Executive Branch | Test Practice

The job of the Executive Branch is to:

• Make laws
• Enforce laws
• Interpret laws             
• Change laws

The Department of Justice is headed by:

• The Chief Justice    
• The Secretary of Law     
• The Attorney General
• The vice-president

A president cannot exceed this number of years in office.

• 6 years
• 10 years
• 4 years
• 8 years

The Twenty-fifth Amendment gives the vice president

• a role in deciding whether a president is disabled and cannot do the job.
• a role in deciding whether the Speaker of the House can become president.
• the power to cast a vote in the Senate in case of a tie.
• the power to declare war.

Who has the power to cast a tie-breaking vote in the Senate?

• attorney general
• secretary of state
• Speaker of the House
• vice president

When a President vetoes a bill:

• It cannot be passed
• It can be passed if a majority of one house overrides a veto
• It can be passed if two-thirds of the members of both houses vote to override
• It can be passed if three-quarters of the majority party vote to override

Who is the only president who was not a Protestant?

• Calvin Coolidge      
• John F. Kennedy       
• George Washington
• Franklin Roosevelt    

The Senate approving all Presidential appointments is an example of:

• Federalism   
• Sovereignty 
• Limited Government    
• Checks and Balances

Presidential appointees for cabinet department heads and other top government offices must be approved by

• Congress
• the Senate
• the Supreme Court
• the vice-president

This law states that the president must let Congress know within 48 hours when troops are sent into battle.

• 25th Amendment
• 22nd Amendment
• Presidential Succession Act
• War Powers Resolution