CIPP US FINAL PAPER 2026 COMPLETE
RESPONSE SET GRADED A+
◉ What establishes the three branches of the U.S. Government?
Answer: The U.S. Consitution
◉ What is the purpose of the three-branch government design?
Answer: To provide a separation of powers with a system of check
and balances among the branches.
◉ What similarities are found between state and federal
government? Answer: The three branches are also often found at the
state and often the local levels.
◉ What is the legislative branch's make-up? Answer: The legislative
branch is made up of elected representatives who write and pass
laws. It includes the Congress (House and Senate).
◉ What does the legislative branch do? Answer: Congress confirms
presidential appointees, and can override vetoes.
◉ What are the duties of the executive branch? Answer: The
executive branch's duties are to enforce and administer the law.
,◉ Who makes up the executive branch? Answer: The President, Vice
President, cabinet, and federal agencies (such as the FTC).
◉ What can the executive branch do? Answer: President appoints
federal judges. It can veto laws passed by Congress.
◉ What can the judicial branch do? Answer: The Judicial branch
determines whether the laws are constitutional. It also interprets
laws, the meaning of a law, and how it is applied. It can also examine
the intent behind a law's creation.
◉ What is the judicial branch? Answer: The Federal Courts.
◉ What two parts make up the U.S. Congress? Answer: The Senate
and the House of Representatives (legislative branch)
◉ What can Congress do when enacting legislation? Answer:
Congress can delegate the power to promulgate regulations to
federal agencies (such as the FTC).
◉ What laws has Congress enacted involving the FTC? Answer:
Congress has enacted several laws that give the U.S. Federal Trade
Commission the authority to issue regulations to implement the
laws.
,◉ Does the executive branch include federal agencies that report
directly to the President? Answer: Yes
◉ What do federal agencies in the executive branch do? Answer:
They implement the laws through rule making and enforce the laws
through civil and criminal procedures.
◉ What are the lowest courts called in the federal court system
(judicial branch)? Answer: District Courts. These serve as federal
trial courts.
◉ Cases decided by a district court can be referred to what? Answer:
A federal appellate court (also called a "circuit court").
◉ What do federal circuit courts do? Answer: They are not trial
courts; they serve as appeals courts for federal cases.
◉ The federal appeals courts are divided into how many circuits?
Answer: 12 regional circuits; each district court is assigned to a
appeals court which decides the appeals for that circuit.
◉ What are the other federal courts called? Answer: Special courts
include the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and the U.S. Tax Court.
, ◉ What is the top court in the judicial branch? Answer: The U.S.
Supreme Court.
◉ What does the U.S. Supreme Court do? Answer: Hears appeals
from the circuit courts and decides questions of federal law; also
interprets the U.S. Constitution. May also hear appeals from the
highest state courts or function as a trial court in rare instances.
◉ In what circumstances do federal agencies wield power that is
characteristic of all three branches of government? Answer: When
they are given authority by Congress to promulgate and enforce
rules pursuant to law. This means they operate under statutes that
give them legislative power to issue rules, executive power to
investigate and enforce violations of rules/statutes, and judicial
power to settle particular disputes.
◉ What are the sources of law in the U.S.? Answer: Federal and state
constitutions, legislation, case law (contracts and torts), and agency-
issued regulations.
◉ What is the supreme law in the U.S.? Answer: The Constitution.
◉ Who drafted the Constitution and when? Answer: The
Constitutional Convention drafted the Constitution in 1787.
RESPONSE SET GRADED A+
◉ What establishes the three branches of the U.S. Government?
Answer: The U.S. Consitution
◉ What is the purpose of the three-branch government design?
Answer: To provide a separation of powers with a system of check
and balances among the branches.
◉ What similarities are found between state and federal
government? Answer: The three branches are also often found at the
state and often the local levels.
◉ What is the legislative branch's make-up? Answer: The legislative
branch is made up of elected representatives who write and pass
laws. It includes the Congress (House and Senate).
◉ What does the legislative branch do? Answer: Congress confirms
presidential appointees, and can override vetoes.
◉ What are the duties of the executive branch? Answer: The
executive branch's duties are to enforce and administer the law.
,◉ Who makes up the executive branch? Answer: The President, Vice
President, cabinet, and federal agencies (such as the FTC).
◉ What can the executive branch do? Answer: President appoints
federal judges. It can veto laws passed by Congress.
◉ What can the judicial branch do? Answer: The Judicial branch
determines whether the laws are constitutional. It also interprets
laws, the meaning of a law, and how it is applied. It can also examine
the intent behind a law's creation.
◉ What is the judicial branch? Answer: The Federal Courts.
◉ What two parts make up the U.S. Congress? Answer: The Senate
and the House of Representatives (legislative branch)
◉ What can Congress do when enacting legislation? Answer:
Congress can delegate the power to promulgate regulations to
federal agencies (such as the FTC).
◉ What laws has Congress enacted involving the FTC? Answer:
Congress has enacted several laws that give the U.S. Federal Trade
Commission the authority to issue regulations to implement the
laws.
,◉ Does the executive branch include federal agencies that report
directly to the President? Answer: Yes
◉ What do federal agencies in the executive branch do? Answer:
They implement the laws through rule making and enforce the laws
through civil and criminal procedures.
◉ What are the lowest courts called in the federal court system
(judicial branch)? Answer: District Courts. These serve as federal
trial courts.
◉ Cases decided by a district court can be referred to what? Answer:
A federal appellate court (also called a "circuit court").
◉ What do federal circuit courts do? Answer: They are not trial
courts; they serve as appeals courts for federal cases.
◉ The federal appeals courts are divided into how many circuits?
Answer: 12 regional circuits; each district court is assigned to a
appeals court which decides the appeals for that circuit.
◉ What are the other federal courts called? Answer: Special courts
include the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and the U.S. Tax Court.
, ◉ What is the top court in the judicial branch? Answer: The U.S.
Supreme Court.
◉ What does the U.S. Supreme Court do? Answer: Hears appeals
from the circuit courts and decides questions of federal law; also
interprets the U.S. Constitution. May also hear appeals from the
highest state courts or function as a trial court in rare instances.
◉ In what circumstances do federal agencies wield power that is
characteristic of all three branches of government? Answer: When
they are given authority by Congress to promulgate and enforce
rules pursuant to law. This means they operate under statutes that
give them legislative power to issue rules, executive power to
investigate and enforce violations of rules/statutes, and judicial
power to settle particular disputes.
◉ What are the sources of law in the U.S.? Answer: Federal and state
constitutions, legislation, case law (contracts and torts), and agency-
issued regulations.
◉ What is the supreme law in the U.S.? Answer: The Constitution.
◉ Who drafted the Constitution and when? Answer: The
Constitutional Convention drafted the Constitution in 1787.
