Unit 4 Executive Branch

The___ appoints Cabinet members____

• President; with House approval

• President; with Senate approval.

• Senate; with the President's approval.

• President; without Senate approval.

According to the Constitution, the President must

• be a man who owns property.

• be at least 35 years of age.

• have held one major public office.

• have lived in the U. S. for at least 20 years.

In regard to the federal bureaucracy, the President of the United States is at the top of the executive branch hierarchy because

• he or she is an elected representative of the American people.

• it is most efficient to have one person who can make final decisions and solve conflicts.

• Congress mandated that structure when it created the Executive Office of the President.

• the Constitution makes the President the chief administrator of the Federal Government.

A President can serve no more than ____ years in office.

• 8

• 6

• 10

• 12

According to the 25th Amendment, which of these officers follows the Vice President in the line of presidential succession?

• Speaker of the House

• secretary of state

• president pro tempore of the Senate

• secretary of the treasury

A formal duty assigned to the Vice President by the Constitution is to

• call Cabinet meetings.

• choose the secretary of state.

• preside over the House.

• preside over the Senate.

Which of the following is NOT a formal qualification for the presidency?

• must be at least 35 years old

• must have lived in the United States for at least 14 years

• must be a "natural born Citizen" of the United States

• must have extensive prior political experience

The President's military powers

• are strictly limited to times of war.

• only apply to the use of the United States Army and its weapons.

• are shared with Congress.

• may never be used to keep the domestic peace.

The difference between a treaty and an executive agreement is that

• a treaty is with a foreign state but an executive agreement is domestic.

• a treaty must begin in the Senate but an executive agreement is made wholly by the President.

• the President needs Senate approval for a treaty but not for an executive agreement.

• a treaty ends or prevents a war but an executive agreement does not.

Upon receipt of a bill, the President can take all of the following actions EXCEPT

• call on a special session of congressional committees to revise the bill.

• sign the bill to make it a law.

• decide to neither sign nor veto the bill, allowing it to become a law.

• veto the bill.