Chapter 10 post quiz Federal government

Which is an important factor in organizing the work of Congress?

• apportionment

• gerrymandering

  
  

• pork

• parties

In the Senate, the most senior leadership role is ________. In the House, the most senior leadership role is ________.

• Speaker; majority leader

• minority leader; majority leader

  
  

• minority leader; majority leader

  
  

• majority leader; Speaker

  
  

How is the Speaker of the House determined?

• The vice president of the United States is also Speaker of the House.

• The representative with the longest tenure in the House is the Speaker of the House.

  
  

• The elected leader of the majority party in the House is the Speaker.

  
  

• The president selects the Speaker of the House from the majority party in the House.

  
  

Who decides which committee assignments members of the House of Representatives receive?

• the Speaker of the House

• each party's own steering and policy committee

• the president for members of his or her own party, and either the House majority or minority leader for opposition members

• each party's whip

  
  

The president pro tempore of the Senate is usually

• the minority party leader with the greatest seniority.

• the minority party leader with the least seniority.

  
  

• selected directly by the president.

• the majority party member with the greatest seniority.

  
  

A ________ committee remains in existence from one session of Congress to the next, and has the power to write legislation that covers a particular subject, in most cases paralleling a major department or agency of the executive branch.

• conference

• joint

• standing

• select

The House Rules committee is important because it

• is placed in charge of selecting the Speaker of the House.

  
  

• decides the order in which bills come up for a vote on the House floor and determines the specific rules that govern the length of debate and opportunity for amendments.

• reviews all applications regarding the formation of select committees.

  
  

• determines the jurisdiction of every congressional standing committee.

  
  

Congressional leaders form ________ committees when they want to take up an issue that falls between the jurisdiction of existing committees, to highlight an issue, or to investigate a particular problem.

• conference

• joint

• Select

• standing

Joint committees are

• temporary, but have the power to present legislation.

• permanent and have the power to present legislation.

  
  

• temporary and do not have the power to present legislation.

  
  

• permanent, but do not have the power to present legislation.

  
  

Conference committees are

• permanent and involve members from both the House and the Senate.

  
  

• temporary and are created to take up an issue that falls between the jurisdiction of existing committees, to highlight an issue, or to investigate a particular problem.

• permanent and have the power to write and propose legislation.

  
  

• temporary, involve members from both houses of Congress, and are charged with reaching a compromise on legislation once it has been passed by both the House and the Senate.