Question 1

Of the following,which influences a president the most?

Accepted Answer

A) The Cabinet 
B) Congress 
C) The White House staff 
D) The National Security Council 
E) U.S. Supreme Court rulings 
A) The Cabinet 
B) Congress 
C) The White House staff 
D) The National Security Council 
E) U.S. Supreme Court rulings

Question 2

Which of the following wars was fought without a formal congressional declaration of war?

Accepted Answer

A) The War of 1812 
B) The Spanish-American War 
C) World War I 
D) World War II 
E) The Vietnam War 
A) The War of 1812 
B) The Spanish-American War 
C) World War I 
D) World War II 
E) The Vietnam War

Question 3

​________ describes a situation in which government is incapable of acting on important issues.

Accepted Answer

A) ​Partisanship 
B) Gridlock 
C) ​Honeymoon period 
D) Polarization 
E) ​Fundamentalism 
A) ​Partisanship 
B) Gridlock 
C) ​Honeymoon period 
D) Polarization 
E) ​Fundamentalism

Question 4

Presidential vetoes tend to increase when

Accepted Answer

A) it is the president's second term. 
B) the Supreme Court exercises judicial review with some frequency. 
C) members of the House and Senate are facing an election. 
D) the legislation involves civil rights. 
E) the opposite party controls Congress. 
A) it is the president's second term. 
B) the Supreme Court exercises judicial review with some frequency. 
C) members of the House and Senate are facing an election. 
D) the legislation involves civil rights. 
E) the opposite party controls Congress.

Question 5

In his effort to respond to the high incidence of sexual assault on college campuses,President Obama​

Accepted Answer

A) ​relied on the "bully pulpit" to create public interest in the issue and pressure on campuses. 
B) ​filed a lawsuit in a legal action attempting to force colleges to combat sexual assault. 
C) ​created a plan to enforce civil rights law, under the theory that sexual assault is a civil rights issue. 
D) ​initiated a program that then was not followed up effectively and ultimately accomplished nothing. 
E) ​attempted to coax Congress into taking action through appropriate legislation. 
A) ​relied on the "bully pulpit" to create public interest in the issue and pressure on campuses. 
B) ​filed a lawsuit in a legal action attempting to force colleges to combat sexual assault. 
C) ​created a plan to enforce civil rights law, under the theory that sexual assault is a civil rights issue. 
D) ​initiated a program that then was not followed up effectively and ultimately accomplished nothing. 
E) ​attempted to coax Congress into taking action through appropriate legislation.

Question 6

Which president asked,after being challenged on his aggressive expansion of presidential power,"Was it possible to lose the nation and yet preserve the Constitution?"

Accepted Answer

A) Andrew Jackson 
B) Abraham Lincoln 
C) Theodore Roosevelt 
D) Lyndon Johnson 
E) George W. Bush 
A) Andrew Jackson 
B) Abraham Lincoln 
C) Theodore Roosevelt 
D) Lyndon Johnson 
E) George W. Bush

Question 7

Obama chose to distance the United States from the dictatorship of __________ once a democracy movement erupted there challenging his right to rule.

Accepted Answer

A) Tunisia 
B) Morocco 
C) Saudi Arabia 
D) Egypt 
E) Jordan 
A) Tunisia 
B) Morocco 
C) Saudi Arabia 
D) Egypt 
E) Jordan

Question 8

​Ronald Reagan's declaration that "Government __________." foreshadowed his administration's policies in the area of social service programs such as the Job Corps.

Accepted Answer

A) is the answer 
B) ​has failed needy Americans 
C) ​should be the leader 
D) ​is the problem 
E) ​has a moral duty to provide for everyone 
A) is the answer 
B) ​has failed needy Americans 
C) ​should be the leader 
D) ​is the problem 
E) ​has a moral duty to provide for everyone

Question 9

__________ made important strides in foreign relations,completing an important arms control agreement with the Soviet Union and beginning negotiations with China,a country with which the United States had no formal prior diplomatic relations.

Accepted Answer

A) John F. Kennedy 
B) Gerald Ford 
C) Jimmy Carter 
D) Richard Nixon 
E) Harry Truman 
A) John F. Kennedy 
B) Gerald Ford 
C) Jimmy Carter 
D) Richard Nixon 
E) Harry Truman

Question 10

President Ronald Reagan used the term freedom rhetorically to refer to

Accepted Answer

A) fair court procedures. 
B) economic and social equality. 
C) halting Communism in Southeast Asia. 
D) ensuring a minimal level of government involvement in day-to-day life. 
E) equality. 
A) fair court procedures. 
B) economic and social equality. 
C) halting Communism in Southeast Asia. 
D) ensuring a minimal level of government involvement in day-to-day life. 
E) equality.

