Topic 5 Practice Test - Overview of the Presidency

In what way are the President's roles as chief economist and chief diplomat related?

• Both roles require the President to act as leader of the executive branch and the armed forces.
• Both roles can have an effect on the United States' relationship with other countries.
• Both roles can result in greater unity within the President's political party.
• Both roles can lead to higher wages for workers and more profits for businesses.

Why have several Presidents and other critics called for the repeal of the 22nd Amendment?

• The amendment requires the presidency to automatically devolve to the Vice President.
• The amendment authorizes a Vice President to serve a ten-year term if he or she succeeds to the presidency.
• The amendment does not safeguard against "executive tyranny."
• The amendment limits who can be elected President.

Choose the answer that BEST completes the chart about the roles of the President of the United States.

• Chief of Party
• Chief of State
• Chief Legislator
• Chief Economist

Use the photo to answer the question, which presidential role does this photo illustrate?

• chief citizen
• chief of party
• chief diplomat
• commander in chief

"The President is expected to be ‘the representative of all the people.' He or she is expected to take the high road and champion the public interest against the many different and competing private interests. ‘The presidency,' said Franklin Roosevelt, ‘is not merely an administrative office. That is the least of it. It is, preeminently, a place of moral leadership.'" To which presidential role does this text excerpt refer?

• commander in chief
• chief economist
• chief citizen
• chief of party

Former President Bill Clinton was very helpful to President Obama during his 2012 campaign for reelection. Why does the cartoonist say that the President can repay Clinton for his help by repealing the 22nd Amendment?

• Repealing the 22nd Amendment would repay Clinton because it would raise his salary.
• Repealing the 22nd Amendment would repay Clinton because he could help President Obama in the next four years.
• Repealing the 22nd Amendment would repay Clinton because it would enable him to serve in the Cabinet.
• Repealing the 22nd Amendment would repay Clinton because it would allow him to run for President a third time.

If the President, Vice President, and leaders of Congress were all unable to hold office, who would assume the office of President?

• the Attorney General
• the Secretary of State
• the Secretary of Defense
• the Secretary of Homeland Security

In which of the following situations might the President find the power to issue executive orders to be particularly useful?

• when Congress is in recess or between sessions
• when an opposing party controls Congress
• when trying to build a consensus in Congress
• when Congress has just passed a bill

Which of the following might be one way the executive office interprets laws as it carries them out?

• explaining to members of Congress why a law regulating State agencies is needed
• signing a bill to appropriate money to fund a military action in the Balkans
• determining exactly what is meant by specific provisions of a voter qualification law
• meeting with senators to gather support for a law on tighter welfare regulations

Which of the following is an example of congressional oversight of the executive branch?

• an examination of federal student aid programs for college students
• debate in the House of Representatives over a President's controversial healthcare measure
• an investigation into the finances of a member of the Senate
• hearings to investigate the President's secret negotiations with rebels in South America