7th Grade EOC Practice #1

A type of committee generally called to investigate an issue for possible future legislation or to perform a special function that is beyond the authority of a standing committee is known as which of the selections below?

• joint committee

• conference committee

• special or select committee

• Committee of the Whole

All of the U.S. states, except Nebraska, model their legislatures on the federal government in that 49 of the 50 legislatures have an upper and lower house which is known as which of the selections below?

• Unicameral

• Bicameral

• comprised of 50 Senators

• comprised of 435 Representatives

The type of committee employed to settle disputes and reconcile pieces of similar legislation when the U.S. House and Senate pass two similar bills is known as which of the selections below?

• standing committee

• special or select committee

• Ways and Means Committee

• conference committee

Generally the most senior Senator from the majority party in the Senate, which of the following selections presides over Senate sessions in the absence of the Vice President?

• President pro tempore

• Chairman of the Rules Committee

• Chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee

• Speaker of the House

When a state legislature or the U.S. congress passes an act into law, it generally becomes known as which of the selections below?

• executive order

• statute

• appointment

• ordinance

Once the party ratios of a House or Senate committee are agreed upon, nomination to those seats on committees is decided which of the selections below?

• general election within each chamber

• the parties themselves

• the President

• the Supreme Court

Members of the House of Representatives elect which of the selections listed below as the highest ranking member of the Legislative branch, from the majority party in that chamber?

• President pro tempore

• Majority Whip

• Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee

• Speaker of the House of Representatives

Once the House of Representatives has impeached the President, it is up to which of the selections listed below to convict and remove him from office?

• Senate Rules Committee

• select committee

• Supreme Court

• U.S. Senate

If the U.S. President is suspected of certain treasonous acts or other “high crimes”, the House of Representatives may choose to indict them or do which of the selections below to them?

• impeach

• pardon

• censure

• veto

For top positions in both the Executive and Judicial branches, Presidential appointees to many positions including cabinet members and Supreme Court Justices must receive which of the following selections?

• the advice and consent of the U.S. Senate

• necessary and proper oversight from the House of Representatives

• a vote of no-confidence

• the supremacy clause