POLI 2051 ACTUAL TEST QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS COMPLETE EXAM
REVIEW
●● Many assume that presidents with high _______ are more effective
leaders.
Answer: approval ratings
●● What distinguishes the contemporary presidency from the institution
originally envisioned by the Framers of the Constitutiton?
Answer: The contemporary presidency is much more powerful.
●● What does the Twenty-Second Amendment do?
Answer: limits the president's terms of office
●● What has to happen in Congress in order for the president to be
impeached and removed from office?
Answer: The House must impeach the president by a simple majority;
the Senate must convict with a two-thirds majority.
●● Which best describes a president's constitutional duty to Congress?
Answer: The president must give Congress an occasional update on the
state of the union.
, ●● Which of the following citizens would be ineligible to become
president?
Answer: someone who has already been elected president twice
●● Which of the following is a group of 15 president advisers that is too
large, diverse, and concerned with individual fiefdoms to effectively
serve as a collective board of directors, leaving ultimate decision-
making authority with the president?
Answer: the cabinet
●● Which of the following is a judicial power given to the president?
Answer: nominating federal judges
●● Which of the following statements provides the best characterization
of the members of the White House staff?
Answer: The White House staff is a composed of advisers who do
whatever is in the best interest of the president.
●● Which presidential power is checked by required approval of the
Senate with a to-thirds vote?
Answer: negotiating treaties with other nations
●● Why did Congress enact the War Powers Resolution?
VERIFIED ANSWERS COMPLETE EXAM
REVIEW
●● Many assume that presidents with high _______ are more effective
leaders.
Answer: approval ratings
●● What distinguishes the contemporary presidency from the institution
originally envisioned by the Framers of the Constitutiton?
Answer: The contemporary presidency is much more powerful.
●● What does the Twenty-Second Amendment do?
Answer: limits the president's terms of office
●● What has to happen in Congress in order for the president to be
impeached and removed from office?
Answer: The House must impeach the president by a simple majority;
the Senate must convict with a two-thirds majority.
●● Which best describes a president's constitutional duty to Congress?
Answer: The president must give Congress an occasional update on the
state of the union.
, ●● Which of the following citizens would be ineligible to become
president?
Answer: someone who has already been elected president twice
●● Which of the following is a group of 15 president advisers that is too
large, diverse, and concerned with individual fiefdoms to effectively
serve as a collective board of directors, leaving ultimate decision-
making authority with the president?
Answer: the cabinet
●● Which of the following is a judicial power given to the president?
Answer: nominating federal judges
●● Which of the following statements provides the best characterization
of the members of the White House staff?
Answer: The White House staff is a composed of advisers who do
whatever is in the best interest of the president.
●● Which presidential power is checked by required approval of the
Senate with a to-thirds vote?
Answer: negotiating treaties with other nations
●● Why did Congress enact the War Powers Resolution?
