unit 2 ap gov test review

Source: Congressional Research Service, 2017 In which year did Congress pass all stand-alone appropriations (spending) bills on time?

1977

All of the following statements pertaining to the presidential veto are true EXCEPT:

A President may veto part of a bill.

The details of legislation are usually worked out in which of the following settings?

A subcommittee

Which of the following statements accurately summarizes the reasoning for the decision in Baker v. Carr (1962) ?

Because rural districts had fewer people, representation was unevenly distributed; thus, Baker was denied equal protection under the law.

Which of the following identifies the formal procedure for ending a filibuster?

Cloture

When a bill passes the House and the Senate in different versions, the bill is resolved by which of the following types of committee?

Conference

A "cloture motion" passed in the Senate does which of the following?

Cuts off debate on a bill.

Which of the following is the most likely consequence of divided government?

Delays in confirmation of federal court nominees

Source: Congressional Research Servic Which of the following statements is true based on the bar graph?

From 2011 to 2016, no stand-alone appropriations bills were passed on time.

Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate?

HOR:The Constitution's framers intended it to reflect the will of the people./// Senate:The Constitution's framers designed it to represent the interests of the states

Advocates of shifting the task of drawing United States House districts from state legislatures to independent commissions are likely to claim which of the following as an advantage of independent commissions?

Independent commissions significantly reduce the influence of partisan gerrymandering in the redistricting process.

Which of the following statements about the Senate is true?

Individual senators can exercise substantial influence over the legislative process.

Which of the following statements about gerrymandering is true?

It can be used by a political party to draw boundary lines to control as many districts as possible.

Which of the following is generally true of the gerrymandering of congressional districts?

It creates districts that favor one political party over another.

Source: Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 2018 Which of the following categories accounted for the majority of spending in 2017, according to the chart?

Mandatory

Which of the following best describes pork barrel politics?

Members of Congress negotiate bills so that individual districts get money for projects that do not benefit the nation as a whole.

In November 2014, President Obama announced an expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program through an executive order. The policy would protect over 700,000 more children of undocumented immigrants from deportation. Republican members of Congress denounced the order as an abuse of executive power. Previously, members of the House of Representatives had voted to defund the program. This scenario best illustrates which of the following?

Presidents exert informal powers when their policy agenda conflicts with that of Congress.

Robert Dallek, "Power and the Presidency, From Kennedy to Obama," Smithsonian magazine, January 2011 Which of the following is a difference between the power of nineteenth-century presidents and that of the modern president according to the passage?

Presidents in the nineteenth century had to contend with congressional committees, which had significant powers in foreign affairs.

Which of the following describes the ruling in Shaw v. Reno (1993) ?

Racial gerrymandering was ruled unconstitutional.

Robert Dallek, "Power and the Presidency, From Kennedy to Obama," Smithsonian magazine, January 2011 Which of the following explains why the author believes presidential power has expanded?

The United States has emerged as a global power, which has enhanced the power of the president in foreign affairs.

Source: United States Senate; Brookings Institution, 2017 Which of the following is true based on the data in the line graph?

The number of bills passed by Congress decreased under G. H. W. Bush.

Source: Daily Signal, 2015 Which of the following trends is best supported by the information in the table?

The number of executive agreements has increased over time.

Which of the following best describes gerrymandering?

The party in control of the state legislature draws district boundaries in such a way as to favor its own candidates in subsequent elections.

In which of the following scenarios would a presidential veto most likely be upheld?

Two-thirds of the representatives and senators are members of the same party as the President.

Which of the following is an action a president can take to rally public support for the administration's legislative agenda?

Use the State of the Union Address to pressure Congress to pass a bill lowering income taxes.

If legislation passes in both the House of Representatives and the Senate but each version is slightly different, the conflicting bills are sent to

a conference committee for review and compromise

Elections for the House of Representative provide

approximately equal representation for every voter

The War Powers Resolution (1973) was designed to

assure congressional involvement in decisions committing military forces in hostile situations overseas

A President attempting to influence Congress to pass a legislative program might employ all of the following strategies EXCEPT

denying campaign reelection funds to legislators who oppose the President's policy stand

The House Rules Committee is an important part of the legislative process because it

determines the terms and conditions of debate when a bill goes to the House floor

All of the following powers are granted to the President by the Constitution EXCEPT

forming new cabinet-level departments

The congressional system of standing committees is significant because it

fosters the development of expertise by members

Much of the steady increase in federal government expenditures since 1960 has been caused by

increases in entitlement programs

All of the following have contributed to an increase in presidential power in the post-1945 era EXCEPT

legislation granting the President the power to impound funds appropriated by Congress

The practice in Congress whereby Representative A promises to vote for Representative B's legislation, provided that Representative B will support Representative A's legislation, is referred to as

logrolling

Executive agreements have been cited as evidence that

modern presidents often try to avoid legislative checks and balances on their authority

Congressional standing committees are best described as

permanent subject-matter committees

The power of the Rules Committee in the House of Representatives rests on its authority to

place a bill on the legislative calendar, limit time for debate and determine the type of amendments allowed

All of the following are formal or informal sources of presidential power EXCEPT

presidential authority to raise revenue

Most of the bills introduced in the House and the Senate are then

referred to committee but never sent to the full Congress

Enumerated powers of the federal government include all of the following EXCEPT the power to

regulate intrastate commerce

The boundary lines of congressional districts are drawn by

state legislatures

Fiscal policies refer to the government's power to

tax and spend

The boundaries of United States congressional districts are usually determined by

the state legislatures