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Question 1 of 30
Under the Hatch Act, federal employees are prohibited from
Question 2 of 30
Bureaucratic capture is
Question 3 of 30
Which of the following is a limit on a president’s ability to issue executive orders?
Question 4 of 30
Which of the following is part of the president’s job as head of the executive branch?
Question 5 of 30
Questions 5–6 refer to the chart below:
Which of the following is the correct next step after a bill is reported out of committee?
Question 6 of 30
Which of the following steps is where most bills die in the process of a bill becoming law?
Question 7 of 30
If the president cannot get an agenda adopted by Congress, then the president may use which of the following techniques to appeal directly to the people of the United States?
Question 8 of 30
Which of the following is a reason for the expansion power of the executive branch over time?
Question 9 of 30
Questions 9–10 refer to the graph below:
The judicial vacancies shown above must be filled by the president and confirmed by
Question 10 of 30
Which of the following statements is true based on the data in the graph?
Question 11 of 30
Comparing the three constitutionally defined branches of government, Congress is most powerful compared to the other branches in
Question 12 of 30
Which of the following models of representation is a member of Congress most likely to follow when voting on a domestic issue that affects their district or state?
Question 13 of 30
Questions 13–14 refer to the map below:
Which of the following concepts is represented in the map above?
Question 14 of 30
Which of the following is true of gerrymandering?
Question 15 of 30
The president is most likely to assert his authority over Congress in
Question 16 of 30
Bureaucrats who see themselves as career government officials are likely to be
Question 17 of 30
Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the House and the Senate?
House of Representatives Senate
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Led by Majority Leader
Led by Speaker
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Initiates of revenue bills
Gives advice and consent to treaties
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Tries impeached officials
Initiates articles of impeachment
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Flexible floor debate rules protect minority
Rigid floor debate rules favor majority
Question 18 of 30
If Congress disagrees with a federal court’s decision, it has the power to
Question 19 of 30
Which of the following Supreme Court cases established judicial review?
Question 20 of 30
Which of the following positions require Senate confirmation?
Question 21 of 30
Question 21 refers to the passage below:
Military leaders believe that heavy-duty tanks are less useful due to the changing nature of warfare. The army has placed almost half of them in storage facilities. However, the plant that produces these tanks employs thousands of Americans.
Union leaders from the plant lobby the members of Congress who represent this district. Several other interest groups and PACs also lobby to keep the plant open. These include groups that want to increase US defense spending and those that support more aggressive actions against foreign dictatorships. These groups also lobby the bureaucrats in the Department of Defense in order to increase support for this tank. Several of their lobbyists recently worked for the Department and they often socialize with the current leaders.
The members of Congress fight to keep the plant open so that it can continue producing the tanks. They receive large election donations from the interest groups. They also work to build support for the tank within the Defense bureaucracy while supporting higher government salaries and additional defense spending.
The scenario above illustrates
Question 22 of 30
A concurring opinion is
Question 23 of 30
A typical challenge in managing “street level” bureaucrats in the federal government is
Question 24 of 30
Questions 24–27 refer to the passage below:
Upon the principles of a free government, inconveniences from the source just mentioned must necessarily be submitted to in the formation of the legislature; but it is unnecessary, and therefore unwise, to introduce them into the constitution of the Executive. It is here too that they may be most pernicious. In the legislature, promptitude of decision is oftener an evil than a benefit. The differences of opinion, and the jarrings of parties in that department of the government, though they may sometimes obstruct salutary plans, yet often promote deliberation and circumspection, and serve to check excesses in the majority. When a resolution too is once taken, the opposition must be at an end. That resolution is a law, and resistance to it punishable. But no favorable circumstances palliate or atone for the disadvantages of dissension in the executive department. Here, they are pure and unmixed. There is no point at which they cease to operate. They serve to embarrass and weaken the execution of the plan or measure to which they relate, from the first step to the final conclusion of it. They constantly counteract those qualities in the Executive which are the most necessary ingredients in its composition, vigor and expedition, and this without any counterbalancing good. In the conduct of war, in which the energy of the Executive is the bulwark of the national security, every thing would be to be apprehended from its plurality.
—Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist No. 70
Which of the following statements from the passage above would Alexander Hamilton agree with?
Question 25 of 30
Upon the principles of a free government, inconveniences from the source just mentioned must necessarily be submitted to in the formation of the legislature; but it is unnecessary, and therefore unwise, to introduce them into the constitution of the Executive. It is here too that they may be most pernicious. In the legislature, promptitude of decision is oftener an evil than a benefit. The differences of opinion, and the jarrings of parties in that department of the government, though they may sometimes obstruct salutary plans, yet often promote deliberation and circumspection, and serve to check excesses in the majority. When a resolution too is once taken, the opposition must be at an end. That resolution is a law, and resistance to it punishable. But no favorable circumstances palliate or atone for the disadvantages of dissension in the executive department. Here, they are pure and unmixed. There is no point at which they cease to operate. They serve to embarrass and weaken the execution of the plan or measure to which they relate, from the first step to the final conclusion of it. They constantly counteract those qualities in the Executive which are the most necessary ingredients in its composition, vigor and expedition, and this without any counterbalancing good. In the conduct of war, in which the energy of the Executive is the bulwark of the national security, every thing would be to be apprehended from its plurality.
—Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist No. 70
Based on the passage above, which of the following statements about pluralism would Alexander Hamilton agree with?
Question 26 of 30
Upon the principles of a free government, inconveniences from the source just mentioned must necessarily be submitted to in the formation of the legislature; but it is unnecessary, and therefore unwise, to introduce them into the constitution of the Executive. It is here too that they may be most pernicious. In the legislature, promptitude of decision is oftener an evil than a benefit. The differences of opinion, and the jarrings of parties in that department of the government, though they may sometimes obstruct salutary plans, yet often promote deliberation and circumspection, and serve to check excesses in the majority. When a resolution too is once taken, the opposition must be at an end. That resolution is a law, and resistance to it punishable. But no favorable circumstances palliate or atone for the disadvantages of dissension in the executive department. Here, they are pure and unmixed. There is no point at which they cease to operate. They serve to embarrass and weaken the execution of the plan or measure to which they relate, from the first step to the final conclusion of it. They constantly counteract those qualities in the Executive which are the most necessary ingredients in its composition, vigor and expedition, and this without any counterbalancing good. In the conduct of war, in which the energy of the Executive is the bulwark of the national security, every thing would be to be apprehended from its plurality.
—Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist No. 70
Which article of the US Constitution best fits The Federalist No. 70 ?
Question 27 of 30
Upon the principles of a free government, inconveniences from the source just mentioned must necessarily be submitted to in the formation of the legislature; but it is unnecessary, and therefore unwise, to introduce them into the constitution of the Executive. It is here too that they may be most pernicious. In the legislature, promptitude of decision is oftener an evil than a benefit. The differences of opinion, and the jarrings of parties in that department of the government, though they may sometimes obstruct salutary plans, yet often promote deliberation and circumspection, and serve to check excesses in the majority. When a resolution too is once taken, the opposition must be at an end. That resolution is a law, and resistance to it punishable. But no favorable circumstances palliate or atone for the disadvantages of dissension in the executive department. Here, they are pure and unmixed. There is no point at which they cease to operate. They serve to embarrass and weaken the execution of the plan or measure to which they relate, from the first step to the final conclusion of it. They constantly counteract those qualities in the Executive which are the most necessary ingredients in its composition, vigor and expedition, and this without any counterbalancing good. In the conduct of war, in which the energy of the Executive is the bulwark of the national security, every thing would be to be apprehended from its plurality.
—Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist No. 70
Which of the following developments did Hamilton not anticipate in The Federalist No. 70 ?
Question 28 of 30
While the spoils system ________, its principal drawback was that ________.
Question 29 of 30
A ________ committee includes members of both the House and Senate, while a ________ committee exists exclusively within the House or Senate and is as permanent as Congress allows.
Question 30 of 30
The president is considered to have a “first mover” advantage when involved in international treaty-making because:
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