Question 11

​A president's reelection to a second term

Accepted Answer

A) always gives the president a mandate to implement his preferred program. 
B) generally causes the president's popularity to rise in the new term. 
C) ​is primarily successful or not based on campaign promises and tactics. 
D) ​allows the president to ignore the priorities of his political opponents. 
E) is typically due to ​fundamentals, such as state of the economy and whether the country is at war. 
A) always gives the president a mandate to implement his preferred program. 
B) generally causes the president's popularity to rise in the new term. 
C) ​is primarily successful or not based on campaign promises and tactics. 
D) ​allows the president to ignore the priorities of his political opponents. 
E) is typically due to ​fundamentals, such as state of the economy and whether the country is at war.

Question 12

​The ______________ was intended to force Congress to decide whether committing troops to a war zone is permissible.

Accepted Answer

A) ​American War Limitation Act 
B) ​Presidential War Act 
C) ​Congressional War Act 
D) ​War Powers Act 
E) War Zone Permission Act​ 
A) ​American War Limitation Act 
B) ​Presidential War Act 
C) ​Congressional War Act 
D) ​War Powers Act 
E) War Zone Permission Act​

Question 13

_______ instituted the secret NSA surveillance program​ revealed when Edward Snowden leaked stolen documents.

Accepted Answer

A) The Congress 
B) ​President George W. Bush 
C) ​The Department of Defense 
D) ​President Barack Obama 
E) ​The President's National Security Advisor 
A) The Congress 
B) ​President George W. Bush 
C) ​The Department of Defense 
D) ​President Barack Obama 
E) ​The President's National Security Advisor

Question 14

The phrase "divided government" refers to

Accepted Answer

A) Democrats and Republicans agreeing on a coalition government. 
B) the separation of powers among the three branches. 
C) specialization in Congress based on committees. 
D) one party controlling the presidency and another controlling Congress. 
E) Congress and the president being opposed by the Supreme Court. 
A) Democrats and Republicans agreeing on a coalition government. 
B) the separation of powers among the three branches. 
C) specialization in Congress based on committees. 
D) one party controlling the presidency and another controlling Congress. 
E) Congress and the president being opposed by the Supreme Court.

Question 15

One controversial action by President Bush following the September 11,2001 attacks was

Accepted Answer

A) to secretly authorize the National Security Agency (NS
A)  to wiretap telephone calls into and out of the United States. 
B) to authorize the use of electroshock torture on suspected al Qaeda terrorists. 
C) to research plans to cancel the 2004 presidential elections in light of another terrorist attack. 
D) to detain U.S. citizens without trial at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
E) to unilaterally go to war with Iraq without receiving any kind of congressional approval. 
A) to secretly authorize the National Security Agency (NS
A)  to wiretap telephone calls into and out of the United States. 
B) to authorize the use of electroshock torture on suspected al Qaeda terrorists. 
C) to research plans to cancel the 2004 presidential elections in light of another terrorist attack. 
D) to detain U.S. citizens without trial at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
E) to unilaterally go to war with Iraq without receiving any kind of congressional approval.

Question 16

After the presidential election is over,the winning candidate wants to claim that he has been given __________ by the voters to carry out the policy platform on which he campaigned.

Accepted Answer

A) unlimited power 
B) veto power over Congress 
C) executive orders 
D) an electoral mandate 
E) None of these choices is true. 
A) unlimited power 
B) veto power over Congress 
C) executive orders 
D) an electoral mandate 
E) None of these choices is true.

Question 17

The most controversial expansion of the president's power,in attempting to set the nation's policy agenda,has come through the

Accepted Answer

A) veto power. 
B) appointment power. 
C) pardon power. 
D) commander in chief power. 
E) legislative power 
A) veto power. 
B) appointment power. 
C) pardon power. 
D) commander in chief power. 
E) legislative power

Question 18

​An important issue on which Vice President Joe Biden influenced President Obama in a positive direction was

Accepted Answer

A) ​eliminating use of drones in covert warfare. 
B) ​ending the war in Viet Nam. 
C) ​planning the "Bay of Pigs" invasion. 
D) ​embracing marriage equality. 
E) ​severely scaling back the NSA's secret electronic surveillance program. 
A) ​eliminating use of drones in covert warfare. 
B) ​ending the war in Viet Nam. 
C) ​planning the "Bay of Pigs" invasion. 
D) ​embracing marriage equality. 
E) ​severely scaling back the NSA's secret electronic surveillance program.

Question 19

Powers inferred from statements written in the Constitution are called __________ powers.

Accepted Answer

A) inherent 
B) enumerated 
C) implicit 
D) delegated 
E) assumed 
A) inherent 
B) enumerated 
C) implicit 
D) delegated 
E) assumed

Question 20

President Obama's attempts to improve the public's opinion about his health-care bill shows

Accepted Answer

A) presidents can move the public about six percentage points toward policies they favor. 
B) presidents have more success influencing the public when the economy is bad. 
C) presidential efforts to influence public opinion are likely to fail. 
D) presidents' own job approval ratings can decline even as their public outreach succeeds. 
E) the public is more likely to defer to the president's opinion when the legislation in question is extremely complex. 
A) presidents can move the public about six percentage points toward policies they favor. 
B) presidents have more success influencing the public when the economy is bad. 
C) presidential efforts to influence public opinion are likely to fail. 
D) presidents' own job approval ratings can decline even as their public outreach succeeds. 
E) the public is more likely to defer to the president's opinion when the legislation in question is extremely complex.

