WGU C963 Questions with Verified Answers (Correct Update)
Question 1: Implied power (definition)
Answer: the powers not specifically detailed in the U.S. Constitution
but inferred as necessary to achieve the objectives of the national government.
Question 2: Enumerated powers (definition)
Answer: The powers given explicitly to the federal government by
the Constitution (Article I, Section 8); power to regulate interstate and foreign commerce, raise
and support armies, declare war, coin money, and conduct foreign affairs.
Question 3: Inherent powers (definition)
Answer: the powers neither enumerated nor implied but assumed to
exist as a direct result of the country's existence
Question 4: Powers of the Legislative Branch
Answer: tax citizens, set the budget, regulate commerce, declare
war, provide advice and consent on appointments, impeach individuals, oversee the powers of
the judicial and executive branches
Question 5: Implied Congressional powers
Answer: oversee branches of government
Question 6: Enumerated Congressional powers
Answer: the power to levy and collect taxes, declare war, raise
an army and navy, coin money, borrow money, regulate commerce among the states and with
foreign nations, establish federal courts and bankruptcy rules, establish rules for immigration and
naturalization, and issue patents and copyrights
Question 7: Inherited Congressional Powers
Answer: the power to control borders of the state, the power to
expand the territory of the state, and the power to defend itself from internal revolution or coups
Question 8: Ways the legislative branch engages in checks and balances with other branches
Answer: advice
and consent, impeachment, and oversight
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, Question 9: Congress exercising its power under the Commerce Clause
Answer: Regulate commerce, set
minimum wages, prohibiting discrimination in workforce
Question 10: How a bill becomes a law
Answer: 1) The bill is introduced and given to the appropriate standing
committee.
2) The bill is sent to the Rules Committee.
3) The bill is debated in the House of Representatives and Senate with the possibility of a
filibuster in the Senate.
4) The bill is voted upon by the House of Representatives and the Senate.
5) The bill is sent to the conference committee to form one unified bill.
6) The unified bill is sent back to the House of Representatives and Senate to be voted upon.
7) The bill goes to the president for signature or veto. If vetoed, Congress has the ability to
override the veto.
Question 11: Standing committee
Answer: permanent committees that exist from session to session for the
purpose of researching, writing, and introducing proposed pieces of legislation
Question 12: Select committee
Answer: temporary committees established to investigate a particular issues or
policy area not covered by a standing committee.
Question 13: Joint committee
Answer: Committees that have both members of the House of Representatives and
the Senate serving and working together.
Question 14: Conference committee
Answer: a type of joint committee whose job it is to form one unified bill
from of different versions of the same piece of legislation passed by the House of
Representatives and the Senate to be sent to the President
Question 15: Reapportionment
Answer: the reallocation of seats in the House or Representatives based on
changes in a state's population since the last census
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Question 1: Implied power (definition)
Answer: the powers not specifically detailed in the U.S. Constitution
but inferred as necessary to achieve the objectives of the national government.
Question 2: Enumerated powers (definition)
Answer: The powers given explicitly to the federal government by
the Constitution (Article I, Section 8); power to regulate interstate and foreign commerce, raise
and support armies, declare war, coin money, and conduct foreign affairs.
Question 3: Inherent powers (definition)
Answer: the powers neither enumerated nor implied but assumed to
exist as a direct result of the country's existence
Question 4: Powers of the Legislative Branch
Answer: tax citizens, set the budget, regulate commerce, declare
war, provide advice and consent on appointments, impeach individuals, oversee the powers of
the judicial and executive branches
Question 5: Implied Congressional powers
Answer: oversee branches of government
Question 6: Enumerated Congressional powers
Answer: the power to levy and collect taxes, declare war, raise
an army and navy, coin money, borrow money, regulate commerce among the states and with
foreign nations, establish federal courts and bankruptcy rules, establish rules for immigration and
naturalization, and issue patents and copyrights
Question 7: Inherited Congressional Powers
Answer: the power to control borders of the state, the power to
expand the territory of the state, and the power to defend itself from internal revolution or coups
Question 8: Ways the legislative branch engages in checks and balances with other branches
Answer: advice
and consent, impeachment, and oversight
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, Question 9: Congress exercising its power under the Commerce Clause
Answer: Regulate commerce, set
minimum wages, prohibiting discrimination in workforce
Question 10: How a bill becomes a law
Answer: 1) The bill is introduced and given to the appropriate standing
committee.
2) The bill is sent to the Rules Committee.
3) The bill is debated in the House of Representatives and Senate with the possibility of a
filibuster in the Senate.
4) The bill is voted upon by the House of Representatives and the Senate.
5) The bill is sent to the conference committee to form one unified bill.
6) The unified bill is sent back to the House of Representatives and Senate to be voted upon.
7) The bill goes to the president for signature or veto. If vetoed, Congress has the ability to
override the veto.
Question 11: Standing committee
Answer: permanent committees that exist from session to session for the
purpose of researching, writing, and introducing proposed pieces of legislation
Question 12: Select committee
Answer: temporary committees established to investigate a particular issues or
policy area not covered by a standing committee.
Question 13: Joint committee
Answer: Committees that have both members of the House of Representatives and
the Senate serving and working together.
Question 14: Conference committee
Answer: a type of joint committee whose job it is to form one unified bill
from of different versions of the same piece of legislation passed by the House of
Representatives and the Senate to be sent to the President
Question 15: Reapportionment
Answer: the reallocation of seats in the House or Representatives based on
changes in a state's population since the last census
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