Chapter 10 & Chapter 11 Questions

1. A third presidential term is prevented by the ____22ND__ Amendment.

2. The president must either accept an entire bill or veto an entire bill because the
president does
not have the ____line item____ veto power.
3. According to the Constitution, the qualifications for president are:
A. A natural born US citizen
B. At least 35 years old
C. Must have lived in the US 14 years prior to the election
D. All of these
4. Treaties negotiated by the president:
A. Require approval by the Senate
B. Require approval by the House of Representatives
C. Require approval by both houses of Congress
D. Do not require any approval
5. A presidential veto:
A. Is final and cannot be over turned
B. Includes the right to use a line-item veto
C. Can be overridden by a two-thirds vote in each house of Congress
D. None of these
6. If the president becomes ill in office and is unable to work the 25 th Amendment
says the vice
president:
A. Becomes president
B. Becomes “Acting President”
C. Does nothing
D. All of these are possibilities
7. If the president has to appoint a new vice president in the middle of a term:
A. The appointment does not have to be approved by anyone
B. The appointment must be approved by the House of Representatives and the
Senate
C. The appointment must be approved by the Senate
D. The appointment must be approved by the House of Representatives
8. If the president does not sign a bill into law but instead lets it lay on his/her desk
for ten days
and Congress is not in session:
A. It becomes law anyway
B. It is vetoed
C. It is considered a line-item veto
D. It is considered a pocket veto
9. Which of the roles that a president serves in involves mainly ceremonial duties
such as attending
funerals and welcoming the Super Bowl Champions to the White House?
A. Commander-in-Chief
B. Chief Legislator
C. Head of State
D. Head of Government
10. What group officially elects the President and Vice President? The electoral
college
11. Suppose the President and Vice President are involved in an accident and they
both die. Who would become President? Who would become Vice President? What
else would happen? The speaker of the House becomes president. Then the
president elects a new VP who must be approved by the House and the Senate
12. Suppose the President finds out he/she has to have surgery and will be sedated
for 6 hours.
According to the 25th Amendment what would happen? Be sure to tell everything that
would occur. The Vice President and a majority of the Cabinet write a letter to
congress explaining the situation and the VP becomes “acting president”. When the
president heals, things go back to normal.
Chapter 11 Bureaucracy
13. NASA and the Peace Corps are examples of ___Independent___ agencies.
14. Since our government began, the part that has grown the most has been the:
A. Congress and its staff
B. Bureaucracies
C. President’s personal staff
D. Courts and judges
15. The president’s cabinet:
A. Is made up of heads of executive departments
B. Are Presidential advisors
C. Both A and B
D. Neither A nor B
16. Independent agencies are considered independent because:
A. They are outside the regular funding process
B. The president cannot hire or fire the heads of these agencies
C. They are located outside of the executive departments
D. They are not influenced by interest groups
17. Merit as a condition of government employment was established by the:
A. Pendleton Act
B. Hatch Act
C. Civil Service Reform Act
D. Merit Systems Protection Act
18. The Hatch Act:
A. Established merit as a condition of government employment
B. Banned civil servants from participating in partisan politics
C. Provided incentives for high quality work by civil servants
D. Established the Senior Executive Service
19. Which of these is considered to be a problem with bureaucracy?
A. “red tape”
B. Duplication
C. Waste
D. All of these