leader,
Cabinet members in order that their department was created
Which of the following describes the president’s
Cabinet?
• It consists of career civil servants with decades of
experience in government service.
• A group of advisors that have varying levels of
influence on presidential decisions.
• Its members must be selected from among current or
former members of Congress.
• The electronically locked vault where the president
keeps his top secret papers