TCC Gov Test 2

 The framers of the Constitution saw the ________ as the preeminent component of the federal government. 

congress

In the nation's first century, 

 service in Congress was not seen as a lifetime career for most of its members.

The modern Congress is different from the nineteenth-century Congress in that most members 

 are now professional politicians who want to stay in Congress.

Approximately ________ percent of House incumbents win reelection.

92 (senators 84)

Nearly ________ percent of all PAC contributions go to the incumbents. 

85

Redistricting happens after the census, which is conducted every ________ years

10

redistricting

is conducted by state legislatures

In midterm elections

the president's party usually loses seats.

One must be ________ years of age to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, and ________ years of age to serve in the U.S. Senate.

 25; 30

 The second-most powerful federal official (after the president) is often said to be the

 Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives

Compared with the Senate majority leader, the Speaker of the House has more power because

. All of these answers are correct.

Most of the legislative work of Congress is performed by

the standing committees and their subcommittees with jurisdiction over particular policy areas

When the House and Senate pass different versions of a bill, the differences are resolved by a 

conference committee

Most of the work on legislation in Congress is done

by committees and their respective subcommittees.

Committees kill more than ________ percent of the bills submitted in Congress

90

What is the procedural tactic employed in the Senate to prevent a bill from coming to a vote?

filibuster

Through a vote for cloture, the Senate 

 can end a filibuster.

For a bill to pass in either chamber of Congress, it must

 receive the support of a simple majority of its members.

 To override a presidential veto, Congress must vote at a minimum by a

 two-thirds majority in each chamber.

There are currently ________ voting members of the U.S. House of Representatives and ________ voting members of the U.S. Senate

 435; 100

Since the founding of the United States, the debate over the representation function of Congress has centered on whether

 the primary concern of a representative should be the interests of the nation or of his or her constituency.

 The oversight responsibility of Congress is

empowered by control of yearly budgets.

Congressional oversight is MOST likely to occur when it involves 

White House activities with the opposition party in control of one or both chambers of Congress.

Which of the following did the framers want from a president?

all of the answers

The presidency was created by Article ________ of the U.S. Constitution. 

II (2)

 The Whig theory holds that the presidency

is a limited office whose occupant is confined to the exercise of expressly granted constitutional powers

 How did Theodore Roosevelt change the conception of the presidency?

He cast aside the Whig theory in favor of the stewardship theory.

. The primary election as a means of choosing presidential nominees 

has been used more extensively in recent decades

The invisible primary

 takes place in the year prior to a presidential election.

Candidate strategy in the early presidential nominating contests is designed chiefly to gain 

momentum

Which state typically holds the first presidential caucus?

Iowa

Which state typically holds the first presidential primary? 

New Hampshire

What is the total number of votes in the Electoral College? 

538

How many Electoral College votes are needed to secure victory for a presidential candidate? 

270

According to the U.S. Constitution, if no one candidate receives a majority vote of the Electoral College, who chooses the president?

the U.S. House of Representatives

Which of the following presidents failed to win an electoral majority, but still won the presidency by decision of the House of Representatives? 

John Quincy Adams

Which of the following states is MOST likely to vote Republican in the next presidential election?

texas

Which of the following is a formal constitutional requirement for becoming president? 

 must be a natural-born citizen

 If the U.S. House of Representatives chooses to impeach a president, who conducts the trial? 

senate

_______ was known as the "Great Communicator."

ronald reagan

The principles on which bureaucratic organization is based include which of the following? 

 hierarchical authority, job specialization, and formalized rules

 Whenever Congress has a perceived need for ongoing control of an economic activity, it has tended to create a 

regulatory agency

Most federal employees are hired on the basis of 

merit criteria

The special interests that benefit directly from a bureaucratic agency's programs are called

clientele groups

federal judges are

 nominated by the president and approved by the Senate

 What are the constitutional requirements for being a federal judge?

There are no constitutional requirements for being a federal judge.

federal judges are

all of these: nominated by the president, confirmed by the U.S. Senate, and appointed for an indefinite period providing they maintain "good behavior."

 A written Supreme Court opinion that disagrees with what the majority of the justices decided is a(n)

dissenting opinion

A written Supreme Court opinion that describes what the majority of the justices decided is a(n)

majority opinion

 The lowest level of the federal court system is the

district court

When asked if he had made any mistakes as president, ________ replied, "Yes, two, and they are both sitting on the Supreme Court."

Dwight Eisenhower

The Supreme Court decision in Marbury v. Madison is significant 

 for the establishment of judicial review

Which legal doctrine holds that in nearly every instance, policy issues should be decided by elected lawmakers and not by appointed judges? 

. judicial restraint

 The long-serving chief justice that established the principle of judicial review was

john marshall

Over the last fifteen or so years, the Supreme Court can BEST be said to be practicing judicial 

activism

P and VP are officially chosen every 4 years by:

538 electors in electoral college

P election occurs in 2 phases. 1st phase is:

purely democratic

in most states, the winner of the popular vote is deemed the winner of the state:

true

states number of electoral votes are equal to what:

the number of seats it has in congress

how many electoral votes does texas have?

40

2nd phase in p election occurs in dec when electoral college meets in:

each states capital to cast votes

at least 270 electoral votes are needed to win the electoral college. if no candidate receives that winner is determined by

contingent election in house of reps

framers of the constitution believed the EC would encourage the candidates to seek all the following except

a regionally based candidacy

if a candidate broadens their appeal nationally it can often mean

moderating their position on issues

two states do not use the unit rule method of awarding their electoral college votes

maine and nebraska