POSC 1010 EXAM 2 60 Latest Question
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| Grade A+
1. The short, 2-year terms in the House of Representatives were designed by the
Framers of the Constiution to
a. make the Senate the more powerful of the two houses.
b. keep the House as close to the people as possible.
c. keep the House subordinate to the other branches of government.
d. ensure that incumbents would always have an advantage. -✓✓ b. keep the House as
close to the people as possible.
2. One aspect of the Senate designed to insulate it from transient shifts in public mood
is which of the following?
a. One third of the Senate's membership stand for reelection every 2 years.
b. Senators cannot simultaneously run for other offices.
c. The President can veto business on the Senate agenda.
d. The Senate elects its own president. -✓✓ A. One third of the Senate's membership
stand for reelection every 2 years.
3. James Madison was referring to ______ when he wrote in Federalist No. 62 that its
necessity was "indicated by the propensity of all single and numerous assemblies to
yield to the impulse of sudden and violent passions, and to be seduced by factious
leaders into intemperate and pernicious resolutions."
a. the House of Representatives
b. the executive veto
c. the Senate
d. the Supreme Court -✓✓ c. the Senate
4. One major difference between the House of Representatives and the Senate is which
of the following?a. The House meets for a longer term each year.
b. The members of the House of Representatives were originally chosen by the state
legislatures; senators were elected.
c. The House allocates seats by population; the Senate is composed of two members
from each state.
d. The Senate chooses its own leader. -✓✓ c. The House allocates seats by population;
the Senate is composed of two members from each state.
5. The qualifications for office for the Senate and the House of Representatives
contained in the Constitution differ by which of the following?
a. length of residence in the state of representation
b. whether a felony conviction disqualifies a candidate
c. the limitations on numbers of consecutive terms members may serve
, d. age and length of citizenship -✓✓ d. age and length of citizenship
6. Proposed qualifications for holding office in the House or the Senate that were
explicitly rejected by the Framers include which of the following?
a. property holding and religious qualifications and a reelection restriction
b. prior service in the military and a minimum education level
c. an oath to swear allegiance to the party with which a candidate affiliated during the
election
d. prior experience in elected office at the state level -✓✓ a. property holding and
religious qualifications and a reelection restriction
7. Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution contains
a. the specific powers of the U.S. Congress.
b. the specific powers of the U.S. House of Representatives.
c. the specific powers of the U.S. Senate.
d. the specific prohibitions on the U.S. Congress. -✓✓ a. the specific powers of the U.S.
Congress.
8. The "necessary and proper clause"
a. enables Congress to declare acts of the President unconstitutional.
b. limits Congress to only performing the essential acts of government.
c. requires Congress to provide a written justification for all of its actions.
d. provides lawmakers with the single most expansive grant of power in the Constitution
so lawmakers have authority over many different spheres of public policy. -✓✓ d.
provides lawmakers with the single most expansive grant of power in the Constitution so
lawmakers have authority over many different spheres of public policy.
9. Which of the following is a power explicitly given to Congress?
a. the power to coin and borrow money
b. the power to override a presidential veto with a simple majority vote
c. the power to enact ex post facto laws
d. the power to grant noble titles -✓✓ a. the power to coin and borrow money
10. In distributing power between the House and the Senate, the final compromise
regarding the authority to raise or spend money required that bills raising revenue
originate in which of the following?
a. the Senate, with the House having an unrestricted right to amend them
b. the House, with the Senate having a very limited right to amend them
c. the House, with the Senate having an unrestricted right to amend them
d. the Senate, with the House having a very limited right to amend them -✓✓ c. the
House, with the Senate having an unrestricted right to amend them
11. Proportional representation gives a party which of the following?
a. a share of seats in the legislature matching the share of votes it wins on election day
b. a share of seats only equal to the number of districts won by a plurality by one of its
candidates
and Answer | 100% Correct Solutions
| Grade A+
1. The short, 2-year terms in the House of Representatives were designed by the
Framers of the Constiution to
a. make the Senate the more powerful of the two houses.
b. keep the House as close to the people as possible.
c. keep the House subordinate to the other branches of government.
d. ensure that incumbents would always have an advantage. -✓✓ b. keep the House as
close to the people as possible.
2. One aspect of the Senate designed to insulate it from transient shifts in public mood
is which of the following?
a. One third of the Senate's membership stand for reelection every 2 years.
b. Senators cannot simultaneously run for other offices.
c. The President can veto business on the Senate agenda.
d. The Senate elects its own president. -✓✓ A. One third of the Senate's membership
stand for reelection every 2 years.
3. James Madison was referring to ______ when he wrote in Federalist No. 62 that its
necessity was "indicated by the propensity of all single and numerous assemblies to
yield to the impulse of sudden and violent passions, and to be seduced by factious
leaders into intemperate and pernicious resolutions."
a. the House of Representatives
b. the executive veto
c. the Senate
d. the Supreme Court -✓✓ c. the Senate
4. One major difference between the House of Representatives and the Senate is which
of the following?a. The House meets for a longer term each year.
b. The members of the House of Representatives were originally chosen by the state
legislatures; senators were elected.
c. The House allocates seats by population; the Senate is composed of two members
from each state.
d. The Senate chooses its own leader. -✓✓ c. The House allocates seats by population;
the Senate is composed of two members from each state.
5. The qualifications for office for the Senate and the House of Representatives
contained in the Constitution differ by which of the following?
a. length of residence in the state of representation
b. whether a felony conviction disqualifies a candidate
c. the limitations on numbers of consecutive terms members may serve
, d. age and length of citizenship -✓✓ d. age and length of citizenship
6. Proposed qualifications for holding office in the House or the Senate that were
explicitly rejected by the Framers include which of the following?
a. property holding and religious qualifications and a reelection restriction
b. prior service in the military and a minimum education level
c. an oath to swear allegiance to the party with which a candidate affiliated during the
election
d. prior experience in elected office at the state level -✓✓ a. property holding and
religious qualifications and a reelection restriction
7. Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution contains
a. the specific powers of the U.S. Congress.
b. the specific powers of the U.S. House of Representatives.
c. the specific powers of the U.S. Senate.
d. the specific prohibitions on the U.S. Congress. -✓✓ a. the specific powers of the U.S.
Congress.
8. The "necessary and proper clause"
a. enables Congress to declare acts of the President unconstitutional.
b. limits Congress to only performing the essential acts of government.
c. requires Congress to provide a written justification for all of its actions.
d. provides lawmakers with the single most expansive grant of power in the Constitution
so lawmakers have authority over many different spheres of public policy. -✓✓ d.
provides lawmakers with the single most expansive grant of power in the Constitution so
lawmakers have authority over many different spheres of public policy.
9. Which of the following is a power explicitly given to Congress?
a. the power to coin and borrow money
b. the power to override a presidential veto with a simple majority vote
c. the power to enact ex post facto laws
d. the power to grant noble titles -✓✓ a. the power to coin and borrow money
10. In distributing power between the House and the Senate, the final compromise
regarding the authority to raise or spend money required that bills raising revenue
originate in which of the following?
a. the Senate, with the House having an unrestricted right to amend them
b. the House, with the Senate having a very limited right to amend them
c. the House, with the Senate having an unrestricted right to amend them
d. the Senate, with the House having a very limited right to amend them -✓✓ c. the
House, with the Senate having an unrestricted right to amend them
11. Proportional representation gives a party which of the following?
a. a share of seats in the legislature matching the share of votes it wins on election day
b. a share of seats only equal to the number of districts won by a plurality by one of its
candidates
