Executive Branch

What is the main job/duty of the executive branch?

• to make laws

• to enforce laws

• to go to war

• to interpret laws

How does the President “check” Congress? 

• clemency
• pardon
• veto
• reprieve

Which of the following is basically defined as a country's actions, policies, and strategies when dealing with other countries?

• Foreign Policy

• Domestic Policy

• Presidential Plan

• New Deal

The Electoral College...

• functions independently of the major political parties

• provide for a winner-take-all system of election in all 50 states

• requires that the candidate who receives a plurality of the votes (the most) will be elected to the office of president

• requires that a candidate receive a majority (270 electoral votes) to be elected president.

Which body has to approve all Presidential appointments and treaties?  

• Congress
• Senate
• House
• Supreme Court

In case the President is disabled, the way the Vice President becomes President is determined by the...

• 25th Amendment
• Original Constitution
• Congress
• Supreme Court

The one formal duty assigned to the Vice President by the Constitution is to...

• call cabinet meetings.
• choose the Secretary of State.
• preside over the Senate.
• preside over the House

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

Which article in the Constitution deals with the Executive Branch?

• l
• ll
• lll
• llll

How many terms may the president serve?

• 1
• 2
• 4
• unlimited