WorksheetsExecutive Branch Review
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Who makes up the President’s Cabinet?
Members of Congress
Cabinet secretaries (heads of agencies)
Supreme Court justices
State governors
The head of an executive agency is called a…
Director
Secretary
Chairperson
Judge
Federal agencies are kept somewhat independent to…
Save money
Ensure reliability and consistency
Give Congress more power
Avoid Senate approval
What allows the President to direct executive actions without Congress?
Veto
Executive Order
Treaty
Pardon
Nominations for Cabinet secretaries, judges, and ambassadors require…
Automatic approval
Senate confirmation
Supreme Court signature
Public vote
Who is Commander-in-Chief of the military?
Secretary of Defense
President
Vice President
Congress
Which is NOT a constitutional requirement to be President?
At least 35 years old
Natural-born citizen
U.S. resident for 14 years
Prior military service
Maximum number of terms a President can serve (22nd Amendment):
Unlimited
One
Two
Four
First in the presidential line of succession if the President can't serve:
Speaker of the House
Vice President
Secretary of State
Chief Justice
Second in line after the Vice President:
Speaker of the House
Secretary of the Treasury
Senate Majority Leader
Secretary of State
Presidential check on the Legislative branch:
Declare laws unconstitutional
Veto laws
Ratify treaties
Grant pardons
Presidential checks on the Judicial branch:
Overturn rulings
Appoint justices
Grant pardons
True or False: The Supreme Court can overturn executive orders.
True
False
True or False: The President can always fire a federal agency head at will.
True
False
