Govt Final

Question 1

Because they have larger and more heterogeneous constituencies, senators

Answer 1

Can better represent the national interest

Question 2

Which type of representation is described when constituents have the power to hire and fire their representative?

Answer 2

Agency representation

Question 3

Which of these is an advantage in getting re-elected afforded by incumbency?

Answer 3

Incumbents can provide constituency services during their tenure.

Question 4

Some have argued that The creation of minority congressional districts has

Answer 4

Made it more difficult for minorities to win substantive policy goals

Question 5

One way members of congress can work as agents of their constituents is by

Answer 5

Providing direct patronage

Question 6

Which one of the following types of committees includes members of both the house and Senate on the same committee?

Answer 6

Conference committees

Question 7

Which of the following is a technique that can be used to block action in legislation in the senate ?

Answer 7

Filibuster

Question 8

Which of the following is not an important influence on how members of congress vote on legislation?

Answer 8

The media

Question 9

Which of the following is not a resource that party leaders in congress use to create party discipline ?

Answer 9

Roll-call votes

Question 10

An agreement between members of congress to trade support for each other’s bills is known as

Answer 10

Logrolling

Question 11

When congress conducts an investigation to explore the relationship between what a law intended and what an executive agency has done . It is engaged in

Answer 11

Oversight

Question 12

Which of the following statements about impeachment is not true ?

Answer 12

The president is the only official when can be impeached but congress.

Question 13

which article of the following if the consitution establishes the presidency ?

Answer 13

Article II

Question 14

The founders chose to select the president through an indirect election in order to

Answer 14

make the president responsible to the state and national legislatures

Question 15

Which of the following military and war powers does the constitution not add the president ?

Answer 15

Command the army and navy if the United States

Question 16

Executive agreements are exactly like treaties except that

Answer 16

Executive agreements do not require the Senate’s “advice and consent “.

Question 17

What are the requirements for overriding a presidential veto?

Answer 17

Two-thirds vote in both houses of Congress

Question 18

When president issues a rule or regulation that reorganizes or otherwise directs the affairs of the executive branch,it is called.

Answer 18

An executive Order

Question 19

the war powers resolution of 1973 was an act passed by congress that

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Granted the president the authority to declare war

Question 20

Approximately how many people work for agencies within the executive office of the president?

Answer 20

1,500 to 2,000

Question 21

What task must bureaucrats performs if congress charges them with enforcing a law through detailed directions ?

Answer 21

implementation

Question 22

Which of the following best describes the growth of the federal service in the past 35 years ?

Answer 22

little growth to slight decline

Question 23

The civil service act of 1883 mandated that appearance to the public office

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Be qualified for the job to which they appointed

Question 24

Which of the following is an example of a government corporation ?

Answer 24

Amtrak

Question 25

A stable relationship between a bureaucratic agency , a clientele group, and a legislative committee is called

Answer 25

Iron triangle

Question 26

The state department’s primary mission is

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engaging in diplomacy

Question 27

Americans refer to government policy about banks , credit and currency as

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fiscal policy

Question 28

Which of the following is an example of a revenue agency

Answer 28

the IRS

Question 29

Which President instituted the bureaucratic reform of the national performance review

Answer 29

jimmy carter

Question 30

The concept of oversight refers to the effort made by

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congress to make executive agencies accountable for their actions

Question 31

Devolution refers to

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reducing overall number of regulatory agencies in the federal bureaucracy