Civics Lesson 6-1 Test Preparation

Which of the following are the Constitutional requirements for being president?

• at least 35 years old; native-born citizen; lived in U.S. 14 years

• 40 years old; native-born citizen; lived in U.S. 10 years

• 35 years old; naturalized citizen; lived in U.S. 14 years

• 35 years old; native-born citizen; college-educated

Historically, which combination of characteristics have most presidents of the U.S. shared?

• self-educated, from states with large Protestant populations

• self-educated, from states with large immigrant populations

• college-educated, from states with small populations

• college-educated, from states with large populations

Presidential elections are held every four years.

• True

• False

When citizens vote for president, they are really voting for electors in their state.

• True

• False

The Electoral College has _________ members.

• 535

• 435

• 538

• 438

In most states, the winner of the popular vote ___________________.

• gets most of the electoral votes

• gets a proportionate number of electoral votes

• gets none of the electoral votes

• gets all of the electoral votes

If no candidate wins the majority of the electoral votes, __________________________.

• the Senate chooses the president

• the House of Representatives chooses the president

• the candidate with the most popular votes wins

• the ballots are recast

The Twenty-second Amendment limits the president to ____________________.

• one elected four-year term

• two elected four year terms

• two successive two-year terms

• two successive three-year terms

According to the Constitution, the vice president ______________________.

• oversees Congress

• oversees the Senate

• votes in all Senate matters

• appoints a president if the president dies

If a president is disabled, the vice president steps into the president's role temporarily under ________________.

• Article 1, Section 8

• the Presidential Succession Act

• the Twenty-second Amendment

• the Twenty-fifth Amendment