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Multiple choice test

1. Which term is applied to a legislator who introduces a bill?

A) President pro tempore

B) Sponsor of the bill

C) Proponent of the bill

D) Director of the bill


2. Who carries out the roles of chief diplomat, commander in chief, and chief executive in the United States?

A) The Secretary of State and the head of the joint chiefs

B) The Secretary of Defense and the five-star generals

C) The Senate majority leader

D) The President


3. What is the U.S. Constitution?

A) The philosophy of government on which the country is based

B) An unchangeable set of instructions for government

C) A guideline for government that states can accept or reject

D) The fundamental law of the United States


4. What does Congress have the power to do?

A) Buy land and elect the state governors

B) Coin money and declare war

C) Make treaties and nominate judges

D) Manage state parks and build roads


5.Under the constitution, each state has how many senator(s) and how many representatives

A) Two; three

B) Two; number is based on the population of the state

C) Two; number is based on tradition

D) Three; number is based on the amount of taxes the state pays


6. Gerrymandering is the drawing of which of the following?

A) State boundaries to even the size f the states

B) Political districts to benefit a party

C) County line to avoid increases in taxes

D) City limits to gain tax revenue


7.Which of the following assist the floor leaders in getting party members to vote in a certain way in both houses of Congress?

A) Whips

B) Vice chairpersons

C) Committee heads

D) Clerks


8. According to the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. House of Representatives has the power to do what to government officials

A) Impeach them

B) Prosecute them

C) Remove them

D) Nominate them


10. The president is limited to two terms by which of the following?

A) The Twenty-second Amendment

B) Political precedent

C) The Second Amendment

D) Congressional law


11. What is the vice president's only constitutional role?

A) Presiding over the Senate

B) Leading the House of Representatives

C)Serving the president's chief advisor

D) Representing the United States abroad


12. What did the Pendleton Act establish?

A) The Secret Service

B) The presidential succession order

C) The civil service system

D) The spoils system


13. All government offices, agencies, and departments make up which of the following?

A) The Cabinet

B) The bureaucracy

C) The judicial branch

D) The third estate


14.NASA is an example of what type of agency?

A) Executive

B) Omnibus

C) Ad hoc

D) Administrative


15. The people who head the major departments in the executive branch are in which building or group?

A) The Pentagon

B) The vice president's Political Council

C) The president's Cabinet

D) The National Bipartisan Council


16. The practice of giving government jobs to friends and political supporters was known as which of the following?

A) Nepotism

B) Appointment on merit

C) The spoils system

D) Plagiarism


17. Marbury v. Madison was the first example of which of the following?

A) Impeachment

B) Judicial review

C) Military court-martial

D) Judicial endorsement of Congress


18. When they are appointed, how long do federal and Supreme Court justices serve?

A) For 10 years

B) For as long as the president who appointed them is in office

C) For life

D) For 5 years


19. What can a judge issue to legally make something happen or stop something from happening?

A) An injunction

B) An ultimatum

C) An obscure opinion

D) An emergency decree


20. What must the Supreme Court have to render a decision in a case?

A) A compromise

B) A landmark case

C) A three-fourths majority

D) A simple majority

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I think it’s B because that’s what I think it is
User Pompey
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Hi!

WARNING: MAKE SURE YOU READ MY QUESTIONS CAREFULLY, SOMETIMES THE K12 SYSTEM SWITCHES THE QUESTIONS UP!

But Long time no see, I hope this helps future users, I got a 90% on my test, but hopefully, this will get you your 100%!

3.14 Unit Test: Institutions of Government - Part 1

1. Which term is applied to a legislator who introduces a bill?

Answer: Sponsor of the bill

2. Who carries out the roles of chief diplomat, commander in chief, and chief executive in the United States?

Answer: The President

3. What is the U.S. Constitution?

Answer: The fundamental law of the United States

4. Coining money and declaring war are the duties of which of the following?

Answer: Congress

5. Which of the following is a difference between the House of Representatives and the Senate?

Answer: Members of the House must be at least 25 years old, and members of the Senate must be at least 30 years old

6. What is drawing political boundaries to benefit a candidate or party called?

Answer: Gerrymandering

7. Which of the following assists the floor leaders in getting party members to vote in a certain way in both houses of Congress?

Answer: Whips

8. According to the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. House of Representatives has the power to do what to government officials?

Answer: Impeach them

9. To be elected president, a citizen must meet which of the following requirements?

Answer: must be at least 35 years old

10. The president is limited to two terms by which of the following?

(Yay!! Half-way finished!!)

Answer: The Twenty-second Amendment

11. What is the vice president's only constitutional role?

Answer: presiding over the Senate

12. What did the Pendleton Act establish?

Answer: the civil service system

13. The bureaucracy is made up of which of the following?

Answer: all offices, departments, and agencies in the government

14. What were the EPA and NASA formed as?

Answer: Executive agencies

15. The people who head the major departments in the executive branch are in which building or group?

Answer: The President's Cabinet

16. The practice of giving government jobs to friends and political supporters was known as which of the following?

Answer: the spoils system

17. The term judicial review refers to which of the following?

Answer: the supreme Court's ability to strike down laws.

18. Justices in which court are appointed for life?

Answer: Supreme

19. What can a judge issue to legally make something happen or stop something from happening?

Answer: An injunction

20. Supreme Court rulings are made by which of the following?

Answer: simple majority

Yay!!! Finished!! Great job lol! Have a nice day!!

User Terrornado
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