POSC 1010 EXAM 2 (CONGRESS) | QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS | LATEST EXAM UPDATE
1. The short, 2-year terms in the House of Representatives were designed by the
Framers of the Constiution to
a. make the Senate the more powerful of the two houses.
b. keep the House as close to the people as possible.
c. keep the House subordinate to the other branches of government.
d. ensure that incumbents would always have an advantage. - CORRECT
ANSWER - b. keep the House as close to the people as possible.
2. One aspect of the Senate designed to insulate it from transient shifts in public
mood is which of the following?
a. One third of the Senate's membership stand for reelection every 2 years.
b. Senators cannot simultaneously run for other offices.
c. The President can veto business on the Senate agenda.
d. The Senate elects its own president. - CORRECT ANSWER - A. One third
of the Senate's membership stand for reelection every 2 years.
3. James Madison was referring to ______ when he wrote in Federalist No. 62
that its necessity was "indicated by the propensity of all single and numerous
assemblies to yield to the impulse of sudden and violent passions, and to be
seduced by factious leaders into intemperate and pernicious resolutions."
a. the House of Representatives
b. the executive veto
c. the Senate
d. the Supreme Court - CORRECT ANSWER - c. the Senate
,4. One major difference between the House of Representatives and the Senate is
which of the following?a. The House meets for a longer term each year.
b. The members of the House of Representatives were originally chosen by the
state legislatures; senators were elected.
c. The House allocates seats by population; the Senate is composed of two
members from each state.
d. The Senate chooses its own leader. - CORRECT ANSWER - c. The House
allocates seats by population; the Senate is composed of two members from
each state.
5. The qualifications for office for the Senate and the House of Representatives
contained in the Constitution differ by which of the following?
a. length of residence in the state of representation
b. whether a felony conviction disqualifies a candidate
c. the limitations on numbers of consecutive terms members may serve
d. age and length of citizenship - CORRECT ANSWER - d. age and length of
citizenship
6. Proposed qualifications for holding office in the House or the Senate that
were explicitly rejected by the Framers include which of the following?
a. property holding and religious qualifications and a reelection restriction
b. prior service in the military and a minimum education level
c. an oath to swear allegiance to the party with which a candidate affiliated
during the election
d. prior experience in elected office at the state level - CORRECT ANSWER -
a. property holding and religious qualifications and a reelection restriction
7. Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution contains
a. the specific powers of the U.S. Congress.
b. the specific powers of the U.S. House of Representatives.
c. the specific powers of the U.S. Senate.
, d. the specific prohibitions on the U.S. Congress. - CORRECT ANSWER - a.
the specific powers of the U.S. Congress.
8. The "necessary and proper clause"
a. enables Congress to declare acts of the President unconstitutional.
b. limits Congress to only performing the essential acts of government.
c. requires Congress to provide a written justification for all of its actions.
d. provides lawmakers with the single most expansive grant of power in the
Constitution so lawmakers have authority over many different spheres of public
policy. - CORRECT ANSWER - d. provides lawmakers with the single most
expansive grant of power in the Constitution so lawmakers have authority over
many different spheres of public policy.
9. Which of the following is a power explicitly given to Congress?
a. the power to coin and borrow money
b. the power to override a presidential veto with a simple majority vote
c. the power to enact ex post facto laws
d. the power to grant noble titles - CORRECT ANSWER - a. the power to coin
and borrow money
10. In distributing power between the House and the Senate, the final
compromise regarding the authority to raise or spend money required that bills
raising revenue originate in which of the following?
a. the Senate, with the House having an unrestricted right to amend them
b. the House, with the Senate having a very limited right to amend them
c. the House, with the Senate having an unrestricted right to amend them
d. the Senate, with the House having a very limited right to amend them -
CORRECT ANSWER - c. the House, with the Senate having an unrestricted
right to amend them
11. Proportional representation gives a party which of the following?
ANSWERS | LATEST EXAM UPDATE
1. The short, 2-year terms in the House of Representatives were designed by the
Framers of the Constiution to
a. make the Senate the more powerful of the two houses.
b. keep the House as close to the people as possible.
c. keep the House subordinate to the other branches of government.
d. ensure that incumbents would always have an advantage. - CORRECT
ANSWER - b. keep the House as close to the people as possible.
2. One aspect of the Senate designed to insulate it from transient shifts in public
mood is which of the following?
a. One third of the Senate's membership stand for reelection every 2 years.
b. Senators cannot simultaneously run for other offices.
c. The President can veto business on the Senate agenda.
d. The Senate elects its own president. - CORRECT ANSWER - A. One third
of the Senate's membership stand for reelection every 2 years.
3. James Madison was referring to ______ when he wrote in Federalist No. 62
that its necessity was "indicated by the propensity of all single and numerous
assemblies to yield to the impulse of sudden and violent passions, and to be
seduced by factious leaders into intemperate and pernicious resolutions."
a. the House of Representatives
b. the executive veto
c. the Senate
d. the Supreme Court - CORRECT ANSWER - c. the Senate
,4. One major difference between the House of Representatives and the Senate is
which of the following?a. The House meets for a longer term each year.
b. The members of the House of Representatives were originally chosen by the
state legislatures; senators were elected.
c. The House allocates seats by population; the Senate is composed of two
members from each state.
d. The Senate chooses its own leader. - CORRECT ANSWER - c. The House
allocates seats by population; the Senate is composed of two members from
each state.
5. The qualifications for office for the Senate and the House of Representatives
contained in the Constitution differ by which of the following?
a. length of residence in the state of representation
b. whether a felony conviction disqualifies a candidate
c. the limitations on numbers of consecutive terms members may serve
d. age and length of citizenship - CORRECT ANSWER - d. age and length of
citizenship
6. Proposed qualifications for holding office in the House or the Senate that
were explicitly rejected by the Framers include which of the following?
a. property holding and religious qualifications and a reelection restriction
b. prior service in the military and a minimum education level
c. an oath to swear allegiance to the party with which a candidate affiliated
during the election
d. prior experience in elected office at the state level - CORRECT ANSWER -
a. property holding and religious qualifications and a reelection restriction
7. Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution contains
a. the specific powers of the U.S. Congress.
b. the specific powers of the U.S. House of Representatives.
c. the specific powers of the U.S. Senate.
, d. the specific prohibitions on the U.S. Congress. - CORRECT ANSWER - a.
the specific powers of the U.S. Congress.
8. The "necessary and proper clause"
a. enables Congress to declare acts of the President unconstitutional.
b. limits Congress to only performing the essential acts of government.
c. requires Congress to provide a written justification for all of its actions.
d. provides lawmakers with the single most expansive grant of power in the
Constitution so lawmakers have authority over many different spheres of public
policy. - CORRECT ANSWER - d. provides lawmakers with the single most
expansive grant of power in the Constitution so lawmakers have authority over
many different spheres of public policy.
9. Which of the following is a power explicitly given to Congress?
a. the power to coin and borrow money
b. the power to override a presidential veto with a simple majority vote
c. the power to enact ex post facto laws
d. the power to grant noble titles - CORRECT ANSWER - a. the power to coin
and borrow money
10. In distributing power between the House and the Senate, the final
compromise regarding the authority to raise or spend money required that bills
raising revenue originate in which of the following?
a. the Senate, with the House having an unrestricted right to amend them
b. the House, with the Senate having a very limited right to amend them
c. the House, with the Senate having an unrestricted right to amend them
d. the Senate, with the House having a very limited right to amend them -
CORRECT ANSWER - c. the House, with the Senate having an unrestricted
right to amend them
11. Proportional representation gives a party which of the following?
