MCQ Questions
Q.1.
What is the primary constitutional task of the vice president, besides succeeding the president in case of death, resignation, or incapacitation?
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    do not have to be approved by the Senate.
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    While presidents have made signing statements throughout American history, they have only recently been recorded and made part of the official legislative record
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    Use of the veto varies considerably across presidential administrations, and vetoes are seldom overridden.
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    to cast tie-breaking votes in the Senate
Q.2.
The Environmental Protection Agency was created in 1970 directly by ________.
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    War Powers Resolution of 1973
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    White House staff
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    Expressed
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    an executive order
Q.3.
What did the framers mean to accomplish by indirect election of the president?
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    inherent
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    president may make unilateral use of the emergency powers to protect states against domestic disorder
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    cabinet secretaries
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    to make the president responsible to state and national legislatures
Q.4.
When Dwight Eisenhower sent federal troops into Little Rock High School in 1957, it demonstrated that the
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    cabinet secretaries
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    president may make unilateral use of the emergency powers to protect states against domestic disorder
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    inherent
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    to make the president responsible to state and national legislatures
Q.5.
The office of the presidency was established by Article ________ of the Constitution.
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    Use of the veto varies considerably across presidential administrations, and vetoes are seldom overridden.
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    partisan
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    While presidents have made signing statements throughout American history, they have only recently been recorded and made part of the official legislative record
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    II
Q.6.
Executive agreements differ from formal treaties in that they
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    Use of the veto varies considerably across presidential administrations, and vetoes are seldom overridden.
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    to cast tie-breaking votes in the Senate
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    do not have to be approved by the Senate.
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    an expressed power
Q.7.
The last time Congress exercised its constitutional power to declare war was during ________.
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    World War II
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    White House staff
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    War Powers Resolution of 1973
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    Congress
Q.8.
An informal group of advisers to the president is often called the ________.
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    Recent presidents have refrained from asking Congress to declare war and have instead frequently deployed the military without congressional authorization.
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    substantially enhances the importance of the presidency.
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    two-thirds of both houses of Congress
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    kitchen cabinet
Q.9.
Which of the following statements is most accurate?
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    Recent presidents have refrained from asking Congress to declare war and have instead frequently deployed the military without congressional authorization.
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    substantially enhances the importance of the presidency.
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    kitchen cabinet
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    two-thirds of both houses of Congress
Q.10.
The president's delegated powers come from ________.
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    Congress
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    White House staff
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    It is an opportunity for the president to set the legislative agenda by initiating proposals and directing public attention to the president's goals.
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    World War II
Q.11.
________ was the first first lady to seek public office on her own.
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    do not have to be approved by the Senate.
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    partisan
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    an expressed power
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    Hillary Clinton
Q.12.
What is required for Congress to override a presidential veto?
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    two-thirds of both houses of Congress
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    kitchen cabinet
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    substantially enhances the importance of the presidency.
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    Recent presidents have refrained from asking Congress to declare war and have instead frequently deployed the military without congressional authorization.
Q.13.
The power to receive ambassadors is an example of ________.
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    Hillary Clinton
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    an expressed power
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    partisan
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    do not have to be approved by the Senate.
Q.14.
Which of the following statements about the presidential veto is most accurate?
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    do not have to be approved by the Senate.
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    Use of the veto varies considerably across presidential administrations, and vetoes are seldom overridden.
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    to cast tie-breaking votes in the Senate
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    While presidents have made signing statements throughout American history, they have only recently been recorded and made part of the official legislative record
Q.15.
An executive order is
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    to make the president responsible to state and national legislatures
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    executive agreements
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    president may make unilateral use of the emergency powers to protect states against domestic disorder
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    a rule or regulation issued unilaterally by the president that has the status of a law.
Q.16.
Which of the following statements about signing statements is most accurate?
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    Hillary Clinton
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    While presidents have made signing statements throughout American history, they have only recently been recorded and made part of the official legislative record
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    Use of the veto varies considerably across presidential administrations, and vetoes are seldom overridden.
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    an expressed power