Gov Test

Question 1

What is the first day of each term of congress and how long is a term

Answer 1

January 3rd

2 years

Question 2

What are the qualifications to run for the house

Answer 2

25 years old

Citizen for 7 years

Inhabitant of the state you are running in

Question 3

What are the qualifications to run for the senate

Answer 3

30 years old

Citizen for 9 years

Inhabitant of the state you are running in

Question 4

Which group has more members actively serving?

Answer 4

House of representatives

Question 5

In the court case of Reynolds v. Sims, what did the court decide?

Answer 5

Federal courts can decide conflicts over drawing district boundaries

Question 6

What was the 27th amendment?

Answer 6

Prohibits a sitting congress from giving itself a pay raise

Question 7

From 1945 to 1990, about what percentage of all incumbents were reelected to congress?

Answer 7

90%

Question 8

What is the main task of each house of congress

Answer 8

Pass laws

Question 9

Where is most of the work done in congress

Answer 9

Committees

Question 10

Who is the presiding officer of the house of representatives

Answer 10

Speaker of the house

Question 11

Who is the speaker of the house’s top assistant in the House of Representatives?

Answer 11

Majority leader

Question 12

After a committee has approved the major bill in the House of Representatives where does it usually go

Answer 12

The rules committee

Question 13

What is a quorum?

Answer 13

The minimum number of people that must be present to do business

Question 14

How many desks are situated in the senate chamber?

Answer 14

100

Question 15

Which chamber of congress allows for unlimited debate?

Answer 15

Senate

Question 16

Who is the presiding officer of the senate?

Answer 16

Vice president

Question 17

Who is the presiding officer of the senate if the vice President is gone

Answer 17

President pro tempore

Question 18

Who are the most important officers of the senate

Answer 18

Majority leader

Question 19

Which calendar in the senate is used to schedule votes on treaties and nominations

Answer 19

Executive calendar

Question 20

Which calendar in the senate is used to list all bills they will consider

Answer 20

The calendar of general orders

Question 21

What do both the house and senate depend upon to effectively consider the thousands of bills that are proposed each session

Answer 21

Committees

Question 22

Which of the following is not one of the four basic kinds of committees in congress

Answer 22

Appointment

Question 23

What was set up very early in congress’s history to oversee bills that dealt with certain kinds of issues?

Answer 23

Standing committees

Question 24

How is party membership on committees usually divided in each house?

Answer 24

Direct proportion to each party’s strength in the chamber

Question 25

What type of committee is a temporary committee designed to study one specific issue and report back to their chamber of congress?

Answer 25

Select

Question 26

Who is responsible for assigning members of congress to standing committees

Answer 26

Political parties

Question 27

Why did congressional staffs grow after the early 1900s?

Answer 27

Congress added a second chamber

Question 28

Which of the following are the types of staff that members of congress have?

Answer 28

Personal, committee, and public staff

Question 29

What is the job of caseworkers on the professional staff of members of congress?

Answer 29

They bring legal cases against offenders of federal crimes

Question 30

What does CBO stand for and what does it do

Answer 30

Congressional budget office

Provides budget and economic information to congress

Question 31

What does GAO stand for and what does it do

Answer 31

Government accountability office

Investigates how the federal government spends taxpayer dollars

Question 32

What does GPO stand for and what does it do?

Answer 32

Government publishing office

Prints and binds documents produced by and for the federal government