POLI 2051 Hogan Exam 3 Question and Answer
[2026] | UPDATED ACTUAL Exam | Complete
Exam Prep
• Many assume that presidents with high __________ are more effective leaders.
a. approval ratings
b. levels of executive privilege
c. debts and deficits
d. campaign spending -✓✓ a. approval ratings
• What distinguishes the contemporary presidency from the institution originally
envisioned by the Framers of the Constitution?
a. the contemporary presidency is much more powerful
b. the contemporary presidency is less involved in the development of foreign
policy
c. the contemporary presidency exhibits a greater level of deference to Congress in
budgetary matters
d. contemporary presidents are more cautious in advocating for their legislative
agendas -✓✓ a. the contemporary presidency is much more powerful
• What does the Twenty-Second Amendment do?
a. requires that presidents be natural-born citizens
b. requires the president to be a resident of the United States
c. requires the president to be at least 35 years old
d. limits the presidents term of office
e. requires presidents to receive Senate approval for judicial nominations -✓✓ d.
limits the presidents terms of office
,• What has to happen in Congress in order for the president to be impeached and
removed from office?
a. The House must impeach the president by a simple majority; the Supreme Court
must convict with a 2/3 vote
b. the Senate must impeach the president by a simple majority; the House must
convict with a 2/3 vote
c. the House must impeach the president by a simple majority; the Senate must
convict with a 2/3 majority
d. the Supreme Court must impeach the president with a simple majority; the chief
of justice precedes over a Senate trial that must convict with a 2/3 majority -✓✓ c.
the House must impeach the president by a simple majority; the Senate must
convict with a 2/3 majority
• Which best describes the president's constitutional duty to Congress?
a. the president must give congress an occasional update on the state of the union
b. the president must have at least one cabinet member of the opposing party
c. the president must maintain party support in congress
d. the president must inform congress of the reasoning behind a veto -✓✓ a. 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?
a. a natural born citizen
b. someone who is 37 years old
c. someone who has lived in the United States for 20 years
d. someone who has already been elected president twice -✓✓ d. someone who has
already been elected president twice
, • Which of the following is a group of 15 presidential advisers that is too large,
diverse, and concerned with individual fiefdoms to effectively serve as a collected
board of directors, leaving ultimate decision-making authority with the president?
a. the White House staff
b. the Executive Office of the President
c. the chiefs of staff
d. the cabinet -✓✓ d. the cabinet
• Which of the following is a judicial power given to the president?
a. determining the Supreme Courts docket
b. establishing the jurisdiction of the federal courts including the Supreme Court
c. nominating federal judges
d. determining the constitutionality of judicial acts -✓✓ c. nominating federal
judges
• Which of the following statements provides the best characterization of the
members of the White House staff?
a. The White House staff is a loose collection of bureaucrats who are loyal to
executive agencies
b. the white house staff is composed of advisers who do whatever is in the best
interest of the president
c. the white house staff is composed of policy specialists who have little personal
loyalty to the president
d. the white house staff is the link between executive agencies in the bureaucracy
and congress -✓✓ b. the white house staff is composed of advisers who do
whatever is in the best interest of the president
[2026] | UPDATED ACTUAL Exam | Complete
Exam Prep
• Many assume that presidents with high __________ are more effective leaders.
a. approval ratings
b. levels of executive privilege
c. debts and deficits
d. campaign spending -✓✓ a. approval ratings
• What distinguishes the contemporary presidency from the institution originally
envisioned by the Framers of the Constitution?
a. the contemporary presidency is much more powerful
b. the contemporary presidency is less involved in the development of foreign
policy
c. the contemporary presidency exhibits a greater level of deference to Congress in
budgetary matters
d. contemporary presidents are more cautious in advocating for their legislative
agendas -✓✓ a. the contemporary presidency is much more powerful
• What does the Twenty-Second Amendment do?
a. requires that presidents be natural-born citizens
b. requires the president to be a resident of the United States
c. requires the president to be at least 35 years old
d. limits the presidents term of office
e. requires presidents to receive Senate approval for judicial nominations -✓✓ d.
limits the presidents terms of office
,• What has to happen in Congress in order for the president to be impeached and
removed from office?
a. The House must impeach the president by a simple majority; the Supreme Court
must convict with a 2/3 vote
b. the Senate must impeach the president by a simple majority; the House must
convict with a 2/3 vote
c. the House must impeach the president by a simple majority; the Senate must
convict with a 2/3 majority
d. the Supreme Court must impeach the president with a simple majority; the chief
of justice precedes over a Senate trial that must convict with a 2/3 majority -✓✓ c.
the House must impeach the president by a simple majority; the Senate must
convict with a 2/3 majority
• Which best describes the president's constitutional duty to Congress?
a. the president must give congress an occasional update on the state of the union
b. the president must have at least one cabinet member of the opposing party
c. the president must maintain party support in congress
d. the president must inform congress of the reasoning behind a veto -✓✓ a. 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?
a. a natural born citizen
b. someone who is 37 years old
c. someone who has lived in the United States for 20 years
d. someone who has already been elected president twice -✓✓ d. someone who has
already been elected president twice
, • Which of the following is a group of 15 presidential advisers that is too large,
diverse, and concerned with individual fiefdoms to effectively serve as a collected
board of directors, leaving ultimate decision-making authority with the president?
a. the White House staff
b. the Executive Office of the President
c. the chiefs of staff
d. the cabinet -✓✓ d. the cabinet
• Which of the following is a judicial power given to the president?
a. determining the Supreme Courts docket
b. establishing the jurisdiction of the federal courts including the Supreme Court
c. nominating federal judges
d. determining the constitutionality of judicial acts -✓✓ c. nominating federal
judges
• Which of the following statements provides the best characterization of the
members of the White House staff?
a. The White House staff is a loose collection of bureaucrats who are loyal to
executive agencies
b. the white house staff is composed of advisers who do whatever is in the best
interest of the president
c. the white house staff is composed of policy specialists who have little personal
loyalty to the president
d. the white house staff is the link between executive agencies in the bureaucracy
and congress -✓✓ b. the white house staff is composed of advisers who do
whatever is in the best interest of the president
