Answer Options:
A. judicial activism.
B. judicial restraint.
C. strict construction.
D. broad construction.
E. conservative activism.
Answer: B. judicial restraint.
Question: As chief diplomat, the president:
Answer Options:
A. is responsible for all decisions judges in federal courts.
B. is responsible for setting a path to the executive branch.
C. decides federal rules made by the Congress.
D. negotiates treaties, recognizes foreign governments, and makes executive agreements.
E. ratifies treaties.
Answer: D. negotiates treaties, recognizes foreign governments, and makes executive agreements.
Question: Most court cases are decided on precedent because:
Answer Options:
A. it is important to set a uniform consent set of rules for the country.
B. judges would rather rely on past and closed decisions.
C. it is easier for recording-keeping purposes.
D. the established body of judge-made law covers all cases that might come up.
E. Options B and C are true.
Answer: A. it is important to set a uniform consent set of rules for the country.
Question: Redistricting is:
Answer Options:
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: B. the redrawing of district boundaries within each state to ensure equal district populations.
Question: Communication skills, including public speaking, are often more important to employers than a job candidate’s undergraduate major.
Answer Options:
A. FALSE
B. TRUE
Answer: B. TRUE
Question: De facto segregation means:
Answer Options:
A. segregation because of individual racial patterns and concentration of populations, not because of laws.
B. segregation based on different native languages.
C. racial segregation based on law.
D. segregation of southern European immigrants.
E. segregation to a minor degree.
Answer: A. segregation because of individual racial patterns and concentration of populations, not because of laws.
Question: When imaginary lines converge to a single point at the horizon line it is called…
Answer Options:
A. Chiaro-Oscuro.
B. Three-point perspective.
C. Built Environment.
D. Anamorphosis.
Answer: B. Three-point perspective.
Question: As your textbook states, texting, tweeting, and other forms of electronic communication have significantly reduced the need for public speaking.
Answer Options:
A. FALSE
B. TRUE
Answer: A. FALSE
Question: Recognizing that the audience for his graduation speech would be packed into a non-air-conditioned gymnasium during the hottest week of the year, Kane decided to keep his speech at the low end of his 10-to-15-minute limit. In making this decision, Kane was adapting to which element of the speech communication process?
Answer: situation.
Question: As chief executive, the president is constitutionally bound to:
Answer Options:
A. enforce laws, treaties, and court orders.
B. submit a balanced budget to Congress.
C. inform Congress prior to any military action.
D. oversee actions of state governments.
E. honor pronouncements of previous presidents.
Answer: A. enforce laws, treaties, and court orders.
Question: Recognizing that the audience for his graduation speech would be packed into a non-air-conditioned gymnasium during the hottest week of the year, Kane decided to keep his speech at the low end of his 10-to-15-minute limit. In making this decision, Kane was adapting to which element of the speech communication process?
Answer Options:
A. message.
B. location.
C. situation.
D. feedback.
E. channel.
Answer: C. situation.
Question: A temporary law that Congress passes when an appropriations bill has not been decided by the beginning of the fiscal year is an:
Answer Options:
A. emergency resolution.
B. budget resolution.
C. continuing resolution.
D. privilege budget.
E. temporary budget.
Answer: C. continuing resolution.
Question: The granting of release from punishment for a crime is called:
Answer Options:
A. reprieve
B. congressional sanction
C. pardon
D. executive privilege
E. impeachment
Answer: C. pardon
Question: According to the Twenty-Fifth Amendment, if a president’s ability to discharge his or her normal functions is in question and he or she is unable to communicate:
Answer Options:
A. the Supreme Court is empowered to select a physician to certify whether or not the president is able to perform the functions of his or her office.
B. the Speaker of the House becomes acting president until the matter is resolved.
C. a majority of the cabinet, including the vice president, can declare the president incapable.
D. the president must be permanently removed from office.
E. the vice president has the exclusive power to determine the president’s capability.
Answer: C. a majority of the cabinet, including the vice president, can declare the president incapable.
Question: Reapportionment is:
Answer Options:
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: According to your textbook, the belief that one’s own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures is termed ______.
Answer Options:
A. ethnocentrism
B. ethnicity
C. egocentrism
D. exclusivity
E. eurocentrism
Answer: A. ethnocentrism
Question: The term civil rights refers to:
Answer Options:
A. the rights of all Americans provided for in the Fourteenth Amendment.
B. civil liberties such as freedom of religion, speech, or assembly.
C. the governmental steps to ensure freedom from discrimination.
D. limitations on what the government may not do to interfere with individual liberties.
E. Options A and C are true.
Answer: E. Options A and C are true.
Question: A century ago, most immigrants came to the United States from _______ while today most come from _______.
Answer Options:
A. China; Mexico and Central America.
B. Western Europe; former Soviet states.
C. Asia; Latin America.
D. Europe; Latin America and Asia.
Answer: D. Europe; Latin America and Asia.
Question: All of the following are true of emergency powers except:
Answer Options:
A. they have allowed presidents to exercise their powers during times of crisis, particularly in foreign affairs.
B. they were used by President Truman when he authorized the seizure of steel plants during the Korean War.
C. Supreme Court ruled against President Truman’s use of emergency powers when he seized the steel plants during the Korean War.
D. the Supreme Court upheld Truman’s seizing of the steel plants in the Korean War.
E. emergency powers were not used by Lincoln during the Civil War.
Answer: D. the Supreme Court upheld Truman’s seizing of the steel plants in the Korean War.
Question: A _________ is a permanent body established by a house of Congress, while a _________ is appointed to reconcile differences between two different versions of the same basic bill.
Answer Options:
A. standing committee; select committee
B. joint committee; conference committee
C. select committee; standing committee
D. standing committee; conference committee
E. conference committee; joint committee
Answer: D. standing committee; conference committee
Question: The powers of the Speaker of the House include all of the following except:
Answer Options:
A. presiding over meetings of the House.
B. appointing members of conference committees.
C. scheduling legislation for floor action.
D. presiding over the conference of the majority party.
E. sending legislation to the appropriate standing committee.
Answer: E. sending legislation to the appropriate standing committee.
Question: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act includes provisions for the following.
Answer Options:
A. Improving quality
B. Expanding Medicaid
C. Providing access to health care for all Americans
D. All of these are correct.
Answer: D. All of these are correct.
Question: International treaties signed by the President are subject to _______ before becoming legally binding.
Answer Options:
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.