Govt Final Exam Review

The President's Cabinet....

• Was provided for and elaborated upon by the Constitution

• Tends to serve as a collective board of directors with no defined role or power

• Has taken on a lesser role with the growth of the executive branch

• Are advisors to the president regarding a specific field/topic

The president's big expressed power in the legislative process is...

• his power to veto a bill

• his power to sign a bill

• his power to sign or veto a bill

• none, the president's only expressed power is that he/she can propose legislation

Which is NOT a requirement to serve as president

• natural born citizen

• 35 years old

• be a resident in the US for 14 years prior to the election

• be born in one of the 50 states of the United States

This must be done in accordance with a legislative power or act of Congress

• Executive Privilege

• Executive Order

• Executive Agreements

• Executive Enforcement

To prevent sensitive information from being released or discovered, the president can exert...

• Executive Order

• Executive Exception

• Executive Preclearance and Protection

• Executive Privilege

Who determines a presidential election if there is a tie?

• Senate

• House of Representatives

• The governor of each individual state votes

• Electoral College

To become president a candidate needs to win....

• 250 electoral votes

• 260 electoral votes

• 270 electoral votes

• 280 electoral votes

The biggest hurdle for third party candidates running for president is...

• getting media attention so they can get their message to the people

• no third party candidate holds a statewide office and thus they cannot get support in the individual states

• the winner take all method of the Electoral College

• the Republican and Democratic parties make it impossible for a third party member to run for president

No president can win more than 2 presidential elections because of the...

• 20th Amendment

• 22nd Amendment

• 24th Amendment

• 26th Amendment

The creation of Homeland Security...

• reinforces the concept of separation of powers as it gives the president more authority

• reinforces the concept of checks and balances as it allows the president to check the power of the legislative branch

• demonstrates how a president can create more power for the executive branch during a time of crisis

• clearly limits the power of Congress to carry out their power of oversight and thus reduces the concept of checks and balances