Exam 10: The President

A) is constrained by the civil service system.
B) puts the president in charge of deciding which individuals will occupy more than 50,000 jobs in government.
C) allows the president to appoint a majority of the civilian appointments in the bureaucracy.
D) is confined mainly to the military.
E) has been dramatically limited by the use of the constitutional amendment process.

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A) the vice president.
B) the head of office.
C) the chief of staff.
D) the senior member of Congress form the president's party.
E) the Secretary of the Interior.

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A) is responsible for selecting judges to federal courts.
B) is responsible for all actions within the executive branch.
C) selects leaders of his or her party in Congress.
D) negotiates treaties, recognizes foreign governments, and makes executive agreements.
E) ratifies treaties.

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A) George, 40 years old, who was born in Florida but who spent his entire life living in Cuba.
B) John, 32 years old, who was born to American parents on a military base in Germany.
C) Abigail, 61 years old, who is British by birth but attained legal U.S.citizenship through naturalization.
D) James, 37 years old, who was born in Texas to parents from Mexico.
E) Alexander, 57 years old, who doesn't hold U.S.citizenship but lives in the U.S.legally as a resident alien.

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A) nepotism.
B) pork barrel employment.
C) executive perks.
D) patronage.
E) civil service.

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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

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A) been impeached and acquitted.
B) died while in office.
C) been impeached and convicted.
D) resigned.
E) been impeached.

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A) not valid in foreign policy matters unless approved by the Senate.
B) agreements between the president and a head of foreign government that do not have to be approved by the Senate.
C) an unconstitutional expansion of the power of the president.
D) binding upon future presidents.
E) used to achieve trivial matters, since the most significant issues must be addressed by the Senate.

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A) Abraham Lincoln.
B) John Kennedy.
C) Richard Nixon.
D) Bill Clinton.
E) Barack Obama.

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A) judicial review in the Supreme Court
B) ratification by a majority of the states
C) ratification by a majority of both houses of Congress
D) ratification by a two-thirds majority of the Senate
E) ratification by a majority of the states, and ratification by a majority of both houses of Congress.

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A) a return to the U.S.of high-paying manufacturing jobs.
B) foreign countries cutting imports from the U.S.
C) foreign countries giving in to U.S.economic demands.
D) massive job growth in the U.S., as the country begins to make what it used to import.
E) massive economic growth.

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A) are friends of the president that he or she invites to conferences on specific issues.
B) are expressly identified in the Constitution.
C) are all department secretaries who oversee administrative functions for the president.
D) may include the vice president and other advisors if the president chooses to include them.
E) are limited to one presidential term and then leave government service.

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A) constitutional powers.
B) statutory powers.
C) expressed powers.
D) inherent powers.
E) emergency powers.

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A) reprieve.
B) congressional sanction.
C) pardon.
D) executive privilege.
E) impeachment.

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A) twenty-five years.
B) thirty years.
C) thirty-five years.
D) forty years.
E) forty-five years.

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A) are merely opinions and have no force.
B) are part of a president's executive power.
C) have only been in effect since 1992.
D) are part of a president's judicial power.
E) are part of a president's legislative power.

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A) the job of presiding over the Senate and voting in case of a tie.
B) many responsibilities independent of presidential authority.
C) the job of chief of staff to the president.
D) the right to use the veto if he or she has the approval of the president.
E) the job of presiding over the Senate and voting in case of a tie, and the right to use the veto if he or she has the approval of the president.

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