A.   Speaker of the House

B.   vice president of the United States

C.   president of the United States

D.   Senate majority leader

A.   requires the president to be at least 35 years old

B.   requires the president to be a resident of the United States

C.   limits the president's terms of office

D.   requires that presidents be natural-born citizens

A.   because the Constitution does not give the president any powers to influence public policy

B.   because the Constitution establishes a system of shared powers

C.   because the president has diminishing power over the course of his or her administration

D.   because Congress cannot debate legislation without approval from the president

A.   chief executive

B.   commander in chief

C.   chief legislator

D.   head of state

A.   Vice presidents started taking the lead in the budgeting process.

B.   Presidents are more likely to use their vice presidents as close policy advisers.

C.   Vice presidents started to preside over the Senate.

D.   Presidents are more likely to select ideologically moderate vice presidents to expand their electoral appeal.

A.   to advise the president on economic policy

B.   to assess budget proposals for Congress

C.   to enact the president's budget

D.   to suggest programs that should be scaled back or curtailed because they use tax dollars inefficiently

A.   secretary of the treasury

B.   chief of staff

C.   secretary of commerce

D.   Office of Management and Budget

A.   establishing the jurisdiction of the federal courts including the Supreme Court

B.   determining the constitutionality of judicial acts

C.   nominating federal judges

D.   determining the Supreme Court's docket

A.   approval rating

B.   executive order

C.   electoral mandate

D.   executive agreement

A.   levels of executive privilege

B.   debts and deficits

C.   campaign spending

D.   approval ratings

A.   Executive Office of the President

B.   Office of Administration

C.   the cabinet

D.   White House staff

A.   to provide the president with national security policy advice from the opposing party's perspective

B.   to keep the president and first family secure

C.   to administer the armed forces

D.   to link the president's foreign and military policy advisers

A.   Modern presidents are more subservient to the will of Congress than the Framers originally intended.

B.   Modern presidents have considerably less power as leaders of their political parties than the Framers originally intended.

C.   Modern presidents are considerably less democratic than the Framers originally intended.

D.   Modern presidents are much more influential in the legislative process than the Framers originally intended.

A.   The vice presidency has become a prerequisite for the presidency.

B.   The vice president is no longer trusted as he once was.

C.   The vice president has been more involved in the policy making process in recent years than in the past.

D.   The vice president recently has been locked out of the policymaking process.

A.   Rally events lead to drops in presidential approval ratings, making passage of their agendas more difficult.

B.   Rally events make presidents more politically cautious.

C.   Rally events cause a long-term increase in presidential approval ratings, practically guaranteeing reelection.

D.   Rally events tend to temporarily increase presidential approval ratings, providing presidents with a window of opportunity to press their agenda.

A.   in times of relative peace and prosperity

B.   during presidential election years

C.   in times of economic crisis

D.   when they oppose the president's agenda

A.   The White House staff is the link between executive agencies in the bureaucracy and Congress.

B.   The White House staff is composed of policy specialists who have little personal loyalty to the president.

C.   The White House staff is a loose collection of bureaucrats who are loyal to executive agencies.

D.   The White House staff is composed of advisers who do whatever is in the best interest of the president.

A.   presidential and vice presidential succession and disability

B.   the Electoral College

C.   the president's powers to negotiate treaties

D.   presidential powers to conduct war

A.   ensure that the president's party will have a good chance of winning the next presidential election

B.   mentor the president

C.   placate a symbolic constituency

D.   help set the president's agenda

A.   granting pardons

B.   declaring war

C.   making treaties

D.   receiving foreign ambassadors