Executive Branch Review

When naming a justice for the Supreme Court, the president must disregard whether the justice shares his or her own views.

• True
• False

Electors are people appointed to vote in presidential elections for president or vice president

• True
• False

A group of advisers to the president that includes the heads of 15 top-level executive departments are known as the cabinet.

• True
• False

About how many employees work directly for the president in the White House Office?

• 50
• 5,000
• 500
• 10,000

Only the ________________ can order troops into battle.

• Congress
• President

A rule or command the president gives out that has the same power as a law is called

• an amnesty
• an executive order
• a pardon.

Treaties and trade policy are examples of

• embargoes.
• foreign policy tools.
• military force.

Which of the following is the best example of the president acting as commander in chief?

• The president appoints people to serve as ambassadors.
• The president awards medals to the country’s heroes.
• The president orders American troops to invade another country.

The qualifications for president and vice president are different.

• True
• False

The term for president is 4 years with a two term limit.

• True
• False