PLS 101 Missouri State exam 4 UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Article 1 of the Constitution - CORRECT ANSWER - Make up of the senate and congress
Reapportionment - CORRECT ANSWER - Redistribution of representatives among the
states, based on population change. The House is reapportioned after each census.
Why incumbents tend to be reelected - CORRECT ANSWER - they tend to be reelected
because they are well known by the public while the opposing candidate is unknown and
therefore we don't know what we are getting.
Gerrymandering - CORRECT ANSWER - redrawing a congressional district to
intentionally benefit one political party
The process of how bills become laws - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Bill is introduced and
assigned to a committee, which refers to the appropriate... subcommittee
2. subcommittee members study the bill, hold hearings, and debate provisions. If a bill is
approved, it goes to the... full committee
3. Full committee considers the bill. If the bill is approved in some form, it goes to the... Rules
committee (senate does not have rules committee)
4. Rules committee (not in senate) issues a rule to govern debate on the floor. sends it to the...
Full House/Senate
5. Full House/Senate debates the bill and may amend it. If the bill passes and is in a form
different from the Senate/House version, it must go to a... Conference Committee
6. Conference Committee of senators and representatives meets to reconcile differences between
bills. When an agreement is reached, a compromise bill is sent back to both the... Full
House/Senate
7. House/Senate votes on the conference committee bill. If it passes in both houses, it goes to
the... President
, 8. President signs or vetoes the bill. Congress can override a veto by two-thirds majority vote in
both house and senate.
Appropriations Committee - CORRECT ANSWER - Committees of Congress that decide
which of the programs passed by the authorization committees will actually be funded
Veto - CORRECT ANSWER - The president's disapproval of a bill that has been passed
by both houses of Congress. Congress can override a veto with a two-thirds vote in each house.
pocket veto - CORRECT ANSWER - If Congress adjourns during the 10 days the
president has to consider a bill passed by both houses of Congress, the bill is considered vetoed
without the president's signature
standing committee - CORRECT ANSWER - a permanent congressional committee that
specializes in a particular policy area
select committee - CORRECT ANSWER - A temporary congressional committee created
for a specific purpose and disbanded after that purpose is fulfilled.
joint committee - CORRECT ANSWER - a committee made up of members of both the
House and the Senate
conference committee - CORRECT ANSWER - A temporary committee created to work
out differences between the House and Senate versions of a specific piece of legislation.
filibuster - CORRECT ANSWER - a delaying tactic, used in the Senate, that involves
speechmaking to prevent action on a piece of legislation
Minority Leader of the House - CORRECT ANSWER - The party leader elected by
members of the minority party in the House.
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Article 1 of the Constitution - CORRECT ANSWER - Make up of the senate and congress
Reapportionment - CORRECT ANSWER - Redistribution of representatives among the
states, based on population change. The House is reapportioned after each census.
Why incumbents tend to be reelected - CORRECT ANSWER - they tend to be reelected
because they are well known by the public while the opposing candidate is unknown and
therefore we don't know what we are getting.
Gerrymandering - CORRECT ANSWER - redrawing a congressional district to
intentionally benefit one political party
The process of how bills become laws - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Bill is introduced and
assigned to a committee, which refers to the appropriate... subcommittee
2. subcommittee members study the bill, hold hearings, and debate provisions. If a bill is
approved, it goes to the... full committee
3. Full committee considers the bill. If the bill is approved in some form, it goes to the... Rules
committee (senate does not have rules committee)
4. Rules committee (not in senate) issues a rule to govern debate on the floor. sends it to the...
Full House/Senate
5. Full House/Senate debates the bill and may amend it. If the bill passes and is in a form
different from the Senate/House version, it must go to a... Conference Committee
6. Conference Committee of senators and representatives meets to reconcile differences between
bills. When an agreement is reached, a compromise bill is sent back to both the... Full
House/Senate
7. House/Senate votes on the conference committee bill. If it passes in both houses, it goes to
the... President
, 8. President signs or vetoes the bill. Congress can override a veto by two-thirds majority vote in
both house and senate.
Appropriations Committee - CORRECT ANSWER - Committees of Congress that decide
which of the programs passed by the authorization committees will actually be funded
Veto - CORRECT ANSWER - The president's disapproval of a bill that has been passed
by both houses of Congress. Congress can override a veto with a two-thirds vote in each house.
pocket veto - CORRECT ANSWER - If Congress adjourns during the 10 days the
president has to consider a bill passed by both houses of Congress, the bill is considered vetoed
without the president's signature
standing committee - CORRECT ANSWER - a permanent congressional committee that
specializes in a particular policy area
select committee - CORRECT ANSWER - A temporary congressional committee created
for a specific purpose and disbanded after that purpose is fulfilled.
joint committee - CORRECT ANSWER - a committee made up of members of both the
House and the Senate
conference committee - CORRECT ANSWER - A temporary committee created to work
out differences between the House and Senate versions of a specific piece of legislation.
filibuster - CORRECT ANSWER - a delaying tactic, used in the Senate, that involves
speechmaking to prevent action on a piece of legislation
Minority Leader of the House - CORRECT ANSWER - The party leader elected by
members of the minority party in the House.
