GOVT - 2305.301 Module 4 Pre-Test

Which of the following statements best describes the difference between a congressional hearing and a congressional investigation?

A hearing is held in order to analyze a specific bill that has already been proposed, while an investigation examines a broad problem and concludes with recommendations for a proposed bill.

What is the origin of most federal bureaus?

Congress passes laws creating and funding most federal bureaus.

The president's delegated powers come from

Congress.

How do courts of original jurisdiction differ from those of appellate jurisdiction?

Courts of original jurisdiction are responsible for discovering the facts in a controversy and creating the record on which a judgment is based, while courts of appellate jurisdiction are responsible for determining whether or not the lower court that had original jurisdiction to hear the case made an error when applying the law to the facts of the case.

The states in which regions gained seats during the most recent apportionment?

South and West.

After the president and vice president, which office is next in the line of succession?

Speaker of the House

Interest groups play an important role in congressional decision-making by supplying members with information about policies.

True

Standing committees are permanent committees that can propose and write legislation dealing with particular issues like finance or agriculture.

True

Three presidents have been impeached.

True

The president's group of advisers and analysts is collectively called the

White House staff.

When a president "recognizes" a country, it means that the United States

acknowledges the legitimacy of that country's government.

Which of the following statements about stare decisis is correct?

acknowledges the legitimacy of that country's government.

One way the majority leader and minority leader in the Senate exert power is through

control of the calendar.

A member of Congress who votes for a bill with which he or she disagrees because a majority of his or her constituents favor it is acting as a

delegate

An emergency declaration relating to foreign threats allows the president to

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

The Securities and Exchanges Commission recently fined Kim Kardashian over $1 million for touting a crypto currency on Instagram. This action by the SEC is best described as

enforcing laws.

Which of the following employs the majority of the federal civilian workforce?

executive departments

The expansion of the Executive Office of the President, the development of regulatory review, and the use of executive orders have been important because they

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

The efforts of departments and agencies to translate laws into specific bureaucratic rules and actions is called

implementation.

One cause of party unity voting in recent Congresses is

increased polarization.

When compared to other nations, the number of government employees in the United States

is not especially high.

While the Constitution does not specify that presidents have the power to remove those they appointed to office from their positions,

presidents have long claimed that the power is implied by those expressed powers they have in the Constitution.

The mission of the National Performance Review was to

reorganize the federal bureaucracy to make it more efficient, more accountable, and less wasteful.

Which agencies in Congress are designed to provide the legislative branch with resources and expertise independent of the executive branch?

staff

What is cloture?

the process by which three-fifths of the Senate can end a filibuster