POSC 1010 PRESIDENCY EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Examining the President's role as commander in chief reveals which of the following?
a. Presidents often commit troops and engage hostilities and then go to Congress for
authority to continue.
b. Providing Congress the power to declare war has limited the role of the President in
foreign affairs.
c. The worst fears of the Framers were realized because presidents take advantage of
their ability to declare to protect their power.
d. The Framers got the balance of power between the executive and the legislative
branches over war powers exactly right. - Answer- a. Presidents often commit troops
and engage hostilities and then go to Congress for authority to continue.
Congress's authority to declare war is, in most respects, a hollow check, for which of the
following reasons?
a. Presidents can order an extended military engagement without a declaration of war.
b. The power to declare war is not explicitly in the Constitution.
c. A declaration of war must be submitted to the states for approval.
d. Congress must constitutionally defer to any declaration of war by a president with
previous military experience. - Answer- a. Presidents can order an extended military
engagement without a declaration of war.
The most important constitutional limitation on the President's leadership in foreign
affairs is which of the following?
a. The requirement that a two thirds majority of the House ratify treaties
b. The requirement that a two thirds majority of the Senate ratify treaties
c. The requirement that a two thirds majority of both the House and the Senate ratify
treaties
d. The War Powers Act - Answer- b. The requirement that a two thirds majority of the
Senate ratify treaties
Presidents can sidestep treaty rejections through
a. the privileges and immunities clause of the Constitution
b. the necessary and proper clause of the Constitution
c. the supremacy clause of the Constitution
, d. executive agreements which are exempt from Senate ratification - Answer- d.
executive agreements which are exempt from Senate ratification
How does Article II define executive power?
a. It is long on generalities and short on details but embodies limits on presidential
discretion.
b. It defines very clearly with strict limitations on exactly what the President is permitted.
c. There are no mentions of any kind of executive power since the Framers wanted the
President to act as a figure head.
d. Ambiguously, but most of the problems have been resolved with
constitutionalamendments strengthening presidential power. - Answer- a. It is long on
generalities and short on details but embodies limits on presidential discretion.
Which of the following is true about the lawmaking powers that Congress shares with
the President?
a. Power is shared through a special law that allows the President to vote in the Senate.
b. Power is shared by delegating to the executive branch the discretion to implement
policy.
c. Power is shared through the line item veto.
d. Power is shared by submitting proposed laws to the secretaries of legislation for
eachstate before holding a final vote. - Answer- b. Power is shared by delegating to the
executive branch the discretion to implement policy.
Delegation to the President
a. is always done from programmatic necessity since the President has the ability to
manage the bureaucracy effectively.
b. produces tremendous responsiveness since the President depends on Congress for
his budget.
c. rarely produces the outcome Congress intends since the President leads a separate
branch of government largely insulated from congressional control.
d. creates better opportunities to implement policy since there is only one voice that
develops the rules. - Answer- c. rarely produces the outcome Congress intends since
the President leads a separate branch of government largely insulated from
congressional control.
The President's budget
a. sets the basic framework for spending and taxing in the United States.
b. is advisory, but Congress is required to vote on the President's budget so the voters
have a clear choice of competing policy priorities.
c. sets the spending priorities of the government and represents an opening bid in
negotiations.
d. has largely been dismantled as executive departments communicate directly with the
Appropriations Committees to reduce political influences. - Answer- c. sets the spending
priorities of the government and represents an opening bid in negotiations.
The institutionalized presidency describes
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Examining the President's role as commander in chief reveals which of the following?
a. Presidents often commit troops and engage hostilities and then go to Congress for
authority to continue.
b. Providing Congress the power to declare war has limited the role of the President in
foreign affairs.
c. The worst fears of the Framers were realized because presidents take advantage of
their ability to declare to protect their power.
d. The Framers got the balance of power between the executive and the legislative
branches over war powers exactly right. - Answer- a. Presidents often commit troops
and engage hostilities and then go to Congress for authority to continue.
Congress's authority to declare war is, in most respects, a hollow check, for which of the
following reasons?
a. Presidents can order an extended military engagement without a declaration of war.
b. The power to declare war is not explicitly in the Constitution.
c. A declaration of war must be submitted to the states for approval.
d. Congress must constitutionally defer to any declaration of war by a president with
previous military experience. - Answer- a. Presidents can order an extended military
engagement without a declaration of war.
The most important constitutional limitation on the President's leadership in foreign
affairs is which of the following?
a. The requirement that a two thirds majority of the House ratify treaties
b. The requirement that a two thirds majority of the Senate ratify treaties
c. The requirement that a two thirds majority of both the House and the Senate ratify
treaties
d. The War Powers Act - Answer- b. The requirement that a two thirds majority of the
Senate ratify treaties
Presidents can sidestep treaty rejections through
a. the privileges and immunities clause of the Constitution
b. the necessary and proper clause of the Constitution
c. the supremacy clause of the Constitution
, d. executive agreements which are exempt from Senate ratification - Answer- d.
executive agreements which are exempt from Senate ratification
How does Article II define executive power?
a. It is long on generalities and short on details but embodies limits on presidential
discretion.
b. It defines very clearly with strict limitations on exactly what the President is permitted.
c. There are no mentions of any kind of executive power since the Framers wanted the
President to act as a figure head.
d. Ambiguously, but most of the problems have been resolved with
constitutionalamendments strengthening presidential power. - Answer- a. It is long on
generalities and short on details but embodies limits on presidential discretion.
Which of the following is true about the lawmaking powers that Congress shares with
the President?
a. Power is shared through a special law that allows the President to vote in the Senate.
b. Power is shared by delegating to the executive branch the discretion to implement
policy.
c. Power is shared through the line item veto.
d. Power is shared by submitting proposed laws to the secretaries of legislation for
eachstate before holding a final vote. - Answer- b. Power is shared by delegating to the
executive branch the discretion to implement policy.
Delegation to the President
a. is always done from programmatic necessity since the President has the ability to
manage the bureaucracy effectively.
b. produces tremendous responsiveness since the President depends on Congress for
his budget.
c. rarely produces the outcome Congress intends since the President leads a separate
branch of government largely insulated from congressional control.
d. creates better opportunities to implement policy since there is only one voice that
develops the rules. - Answer- c. rarely produces the outcome Congress intends since
the President leads a separate branch of government largely insulated from
congressional control.
The President's budget
a. sets the basic framework for spending and taxing in the United States.
b. is advisory, but Congress is required to vote on the President's budget so the voters
have a clear choice of competing policy priorities.
c. sets the spending priorities of the government and represents an opening bid in
negotiations.
d. has largely been dismantled as executive departments communicate directly with the
Appropriations Committees to reduce political influences. - Answer- c. sets the spending
priorities of the government and represents an opening bid in negotiations.
The institutionalized presidency describes
