AP Government Unit 2

Congress adopted the War Powers Resolution to

• give the president additional powers in the case of military emergencies

• delineate a clear chain of command in the event of nuclear war

• criticize the president for declaring war without authorization from Congress

• limit the president's authority to commit troops overseas

Which of the following deals with broad areas of public policy and can be found in both houses of Congress?

• Rules committee

• Select committee

• Joint committee

• Standing committee

Establishing the boundaries of the US congressional districts to give one party an advantage over another party is referred to as

• apportionment

• reapportionment

• gerrymandering

• filibustering

Congress is most likely to exert oversight of the executive bureaucracy in which of the following ways?

• directly selecting the head of an executive agency

• impeaching the head of an executive agency

• using the Court to block implementation of proposed regulations

• controlling an executive agency's annual budget

Typically, presidential candidates implement their campaign strategies by

• applying their resources evenly

• focusing on larger, competitive states, because they might tip the balance of the electoral college

• focusing on small states, because these states have proportionally more electoral votes than more populous states

• ignoring the electoral college, because the popular vote determines the outcome of the election

The supremacy clause in the Constitution states that

• federal law takes precedence over state law when the laws conflict

• only Congress may declare war

• the federal government has the right to regulate interstate commerce

• the Supreme Court has the power to overturn decisions of lower courts

The FDA, CDC, FCC are the watchdogs of different industries. They are examples of which type of bureaucratic agencies

• regulatory commission

• independent agency

• cabinet department

• government corporation

Giving jobs to your friends in government because they supported your election efforts is know as:

• merit based system

• Pendleton Act

• patronage

• appropriations

Which of the following best describes bureaucracy?

• the people and organizations who implement the actions of government

• outside groups who donate money to political campaigns

• committees in Congress who provide services for the American people

• ALL OF THE ABOVE

The Post Office provides services for the American people and tries to sustain their existence through raising their own profits. This type of bureaucratic organization is best described as:

• regulatory agency

• independent commission

• government corporation

• NONE OF THE ABOVE