Week 3 Federalism Quiz

 

In the Constitution, the implied powers of Congress come from the 

• Necessary and Proper Clause

• Supremacy Clause

• Commerce Clause

Which statement is true about the concept of Federalism?

• It does not put a limit on the government.

• Americans must only obey state laws.

• The power is shared by the state and national governments.

• Federalism was designed to give the president more power.

Concurrent Powers are given to

• Local government

• The federal government 

• Both the state and the federal government

• The states

What is federalism?

• When states have all the power

• When the states and national government share power

• When the President has all the power

• When the national government has all the power

Which of the following applies to Dual Federalism?

• Rise of Fiscal Federalism

• Shared functions with focus on providing services

• National government was supreme within areas specifically assigned to it via Constitution

Which of the following applies to Cooperative Federalism?

• Rise of Fiscal Federalism

• Federal government senior partners in commerce powers

• States supreme in all other areas of public policy

Which of the following applies to Cooptive Federalism?

• boundaries of state and national responsibilities are not as well defined

• National government was supreme within areas specifically assigned to it via Constitution

• Characterized by ad hoc federalism

Which of the following applies to categorical grants?

• Funds permitted to be used for narrowly defined purposes

• Broad range of eligible activities

• Allocate money to state or local governments according to a distribution formula prescribed by federal statute

Which of the following apply to formula grants?

• Narrow range of eligible activities

• Recipients have more discretion on how to use funds

• Allocate money to state or local governments according to a distribution formula prescribed by federal statute

Which of the following to block grants?

• Broad range of eligible activities;

  Address general rather than specific policy area;

  Recipients have more discretion on how to use funds

• Allocate money to state or local governments according to a distribution formula prescribed by federal statute;

  Fund on-going activities not specific projects

• Narrow range of eligible activities

  Funds permitted to be used for narrowly defined purposes