Executive Branch of the USA

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.

An expressed power of the President, with equals a rule or regulation that has the force of law without the approval of Congress.

• executive order

• executive agreement

• cloture rule

• filibuster

Of the following lists, which correctly belongs to the President of the United States?

• Natural born citizen, 30 years old, grants pardons, nominates Supreme Court justices

• Natural born citizen, 35 years old, grants pardons, nominates Supreme Court justices

• Citizen 14 years, 35 years old, declares war, ratifies treaties

• Naturalized citizen, declares war, grants pardons, makes treaties

An official act by the President forgiving a person convicted of a crime and freeing that person from serving his/her sentence.

• Excuse
• Commutation
• Pardon
• Termination

How is it determined how many electors each state is allowed to have?

• The states decide
• The same number of   representatives each state sends to  Congress.(including House of Representatives and Senate)
• The People decide

Which of the following is a power of the executive branch?

• Appoints federal judges

• Declares acts of Congress unconstitutional

• Ratifies treaties

• Impeaches and removes judges

Who are the leaders of the executive departments who advise the president?

• President

• Legislative Branch

• Parliament

• Cabinet

According to the Twenty-fifth Amendment, who follows the vice president in succession order to the presidency?

• secretary of defense

• speaker of the house

• secretary of state

• attorney general

To be elected president, a candidate MUST win

• The popular vote

• The special election

• The electoral vote

• The party's nomination

Which of the following is an example of the president's role as commander in chief?

• sending troops overseas to support foreign policy decisions

• appointing justices to the Supreme Court

• issuing an executive order about an administrative problem

• granting a presidential pardon