PSC 113 EXAM 3 questions n answers
graded A+
Elastic Clause - correct answer ✔✔Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution, which allows
Congress to make all laws that are "necessary and proper" to carry out the powers of the
Constitution.
Bicameral legislature - correct answer ✔✔Congress consists of two bodies (representatives:
based on proportional representation) & (senate: whose membership is based on equal
representation)
Caucus - correct answer ✔✔A meeting of members of a political party
Whips - correct answer ✔✔Promoting party unity in voting members
Speaker of the House - correct answer ✔✔top-ranking member and presiding officer of the
House of Representatives
Floor Leaders - correct answer ✔✔The chief officers of the majority and minority parties in each
house
House Majority Leader - correct answer ✔✔second in a major party, works with the Speaker of
the House
Cabinet - correct answer ✔✔Formal agency heads of federal government bureaucracy &
typically national security advisor and a couple other close White House staff advisors get
"cabinet" status.
, standing committee - correct answer ✔✔committees that handle bills in different policy areas
joint committee - correct answer ✔✔somewhat rare, membership drawn from House and
Senate
Conference Committee - correct answer ✔✔resolve differences in House and Senate bills
select committee - correct answer ✔✔special congressional committees that are formed to deal
with issue/policy
2 party system - correct answer ✔✔political system in which the candidates of only two major
parties have a chance of winning. began around Abraham Lincoln's election (1860)
Kennedy vs. Nixon - correct answer ✔✔race for the 1960 presidency. Kennedy's superior
presence on television helped him in the vote, despite Nixon's effective use of the radio for
campaigning.
primary election - correct answer ✔✔an election held to choose candidates for office
general election - correct answer ✔✔election in which voters decide which candidates will
actually fill elective public offices
Superdelegates - correct answer ✔✔party leaders and elected officials who become delegates
to the national convention without having to run in primaries or caucuses
Nomination Re-Re-Reform - correct answer ✔✔2016-2018; encourage caucus states to switch
to primaries (alternative way to cast caucus vote)
graded A+
Elastic Clause - correct answer ✔✔Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution, which allows
Congress to make all laws that are "necessary and proper" to carry out the powers of the
Constitution.
Bicameral legislature - correct answer ✔✔Congress consists of two bodies (representatives:
based on proportional representation) & (senate: whose membership is based on equal
representation)
Caucus - correct answer ✔✔A meeting of members of a political party
Whips - correct answer ✔✔Promoting party unity in voting members
Speaker of the House - correct answer ✔✔top-ranking member and presiding officer of the
House of Representatives
Floor Leaders - correct answer ✔✔The chief officers of the majority and minority parties in each
house
House Majority Leader - correct answer ✔✔second in a major party, works with the Speaker of
the House
Cabinet - correct answer ✔✔Formal agency heads of federal government bureaucracy &
typically national security advisor and a couple other close White House staff advisors get
"cabinet" status.
, standing committee - correct answer ✔✔committees that handle bills in different policy areas
joint committee - correct answer ✔✔somewhat rare, membership drawn from House and
Senate
Conference Committee - correct answer ✔✔resolve differences in House and Senate bills
select committee - correct answer ✔✔special congressional committees that are formed to deal
with issue/policy
2 party system - correct answer ✔✔political system in which the candidates of only two major
parties have a chance of winning. began around Abraham Lincoln's election (1860)
Kennedy vs. Nixon - correct answer ✔✔race for the 1960 presidency. Kennedy's superior
presence on television helped him in the vote, despite Nixon's effective use of the radio for
campaigning.
primary election - correct answer ✔✔an election held to choose candidates for office
general election - correct answer ✔✔election in which voters decide which candidates will
actually fill elective public offices
Superdelegates - correct answer ✔✔party leaders and elected officials who become delegates
to the national convention without having to run in primaries or caucuses
Nomination Re-Re-Reform - correct answer ✔✔2016-2018; encourage caucus states to switch
to primaries (alternative way to cast caucus vote)
