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Unit 3: Legislative Branch TEST

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 4hrs 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is it called when a districts boundaries are redrawn to gain an advantage in elections?
a)
Gerrymandering
b)
Census
c)
Incumbent
d)
Trial
2.
What are the two ways Gerrymandering is done?
a)
Slacking
b)
Packing
c)
Tracking
d)
Cracking
3.
What do you call an elected official who is already in office that is running for reelection?
a)
Census
b)
Incumbent
c)
Constituent
d)
Whip
4.
What is a legal order that a person appear or produce requested documents?
a)
Perjury
b)
Subpoena
c)
Incumbent
d)
Census
5.
What is the formal accusation of misconduct in office?
a)
Subpoena
b)
Impeachment
c)
Incumbent
d)
Perjury
6.
What is lying under oath called?
a)
Subpoena
b)
Impeachment
c)
Incumbent
d)
Perjury
7.
What is a speech in the Senate used as a method of defeating a bill by stalling the legislative process and preventing a vote called?
a)
Subpoena
b)
Gerrymandering
c)
Fillabuster
d)
Perjury
8.
What is a rejection of a bill by the President?
a)
Fillabuster
b)
Perjury
c)
Veto
d)
Incumbent
9.
What is a person whom a member of Congress has been elected to represent?
a)
Veto
b)
Incumbent
c)
Constituent
d)
Fillabuster
10.
Who is the member of the House of Representatives that represents the district in which we live?
a)
Brett Gutherie
b)
Thomas Massey
c)
Andy Beshear
d)
Mitch McConnell
11.
Who are the two Senators that represent the state of Kentucky?
a)
Rand Paul
b)
Paul Rudd
c)
Mitch Barnhart
d)
Mitch McConnell
12.
How many members are in the House of Representatives?
a)
100
b)
345
c)
435
d)
67
13.
What are the number of Representatives in the House based on?
a)
2 per State
b)
5 per State
c)
Based on the State's population
d)
Based on the State's cow population
14.
What are the number of Senators in the Senate based on?
a)
2 per State
b)
5 per State
c)
Based on the State's population
d)
Based on the State's cow population
15.
How many members are in the Senate?
a)
100
b)
345
c)
435
d)
67
16.
What powers are powers specifically stated in the Constitution
a)
Select
b)
Implied
c)
Joint
d)
Expressed
17.
What is another name for Expressed Powers?
a)
Implied
b)
Joint
c)
Conference
d)
Enumerated
18.
What gives Congress the power to do whatever is “necessary and proper” to carry out its enumerated powers?
a)
Expressed Powers
b)
Stretch Armstrong
c)
Elastic Clause
d)
Rubber Stamp
19.
What powers not explicitly stated but come from and depend on expressed powers.
a)
Enumerated
b)
Implied Powers
c)
Improvised Powers
d)
Allied Powers
20.
What are powers that the national government may exercise simply because they are a government. (Such as Immigration)
a)
Expressed
b)
Implied
c)
Inherent
d)
Enumerated
21.
What Supreme Court Case allowed a broad interpretation of “necessary and proper”? This greatly expanded the powers of Congress.
a)
Brown v Board of Education
b)
McCulloch v. Maryland
c)
Gibbons v. Ogden
d)
Miranda v. Arizona
22.
If a bill comes to the President within the last 10 days of a Congressional session, they can let it sit, the session will end, therefore the president cannot send it back to Congress. What is the called?
a)
Resolution
b)
Veto
c)
Pocket Veto
d)
Implied Powers
23.
Are there term limits in Congress?
a)
Yes
b)
No
24.
What article of the Constitution deals with the Legislative Branch?
a)
Article I
b)
Article II
c)
Article III
d)
Article IV
25.
Taxing and Spending Power of Congress is known as what?
a)
Power of the Purse
b)
Budget Power
c)
Money Power
d)
Power of the Wallet
26.
"Legislative" means?
a)
President
b)
Veto
c)
Power of the Purse
d)
Laws
27.
A Bill is a... ?
a)
Money Check
b)
proposed Law
c)
Supreme Court Case
d)
Theory
28.
What are the two types of Bills?
a)
Public Bills
b)
Cowboy Bill
c)
Private Bills
d)
Buffalo Bill
29.
A __________________ is an alternative to passing a Law
a)
Subpoena
b)
Veto
c)
Fillabuster
d)
Resolution
30.
What is the part of the law making process where the committee listens to opinions, get a feel for public opinion, and gather information?
a)
Floor Action
b)
Hearing
c)
Vote
d)
Veto
31.
In the law making process, to vote, a majority of members must be present. What do we call this?
a)
Fillabuster
b)
Veto
c)
Hearing
d)
Quorum
32.
How much of a majority does Congress need to override a Presidential Veto?
a)
4/5
b)
1/3
c)
2/3
d)
3/4
33.
What is it called when a committee decides to let a Bill die?
a)
Fillabuster
b)
Pigeonholing
c)
Veto
d)
Resolution
34.
What is the title of the Senate member, elected by the Senate, who stands in as president of the Senate in the absence of the Vice President?
a)
Vice President
b)
Whip
c)
President Pro Tempore
d)
Speaker of the House
35.
What determines what Congress decides to work on during a session?
a)
Majority Whip
b)
Agenda
c)
Vice President
d)
Speaker of the House
36.
Who is the captain (leader) of the House of Representatives?
a)
President Pro Tempore
b)
Vice President
c)
Majority Leader
d)
Speaker of the House
37.
What is the title of the leader of the Senate?
a)
Vice President
b)
Whip
c)
President Pro Tempore
d)
Speaker of the House
38.
What are the 5 biggest spending categories in the federal budget?
a)
Education
b)
Treasury
c)
Social Security
d)
Defense
e)
Health and Human Services
39.
What is the yearly plan for how the US government will spend the money it takes in from taxes and borrowing?
a)
Justice System
b)
Framers
c)
Common Defense
d)
Federal Budget
40.

