partisan - correct answers a strong supporter of a party
bias in media - correct answers
executive branch - correct answers responsible for enforcing laws, is president of the united states, has power to veto or reject laws, appoint federal posts, negotiate foreign treaties
legislative branch - correct answers headed by congress, includes house of representatives and senate, main task is to make laws, have power to pass laws, approving treaties, impeaching officials
judicial branch - correct answers supreme court 10 judges
president donald trump - correct answers head of executive branch, nominates cabinet, makes treaties, commander and chief of army
mike pence - correct answers vice president, has been in congress of Indiana, very anti-gay, elected to serve as chairmen (unanimously), christian
how bills become laws - correct answers idea, representatives write the bill, talk with other reps. to get support, bill is introduced to house of reps., bill goes to committee they review research and revise the bill before voting on whether or not to send bill back, committee approved bill sent to house of reps. to be debated, bill passed by house of reps goes to u.s senate, goes through many of same steps, if passed goes to president, president has options to pass, veto, pocket veto, if bill is passed by us reps u.s senate and pres. bill becomes law and is enforced by government, if committee is in session approved after 10 days if not bill does not become law
filibuster - correct answers efforts by some senates to overall stop or slow the process of other senates being able to put their vote down on a bill, delay time for speaking for ling periods, at least 60 votes to avoid filibuster
john kelly - correct answers chief of staff, 6 months had been sec. of homeland security, stated he was ineffective
mike pompeo - correct answers secretary of state, former member of the us house of reps, us army officer, required 7 years only had been out of military 3 years had to make new law for him to fill this position
paul ryan - correct answers 64th speaker of the u.s house of reps. since 2015, republican party nominee for vice president of u.s, also has been u.s rep for wisconsins 1st congressional district
mitch mcconnell - correct answers u.s senator, member of republican party
betsy deross - correct answers secretary of education, served as in school mentor for at risk children, criticized for old sexual assault state standards on college campus
christopher ray - correct answers 8th director of FBI, nominated by donald trump
steve munchin - correct answers u.s secretary of treasury (77th) apart of donald trump
jeff sessions - correct answers attorney general of the u.s
james mattis - correct answers secretary of defense, first cabinet member to be confirmed by senate
lobbyists - correct answers
ron johnson - correct answers u.s senator for wisconsin, republican
tammy baldwin - correct answers u.s senator for wisconsin
swing vote - correct answers anthony kennedy, vote can potentially go either way, decisive influence, may go to either of the two dominant political parties
join roberts - correct answers chief justice of the u.s (17th)
brett kavanaugh - correct answers current nominee of president trump, wants senate to vote before november 14th because republicans have plus one right now
two recent decisions of the supreme court - correct answers same sex marriages, gerrymandering
originalist v. "living constitution" - correct answers someone who believes in strict interpretation of constitution/originalist, living constitution ok with changes
into on supreme court - correct answers 10 justices 1 chief justice, take about 80 cases per year out of 7,000 to 8,000 petitions, private role in media, law clerks do sorting of petitions
401k - correct answers retirement plan, you get back what you put away
loans v. grants - correct answers loans you have to pay money back, grants you don't have to pay back
fed. student loans - correct answers variable rates can easily go up, unregulated, never forgiven (even after death)
total debit owed by american college students - correct answers 28,100 on average
average saving rates of american families - correct answers average saves less than 5%, 35% can save 10%
"boomerang generation" - correct answers early 20s college/out of college students, heading back home to live with parents, cant find a good job, unemployment, jobs=competitive, student debt, new technology is taking over
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DSI test 1 Certification Review Exam
Question And Correct Answer
partisan - correct answers a strong supporter of a party
bias in media - correct answers
executive branch - correct answers responsible for enforcing laws, is president of the united states, has
power to veto or reject laws, appoint federal posts, negotiate foreign treaties
legislative branch - correct answers headed by congress, includes house of representatives and senate,
main task is to make laws, have power to pass laws, approving treaties, impeaching officials
judicial branch - correct answers supreme court 10 judges
president donald trump - correct answers head of executive branch, nominates cabinet, makes treaties,
commander and chief of army
mike pence - correct answers vice president, has been in congress of Indiana, very anti-gay, elected to
serve as chairmen (unanimously), christian
how bills become laws - correct answers idea, representatives write the bill, talk with other reps. to get
support, bill is introduced to house of reps., bill goes to committee they review research and revise the
bill before voting on whether or not to send bill back, committee approved bill sent to house of reps. to
be debated, bill passed by house of reps goes to u.s senate, goes through many of same steps, if passed
goes to president, president has options to pass, veto, pocket veto, if bill is passed by us reps u.s senate
and pres. bill becomes law and is enforced by government, if committee is in session approved after 10
days if not bill does not become law
filibuster - correct answers efforts by some senates to overall stop or slow the process of other senates
being able to put their vote down on a bill, delay time for speaking for ling periods, at least 60 votes to
avoid filibuster