6. T/F

Question 1

The U.S. Congress is able to serve simultaneously as a representative assembly and a powerful agency of government.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

A representative who votes according to the preferences of his or her constituency acts as a delegate.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

A representative who votes based on what he or she thinks is best for his or her constituency acts as a trustee.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Constituents are a legislative agent’s only principals.

Answer 4

False

Question 5

Members of Congress rarely pay attention to the interests of their constituency.

Answer 5

False

Question 6

The U.S. Congress is a bicameral legislature.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Members of the House serve longer terms than members of the Senate.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

The Senate was originally designed to maximize the input of citizens.

Answer 8

False

Question 9

Modern candidates decide for themselves whether and when to run for office.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Incumbency plays a very important role in the kind of representation citizens get in Washington.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

In recent elections, over 90 percent of House incumbents running for another term have been reelected.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

Because of many campaign finance regulations passed to level the playing field, the gap between incumbent and challenger spending has narrowed considerably over the past quarter century.

Answer 12

Fasle

Question 13

Since its inception, the U.S. Congress has been a very professional legislature.

Answer 13

False

Question 14

Members of Congress avoid recommending spending that benefits their home district, focusing instead on spending that benefits the country as a whole.

Answer 14

False

Question 15

Most challengers are able to outspend their incumbent opponents.

Answer 15

False

Question 16

Part of the reason incumbents are so successful at reelection is that they scare off potential challengers.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

The incumbency advantage tends to preserve the status quo in Congress.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

The incumbency advantage makes it harder for women to increase their numbers in Congress.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Women who run for open congressional seats are just as likely to win as male candidates.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Since most incumbents are male, the number of females in Congress has grown slowly.

Answer 20

True

Question 21

The way congressional district lines are drawn has little effect on the outcome of an election.

Answer 21

False

Question 22

Redistricting can give an advantage to one party by clustering votes with some ideological or sociological characteristics in a single district.

Answer 22

True

Question 23

Redistricting can give an advantage to one party by separating groups of similar voters into two or more districts.

Answer 23

True

Question 24

Legislators rarely see success of their policy proposals on the merits of the policy; instead, they must cooperate and compromise.

Answer 24

True

Question 25

Legislators tend to be drawn from the same class of society, and therefore have similar policy preferences and priorities.

Answer 25

False