AP Gov Unit 2 Practice Questions

Which of the following is the first step in the process of passing the bill?

A member of the House must introduce the bill to the House floor

Which of the following may Congress do to limit the Supreme Court's power?

Pass legislation to limit the Court's jurisdiction

Which of the following may the president do to limit the Supreme Court's power?

Appoint new justices to the Supreme Court

How might term-length differences have contributed to the lack of support from House Republicans?

Because members of the House have two-year terms, they are unlikely to support a piece of legislation that may upset their constituents

Which of the following is an intended consequence of ideological divisions within Congress?

Compromise between the two parties on congressional legislation

Which of the following is an enumerated power Congress has in making foreign policy?

Confirming ambassadors to foreign countries

In which of the following scenarios is the president most likely to use an executive order to make important policy?

Congress cannot reach a compromise

Appointments to the president's cabinet are sometimes contentious for which of the following reasons?

Cabinet-level officials are responsible for implementing the laws created by Congress, while still advocating for the president's agenda

Which of the following may the judicial branch do to limit the power of the president?

Declare an executive order unconstitutional

Which of the following is an enumerated power of Congress?

Generating a budget that addresses both discretionary and mandatory spending

Which of the following is the best example of an issue network?

Government and private groups opposed to a proposal to run a pipeline through Native American land

Which of the following statements describes a consideration presidents face when deciding whether or not to issue a veto?

If the opposing party has a supermajority in Congress, they can vote to override the veto

Which of the following statements best explains the difference between iron triangles and issue networks?

Issue networks are more likely to focus on a single issue, whereas iron triangles focus on a policy area.

Which statement accurately summarizes the impact of the Marbury v. Madison (1803) decision?

It increased the power of the Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of acts of Congress, states, and the president

Which of the following statements best explains how judicial activism influences decisions made by individual justices when deciding cases heard by the Court? Choose 1 answer:

Justices are influenced by the social effects the decision might have on the public

Senator Jon Snow has proposed a bill to increase funds to the military to fight the White Walkers threatening to invade the North. He hasn't received enough support to get the bill to pass, so he reaches out to Senator Daenerys Targaryen for her support. She agrees to support his bill as long as Senator Snow supports her legislation that allows public schools to teach High Valyrian as an elective language.

Logrolling

Which prior Supreme Court case could be cited as a precedent for the majority decision in United States v. Nixon (1974)?

Marbury v. Madison (1803)

What role do coalitions play in the policymaking process?

Politicians create coalitions to enact policy that has broad support from the public

Based on his statement in the passage, which of the following policy goals does Trump want to promote through ideological appointments to the Supreme Court?

Reversing the precedent that the right of privacy extends to a woman's decision to have an abortion

Which of the following is likely to occur immediately as a result of new legislation regarding transition programs for veterans of the Afghanistan War?

The Department of Veterans Affairs will use its authority to decide how to implement the law effectively.

"The president may be convinced that a piece of legislation is unwise. But his judgment as to its un-wisdom is not a legal reason for his declining to execute it. (It may be a reason to veto it, and one of the objections to signing statements is that they are vetoes not subject to override.) And the president may have a definite view as to what the legislation means, and that view might include conclusions as to its constitutionality, but his is not the view that counts. He may be the commander in chief, but he is not the interpreter in chief." Which best summarizes argument

Signing statements go beyond the president's expressed constitutional powers

After the bill is assigned a number, which of the following describes the next step of the lawmaking process?

The Speaker of the House assigns the bill to a relevant committee

Which of the following describes a difficulty the judicial branch faces in the policy implementation process?

The Supreme Court must rely on the other branches of government to enforce its rulings

Which of the following statements best summarizes Marshall's argument?

The Supreme Court should judge whether a law is constitutional

"Energy," as used by Hamilton in Federalist No. 70, is best defined as which of the following?

The capacity to act quickly and decisively

Every ten years congressional redistricting occurs for which of the following reasons?

To divide a state into new political districts after changes in population

Which prior Supreme Court case could be used as a precedent for the majority decision in United States v. Morrison (2000)?

U.S. v Lopez

Which of the following actions can the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) take to implement this measure?

Write guidelines about how much violence can be depicted during times children are likely to be watching TV

Which of the following is an example of filling a position based on political patronage?

nominating a member of her political party as the secretary of state after he offered political support during the campaign

Which of the following constitutional provisions granted Congress the power to pass environmental protection laws like the Clean Water Act?

necessary and proper

Congress member Amy Santiago votes her conscience on bills that her constituents care little about, but she votes according to the wishes of her constituents on bills they care about a lot. Which model of representation do her actions embody?

politico

Bureaucratic discretionary authority is best defined as which of the following?

the ability of executive agencies to decide the literal interpretation of the law and to take courses of action

Senator Ramirez listens to her constituents' wishes on every piece of legislation, but always votes her conscience, even if it goes against her constituents' wishes on pieces of legislation they care about.

The trustee model