Government Exam Part 3

Question 1

Witnesses who do not tell the truth can be prosecuted for ______

Answer 1

Perjury

Question 2

This power allows Congress to check on how the executive branch is administering the law

Answer 2

Legislative oversight

Question 3

This greater center of information contains almost 100 million items

Answer 3

Library of Congress

Question 4

Some historians believe that the checks and balances system causes ______

Answer 4

Gridlock

Question 5

What implies that Congress has power beyond those expressed in the first 17 clauses of Article I, Section 8

Answer 5

Necessary and proper clause

Question 6

Setting the minimum wage comes under this power of Congress

Answer 6

Regulation of commerce

Question 7

What requires the president to notify Congress when committing military forces?

Answer 7

War Powers Act

Question 8

A legal order that a person appear in court or produce requested document is called ________

Answer 8

Subpoena

Question 9

Freedom from prosecution for witness whose testimony ties them to illegal acts is called ______

Answer 9

Immunity

Question 10

Over the years presidents have assumed more responsibility for this financial plan

Answer 10

National Budget

Question 11

Matters requiring the action of both the House and the Senate, but on which a law is not needed are called _______

Answer 11

Concurrent resolutions

Question 12

In this process, each bill is given a title and a number

Answer 12

First reading

Question 13

Almost all the important work on tax laws occurs in the ______

Answer 13

House Ways and Means Committee

Question 14

House members are unable to offer amendments to a bill from the floor when this is adopted

Answer 14

The closed rule

Question 15

Special-interest groups that raise money to help elect lawmakers are called _______

Answer 15

PAC’s

Question 16

These congressional staffers help constituents with problems

Answer 16

Caseworkers

Question 17

These are a source of federal money and jobs

Answer 17

Federal grants and contracts

Question 18

These bills deal with general matters and apply to the entire nation

Answer 18

Public bills

Question 19

These bills deal with individual people or places

Answer 19

Private bills

Question 20

The largest portion of the federal governments budget is spent on ______

Answer 20

Uncontrollable’s

Question 21

This is an example of an entitlement

Answer 21

Social security

Question 22

Representatives of interest groups that work to influence Congress are called _______

Answer 22

Lobbyists

Question 23

This group tends to favor social-welfare programs

Answer 23

Democrats

Question 24

Federal grants and contracts are very important to lawmakers and their districts because they bring in _______

Answer 24

Money and Jobs

Question 25

Through public-works bills, Congress appropriates billions of dollars for local projects that are often called ______

Answer 25

Pork-barrel legislation

Question 26

The presidents salary is called

Answer 26

Compensation

Question 27

Following the Vice President, the next succession for the presidency is the ______

Answer 27

Speaker of the House

Question 28

A president cannot exceed this number of years in office

Answer 28

10 years

Question 29

This system is often called a winner-take-all system

Answer 29

The Electoral College

Question 30

The first president of this country was elected by _______

Answer 30

The Electoral College