Executive/Judicial Test

Question 1

8 roles of the president

Answer 1

Chief of state, executive, administrator, diplomat, commander, legislator, party, and citizen

(SEADCLPC)

Question 2

6 formal powers of president

Answer 2

Appointment power, power to convene, power to make treaties, veto power, commander in chief power, and pardoning power

(ACTVCP)

Question 3

Major function of executive branch

Answer 3

Enforce the law

Question 4

Purpose of presidents annual state of the union address

Answer 4

Tradition

Question 5

Qualifications of the president

Answer 5

Natural born citizen, 35 yrs, lived in USA 14 yrs

Question 6

Presidents term

Answer 6

2-4 year terms or no more than 10 years

Question 7

22nd amendment

Answer 7

Presidential term limit 2 years

Question 8

25th amendment

Answer 8

Presidential succession and disability

Question 9

Three top succession of president

Answer 9

Vice President, speaker of the house, and president pro tempore of the senate

Question 10

Formal duties of vice

Answer 10

Preside over the senate, help decide disability of president

Question 11

3 original cabinet positions and who headed them

Answer 11

Dept. of state- Thomas Jefferson
Dept. of treasury- Alexander Hamilton
Dept. of war- Henry Knox

Question 12

Jobs of cabinet

Answer 12

Administer their dept./agency and advise the president

Question 13

Oldest, largest, newest

Answer 13

Oldest- dept. of state
Largest- dept. of deference
Newest- dept. of homeland security

Question 14

2 kinds of courts

Answer 14

State and federal/national

Question 15

3 jobs of judicial/courts

Answer 15

Interpret laws, settle disputes, and create expectations for the future

Question 16

Function of judicial branch

Answer 16

Courts

Question 17

Two types of jurisdiction

Answer 17

Original and appellate

Question 18

Electoral college

Answer 18

A group of people chosen from each state to formally select the president and vice

Question 19

Chief of staff

Answer 19

Presidents private secretary (assistant)

Question 20

Press secretary

Answer 20

Presidents public spokesperson

Question 21

Executive office of the president

Answer 21

Advisors on policy

Question 22

Briefs

Answer 22

Written statements presented by each lawyer to the justices

Question 23

Civil case

Answer 23

Deals with money

Question 24

Criminal case

Answer 24

Deals with crimes

Question 25

Jurisdiction

Answer 25

The authority of a court to hear a case

Question 26

US Marshall

Answer 26

Police force of the court system

Question 27

Oral arguments

Answer 27

Lawyer presents case in 30 min

Question 28

Writ of certiorari

Answer 28

An order of the court directing a lower court to send up the record in a given case for its review

Question 29

Plaintiff

Answer 29

The person who files the suit

Question 30

Defendant

Answer 30

The person against whom the complaint is made

Question 31

Camp David

Answer 31

Resort hideaway in the catoctin mountains in Maryland

Question 32

Secrete service

Answer 32

Insures safety of the president

Question 33

Secretary

Answer 33

an official in charge of a department of government

Question 34

Attorney general

Answer 34

the head of the Department of Justice

Question 35

Independent agencies

Answer 35

additional agencies created by Congress located outside the Cabinet departments

Question 36

White House staff

Answer 36

Those who work at the White House

Question 37

Bench trial

Answer 37

a trial in which the judge alone hears the case

Question 38

Court of appeals

Answer 38

Where they appeal

Question 39

District courts

Answer 39

The federal trial courts

Question 40

Supreme Court

Answer 40

The final authority

Question 41

Majority Opinion

Answer 41

announces the Court’s decision in a case and sets out the reasoning upon which it is based

Question 42

Concurring opinion

Answer 42

written explanation of the views of one or more judges who support a decision reached by a majority of the court, but wish to add or emphasize a point that was not made in the majority decision

Question 43

Dissenting opinion

Answer 43

written explanation of the views of one or more judges who disagree with (dissent from) a decision reached by a majority of the court; see majority opinion