MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

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1 Dual Credit Chapter 6 Review Name MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) The presiding officer of the Senate who can vote only in the case of a tie is A) the head of the majority partyʹs campaign committee. B) the president pro tempore. C) the Speaker. D) the majority leader. E) the vice president of the United States. 1) 2) The most powerful position in the House of Representatives is called the A) Speaker of the House. B) president of the House. C) majority leader. D) party whip. E) president pro tempore. 2) 3) Under the Constitution, senators are elected to -year terms. A) eight B) two C) four D) six E) ten 3) 4) When members of Congress are facing a bill that is non-ideological or one on which they have no specific position, among the most powerful influences is A) their constituents. B) their aides or staff members. C) interest groups. D) support agencies. E) the media. 4) 5) How many U.S. presidents have been impeached, tried, found guilty, and removed from office? A) seven B) none C) five D) one E) two 5) 6) In general, Congress has experienced in/of its authority over time. A) a near obliteration B) growth C) redefinition D) decline E) no change 6) 7) The House of Representatives has the sole power to A) make agreements with the executive. B) try impeached officials. C) declare war. D) initiate revenue bills. E) approve treaties. 7) 8) A new Congress is seated every years. A) two B) three C) six D) four E) eight 8) 1

2 9) The enumerated powers of Congress are set out in the Constitutionʹs A) Article I, section 8. B) Preamble. C) Article II, section 4. D) Article I, section 1. E) Article III, section 2. 9) 10) In the 1980s, incumbent members of Congress won reelection in about percent of all races. A) 95 B) 87 C) 80 D) 92 E) 90 10) 11) The idea that elected representatives should listen to their constituentsʹ opinions and then use their best judgment to make decisions is called behaving as a A) trustee. B) statesman. C) politico. D) representative. E) delegate. 11) 12) most likely maximize/s the opportunities on both sides of an issue to air their views. A) Floor speeches B) Markups C) The Committee of the Whole D) Subcommittee meetings E) Party caucuses 12) 13) The Framers of the Constitution primarily were concerned that members of Congress A) make policy. B) make laws. C) serve as guides for public opinion. D) balance the other branches of government. E) represent their constituents. 13) 14) Among some of the advantages of incumbency are I. guaranteed reelection. II. name recognition. III. access to the media. IV. easier fund-raising. A) I and II B) I and IV C) I, II, and III D) II, III, and IV E) II and III 14) 15) In the 1990s, the importance of committee chairs A) increased. B) was eliminated entirely in favor of subcommittee chairs. C) decreased. D) stayed the same. E) was not affected by term limits. 15) 2

3 16) The Senate has no real counterpart to the House Committee on A) Rules. B) Appropriations. C) Veterans Affairs. D) Armed Services. E) Budget. 16) 17) Committees to which proposed bills are referred and that continue from one Congress to the next are called committees. A) joint B) conference C) standing D) special E) ad hoc 17) 18) The most important power Congress has is the power to A) declare war. B) lay and collect taxes. C) regulate commerce. D) make laws. E) coin money. 18) 19) Members of Congress who trade votes on bills that are of little interest to legislators are engaging in A) rain dancing. B) role-playing. C) filibustering. D) logrolling. E) ice fishing. 19) 20) Members of Congress often seek committee assignments based upon I. their own interests or expertise. II. their need to curry favor with political leaders. III. reelection incentives. IV. opportunities for ʺpork.ʺ A) II, III, and IV B) I and II C) I, III, and IV D) III E) II and III 20) 21) The War Powers Act provides for all of the following EXCEPT A) requiring the president to withdraw troops after sixty days unless Congress declares war. B) requiring presidents to notify Congress within forty-eight hours of deploying troops. C) presidents obtaining congressional approval before committing troops abroad. D) allowing a president 30 days to implement a withdrawal of troops. E) giving Congress the right to declare war. 21) 3

4 22) Every years, of members of the Senate are up for re -election. A) six / one-third B) two / one-third C) six / three-quarters D) two / one-quarter E) six / one-half 22) 23) The maps in Figure 7.2 of your text reveal that Republican members of the Senate come largely from A) red states in the South and Southwest. B) red states that are exclusively in the Northeast. C) red states in the Northeast and South. D) blue states in the Northeast and South. E) blue states in the South and Southwest. 23) 24) Which of the following is a congressional support agency? A) Congressional Budget Office B) Government Accountability Office C) Congressional Research Service D) The Library of Congress E) Choices A, C, and D are correct, but not choice B. 24) 25) Congress often cedes a significant amount of power to the chief executive in times of A) national catastrophes. B) economic inflation. C) war. D) budget surpluses. E) high gas prices. 25) 26) The maps in Figure 7.2 of your text reveal that Democratic House members come largely from A) red states in the South and Southwest. B) blue states in the Northeast and West. C) red states in the Northeast and West. D) blue states in the Northeast and Southwest. E) blue states in the South and Southwest. 26) 27) Which of the following is a true statement regarding Rules in the House given to each bill? A) They determine limits on floor debate. B) They rarely specify the type of amendments that can be made to a bill. C) They originate with every committee in Congress. D) They affect the composition of House budget bills. E) Choices B and C are true, but not A and D. 27) 28) All bills must be introduced by A) members of Congress. B) the president. C) the presidentʹs Cabinet. D) staffers. E) interest groups. 28) 4

5 29) The only officer of the House of Representatives specifically mentioned in the Constitution is the A) vice president. B) sergeant at arms. C) president pro tempore. D) majority leader. E) Speaker of the House. 29) 30) A committee that is established on a temporary basis is called a/an committee. A) discharge B) ad valorem C) standing D) select E) pro tempore 30) 31) ʺCongress in session is Congress on exhibition, whilst Congress in its committee rooms is Congress at work,ʺ wrote A) Lyndon B. Johnson. B) John F. Kennedy. C) Abraham Lincoln. D) Theodore Roosevelt. E) Woodrow Wilson. 31) 32) The structure of the legislative branch of government is set out in of the Constitution. A) Article II B) Article I C) Article III D) Article VII E) Article IV 32) 33) The English political philosopher who articulated a sophisticated theory of representation was A) Edmund Burke. B) John Locke. C) Jeremy Bentham. D) Thomas Hobbes. E) Tony Blair. 33) 34) In 2000, Congress passed a law A) granting citizenship to children adopted by parents who are American citizens. B) granting citizenship only to children adopted by American citizens living in traditional marriages. C) denying any chance of citizenship to aliens suspected of terrorist activities. D) granting automatic citizenship to aliens who had been in the U.S. ten years or more. E) taking away the rights of naturalized citizens. 34) 35) Among members of the Senate--dead or alive--who took up residence in a state for the sole purpose of running for the Senate in an upcoming election are I. Hillary Rodham Clinton. II. Barack Obama. III. Robert Kennedy Jr. IV. Alan Keyes. A) I, II, and III B) I, III, and IV C) II, III, and V D) I and III E) II and IV 35) 5