7. multiple choice

Question 1

What is one reason presidential power has grown since the nineteenth century?

Answer 1

The presidency is characterized by unitary rather than collective decision-making processes

Question 2

The framers designed a republican scheme of presidential selection through an indirect election, in which state legislators would select electors to participate in the …

Answer 2

Electoral College

Question 3

Which of the following statements best explains the framers’ intent regarding presidential power?

Answer 3

They sought to reduce the power of the president by denying him or her a political base of support independent of Congress and the state legislatures

Question 4

What 1830s innovation strengthened the presidency?

Answer 4

the introduction of the national convention system for nominating presidential candidates

Question 5

The American presidency was established by …

Answer 5

Article II of the Constitution

Question 6

What are the powers specifically granted to the president in the text of the Constitution called?

Answer 6

expressed powers

Question 7

Which of the following is one of the president’s expressed powers?

Answer 7

nominate federal judges

Question 8

Who has the highest military authority in the United States?

Answer 8

the president

Question 9

Which presidential powers are not expressed in the Constitution but stem from the “rights, duties, and obligations of the presidency,” especially during wartime or national emergencies?

Answer 9

inherent powers

Question 10

The American president exercises a measure of judicial authority through the power to …

Answer 10

grant reprieves and pardons

Question 11

When President Jimmy Carter declared official legal forgiveness for all the draft evaders of the Vietnam War, he was said to have granted …

Answer 11

amnesty

Question 12

In 1793, President George Washington received Edmond Genet as the formal emissary of the revolutionary government of France in 1793, setting a precedent for the presidential power to …

Answer 12

recognize other countries

Question 13

Which term describes an understanding between the president and another country that has the force of a treaty but does not require Senate authorization?

Answer 13

executive agreement

Question 14

How are appointments to the federal judiciary made?

Answer 14

by the president, with the advice and consent of the Senate

Question 15

The scope of executive privilege was clarified in the court case …

Answer 15

United States v. Nixon

Question 16

When President George W. Bush refused to release information about warrantless wiretaps in the CIA leak case, he did so by invoking …

Answer 16

executive privilege

Question 17

President George W. Bush argued that Congress could not block warrantless wiretapping because any such law required too much congressional involvement with executive agencies. This argument was based on what theory of presidential power?

Answer 17

theory of the unitary executive

Question 18

How can Congress override a presidential veto?

Answer 18

by a two-thirds majority vote in both the House and Senate

Question 19

If the president vetoes a bill …

Answer 19

the veto can be overridden by a two-thirds vote in both the House and Senate

Question 20

When the president exercises a(n) __________ veto, congress is unable to override the veto and must reintroduce the bill in the next session.

Answer 20

pocket

Question 21

Which of the following is true of the line-item veto power for the president?

Answer 21

The Supreme Court has ruled that the Constitution does not authorize the line-item veto

Question 22

Though the veto is regarded as one of the president’s most formidable powers, it is used relatively rarely. This use is likely because …

Answer 22

legislators will alter the content of a bill to make it more to a president’s liking in order to preempt a veto

Question 23

When a President bargains with Congress while threatening a veto, s/he can gain a strategic advantage by …

Answer 23

misrepresenting his or her policy views as very extreme

Question 24

Occasionally the president weighs the advantages of using a veto to gain policy concessions from Congress against the potential costs of losing popularity in public opinion polls. This scenario is an example of which principle of politics?

Answer 24

rationality principle

Question 25

The powers given to the president by Congress are called …

Answer 25

delegated powers

Question 26

Which of the following is one reason Congress has delegated more authority to the executive branch?

Answer 26

The expansion of governmental activity since the New Deal has made it difficult for Congress to execute and administer the programs it passes

Question 27

Defining the mission of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) as being “to assure so far as is possible every working man and woman in the nation safe and healthful working conditions” exemplifies the tendency of Congress to …

Answer 27

define broad goals for agencies and allow administrators to decide how to achieve them

Question 28

If a president claims the power to take an action not enumerated in the Constitution, like suspending the writ of habeas corpus, she or he probably does so by claiming that this action is justified by the president’s __________ powers.

Answer 28

inherent

Question 29

The Constitution grants the power to declare war to …

Answer 29

Congress