POS 2041 Exam 2 Answers ACTUAL UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
The major differences between the House and the Senate E. Their power in the legislative process
include all of the following except this:
A. The length of their terms
B. The size of the institutions
C. The method of determining their constituencies
D. Their role in the impeachment process
E. Their power in the legislative process
____ refers to a congressional committee's monitoring of C. Congressional oversight
the executive branch and of government agencies to
ensure they are acting as Congress intends.
A. A congressional witch hunt
B. A markup
C. Congressional oversight
D. Committee interference with executive prerogative
E. One of the enumerated powers of Congress
Which of the following is not one of the checks and E. The power to declare executive orders unconstitutional
balances that Congress can use in relation to the
executive branch?
A. The power to approve treaties
B. The power to approve presidential appointments to the
federal courts
C. The power to override a presidential veto by a two-
thirds majority vote
D. The power of impeachment
E. The power to declare executive orders unconstitutional
, During the constitutional process of removing a president C. The House impeaches and the Senate removes the president from office
from office, ______ _.
A. The Senate impeaches and the House removes the
president from office
B. The two houses convene in joint session for all
impeachment votes
C. The House impeaches and the Senate removes the
president from office
D. Representatives of the media are prohibited from
entering the legislature's chambers
E. Either chamber can impeach, but then the Supreme
Court must decide if the president is to be removed from
office.
The Senate shares with the president the power to ______. A. approve members of the Supreme Court
A. approve members of the Supreme Court
B. declare war
C. impeach executive branch officials
D. approve constitutional amendments
E. Declare laws unconstitutional
All of the following powers can be exercised only by the D. Declaring war
Senate except this one:
A. Conducting atrial of a president on impeachment
charges
B. Approving treating
C. Confirming presidential appointments to the Supreme
Court
D. Declaring war
E. Confirming presidential appointments to top positions
in the executive branch of government
The job of confirming presidential appointments belongs D. Senate
to the ____ _.
A. Judiciary
B. Cabinet
C. House of Representatives
D. Senate
E. Congress as a whole
ANSWERS
The major differences between the House and the Senate E. Their power in the legislative process
include all of the following except this:
A. The length of their terms
B. The size of the institutions
C. The method of determining their constituencies
D. Their role in the impeachment process
E. Their power in the legislative process
____ refers to a congressional committee's monitoring of C. Congressional oversight
the executive branch and of government agencies to
ensure they are acting as Congress intends.
A. A congressional witch hunt
B. A markup
C. Congressional oversight
D. Committee interference with executive prerogative
E. One of the enumerated powers of Congress
Which of the following is not one of the checks and E. The power to declare executive orders unconstitutional
balances that Congress can use in relation to the
executive branch?
A. The power to approve treaties
B. The power to approve presidential appointments to the
federal courts
C. The power to override a presidential veto by a two-
thirds majority vote
D. The power of impeachment
E. The power to declare executive orders unconstitutional
, During the constitutional process of removing a president C. The House impeaches and the Senate removes the president from office
from office, ______ _.
A. The Senate impeaches and the House removes the
president from office
B. The two houses convene in joint session for all
impeachment votes
C. The House impeaches and the Senate removes the
president from office
D. Representatives of the media are prohibited from
entering the legislature's chambers
E. Either chamber can impeach, but then the Supreme
Court must decide if the president is to be removed from
office.
The Senate shares with the president the power to ______. A. approve members of the Supreme Court
A. approve members of the Supreme Court
B. declare war
C. impeach executive branch officials
D. approve constitutional amendments
E. Declare laws unconstitutional
All of the following powers can be exercised only by the D. Declaring war
Senate except this one:
A. Conducting atrial of a president on impeachment
charges
B. Approving treating
C. Confirming presidential appointments to the Supreme
Court
D. Declaring war
E. Confirming presidential appointments to top positions
in the executive branch of government
The job of confirming presidential appointments belongs D. Senate
to the ____ _.
A. Judiciary
B. Cabinet
C. House of Representatives
D. Senate
E. Congress as a whole
