Question: Executive orders have been used to:

Answer Choices:
A. implement affirmative action regulations.
B. reorganize the White House hierarchy.
C. fight the war on terrorism.
D. raise fuel efficiency standards of cars and trucks.
E. All of the above are true.

Answer: E. All of the above are true.

 

Question: True or False? Funding for the Department of Defense and VA health programs is derived from the President’s request for an appropriation to Congress.

Answer Choices:
True
False

Answer: True

 

Question: Any practice, policy, or procedure that denies equality of treatment to an individual or to a group because of gender:

Answer Choices:
A. is sexual harassment.
B. is gender discrimination.
C. violates Title VII.
D. violates the Civil Rights Acts of 1964.
E. is considered illegal if engaged in by a private corporation but acceptable if engaged in by the government.

Answer: B. is gender discrimination.

 

Question: A pocket veto:

Answer Choices:
A. can be used by a president only once during a term in office, although the veto can be used twice if the president serves two terms.
B. can only be used when Congress adjourns for the session within ten days of the bill being submitted to the president.
C. means that the legislation cannot be reintroduced in the next Congress.
D. was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1975.
E. is a way in which the president does not send a veto message back to Congress.

Answer: B. can only be used when Congress adjourns for the session within ten days of the bill being submitted to the president.

 

Question: When reaching the age of majority:

Answer Choices:
A. a person is entitled to handle one’s own affairs without parental interference.
B. an individual is not legally liable for contracts signed.
C. a person may be subject to more severe penalties for crimes committed.
D. an immigrant is eligible to become an American citizen.
E. Options A and C are true.

Answer: A. a person is entitled to handle one’s own affairs without parental interference.
E. Options A and C are true.

 

Question: A recent example of a society built on the principle of racial segregation is ________.

Answer Choices:
A) Japan
B) India
C) France
D) South Africa

Answer: D) South Africa

 

Question: Executive privilege:

Answer Choices:
A. enables the ability of the president and executive branch officials to withhold certain information from Congress and the courts.
B. means that members of the executive branch cannot be prosecuted for official acts.
C. is the concept that has special benefits to the president’s use of the pocket veto.
D. allows the president discretion in making political appointments.
E. was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1974.

Answer: A. enables the ability of the president and executive branch officials to withhold certain information from Congress and the courts.

 

Question: Communication is synonymous with ________.

Answer Choices:
A) language
B) using one set of objects and events to represent other objects or events
C) the use of signs
D) the use of symbols

Answer: B) using one set of objects and events to represent other objects or events

 

Question: A signing statement:

Answer Choices:
A. is a written declaration that a president may make when signing a bill into law.
B. notifies the public to pieces of the law that the president thinks may be unconstitutional.
C. must accompany treaties submitted to the Senate by the president when seeking advice and consent.
D. Options A and B are true.

Answer: D. Options A and B are true.

 

Question: After the vice president, next in the line of succession is _______ followed by _______.

Answer Choices:
A. the Speaker of the House; the secretary of state
B. the secretary of state; the Speaker of the House
C. the Speaker of the House; the president pro tempore of the Senate
D. the president pro tempore of the Senate; the Speaker of the House
E. the secretary of state; the president pro tempore of the Senate

Answer: A. the Speaker of the House; the secretary of state

 

Question: World War II had notable contributions by minority groups. Which of the following was not an example?

Answer Choices:
A) 442nd Regimental Combat Team
B) Tuskegee Airmen
C) Women Air Force Service Pilots
D) 101st Airborne Division

Answer: C) Women Air Force Service Pilots

 

Question: Oversight is the process by which Congress:

Answer Choices:
A. votes to overturn any law it has enacted.
B. follows up on the laws it has enacted.
C. supervises the activity of the judicial branch.
D. passes legislation.

Answer: B. follows up on the laws it has enacted.

 

Question: The two houses of Congress are:

Answer Choices:
A. able to assume executive authority in the absence of a president.
B. perfectly equal in their powers.
C. organized by political party.
D. organized by seniority.
E. None of the above.

Answer: C. organized by political party.

 

Question: All of the following are true of the 1964 and 1968 Civil Rights Acts except:

Answer Choices:
A. the right to equality of opportunity in employment was included.
B. discrimination in public accommodations was banned.
C. state governments to control school integration were allowed.
D. discrimination in housing was banned.
E. penalties for those attempting to interfere with civil rights workers were provided.

Answer: C. state governments to control school integration were allowed.

 

Question: A sizable majority of _______ who run for reelection are _______.

Answer Choices:
A. House members; defeated in party primaries.
B. Senators; defeated in general elections.
C. incumbents; defeated in party primaries.
D. incumbents; successful.

Answer: D. incumbents; successful.

 

Question: Which was NOT true of the Soviet launch of Sputnik in 1957?

Answer Choices:
A) It was the first non-crude satellite ever launched into space.
B) It showed that the Soviets held a technological advantage over the United States at that time.
C) It occurred after the United States had already launched a satellite into space.
D) It launched the Space Race.

Answer: C) It occurred after the United States had already launched a satellite into space.

 

Question: Reapportionment is:

Answer Choices:
A. the allocation of seats in the House to each state after each census.
B. the redrawing of district boundaries within each state to ensure equal district populations.
C. a court order to hold new elections because of voting irregularities.
D. allowing a legislature ensures that apportions spreading among the states.
E. normally a bipartisan exercise.

Answer: A. the allocation of seats in the House to each state after each census.

 

Question: The law has given children extra defenses against criminal prosecutions because:

Answer Choices:
A. parents punish children more effectively than the criminal justice system.
B. of their presumed inability to have criminal intent.
C. the Constitution does not provide for criminal prosecution of juveniles.
D. juveniles are too easily led to erroneous.
E. constitutional protections regarding children shield a number of juvenile behaviors.

Answer: B. of their presumed inability to have criminal intent.

 

Question: International treaties signed by the President are subject to _______ before becoming legally binding.

Answer Choices:
A. a judicial review in the Supreme Court
B. ratification by a majority of the senate.

Answer: B. ratification by a majority of the senate.

 

Question: Laws that potentially interfere with fundamental rights or classify people based on race have to pass which test employed by the courts?

Answer Choices:
A. strict scrutiny
B. intermediate or exacting scrutiny
C. rational basis review
D. the Kenesaw test
E. the any-rational-discrimination rule

Answer: A. strict scrutiny