POSC 1010 UPDATED EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● 2. Most executive orders
a. arise from the authority and responsibilities explicitly delegated to the
President by law.
b. are quickly overturned by congressional action.
c. fail to cite the authority that allows the President to take action.
d. represent decisions by a president to disregard the plain text of the
Constitution.
Answer: a. arise from the authority and responsibilities explicitly
delegated to the President by law.
●● 3. Who was the first president to take an expansive view of
presidential powers underthe "take care" clause?
a. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
b. Richard Nixon
c. Theodore Roosevelt
d. Barack Obama
Answer: c. Theodore Roosevelt
●● 4. Which of the following statements about executive orders is
accurate?
,a. Executive orders are permanent and nearly impossible to change.
b. Executive orders are not laws because they are confined by the scope
of discretion delegated to the President.
c. There are few disagreements on whether executive orders fall on the
right side or wrong side of the Constitution's limitations.
d. Modern presidents generally do not issue many executive orders
because they prefer that Congress pass laws so any decisions are
permanent.
Answer: b. Executive orders are not laws because they are confined by
the scope of discretion delegated to the President.
●● 5. What is key to creating an energetic presidency?
a. Creating a plural executive so power will be shared among different
individuals who can find the best solutions.
b. Giving the President a broad grant of power so he is capable of
responding to any crisis.
c. Providing the President with an unlimited term so he can consider
national interests.
d. Avoiding ambitious individuals who would use the temporary
advantages conveyedby national crisis to permanently alter the
constitutional order.
Answer: d. Avoiding ambitious individuals who would use the
temporary advantages conveyedby national crisis to permanently alter
the constitutional order.
, ●● 6. Which of the following statements about presidential power is
accurate?
a. The president has enough resources for coordinating national
responses during emergencies, but insufficient authority to usurp the
Constitution.
b. The internal checks of the presidency were designed to be similar to
the type of checks used to control the legislative branch.
c. The Constitution provides the President with a long list of enumerated
powers to promote the independence of the executive branch.
d. Presidential power is absolute because of broad and easily invoked
emergency powers that allow the President to gain an upper hand over
his opponents.
Answer: a. The president has enough resources for coordinating national
responses during emergencies, but insufficient authority to usurp the
Constitution.
●● 7. President Grover Cleveland noted which of the following about
presidential appointments?
a. "I make one ingrate and ten enemies."
b. "It's the biggest and best source of my power."
c. "I love it more than any other aspect of my job."
d. "I couldn't care less who is in my cabinet; I'm the President and they
work for me."
Answer: a. "I make one ingrate and ten enemies."
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● 2. Most executive orders
a. arise from the authority and responsibilities explicitly delegated to the
President by law.
b. are quickly overturned by congressional action.
c. fail to cite the authority that allows the President to take action.
d. represent decisions by a president to disregard the plain text of the
Constitution.
Answer: a. arise from the authority and responsibilities explicitly
delegated to the President by law.
●● 3. Who was the first president to take an expansive view of
presidential powers underthe "take care" clause?
a. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
b. Richard Nixon
c. Theodore Roosevelt
d. Barack Obama
Answer: c. Theodore Roosevelt
●● 4. Which of the following statements about executive orders is
accurate?
,a. Executive orders are permanent and nearly impossible to change.
b. Executive orders are not laws because they are confined by the scope
of discretion delegated to the President.
c. There are few disagreements on whether executive orders fall on the
right side or wrong side of the Constitution's limitations.
d. Modern presidents generally do not issue many executive orders
because they prefer that Congress pass laws so any decisions are
permanent.
Answer: b. Executive orders are not laws because they are confined by
the scope of discretion delegated to the President.
●● 5. What is key to creating an energetic presidency?
a. Creating a plural executive so power will be shared among different
individuals who can find the best solutions.
b. Giving the President a broad grant of power so he is capable of
responding to any crisis.
c. Providing the President with an unlimited term so he can consider
national interests.
d. Avoiding ambitious individuals who would use the temporary
advantages conveyedby national crisis to permanently alter the
constitutional order.
Answer: d. Avoiding ambitious individuals who would use the
temporary advantages conveyedby national crisis to permanently alter
the constitutional order.
, ●● 6. Which of the following statements about presidential power is
accurate?
a. The president has enough resources for coordinating national
responses during emergencies, but insufficient authority to usurp the
Constitution.
b. The internal checks of the presidency were designed to be similar to
the type of checks used to control the legislative branch.
c. The Constitution provides the President with a long list of enumerated
powers to promote the independence of the executive branch.
d. Presidential power is absolute because of broad and easily invoked
emergency powers that allow the President to gain an upper hand over
his opponents.
Answer: a. The president has enough resources for coordinating national
responses during emergencies, but insufficient authority to usurp the
Constitution.
●● 7. President Grover Cleveland noted which of the following about
presidential appointments?
a. "I make one ingrate and ten enemies."
b. "It's the biggest and best source of my power."
c. "I love it more than any other aspect of my job."
d. "I couldn't care less who is in my cabinet; I'm the President and they
work for me."
Answer: a. "I make one ingrate and ten enemies."
