AP GOPO Unit 5 Test Review

1. A Senator votes his conscience on bills that his constituents care little about, but he votes according to the wishes of the majority of her constituents on other bills. Which model of representation do his actions embody? 

   4. The delegate model

• 1. The politico model 

• 1. The trustee model 

• 1. The trustee model 

• 1. The delegate model

1. Which of the following gives Congress its greatest flexibility in making laws?

• 1. The ability to control the purse strings

• 1. The ability to override a Presidential veto

• 1. The use of the Necessary and Proper Clause

• 1. Its control over taxation and generating revenue

A Senator can often prevent the Senate from voting on the bill being debated on the Senate floor by

• 1. conducting oversight

• 1. Filibustering

• 1. introducing another bill

• 1. a vote of cloture

Congress is most likely to exert oversight of the executive bureaucracy in which of the following ways?

• 1. Directly selecting the head of an executive agency

• 1. Impeaching the head of an executive agency

• 1. Using the Court to block implementation of proposed regulations

• 1. Controlling an executive agency’s annual budget

Which of the following statements about malapportionment is true? 

• 1. It has been banned by United States Supreme Court decisions beginning with Baker v Carr.

• 1. It was used traditionally to maintain urban control of the House of Representatives. 

• 1. It can be used by a political party to draw boundary lines to control as many districts as possible. 

• 1. It guarantees greater constituency control over elected representatives.

All of the following are powers of Congress under Article One Section 8 EXCEPT

• 1. Issue pardons and reprieves

• 1. To regulate commerce (states and foreign)

• 1. To create courts (except Supreme Court)

• 1. To declare war

The power of the Rules Committee in the House of Representatives rests on its authority to

• 1. choose the chairs of other standing committees and issue rules for the selection of subcommittee chairs

• 1. initiate all spending legislation and hold budget hearings

• 1. place a bill on the legislative calendar, limit time for debate and determine the type of amendments allowed

• 1. determine the procedures by white nominations by the President will be approved by the House