Review Presidents and Bureaucracy

When a president seeks to improve relations with another country, he or she is acting in the role of

• chief executive

• Foreign policy leader

• commander in chief

• chief agenda setter

In the electoral college that chooses the president, each state gets one vote for every

• member of the House of the Representatives

• member of Congress

• member of the state legislature

• 500,000 people

Which of the following is sometimes considered to be an informal qualification of the president?

• service in the military

• degree from Harvard

• service in a state legislature

• leadership of a major corporation

The President Elect is elected by

• a majority vote of eligible voters

• a vote of electoral college

• the 50 state legislatures

• members of Congress

What was the original purpose of the electoral college?

• having more enlightened people choose the president

• preserving peace between northern and southern states

• giving political parties more power in choosing the president

• preventing a tyrant or demagogue from becoming president

Proposing a law to expand educational opportunities for preschool-age children would be an example of what kind of presidential power?

• executive

• legislative

• judicial

• diplomatic

In pardoning former President Nixon, President Ford exercised which type of presidential power?

• clemency

• agenda setting

• amnesty

• reprieve

Which of the following is an important informal power of the president?

• pardoning convicted criminals

• appointing Supreme Court Justices

• declaring war on other nations

• using the media to persuade the public

In a presidential race, which of the following best describes how the states apportion their electoral votes among the candidates?

• The Constitution requires each state to give all of its votes to t he top vote-getter.

• In most states electoral votes are divided according to the percentage of votes received

• About half the states divide the votes and half use the "winner-take-all" system

• Most states use a "winner-take-all" system but some states allow the votes to be split

Under the War Powers Act of 1973, what is the maximum length of time a president can commit troops to military action without Congress's approval

• 48 hours

• 90 days

• 30 days

• 6 months