Executive Branch Quiz

In most states, the winner of the popular vote

• gets all of the electoral votes.

• gets none of the electoral votes.

• gets a proportionate number of electoral votes.

• gets most of the electoral votes.

If no candidate wins the majority of the electoral votes,

• the House of Representatives chooses the president.

• the Senate chooses the president.

• the ballots are recast.

• the candidate with the most popular votes wins.

How does the president fulfill the constitutional requirement to tell Congress about the state of the union?

• meets with congressional leaders

• gives a yearly address

• sends a yearly report

• proposes a yearly amendment

a declaration of forgiveness and freedom from punishment

• pardon

• ambassador

• reprieve

• executive order

an order to delay a person’s punishment until a higher court can hear the case

• Pardon

• amnesty

• reprieve

a declaration of forgiveness to a group of people

• Pardon

• Reprieve

• Amnesty

Presidential elections are held every four years.

• True

• False

The Twenty-fifth Amendment states that if the vice president assumes the office of president, the office of vice president is filled by the leader of the House of Representatives.

• True

• False

Which of the following is one of the president’s jobs as head of state?

• building goodwill with other countries

• granting amnesty

• meeting with budget officials

• using force to back up foreign policy

Which of the following is the main goal of United States foreign policy?

• appointing ambassadors

• giving aid to other countries

• keeping the country safe

• maintaining a clean environment