A.   I

B.   V

C.   II

D.   III

A.   the Supreme Court.

B.   the president’s party.

C.   Congress.

D.   the Constitution.

A.   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.

B.   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.

C.   stating that a state government must request federal troops before the president can deploy them within that state to provide public order.

D.   strictly prohibiting presidents from ever deploying federal troops within the United States.

A.   the War Powers Act

B.   presidential emergency power

C.   the elastic clause

D.   the national guard

A.   diplomacy

B.   international protocols

C.   executive immunity

D.   executive agreements

A.   do not have to be approved by two-thirds vote of the House.

B.   must be approved by the U.S. Supreme Court but not by Congress.

C.   are generally formulated at meetings of the United Nations.

D.   do not have to be approved by two-thirds vote of the Senate.

A.   the Fifth Amendment

B.   executive privilege

C.   presidential immunity

D.   expressed powers

A.   has never exceeded two.

B.   has been relatively constant throughout American history.

C.   is typically higher when Congress is controlled by the opposite party.

D.   is typically lower when Congress is controlled by the opposite party.

A.   the unitary executive.

B.   elite pluralism.

C.   absolutism.

D.   pluralism.

A.   USA PATRIOT Act of 2001

B.   War Powers Resolution of 1973

C.   National Security Act of 1947

D.   Boland Amendment of 1982

A.   use of the president’s emergency powers against domestic disorder necessitates a request by the governor of the state in question.

B.   president needs congressional authorization to use troops in both domestic and international situations.

C.   president may make unilateral use of the emergency powers to protect states against domestic disorder.

D.   president requires the federal court’s approval before using troops in domestic disturbances.

A.   Congressional tax legislation is vague and the IRS receives all of its guidance from the president.

B.   Congressional tax legislation is specific and detailed, leaving little to the discretion of IRS administrators.

C.   The IRS is an independent government agency and is not influenced by congressional tax legislation.

D.   Congressional tax legislation is vague and empowers the IRS to employ a great deal of “prosecutorial discretion.”

A.   military

B.   judicial

C.   legislative

D.   diplomatic

A.   head of state.

B.   head of the bureaucracy.

C.   head of the political party.

D.   head of government.

A.   signing treaties and issuing pardons and amnesties.

B.   ruling on the constitutionality of congressional actions and signing treaties.

C.   appointing federal judges and ruling on the constitutionality of Congressional actions.

D.   appointing federal judges and issuing pardons and amnesties.

A.   Cabinet

B.   White House staff

C.   Executive Office of the President

D.   Presidential Advisory Committee

A.   be approved by the Senate and are responsible to the Senate and to Congress at large.

B.   be approved by the House and are not responsible to the Senate or to Congress at large.

C.   be approved by the Senate but are not responsible to the Senate or to Congress at large.

D.   be approved by the House but are responsible to the Senate and to Congress at large.

A.   Department of State.

B.   White House staff.

C.   Cabinet.

D.   Executive Council of Advisers.

A.   negotiates foreign trade treaties on behalf of the federal government.

B.   analyzes trends to help the president anticipate economic events.

C.   sets interest rates for the federal government.

D.   regulates stock market transactions and enforces federal antitrust laws.

A.   head of state.

B.   chief diplomat.

C.   head of government.

D.   commander in chief.

A.   its personnel assist with overseeing regulatory proposals and preparing the national budget.

B.   it has the power to veto legislation passed by Congress that negatively impacts the federal budget.

C.   the Constitution requires that the president receive its approval for administrative rule changes and tax increases.

D.   it is granted the authority under the Constitution to pass the federal budget.

A.   cast tie-breaking votes in the Senate.

B.   run the day-to-day operations of the Executive Office of the President.

C.   serve as Speaker of the House of Representatives.

D.   represent the president overseas.

A.   less popular than when he entered.

B.   without issuing a single executive order.

C.   without issuing a single signing statement.

D.   more popular than when he entered.

A.   Executive Office of the President; judiciary; executive orders

B.   Government Accountability Office; judiciary; earmarks

C.   Government Accountability Office; bureaucracy; earmarks

D.   Executive Office of the President; bureaucracy; executive orders

A.   Only a tiny percentage of presidential orders have ever been rescinded by congressional legislation.

B.   Nearly 90% of all presidential orders end up being rescinded by congressional legislation.

C.   Congress cannot rescind a presidential order.

D.   About half of all presidential orders end up being rescinded by congressional legislation.

A.   Inherent

B.   Delegated

C.   Implied

D.   Expressed

A.   expressed; inherent

B.   inherent; expressed

C.   inherent; implied

D.   expressed; implied

A.   can refuse to send federal troops at his or her discretion.

B.   can refuse to send federal troops with a majority vote of Congress.

C.   is constitutionally required to send some federal troops, but he or she can choose exactly how many will be sent.

D.   is constitutionally required to send exactly as many federal troops as the state government has requested.

A.   is willing to trade with people and companies working in that territory.

B.   will impose economic sanctions on that country.

C.   will deploy military personnel within that country.

D.   acknowledges the legitimacy of that country’s government.

A.   simple majority vote in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

B.   statement by the Speaker of the House.

C.   simple majority vote in both houses.

D.   statement by the Senate majority leader.

A.   treaty negotiated by the Senate and a foreign state that requires the president’s approval.

B.   simple understanding between the president and a foreign state that is not submitted to Congress for approval.

C.   formal contract negotiated by a state governor and the president that requires the Senate’s approval.

D.   formal contract between the United States and a foreign state that is approved by a vote in the House of Representatives.

