1. Sample Questions Chapters 3, 12, 13, 14

2. All of the following contribute to the success of incumbent members of Congress n election campaigns EXCEPT Incumbents usually raise more campaign funds that do their challengers Incumbents usually raise more campaign funds that do their challengers Incumbents know more about issues than do challengers Incumbents know more about issues than do challengers Incumbents are usually better known to voters that are their challengers Incumbents are usually better known to voters that are their challengers Incumbents can use staff to perform services for constituents Incumbents can use staff to perform services for constituents Incumbents often sit on committees that permit them to serve district interests Incumbents often sit on committees that permit them to serve district interests

3. Which of the following is true of the electoral college system? It encourages the emergence of third parties It encourages the emergence of third parties It encourages candidates to concentrate their campaigns in competitive, populous states It encourages candidates to concentrate their campaigns in competitive, populous states It ensures that the votes of all citizens count equally in selecting the President It ensures that the votes of all citizens count equally in selecting the President It requires that a candidate win a minimum of 26 states to obtain a majority in the college It requires that a candidate win a minimum of 26 states to obtain a majority in the college It tends to make presidential elections appear closer than they really are It tends to make presidential elections appear closer than they really are

4. All of the following powers are granted to the President by the Constitution EXCEPT commissioning officers in the armed forces commissioning officers in the armed forces addressing the Congress on the state of the Union addressing the Congress on the state of the Union receiving ambassadors receiving ambassadors granting pardons for federal offenses granting pardons for federal offenses forming new cabinet-level departments forming new cabinet-level departments

5. All of the following have contributed to an increase in presidential influence in the post-1945 era EXCEPT All of the following have contributed to an increase in presidential influence in the post-1945 era EXCEPT Tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War period Tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War period An increase in public expectations for services from the federal government An increase in public expectations for services from the federal government Constitutional amendments Constitutional amendments Increasing United States involvement in international affairs Increasing United States involvement in international affairs Legislation granting the President power to impound funds appropriated by Congress Legislation granting the President power to impound funds appropriated by Congress

6. The request of recent Presidents for the line-item veto (president’s veto of specific portions of a budget bill) is a challenge to which of the following principles? Separation of powers Separation of powers Senatorial courtesy Senatorial courtesy Eminent domain Eminent domain Executive privilege Executive privilege Congressional oversight Congressional oversight

7. All of the following benefit congressional subcommittees in an iron triangle EXCEPT Contributions by client groups to the election campaigns of subcommittee members Contributions by client groups to the election campaigns of subcommittee members Expert information from government agency witnesses at subcommittee hearings Expert information from government agency witnesses at subcommittee hearings Assistance from the government agency with complaints from constituents Assistance from the government agency with complaints from constituents The seniority of the committee chair The seniority of the committee chair Expert testimony at subcommittee hearings from the client groups’ representatives Expert testimony at subcommittee hearings from the client groups’ representatives

8. Which of the following helps the president sort out the competing budgetary agendas of the various executive departments? Office of Management and Budget Office of Management and Budget Council of Economic Advisors Council of Economic Advisors National Security Council National Security Council Chief of Staff Chief of Staff Research office on the White House Staff Research office on the White House Staff

9. The term “budget deficit” refers to the annual increase in federal spending on the military annual increase in federal spending on the military amount of interest on the national debt amount of interest on the national debt difference between the initial budget proposals made by the president and Congress difference between the initial budget proposals made by the president and Congress period after the fiscal year ends during which the government operates without an official budget period after the fiscal year ends during which the government operates without an official budget amount the government spends in excess of its revenues amount the government spends in excess of its revenues

10. Over time, there has been a gradual change from a dual federalism to ________ (sometimes referred to as coercive) federalism which resembles a marble cake rather than a layer cake. fiscal fiscal cooperative cooperative single single tripartite tripartite unitary unitary

11. What was the original, sole and express purpose of the Constitutional Convention a. revise the Articles of Confederation a. revise the Articles of Confederation b. abolish the Articles of Confederation b. abolish the Articles of Confederation c. grant women the right to vote c. grant women the right to vote d. choose the first president d. choose the first president e. negotiate a treaty with Great Britain e. negotiate a treaty with Great Britain

12. Opposition to ratification of the Constitution was based on the belief that it would give too much power to the states give too much power to the states promote pluralism, which threatened liberty promote pluralism, which threatened liberty produce more democratic elements than desirable for a strong central government produce more democratic elements than desirable for a strong central government provide for elite control, endanger liberty, and weaken the power of the states provide for elite control, endanger liberty, and weaken the power of the states e. all of these e. all of these

13. Which of the following is included in the Constitution? a. media coverage of wars a. media coverage of wars b. political parties b. political parties c. the right to an abortion c. the right to an abortion d. all of these are in the Constitution d. all of these are in the Constitution e. none of these are in the Constitution e. none of these are in the Constitution

14. The principle that the national government had certain implied powers that go beyond its enumerated powers was first elaborated in the Supreme Court’s decision in a. Marbury v. Madison a. Marbury v. Madison b. McCulloch v. Maryland b. McCulloch v. Maryland c. Gibbons v. Ogden c. Gibbons v. Ogden d. Miranda v. Arizona d. Miranda v. Arizona e. Mapp v. Ohio e. Mapp v. Ohio

15. All of the following are involved in the budget process EXCEPT Office of Management and Budget Office of Management and Budget Congressional Budget Office Congressional Budget Office Congress Congress Supreme Court Supreme Court The President The President

16. Jefferson and Hamilton had differing viewpoints on all of the following issues EXCEPT The creation of a national bank The creation of a national bank states rights vs. the power of the federal states rights vs. the power of the federal government government Loose vs. strict interpretation of the Loose vs. strict interpretation of the Constitution Constitution The national debt The national debt the definition of freedom of religion the definition of freedom of religion

17. States Rights was an issue in all of the following events EXCEPT McCulloch v. Maryland McCulloch v. Maryland South Carolina Nullification 1832 South Carolina Nullification 1832 Civil War Civil War Brown v. Topeka Board of Education Brown v. Topeka Board of Education Marbury v. Madison Marbury v. Madison

18. All of the following were EXECUTIVE ORDERS EXCEPT Japanese Internment Japanese Internment Suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus by President Lincoln during the Civil War Suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus by President Lincoln during the Civil War Desegregation of the Armed Forces in 1946 Desegregation of the Armed Forces in 1946 Don’t ask Don’t Tell policy on gays in the Armed Forces Don’t ask Don’t Tell policy on gays in the Armed Forces Desegregation of the Schools in the Southern States Desegregation of the Schools in the Southern States