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Executive branch

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify what Article in the Constitution is the Executive Branch a part of

a)

Article 2.1

b)

Article 2

c)

Article 1

d)

Article 22

2.

Identify a member involved in the Executive Branch

a)

President

b)

Presidents Cabinet

c)

Presidents Dog

d)

Vice President

3.

What is one thing that you need to become president

a)

Born in a hospital

b)

Big Feet

c)

Old

d)

U.S born citizen

4.

You need to be younger than 35 to become president

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Trap

d)

Fitz

5.

What is the presidents salary and benefits they receive?

a)

Friends

b)

400,000

c)

Life long secret service

d)

A new wife/husband

6.

Identify one power of the executive branch described in the U.S. Constitution

a)

They have no powers

b)

Print more money

c)

Sign treaties

d)

Abolish candy

7.

Current Vice President and Political Party

a)

Mike Pence- Big Doggy Party

b)

Mike Pence- Republican Party

c)

Mike Pence- Democratic Party

d)

Donald Trump- Big Boy Party

8.

Current President and Political Party

a)

Donald Trump- Republican Party

b)

Donald Trump

c)

Joe Biden

d)

Donald Trump- Democratic party

9.

A presidents _____ is 4 years long, they can serve for only ____ terms. So they could serve for a total of ___ years.

(a)  

10.

If the president were to die, would the vice president become the next president

a)

Yes

b)

Probably

c)

I don't know

d)

Most likely

11.

What is one duty that the president and or vice president might have

a)

Make cookies

b)

See issues and make sure nothing is done to stop them

c)

Sign/veto laws

d)

Golf 18 holes

12.

I identify four key departments in the executive branch

a)

Agriculture, Health and Human services, colored pencils, Treasury

b)

Agriculture, Energy, Defense, Homeland Security

c)

Agriculture, Energy, Defense, Energetic Loving

d)

Agriculture, Homeland Dog parks, State, Energy

13.

What are the roles and responsibilities of executive departments and the president’s cabinet?

a)

Advise the president

b)

Make sure that the president helps their department first

c)

Provide funding towards their departments so they can do what they need to do.

d)

Make sure that other departments are not doing as good as them

14.

How do executive departments and agencies enforce governmental policies? In order

a)

President can sign bills, bring it to the correct department that they think it belongs in, then they can chose to delegate it or not.

b)

President can sign bills, bring it to the incorrect department that they think it belongs in, then they can chose to delegate it or not.

c)

A department can delegate a bill and then bring it to the president who then throws it away

d)

President can sign bills, bring it to the correct department that they think it belongs in, then they can chose to delegate it or not. Also corn cobs play a big role in how this woks.

15.

What does the term Checks and Balances mean?

a)

Each branch of the government is given power and then if they use to much power they get blown up.

b)

Each branch of the government has is a trash can, they can chose to either throw away that trash or not.

c)

Basically means that each branch of the government check on each other to make sure that they all continue to have the same amount of power.

d)

The term checks and balances means that each of the three branches of government has to make sure that the others don't become to powerful, they do through the process of eating cookies.

16.

What are the Checks and Balances the Executive Branch has on the Legislative Branch

a)

Make sure that they have a dog

b)

Print money

c)

Appoint judges

d)

Veto laws

17.

What are the Checks and Balances the Executive Branch has on the Judicial Branch

a)

Appoint Judges

b)

Veto Laws

c)

Sign Laws

d)

Make sure all laws are followed.

18.

Identify the role the Executive Branch has in the Law Making Process

a)

The roles that the big boy branchity branch has in the law making process is signing or vetoing laws, then giving it to the correct department to enforce them.

b)

The roles that the legislative branch has in the law making process is signing or vetoing laws, then giving it to the correct department to enforce them.

c)

The roles that the executive branch has in the law making process is signing or vetoing laws, then giving it to the correct department to enforce them.

d)

The roles that the judicial branch has in the law making process is nothing, they have nothing to do with it.

19.

Define the term “foreign”

a)

The definition of Foreign is from, in, or characteristic of a country or language the same as one's own.

b)

The definition of Foreinging is from, in, or characteristic of a country or language other than one's own.

c)

The definition of Foreign is to be foreign

d)

The definition of Foreign is of, from, in, or characteristic of a country or language other than one's own.

20.

Define the term “domestic”

a)

existing or occurring outside a particular country; not foreign or international

b)

existing or occurring outside a particular country; not foreign or international

c)

existing or occurring inside a particular country; not foreign or international

d)

existing or occurring inside a particular country; so foreign or international

21.

Explain the three main tools the executive branch uses for foreign policy

a)

Foreign aid

b)

Military

c)

Healthcare

d)

Treaties

22.

How do we determine what day we elect the president?

a)

Whatever day the president want it to be

b)

Always November 2nd

c)

First Tuesday in November

d)

First Tuesday after the first Monday of November

23.

What is the electoral college

a)

A college that you have to be elected in to.

b)

A system that we use to elect our president

c)

A college

d)

The electoral college is the system in which we make sure that everyone gets a piece of candy every day.

24.

How are electoral votes different from popular votes?

a)

Electoral votes come from the states to count towards presidency, in order to win electoral votes you must win the popular vote in that state.

b)

Electoral votes come from the states to count towards nothing at all, in order to win electoral votes you must win the popular vote in that state, but that doesn't matter either.

c)

Electoral votes come from the states to count towards presidency, in order to win electoral votes you must win the popular vote in that state.

d)

They aren't different from each other.

25.

How do we determine the number of electoral votes each state receives?

a)

We determine the number of electoral votes each state has by the number people have died in that state because of a snake bite.

b)

We determine the number of electoral votes each state has by the number of billionaires in that state.

c)

We determine the number of electoral votes each state has by just giving them a random number and calling it good,

d)

We determine the number of electoral votes each state has by both the number of house and senate members that they have.

26.

How does a candidate win the Electoral College?

a)

They get 278 votes first

b)

They get the most votes

c)

They get 270 votes first

d)

They get 207 votes first

27.

Explain how the Electoral College works

a)

Race to 270, winning popular equals winning electoral votes.

b)

Race to 270, but the fours person there wins

c)

The electoral college works in a way that your fellow classmates elect one person to attend a college called the electoral college.

d)

A college can't work

28.

What is the problem with the Electoral College System?

a)

The problem is that sometimes the person who wins is not the person you wanted to win.

b)

There are no problems and that is why we use this system.

c)

You can win the popular vote but still lose the election

d)

The problem is that there are bigger things to worry about like money.