Executive Branch

How old do you need to be to become president in the US?

• 35

• 25

• 45

• 30

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

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

According to the Presidential Succession Act of 1974, which of these officers follows the Vice President in line of presidential succession?

• Speaker of the House
• President pro tempore of the Senate 
• Secretary of State 
• Secretary of Treasury

The Electoral College

• functions largely 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.

This role shows the president as the ceremonial head of the government.

• Chief of state
• Chief of party
• Chief executive
• Chief legislator 

This role shows the president as the representative of the people.

• Chief legislator 
• Chief diplomat
• Chief administrator
• Chief citizen

This presidential role shows the president as the main architect of a nation's public policies.

• Chief executive
• chief legislator
• chief of party
• commander in chief

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

Health and Human Services would be responsible for what event

• International tension

• COVID-19

• Balancing the budget

• Government Housing

Which of these is NOT a check the executive branch has on the other two branches?

• vetoing bills passed by congress

• nominating federal judges

• declaring laws unconstitutional

• issuing an executive order