Executive Branch Vocab Quiz

Question 1

Appointment Power

Answer 1

empowers the President of the United States to nominate and, with the advice and consent of the United States Senate

Question 2

Bully pulpit

Answer 2

a public office or position of authority that provides its occupant with an outstanding opportunity to speak out on any issue

Question 3

Cabinet

Answer 3

the body responsible for the day-to-day management of the government

Question 4

Executive Order

Answer 4

official documents through which the President of the United States manages the operations of the Federal Government

Question 5

Veto

Answer 5

a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body

Question 6

Line Item Veto

Answer 6

the power of an executive authority to nullify or cancel specific provisions of a bill

Question 7

Pocket Veto

Answer 7

when a bill fails to become law because the president does not sign it within the ten-day period and cannot return the bill to Congress

Question 8

State of the Union Address

Answer 8

an annual message delivered by the president of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress

Question 9

Trial Balloons

Answer 9

a tentative measure taken or statement made to see how a new policy will be received

Question 10

Electoral Collage

Answer 10

the process by which the United States elects the President

Question 11

Impeachment

Answer 11

the process of bringing charges against a government official for wrongdoing

Question 12

Chief of Staff

Answer 12

responsible for directing, managing and overseeing all policy development, daily operations, and staff activities for the President

Question 13

Lameduck

Answer 13

an elected official whose successor has already been elected or will be soon

Question 14

President’s Coattails

Answer 14

the ability of a presidential candidate to bring out supporters who then vote for his party’s candidates for other offices

Question 15

Legislative Veto

Answer 15

requires the President or other executive branch official to present actions proposed pursuant to a law to either or both Houses of Congress or to specific committees before the proposed action becomes effective

Question 16

Presidential Ticket

Answer 16

political parties nominate one candidate each for President of the United States and for Vice President of the United States

Question 17

Presidential Succession

Answer 17

n Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the Same shall devolve on the Vice President

Question 18

United government

Answer 18

legislative, executive, and judicial, whose powers are vested by the U.S. Constitution in the Congress

Question 19

Executive Agencies

Answer 19

an executive department or independent establishment in the executive branch of the Federal Government, including a wholly owned Government corporation

Question 20

Executive privilege

Answer 20

the privilege, claimed by the president for the executive branch of the US government, of withholding information in the public interest