Of the following,which influences a president the most?

Which of the following wars was fought without a formal congressional declaration of war?

________ describes a situation in which government is incapable of acting on important issues.

Presidential vetoes tend to increase when

In his effort to respond to the high incidence of sexual assault on college campuses,President Obama

Which president asked,after being challenged on his aggressive expansion of presidential power,"Was it possible to lose the nation and yet preserve the Constitution?"

Obama chose to distance the United States from the dictatorship of __________ once a democracy movement erupted there challenging his right to rule.

Ronald Reagan's declaration that "Government __________." foreshadowed his administration's policies in the area of social service programs such as the Job Corps.

__________ made important strides in foreign relations,completing an important arms control agreement with the Soviet Union and beginning negotiations with China,a country with which the United States had no formal prior diplomatic relations.

President Ronald Reagan used the term freedom rhetorically to refer to

A president's reelection to a second term

The ______________ was intended to force Congress to decide whether committing troops to a war zone is permissible.

_______ instituted the secret NSA surveillance program revealed when Edward Snowden leaked stolen documents.

The phrase "divided government" refers to

One controversial action by President Bush following the September 11,2001 attacks was

After the presidential election is over,the winning candidate wants to claim that he has been given __________ by the voters to carry out the policy platform on which he campaigned.

The most controversial expansion of the president's power,in attempting to set the nation's policy agenda,has come through the

An important issue on which Vice President Joe Biden influenced President Obama in a positive direction was

Powers inferred from statements written in the Constitution are called __________ powers.

President Obama's attempts to improve the public's opinion about his health-care bill shows

Freedom, Order, or Equality

Majoritarian or Pluralist Democracy

The Constitution

Federalism

Public Opinion and Political Socialization

The Media

Participation and Voting

Political Parties

Nominations, Elections, and Campaigns

Interest Groups

Congress

The Bureaucracy

The Courts

Order and Civil Liberties

Equality and Civil Rights

Economic Policy

Policymaking and Domestic Policy

Filters

Exam 12: The Presidency

Of the following,which influences a president the most?

Which of the following wars was fought without a formal congressional declaration of war?

​________ describes a situation in which government is incapable of acting on important issues.

Presidential vetoes tend to increase when

In his effort to respond to the high incidence of sexual assault on college campuses,President Obama​

Which president asked,after being challenged on his aggressive expansion of presidential power,"Was it possible to lose the nation and yet preserve the Constitution?"

Obama chose to distance the United States from the dictatorship of __________ once a democracy movement erupted there challenging his right to rule.

​Ronald Reagan's declaration that "Government __________." foreshadowed his administration's policies in the area of social service programs such as the Job Corps.

__________ made important strides in foreign relations,completing an important arms control agreement with the Soviet Union and beginning negotiations with China,a country with which the United States had no formal prior diplomatic relations.

President Ronald Reagan used the term freedom rhetorically to refer to

​A president's reelection to a second term

​The ______________ was intended to force Congress to decide whether committing troops to a war zone is permissible.

_______ instituted the secret NSA surveillance program​ revealed when Edward Snowden leaked stolen documents.

The phrase "divided government" refers to

One controversial action by President Bush following the September 11,2001 attacks was

After the presidential election is over,the winning candidate wants to claim that he has been given __________ by the voters to carry out the policy platform on which he campaigned.

The most controversial expansion of the president's power,in attempting to set the nation's policy agenda,has come through the

​An important issue on which Vice President Joe Biden influenced President Obama in a positive direction was

Powers inferred from statements written in the Constitution are called __________ powers.

President Obama's attempts to improve the public's opinion about his health-care bill shows

Freedom, Order, or Equality

Majoritarian or Pluralist Democracy

The Constitution

Federalism

Public Opinion and Political Socialization

The Media

Participation and Voting

Political Parties

Nominations, Elections, and Campaigns

Interest Groups

Congress

The Bureaucracy

The Courts

Order and Civil Liberties

Equality and Civil Rights

Economic Policy

Policymaking and Domestic Policy

Filters

________ describes a situation in which government is incapable of acting on important issues.

In his effort to respond to the high incidence of sexual assault on college campuses,President Obama

Ronald Reagan's declaration that "Government __________." foreshadowed his administration's policies in the area of social service programs such as the Job Corps.

A president's reelection to a second term

The ______________ was intended to force Congress to decide whether committing troops to a war zone is permissible.

_______ instituted the secret NSA surveillance program revealed when Edward Snowden leaked stolen documents.

An important issue on which Vice President Joe Biden influenced President Obama in a positive direction was