Exec Branch Formative 2 Review

Which of the following headings most accurately completes the outline?

• Greater role of Vice President

• National crises

• Checks and balances

• Political parties

Which statement regarding treaties demonstrates the principle of Checks & Balances?

• It is easier to get Congress to approve a treaty than to pass a joint resolution.

• The most famous treaty approved by Congress was the Treaty of Versailles ending World War I.

• Treaties have the same legal standing as acts of Congress.

• The President must obtain Senate consent before negotiating a treaty.

The White House is the nerve center of the __________ which includes The National Security Council, the Office of Management and Budget, The Office of National Drug Control Policy, and others.

• Executive Office of the President

• The Independent Agencies

• The Cabinet Departments

• Congressional Oversight Committees

Most of the Federal Government's work is carried out by the __________?

• Congress

• Executive Departments

• Executive Office of the President

• Independent Agencies

The Secretary of State and the Attorney General are both executive officers of __________?

• The National Security Council

• The Cabinet Departments

• The Independent Agencies

Agencies that operate like businesses but are financed with public funds and subject to oversight are known as?

• Executive Office of the President

• Congressional Committees

• Cabinet Departments

• Independent Agencies

The Federal Communications Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission are regulatory agencies outside the President's direct control and are part of what element of the bureaucracy?

• Congressional Oversight

• Independent Agencies

• Cabinet Departments

• Executive Office of the President

The 22nd Amendment was passed after the Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, who served 4 terms as president, to limit _________?

• presidential Terms

• who could serve with a disability

• how long a Vice President could serve as President

• the power of the President

The two major responsibilities of this group are to act as head of one of the Executive Departments and to advise the President.

• Secretaries of State

• The Cabinet

• Executive Office of the President

• Independent Agencies

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

• Secretary of State
• Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
• Senate Majority Leader
• Speaker of the House of Representatives