AP GOV - Unit 2 Review Questions

The term “bicameralism” refers to the

• establishment of two legislative chambers that have different structures and rules

• members of the House of Representatives having two-year terms

• president having veto power over both chambers of Congress

• members of the House and Senate having to appease their mutual constituencies

Which of the following is an accurate comparison of Congress and the Presidency?

• Congress has greater control over Judicial Appointments

• Congress has greater control over Budgetary Policy

• Congress has greater control over the Bureaucracy

• Congress has greater control over military leadership

Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the Presidency and Congress?

• The President has greater control over Foreign Policy

• The President has greater control over ratifying treaties

• The President has greater control over Fiscal Policy

• The President has greater control over Cabinet Appointments

Congress has...

• Veto Power

• Power of the Sword

• Power of the Purse

• Discretionary Authority

Which house of Congress is more formal, and has stricter rules over debate?

• The House of Representatives

• The Senate

A committee chair in the House of Representatives is always...

• a member of the majority party in the chamber

• the member with the longest service in the House

• a trusted ally of the President

• the member with the longest service on the committee

Which of the following statements about motions for cloture is true?

• They are applied only to budget appropriation bills.

• They are applied to bills that failed in the previous session of Congress.

• They force a bill out of committee so that the full House can vote on it.

• They are used by senators to end a filibuster and bring a bill to a vote.

The practice in Congress whereby Representative A promises to vote for Representative B’s legislation, provided that Representative B will support Representative A’s legislation, is referred to as...

• personal casework and services

• partisan discipline

• logrolling

• pork barrel legislation

Which of the following is a unique power held by members of the Senate?

• Control of the veto

• The ability to filibuster

• Control of the appropriations process

• The ability to impeach the president

Nominations to the Supreme Court must be approved by a...

• simple majority vote in the Senate only

• simple majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate

• two-thirds vote in the House of Representatives only

• two-thirds vote in the House of Representatives and the Senate and a majority of the sitting justices on the Supreme Court