Political Science Expert Q&A

The powers of Congress have declined dramatically in which of the following areas over
The last 50 years?

A) national defense and the federal budget
B) health care and education
C) law enforcement and oversight
D) national defense and environmental protection

A signing statement is an announcement

A) the president makes about his or her interpretation of a congressional enactment he or she is signing into law.
B) made by a presidential candidate when formally accepting his or her party's nomination.
C) made by the president and the leader of a foreign country immediately following an executive agreement.
D) the president is required to make any time he or she issues an executive order.

The expansion of the Executive Office of the President,the development of regulatory review,
And the use of executive orders have been important because they

A) are deeply unpopular with the public and have led to the declining trust in American government.
B) make it very difficult for challengers to defeat incumbent presidents in elections.
C) have given presidents substantial capacity to achieve significant policy results despite congressional opposition to their legislative agendas.
D) have dramatically limited the power of the president and made it easier for Congress to dominate the American political system.

When President Obama restored funding for international family planning organizations
It was an example of a(n)

A) exercise of executive privilege.
B) signing statement.
C) executive order.
D) executive agreement.

In the last few decades,executive orders

A) have become increasingly rare due to the limitations Congress has imposed on unilateral presidential action.
B) have become focused almost exclusively on emergency wartime measures rather than on domestic policy matters.
C) have become routine instruments of presidential governance rather than emergency wartime measures.
D) have ended entirely due to a series of Supreme Court decisions outlawing most forms of unilateral presidential action.

How many vice presidents have had to replace presidents who died in office over the course
Of American history?

A) 0
B) 3
C) 8
D) 12

The main political value of the vice president is to

A) bring the president votes in the election from a group or region that would not otherwise be a likely source of support.
B) draw negative attention away from the president during times of crisis.
C) bridge the gap between the White House and Congress.
D) promote bipartisanship with members of the opposing political party.

The Office of Management and Budget and the Council of Economic Advisers are both parts of the

A) Cabinet.
B) White House staff.
C) Executive Office of the President.
D) Department of the Interior.

The ________ is the name given to the group of designated cabinet officials and other military,diplomatic,and intelligence officials who meet regularly with the president to give advice on
National security matters.

A) State Department
B) National Security Council
C) Council on Foreign Relations
D) War Council

________ was the first U.S.first lady to win public office on her own.

A) Dolley Madison
B) Eleanor Roosevelt
C) Hillary Clinton
D) Laura Bush

The president's group of advisers and analysts is collectively called the

A) Cabinet.
B) White House staff.
C) Executive Council of Advisers.
D) Department of State.

Congress

A) can terminate a state of emergency declared by the president only with a joint resolution of the two houses.
B) can terminate a state of emergency only by impeaching the president.
C) can terminate a state of emergency only by convening an "emergency committee" composed of the Speaker of the House,the majority leader of the Senate,and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,as described in Article I of the Constitution.
D) cannot terminate a state of emergency declared by the president.

The main difference between inherent and implied powers is that

A) inherent powers can be traced to the powers expressed in the actual language of the Constitution while implied powers derive from congressional laws and Supreme
Court decisions.
B) implied powers can be traced to the powers expressed in the actual language of the Constitution while inherent powers derive from congressional laws and Supreme
Court decisions.
C) implied powers can be traced to the powers expressed in the actual language of the Constitution while inherent powers derive from national sovereignty.
D) inherent powers can be traced to the powers expressed in the actual language of the Constitution while implied powers derive from national sovereignty.

The goal of the War Powers Resolution was to

A) compel a congressional declaration of war for every large-scale military operation.
B) limit the ability of Congress to cut off funding for troops when the president sends
Them overseas without congressional approval.
C) limit the power of the president to commit American troops to military action without authorization from Congress.
D) end the Vietnam War.

When Dwight Eisenhower sent federal troops into Central High School in Little Rock,
Arkansas,in 1957,it demonstrated that the

A) president may make unilateral use of the emergency powers to protect states against domestic disorder.
B) president requires the federal court's approval before using troops in domestic disturbances.
C) use of the president's emergency powers against domestic disorder necessitates a request by the governor of the state in question.
D) president needs congressional authorization to use troops in both domestic and international situations.

When President Lincoln issued a series of executive orders for which he had no clear legal
Authority during the start of the Civil War,it illustrated the

A) delegated powers of the presidency.
B) inherent powers of the presidency.
C) expressed powers of the presidency.
D) "going public" strategy.

After more than four decades,President ________ restored the American diplomatic ties with
Cuba that were severed by President ________.

A) Obama; Kennedy
B) George W.Bush; Kennedy
C) Obama; Eisenhower
D) George W.Bush; Eisenhower

When President Lincoln raised an army after the fall of Fort Sumter despite having no clear
Legal authority to do so,it illustrated the

A) delegated powers of the presidency.
B) inherent powers of the presidency.
C) expressed powers of the presidency.
D) "going public" strategy.

Which president was pardoned "for all offenses against the United States which he ...has
Committed or may have committed"?

A) Gerald Ford
B) Richard Nixon
C) Bill Clinton
D) Andrew Johnson

The Constitution attempts to restrain the president's use of domestic force by

A) stating that a state government must request federal troops before the president
Can deploy them within that state to provide public order.
B) strictly prohibiting presidents from ever deploying federal troops within the
United States.
C) requiring two-thirds of both the House and the Senate to vote in favor of any
Presidential order to deploy federal troops within the United States.
D) requiring a majority of both the House and the Senate to vote in favor of any
Presidential order to deploy federal troops within the United States.