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WorksheetsCongress Test Review/Retake
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
What category of congressional powers is described in Article I, section 8?
reserved powers
expressed powers
denied powers
implied powers
The longer term served by members of the Senate tend to make them
better able to respond to the people than are Representatives.
less susceptible to pressures than members of the House.
closer to the people than are Representatives.
less prestigious than are members of the lower house.
The majority party Senator who presides in absence of the Vice President is called the
President pro tempore
Secretary of the Senate
Majority Floor Leader
senior Senator
The primary responsibility of Congress is to
act as a check on the Supreme Court
confirm presidential appointments
make laws
approve treaties
The process of creating new congressional districts after each census is called
reapportionment
gerrymandering
bicameralism
impoundment
A bicameral legislature is one that has
laws forbidding private sessions
two chambers or houses
authority to overrule state governments
a prime minister
Before a bill can be sent to the president, both chambers of Congress must vote to
approve the same version of the bill.
restore the original language of the bill.
have a supermajority in favor of the bill.
authorize the president to change the bill.
Which of the following events triggers reapportionment of the seats in the House of Representatives?
a change in House leadership
a census conducted every 10 years
the election of representatives every 2 years
the decision of the House to authorize redistricting
What determines the number of seats in the Senate?
The Constitution specifies the exact number of seats.
The number of seats depends upon the number of states.
Congress fixed the number of seats in 1929.
The number of seats depends on each state’s population.
How can Congress override a presidential veto?
Congress must wait until after the next election to reconsider the bill.
Congress must agree to amend the bill to meet the president’s objections.
Congress must approve the bill again by a majority vote in both chambers.
Congress must approve the bill by a two-thirds vote in both chambers.
All revenue bills must begin in the House of Representatives.
True
False
Only members of Congress may introduce a bill.
True
False
The President of the Senate may only vote to break a tie.
True
False
A proposed piece of legislation is called a bill.
True
False
Which statement is most likely supported by the graph?
The number of senators rose from 1900 to 2012 as several States were added to the Union.
The number of representatives rose from the First Congress to 1800 as a result of the passing of the Reapportionment Act.
The number of senators rose from 1850 to 1900 because of the number of immigrants who came to the United States.
The number of representatives rose from 1850 to 1900 as a result of the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment.
This diagram shows the first steps to a bill becoming a law. What happens immediately after the sixth step?
The President decides whether or not to sign the bill.
The subcommittee in the other chamber now votes on the bill.
Members of both chambers take conference action on the bill.
The subcommittee in the other chamber now begins to process the bill.
The best way to understand the expressed powers of Congress is to
study the ways Congress has exercised its powers.
study statements made by the executive branch.
read a description of the powers in the Constitution.
read Supreme Court decisions that interpret expressed powers.
Which statement best characterizes the implied powers of the Federal Government?
They are explicitly given to Congress in the United States Constitution.
They are sensible assumptions that are made based on the expressed powers.
They are part of the amendments that have been added to the Constitution since 1789.
They are the consequences of making the American government federal in form.
A filibuster to block a vote on a bill is possible
only in the House, which is almost unrestrained.
only in the Senate, which is almost unrestrained.
only when both chambers meet together as Congress.
In neither chamber.
The current Speaker of the House of Representatives
Patrick Leahy
Mike Johnson
Dan Crenshaw
Kamala Harris
Which of the following is a Texas senator?
Nancy Pelosi
Dan Crenshaw
John Cornyn
Michael McCaul
Which of the following politicians is the President of the Senate?
Nancy Pelosi
Ted Cruz
John Cornyn
JD Vance
Who is our US Representative from Texas District #38?
Nancy Pelosi
Wesley Hunt
John Cornyn
Kamala Harris
Which of the following amendments allowed for the direct election of US Senators?
16th Amendment
Article I
17th Amendment
27th Amendment
What part of the US Constitution creates the Congress?
Article I
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
27th Amendment
Which part of the US Constitution allowed Congress to collect a direct income tax?
Article I
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
27th Amendment
What part of the US Constitution declares that Congressional pay raises will not take effect until after the next election?
Article I
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
27th Amendment
