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
