Govt Test 8

An official count of the country's population is called an enumeration.

• True

• False

Since each congressional district elects one representative, they are known as single-member districts.

• True

• False

Until the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment, senators were elected by the state legislatures.

• True

• False

The president pro tempore is the most powerful position in the Senate.

• True

• False

In 1994 Congress passed a law allowing representatives to serve no more than three terms.

• True

• False

The franking privilege allows members of Congress to take unlimited trips at the taxpayers' expense.

• True

• False

Select committees are temporary committees formed for a specific purpose, generally to investigate a particular problem, and then disbanded once that purpose is resolved.

• True

• False

A pocket veto occurs when Congress passes a bill and then adjourns their session within ten days, and the President does not the sign bill before the ten day time limit.

• True

• False

The redrawing of congressional districts to accommodate changes in the population is called ________.

• reapportionment

• restructuring

• revitalization

• redistticting

When a congressional district is redrawn to specifically favor one political party, it is known as ________.

• strong arming

• gerrymandering

• doctoring

• filibustering