A.   a majority of both houses of Congress

B.   a unanimous vote of both houses of Congress

C.   two-thirds of both houses of Congress

D.   three-fourths of both houses of Congress

A.   only given once every four years.

B.   required by Congressional law.

C.   based on tradition but was discontinued during the Great Depression and World War II.

D.   mandated by the Constitution.

A.   unlimited

B.   totalitarian

C.   dual

D.   unitary

A.   delegated powers.

B.   explicit powers.

C.   usurped powers.

D.   inherent powers.

A.   Starting around the time of the New Deal, Congress has tended to draft legislation that offers few clear guidelines for implementation by the executive.

B.   Since around the time of the Civil War, Congress has tended to draft legislation that offers very specific guidelines for implementation by the executive.

C.   The Constitution explicitly prohibits Congress from providing specific guidelines to executive agencies for implementing laws.

D.   Congress has never given executive agencies broad mandates and has always drafted legislation that offers very specific guidelines for implementation by the executive.

A.   an executive order.

B.   executive privilege.

C.   an expressed power.

D.   a delegated power.

A.   Use of the veto has remained constant across presidential administrations, and vetoes are frequently overridden.

B.   Presidents have used the veto only twice in American history.

C.   Use of the veto varies considerably across presidential administrations, and vetoes are seldom overridden.

D.   Use of the veto has remained constant across presidential administrations, and vetoes are seldom overridden.

A.   inherent powers can be traced to the powers expressed in the actual language of the Constitution, while implied powers derive from national sovereignty.

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.   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.

D.   implied powers can be traced to the powers expressed in the actual language of the Constitution, while inherent powers derive from national sovereignty.

A.   issue a formal declaration of war without congressional approval.

B.   add amendments to the Constitution without congressional or state government approval.

C.   embargo trade, seize foreign assets, and prohibit transactions with whatever foreign nations are involved.

D.   hold elections for an entirely new Congress regardless of whether congressional elections are scheduled.

A.   expressed

B.   implied

C.   inherent

D.   delegated

A.   inherent; expressed

B.   implied; delegated

C.   expressed; delegated

D.   implied; inherent

A.   They require a lower threshold of congressional support in order to get passed.

B.   They are more respected internationally.

C.   They are less likely to be found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

D.   They usually last longer and are also harder for future administrations to overturn.

A.   Congress can find executive branch actions unconstitutional and veto executive actions.

B.   Congress can appropriate funds and impeach members of the executive branch.

C.   Congress can find executive branch actions unconstitutional and impeach members of the executive branch.

D.   Congress can appropriate funds and veto executive actions.

A.   members of the House of Representatives who resign before their terms have expired

B.   state Supreme Court justices

C.   cabinet secretaries

D.   state governors who resign before their terms have expired

A.   50; senator

B.   5; secretary

C.   15; secretary

D.   15; senator

A.   White House staff.

B.   Cabinet.

C.   Executive Office of the President.

D.   Department of the Interior.

A.   attorney general

B.   Senate majority leader

C.   Speaker of the House

D.   secretary of state

A.   Eleanor Roosevelt

B.   Laura Bush

C.   Hillary Clinton

D.   Dolley Madison

A.   give the president an institutional link to Congress.

B.   draw negative attention away from the president during times of crisis.

C.   bring the president votes in the election that he or she might otherwise not win.

D.   promote bipartisanship with members of the opposing political party through negotiations.

A.   White House staff appointments are subject to confirmation by the Senate, whereas EOP appointments are not.

B.   White House staff usually provides advice that is more explicitly political than that coming from the EOP.

C.   White House staff often come from both parties, whereas members of the EOP usually come from the president’s party.

D.   White House staff serve for at most one year, whereas EOP staff serve for as long as they wish.

A.   the executive bureaucracy

B.   the presidency

C.   Congress

D.   the Supreme Court

A.   Administrative oversight

B.   Delegation

C.   An executive agreement

D.   Regulatory review

A.   become increasingly rare due to the Congress imposing limits on them.

B.   become routine instruments of presidential governance rather than emergency wartime measures.

C.   become focused almost exclusively on emergency wartime measures rather than on domestic policy matters.

D.   ended entirely due to a series of Supreme Court decisions outlawing most forms of unilateral presidential action.

A.   must obtain a so-called consent decree from the Senate before they use executive orders.

B.     

C.   must secure preclearance from the federal judiciary for their use of executive orders.

D.   only make executive orders when dealing with foreign affairs.

E.   must state the constitutional or statutory basis for their use of executive orders.

A.   made by a presidential candidate when formally accepting his or her party’s nomination.

B.   the president makes about his or her interpretation of a congressional enactment he or she is signing into law.

C.   the president is required to make any time he or she issues an executive order.

D.   made by the president and the leader of a foreign country immediately following an executive agreement.

A.   House and tried in the Senate, with the chief justice presiding and a two-thirds vote needed for conviction.

B.   House and tried in the Senate, with the chief justice presiding and a 50% plus one vote needed for conviction.

C.   Senate and tried in the House, with the chief justice presiding and a two-thirds vote needed for conviction.

D.   Senate and tried in the House, with the chief justice presiding and a 50% plus one vote needed for conviction.

A.   executive order.

B.   recess appointment.

C.   writ of habeas corpus.

D.   writ of mandamus.

A.   have given presidents capacity to achieve policy results despite congressional opposition to their legislative agendas.

B.   make it very difficult for challengers to defeat incumbent presidents in elections.

C.   are deeply unpopular with the public and have led to the declining trust in American government.

D.   have dramatically limited the power of the president and made it easier for Congress to dominate the American political system.

A.   vetoes.

B.   legislative initiatives.

C.   signing statements.

D.   executive agreements.