9. POLS 301 Wk 2 Chapter 7 Quiz 7 Study Guide PDF

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CHAPTER 7

MULTIPLE CHOICE AND TRUE OR FALSE: 15 of the following will be randomly chosen.

1. It is hard to get rid of the filibuster because ______. a. it would require a constitutional amendment b. both Republicans and Democrats want the opportunity to use it when they are in the minority c. the president would veto legislation eliminating the filibuster d. the public favors keeping it e. the Supreme Court has ruled that the parliamentary procedure to eliminate it is unconstitutional 2. The two major roles of members of Congress are ______. a. agenda setting and lawmaking b. policy making and agenda setting c. representation and lawmaking d. constituency service and budget approval e. budget approval and policy making 3. The founders created the congressional decision-making process to be ______. a. speedy b. responsive to the president c. slow and deliberative d. strictly controlled by elites e. totally responsive to public opinion 4. The textbook identifies all of the following as types of representation EXCEPT this: a. policy representation b. allocative representation c. casework d. symbolic representation e. authoritative representation 5. Congress is ______. a. more likely to engage in vigorous oversight when the presidency and Congress are controlled by the same party b. more likely to engage in oversight when the public is not interested in the work of an agency c. less likely to engage in oversight when the presidency and Congress are controlled by the same party d. less likely to engage in oversight in an election year e. more likely to engage in oversight in an election year

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6. The major differences between the House and the Senate include all of the following EXCEPT this: a. the length of their terms b. the size of the institutions c. the method of determining their constituencies d. their role in the impeachment process e. their power in the legislative process 7. ______ refers to a congressional committee’s monitoring of the executive branch and of government agencies to ensure they are acting as Congress intends. a. A congressional witch hunt b. A markup c. Congressional oversight d. Committee interference with executive prerogative e. One of the enumerated powers of Congress 8. Which of the following is NOT one of the checks and balances that Congress can use in relation to the executive branch? a. the power to approve treaties b. the power to approve presidential appointments to the federal courts c. the power to override a presidential veto by a two-thirds majority vote d. the power of impeachment e. the power to declare executive orders unconstitutional 9. During the constitutional process of removing a president from office, ______. a. the Senate impeaches and the House removes the president from office b. the two houses convene in joint session for all impeachment votes c. the House impeaches and the Senate removes the president from office d. representatives of the media are prohibited from entering the legislature’s chambers e. either chamber can impeach, but then the Supreme Court must decide if the president is to be removed from office 10. The Senate shares with the president the power to ______. a. approve members of the Supreme Court b. declare war c. impeach executive branch officials d. approve constitutional amendments e. declare laws unconstitutional 11. All of the following powers can be exercised only by the Senate EXCEPT this one: a. conducting a trial of a president on impeachment charges b. approving treaties c. confirming presidential appointments to the Supreme Court d. declaring war e. confirming presidential appointments to top positions in the executive branch of

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government 12. The textbook suggests that weak congressional oversight was a factor in the ______. a. attacks of September 11, 2001 b. decision to begin the war in Iraq c. slow response of the government to Hurricane Katrina d. increasing budget deficit e. BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico 13. The job of confirming presidential appointments belongs to the ______. a. judiciary b. cabinet c. House of Representatives d. Senate e. Congress as a whole 14. The reallocation of congressional seats among the states every ten years, following the census, is known as ______. a. malapportionment b. reapportionment c. gerrymandering d. franking e. redistricting 15. The number of representatives with voting privileges in the House of Representatives ______. a. is currently set at 435 members b. will expand to 500 members in the future c. changes every ten years following the census d. was frozen by the Twenty-Sixth Amendment e. remained at 325 members until 2000 16. Congress can influence the judiciary through all of the following EXCEPT this: a. reducing the salaries of judges b. amending the Constitution c. the process of approving judicial appointments d. the power to create lower courts e. defining court jurisdiction 17. The Supreme Court has ruled that House districts ______. a. need not be changed if a state has not gained or lost seats since the previous census b. may not be gerrymandered to benefit one political party c. may not be gerrymandered to protect incumbent members of Congress d. may not be gerrymandered to take race into account e. must adhere to the “one person, one vote” standard

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18. Many of the efforts by states to create majority-minority districts ______. a. did not produce the desired effect of electing more minority members b. are disliked by both Republicans and Democrats c. have been held unconstitutional by the Supreme Court d. were massively expanded in the 1990s e. have greatly increased the number of minority members of the Senate 19. The process of redrawing congressional districts to match population shifts in states with more than one representative is called ______. a. restructuring b. franking the membership c. redistricting d. gerrymandering e. reapportionment 20. Redrawing congressional district boundaries to favor a particular group or party is known as ______. a. reapportionment b. redistricting c. gerrymandering d. franking e. malapportionment 21. Partisan gerrymandering is the process in a particular state legislature whereby the majority party ______. a. draws districts to maximize the number of House seats the party can win b. promotes candidates who will most likely vote Republican c. favors candidates who believe in a patriarchy d. tries to keep the opposition party from voting e. tries to win an election by getting young people to vote 22. According to the textbook, ______ gerrymandering is highly controversial. a. partisan b. incumbent c. geographic d. racial e. gender-based 23. When deciding whether to run for a seat in Congress, strategic politicians will ask all of the following questions EXCEPT this one: a. Will this seat lead to the presidency? b. Is this the right district or state for me? c. What is the strategic situation in the district? d. Do I have access to the funds necessary to run a vigorous campaign? e. How are the national tides running?

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24. According to the textbook, what has happened to the coattail effect in recent years? a. It has been ignored by mainstream political scientists. b. It has decreased in importance due to declining party ties. c. It has become completely nonexistent because of declining party ties. d. It has remained roughly as powerful as before. e. It has become more pronounced because of increasing party ties. 25. It is generally more difficult to win the nomination of your party but easier to win the general election when ______. a. the seat is open b. an incumbent of your party is running for reelection c. an incumbent of the other party is running for reelection d. a president of your party is very unpopular e. a president of the opposition party is very popular...