FSOT PRACTICE TEST 1 QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
The Department of Defense, The National Security Council, and the Central
Intelligence Agency were created based upon the perceptions of the
policymakers after: - ANSWER WWII
Under the United States governmental structure, at the core level, there exist
essentially two tiers of laws. First: 1) The U.S. Constitution and second 2): -
ANSWER laws made by legislators
The military academies at West Point and Annapolis require candidates to
obtain a nomination for admission from what U.S. government official? -
ANSWER Congressional Representative
During the Clinton Administration, the Congressional Black Caucus received
credit for which of the following foreign policy actions. - ANSWER
Pressuring the president to use force to restore the elected president of Haiti.
Which of the following is where Presidents Harry S. Truman, George H. W.
Bush, and Bill Clinton claimed to have found authorization for the use of
military force without obtaining congressional approval? - ANSWER United
Nations Security Council
The meaning of the aphorism that the United States cannot have 535 Secretaries
of State is that Congress should take a back seat to the President in making
foreign policy because: - ANSWER has too great a diversity of views
, The U.S. Constitution prohibits national and state governments from passing
which of the following criminal statutes because it is retroactive and would
operate to the disadvantage of a person? - ANSWER Ex post facto laws
In the early years of the 20th century, reformers committed to using journalism
to expose corporate and urban corruptions were commonly referred to as: -
ANSWER muckrakers
The Cabinet-level department with primary responsibility for managing the
federal resources of the United States, including national parks and the
American Indian lands is the Department of: - ANSWER The Interior
The War Powers Resolution places which of the following time limits on the
U.S. President's commitment of troops to hostilities without congressional
authorization? - ANSWER sixty days
The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve was initiated in 1975 for the purpose of :
- ANSWER supplying supplies in an emergency in the event of disruption.
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the case of Roe v. Wade was celebrated
as a victory mainly for: - ANSWER the women's rights movement.
In an early draft of the Declaration of Independence, one of the grievances
against the King of England was his responsibility for the horrors of the slave
trade. Which of the following best explains why the authors and signers omitted
this grievance in the faint draft of the Declaration? - ANSWER The colonies
could not all agree to sign if the phrase about slavery remained in the document.
VERIFIED ANSWERS
The Department of Defense, The National Security Council, and the Central
Intelligence Agency were created based upon the perceptions of the
policymakers after: - ANSWER WWII
Under the United States governmental structure, at the core level, there exist
essentially two tiers of laws. First: 1) The U.S. Constitution and second 2): -
ANSWER laws made by legislators
The military academies at West Point and Annapolis require candidates to
obtain a nomination for admission from what U.S. government official? -
ANSWER Congressional Representative
During the Clinton Administration, the Congressional Black Caucus received
credit for which of the following foreign policy actions. - ANSWER
Pressuring the president to use force to restore the elected president of Haiti.
Which of the following is where Presidents Harry S. Truman, George H. W.
Bush, and Bill Clinton claimed to have found authorization for the use of
military force without obtaining congressional approval? - ANSWER United
Nations Security Council
The meaning of the aphorism that the United States cannot have 535 Secretaries
of State is that Congress should take a back seat to the President in making
foreign policy because: - ANSWER has too great a diversity of views
, The U.S. Constitution prohibits national and state governments from passing
which of the following criminal statutes because it is retroactive and would
operate to the disadvantage of a person? - ANSWER Ex post facto laws
In the early years of the 20th century, reformers committed to using journalism
to expose corporate and urban corruptions were commonly referred to as: -
ANSWER muckrakers
The Cabinet-level department with primary responsibility for managing the
federal resources of the United States, including national parks and the
American Indian lands is the Department of: - ANSWER The Interior
The War Powers Resolution places which of the following time limits on the
U.S. President's commitment of troops to hostilities without congressional
authorization? - ANSWER sixty days
The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve was initiated in 1975 for the purpose of :
- ANSWER supplying supplies in an emergency in the event of disruption.
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the case of Roe v. Wade was celebrated
as a victory mainly for: - ANSWER the women's rights movement.
In an early draft of the Declaration of Independence, one of the grievances
against the King of England was his responsibility for the horrors of the slave
trade. Which of the following best explains why the authors and signers omitted
this grievance in the faint draft of the Declaration? - ANSWER The colonies
could not all agree to sign if the phrase about slavery remained in the document.
