Chapter 5 Quiz

Congress is a bicameral legislature that provides checks and balances during the process of lawmaking.​

• True

• False

If 50 senators vote for a cloture resolution, they can end a filibuster in most cases.​

• True

• False

Whip

Quorum

caucus

majority leader

constituent

can affect a member’s choice on which committees to serve

Whip

Quorum

caucus

majority leader

constituent

number of members needed to take an official legislative action

Which two individuals share the duty of presiding over the Senate?​

• Majority leader and majority whip

• majority leader and minority leader

• vice president and majority leader

• vice president and president pro tempore

Which of these committee types has the greatest powers over the movement of a bill through Congress?​

• joint committees

• the House Rules Committee

• standing committees

• select committees

To virtually eliminate the threat of a filibuster, the Senate would have to have a minimum of how many members from one party?

• 50

• 55

• 60

• 65

To establish justice:

• Article III Section 1

• Article I Section 8

• Article 2 Section 2

• Article I section 4

Which best describes a socialist government?

• often control major industries that have a large impact on the population (such as health care in Britain) in an effort to either manage the industry in a manner that has the most benefit for the general public or to control critical industries of national importance.

• only works in very small communities where it is possible for people to meet in some central place and the problems of government are few and relatively simple.

• government in which an individual or group has unlimited authority, and individual rights are subordinate to that power

Which of these actions might result in the expulsion of a member of the House?​

• The member accepts money from a company to support a bill.

• The member speaks in opposition to an energy bill on the Senate floor.

• The member violates House rules by improperly using campaign donations.

• The newly elected member has not turned 25 years old yet.