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WorksheetsThree Branches Test
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
What are the two houses of Congress?
Senate and Congress
House of Representatives and Senate
Legislative and Executive
Judicial and House of Representatives
How is representation determined in the House of Representatives?
Equal representation
By the population of the state
Voting
None of these
How long do members of the House of Representatives serve, or what is their term length?
6 years
2 years
4 years
For life
Who is the leader of the House of Representatives
Vice President
The Chief Justice
Speaker of the House
President
How many years does a senators term have?
6
Lifetime
2
4
What is a constituent?
Another name for a Lobbyist
A type of committee
The people that a congress person represents
A person running for re-election
This position is the highest ranking senator of the majority party who presides over the U.S. Senate in the absence of the vice president.
Majority leader
President Pro Tempore
Vice President
Minority leader
What committee is established temporarily for a special purpose and is used by each house of Congress separately?
standing
select
joint
conference
Which type of committee is a permanent committee that focuses on a particular policy area and where most of the work is done?
standing
select
joint
conference
A committee composed of members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate, which oversees the Library of Congress and Intelligence.
standing
select
joint
conference
True/False: There are no term limits on either House Representatives or Senators.
True
False
How is representation decided on in congress?
The House and the Senate have the same amount of representatives
The House is based on population and every state has 2 senators
The Senate is based on population and every state has 2 representatives in the House
If a Bill introduced to congress discusses revenue, where must the Bill start?
The House of Representatives
The Senate
The President
The Supreme Court
Which Article of the Constitution deals with the organization and the role of the Executive Branch?
I
II
III
IV
The minimum number of electoral votes required to win the presidency is:
100
250
270
538
When the president deals with problems such as unemployment, rising prices, or high taxes, he is acting in his role as
chief legislator
economic leader
chief executive
commander in chief
In which role is the president in charge of the army, navy, air force, marines, and coast guard
chief diplomat
party leader
chief executive
commander in chief
If the presidential vote in the Electoral College results in a tie,
A run-off election is held in the electoral college
A run-off election is held in the State legislatures
The Senate votes to decide
The House of Representatives vote to decide
What does the Executive Branch do?
elect the president
enforce laws
make laws
count the votes
How many members are in the U.S. Cabinet?
10
14
15
12
What was the name of the Act that Congress passed in 1973 that said a president must inform Congress within 48 hours if U. S. military is sent into a hostile country without a declaration of war.
War Powers Act
Invasion Act
South Asia Act
Blokker Act
For the president to be impeached, which house has to act on it?
Senate
House of Representatives
Neither
Both
What is the indirect method we use to elect the president?
Executive College
executive agreement
Electoral College
electoral agreement
A person running to win the White House has to be
38 years old and a citizen
born in the U.S. and 35 years old
40 years old and a resident for 14 years
no requirements
What is a large network of government employees and agencies?
Civil Servant
Bureaucracy
Civil Service
Bureaucrat
What is the MAXIMUM amount of years that a president can serve?
10
8
4
Life
The highest court in the land is the
Supreme Court
Federal Court
Appellate Court
Trial Court
The lowest level state court where people are tried for crimes is known as a
Supreme Court
Appellate Court
District Court
Federal Court
A court's authority to hear a case
Jurisdiction
Verdict
Aquittal
Trial
These courts review decisions from lower courts
Trial Courts
District Courts
Appellate Courts
Jurisdiction Courts
The power of the Supreme Court to decide whether laws follow the constitution or not
Opinion
Appellate Jurisdiction
Judicial Review
Trail Court
An appellate court can _______ the case back to the trial court to start over.
remand
affirm
reverse
panel
How many Justices serve on the United States Supreme
Court?
4
7
9
8
What is the primary job of the Supreme Court?
To create laws
To interpret the laws
To pick the President
To enforce the laws
Which one is not a ruling that the court of appeals can make?
Retry the case themselves
Remand the case
Reverse the decision
Uphold the decision
Which of the following is not a part of the Judicial Branch of government?
Federal District Courts
Federal Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
The Department of Justice
Marbury v. Madison established what principle?
limited government
judicial review
popular sovereignty
checks and balances
Which Article discusses the Supreme Court responsibilities?
Article I
Article II
Article III
Article IV
In what type of cases do the courts of appeals have original jurisdiction?
civil cases involving more than 75,000
cases appealing decisions of the State Supreme Court
cases in which the U.S. government is the defendant
no types of cases
What do we call the state legislative body?
The State Committee
Lawmakers of NC
North Carolina Congress
The General Assembly
Who is head of the state Executive Branch?
The Mayor
The Senators
The Governor
The State President
