POLI 2051 UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
●● Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)
Answer: Members advise the president on economic policy and prepare
the annual report of the CEA
●● Crisis
Answer: A sudden, unpredictable, and potentially dangerous event
●● Impeachment
Answer: The political equivalent of an indictment for removing a
discredited president
●● Legislative veto
Answer: a clause which allows Congress to override the action of the
executive
●● National Security Council (NSC)
Answer: a committee that links the president's key foreign and military
advisors
,●● Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Answer: responsible for preparing the president's budget and assessing
the budgetary implications of legislative proposals
●● Pocket veto
Answer: this occurs when Congress adjourns within 10 days after
submitting a bill and the president takes no action to sign it or veto it
●● Presidential coattails
Answer: where voters cast their ballots for congressional candidates of
the president's party because those candidates support the president
●● Twenty-fifth Amendment
Answer: passed in 1967, permits the vice president to become acting
president in the event that the president is temporarily disabled
●● Twenty-second Amendment
Answer: passed in 1951, limits presidents to two terms
●● Veto
Answer: sending the legislation back to Congress with reasons for
rejecting it
,●● War Powers Resolution
Answer: passed in 1973, requires presidents to consult with Congress
prior to using military force and mandates the withdrawal of forces after
60 days unless Congress declares war or grants an extension
●● Watergate
Answer: a political scandal involving President Nixon's abuse of his
powers
●● Administrative discretion
Answer: authority of administrative actors to select among various
responses to a given problem, especially when rules do not fit on more
than one rule applies
●● Bureaucracy
Answer: A large, complex organization composed of appointed officials;
implementers of policy
●● Civil service
Answer: promoting hiring on the basis of merit and establishes a
nonpartisan government service
●● Command-and-control policy
, Answer: regulatory strategy where government sets a requirement and
then enforces individual and corporate actions to be consistent with
meeting the requirement
●● Deregulation
Answer: the withdrawal of the use of governmental authority to control
or change some practice in the private sector
●● Executive orders
Answer: regulations originating in the executive branch
●● Government Corporations
Answer: provide services that could be handled by the private sector but
that generally charge cheaper rates than a private sector producer
●● GS (General Schedule) rating
Answer: assigned to each job in federal agencies, this rating helps to
determine the salary associated with the position
●● Hatch Act
Answer: passed in 1940, prohibits government workers from active
participation in partisan politics
●● Incentive system
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
●● Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)
Answer: Members advise the president on economic policy and prepare
the annual report of the CEA
●● Crisis
Answer: A sudden, unpredictable, and potentially dangerous event
●● Impeachment
Answer: The political equivalent of an indictment for removing a
discredited president
●● Legislative veto
Answer: a clause which allows Congress to override the action of the
executive
●● National Security Council (NSC)
Answer: a committee that links the president's key foreign and military
advisors
,●● Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Answer: responsible for preparing the president's budget and assessing
the budgetary implications of legislative proposals
●● Pocket veto
Answer: this occurs when Congress adjourns within 10 days after
submitting a bill and the president takes no action to sign it or veto it
●● Presidential coattails
Answer: where voters cast their ballots for congressional candidates of
the president's party because those candidates support the president
●● Twenty-fifth Amendment
Answer: passed in 1967, permits the vice president to become acting
president in the event that the president is temporarily disabled
●● Twenty-second Amendment
Answer: passed in 1951, limits presidents to two terms
●● Veto
Answer: sending the legislation back to Congress with reasons for
rejecting it
,●● War Powers Resolution
Answer: passed in 1973, requires presidents to consult with Congress
prior to using military force and mandates the withdrawal of forces after
60 days unless Congress declares war or grants an extension
●● Watergate
Answer: a political scandal involving President Nixon's abuse of his
powers
●● Administrative discretion
Answer: authority of administrative actors to select among various
responses to a given problem, especially when rules do not fit on more
than one rule applies
●● Bureaucracy
Answer: A large, complex organization composed of appointed officials;
implementers of policy
●● Civil service
Answer: promoting hiring on the basis of merit and establishes a
nonpartisan government service
●● Command-and-control policy
, Answer: regulatory strategy where government sets a requirement and
then enforces individual and corporate actions to be consistent with
meeting the requirement
●● Deregulation
Answer: the withdrawal of the use of governmental authority to control
or change some practice in the private sector
●● Executive orders
Answer: regulations originating in the executive branch
●● Government Corporations
Answer: provide services that could be handled by the private sector but
that generally charge cheaper rates than a private sector producer
●● GS (General Schedule) rating
Answer: assigned to each job in federal agencies, this rating helps to
determine the salary associated with the position
●● Hatch Act
Answer: passed in 1940, prohibits government workers from active
participation in partisan politics
●● Incentive system
