PS 201 Exam 2 Quiz Review

Question 1

A unified national citizenship is provided for in the Constitution ______.

Answer 1

in the first sentence of the Fourteenth Amendment

Question 2

From the 1920s through the 1940s, the Supreme Court incorporated into the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment the First Amendment freedoms, which include ______.

Answer 2

speech, press, and religion

Question 3

The Supreme Court in Griswold v. Connecticut held a right to privacy to exist in penumbras of the Bill of Rights, which are best defined as ______.

Question 4

Which branch of the government is designed to play a key role protecting civil liberties in the United States?

Answer 4

judicial

Question 5

Which of the following amendments provides for freedom of speech?

Answer 5

1st amendment

Question 6

Which of the following tests was used to root out policies that preferred religious groups generally over nonreligious groups engaged in a similar activity?

Answer 6

neutrality test

Question 7

A multiple referral sends a bill to which of the following?

Answer 7

to numerous committees at the same time or in sequence, in whole or piece by piece

Question 8

James Madison was referring to ______ when he wrote in Federalist No. 62 that its necessity was “indicated by the propensity of all single and numerous assemblies to yield to the impulse of sudden and violent passions, and to be seduced by factious leaders into intemperate and pernicious resolutions.”

Answer 8

the Senate

Question 9

Under the Constitution, the president pro tempore presides over the Senate in which circumstance?

Answer 9

whenever the vice president is absent

Question 10

Which of the following is required for a congressional override of a presidential veto?

Answer 10

a two-thirds vote in each chamber

Question 11

In 1937, the Brownlow Committee concluded its detailed analysis of the state of the presidency with which of the following?

Answer 11

“The President needs help.”

Question 12

Presidents can sidestep treaty rejections through ______.

Answer 12

executive agreements which are exempt from Senate ratification

Question 13

The ______ has/have been instrumental in checking a president’s use of executive orders.

Answer 13

courts

Question 14

The Bureau of the Budget was the predecessor to the ______.

Answer 14

office of management and budget

Question 15

The institutional presidency describes ______.

Answer 15

the set of offices and staff created to assist the president

Question 16

What are the two critical elements of the Executive Office of the President?

Answer 16

Office of Management and Budget and the White House Office

Question 17

What is the most important constitutional limitation on the president’s leadership in foreign affairs?

Answer 17

the requirement that a two-thirds majority of the Senate ratify treaties

Question 18

Which of the following statements is true regarding the Office of Management and Budget?

Answer 18

It is staffed by accountants, economists, and tax lawyers.

Question 19

To end a filibuster in the Senate, cloture must be invoked by how many votes?

Answer 19

three-fifths of the Senate membership, currently 60 votes

Question 20

Which of the following statements is true about the Speaker of the House?

Answer 20

They are elected by majority vote and serves as the majority party’s leader and agent with the power to appoint committees, make rules, and manage the legislative process.

Question 21

Bureaucrats are often stereotyped as ______.

Answer 21

inflexible

Question 22

Congress uses a variety of methods to keep its bureaucratic agents in line including ______.

Answer 22

hearings and investigations, mandatory reporting, and limitation riders

Question 23

During the Federalist period, federal government workers were primarily occupied with which of the following?

Answer 23

delivering the mail and collecting duties and taxes

Question 24

Issue networks can best be described as ______.

Answer 24

ever-changing sets of politicians, lobbyists, experts, and entrepreneurs who shape policy domains

Question 25

The Pendleton Act initially did which of the following?

Answer 25

put about 10% of federal jobs under the merit system

Question 26

What is the approximate size of the nonmilitary federal civilian workforce?

Answer 26

1.9 million personnel

Question 27

What is the main responsibility of the Federal Reserve System?

Question 28

When it came to governing, Andrew Jackson believed that no experience was necessary and thus took which of the following actions?

Answer 28

He advocated rotation in office.

Question 29

Which statement describes fire alarm oversight?

Answer 29

Congress designing procedures that allow interest groups and ordinary citizens to raise an alarm when something has gone wrong

Question 30

Which unit of government was tasked with establishing executive departments and determining who would staff them?

Answer 30

congress