25 years old, US citizen for 7 years, Legal resident of the State they represent, They serve 2 year terms

a)

House of Representatives

b)

Senate

41.

30 years old, US citizen for 9 years, Legal resident of the state they represent, They serve 6 year terms

a)

House of Representatives

b)

Senate

42.

These are permanent committees in Congress that oversee bills dealing with certain issues. They last from one legislative session to the next.

a)

Standing Committee

b)

Select Committee

c)

Joint Committee

d)

Conference Committee

43.

A temporary joint committee set up when the House and the Senate have passed different versions of the same bill. They resolve the differences between the two bills.

a)

Standing Committee

b)

Select Committee

c)

Joint Committee

d)

Conference Committee

44.

A temporary committee formed to study one specific issue and report the findings. Intended to only last one legislative session, they can be renewed for more.

a)

Standing Committee

b)

Select Committee

c)

Joint Committee

d)

Conference Committee

45.

A committee that consists of members from both the House and the Senate

a)

Standing Committee

b)

Select Committee

c)

Joint Committee

d)

Conference Committee

46.

Match the Implied Power to the Expressed Powers that come from it: Draft Americans into the military

a)

Raise an Army

b)

Regulate Commerce

c)

Collect Taxes

47.

Match the Implied Power to the Expressed Powers that come from it: Use tax revenue to fund welfare programs, public schools, housing programs

a)

Raise an Army

b)

Regulate Commerce

c)

Collect Taxes

48.

Match the Implied Power to the Expressed Powers that come from it: Establish a minimum wage, regulate banking, impose work limits

a)

Raise an Army

b)

Regulate Commerce

c)

Collect Taxes

49.

What Bill Gives the Government the ability to spend money?

a)

Revenue Bill

b)

Appropriations Bill

c)

Authorization Bill

50.

What Bill Allows the government to create new programs and fund them

a)

Revenue Bill

b)

Appropriations Bill

c)

Authorization Bill

51.

What Bill establishes how the Government gets its money

a)

Revenue Bill

b)

Appropriations Bill

c)

Authorization Bill

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