DIRECTIONS: Choose the expression or term that best or most correctly completes each sentence.
47. Provisions of the U.S. Constitution reflecting the Framers'
belief in balanced government include the--
A. absolute veto that each house of the U.S. Congress
possesses over legislation favored by the other house;
B. duty of the President to function as guardian of the
Constitution;
C. preponderance of political power lodged in the U.S.
House of Representatives;
D. conditional veto that the U.S. Senate possesses over
legislation supported by a majority in the U.S. House
of Representatives;
E. power of the U.S. Supreme Court to declare unconstitu-
tional and null and void a formal amendment to the
Federal Constitution.
48. Provisions of the U.S. Constitution reflecting the Founders'
belief in balanced government include--
A. the conditional but very strong veto the President
possesses over congressional legislation;
B. the power of the U.S. House of Representatives to
impeach the President;
C. the requirement that the President appoint high execu-
tive officers by and with the advice and consent of the
U.S. Senate;
D. all of the above;
E. none of the above.
49. Provisions of the U.S. Constitution reflecting the Framers'
belief in balanced government include--
A. the requirement that the President appoint U.S. Supreme
Court justices by and with the advice and consent of the
U.S. Senate;
B. the power of the U.S. Senate to try impeachment cases;
C. the authority of Congress to regulate and make excep-
tions to the appellate jurisdiction of the U.S. Supreme
Court;
D. all of the above;
E. none of the above.
50. America's national government is characterized by--
A. quick and easy decisionmaking by a narrow majority of
the voters in a single national election;
B. a fusion of legislative and executive authority in the
lower house of the national legislature;
C. quick and easy decisionmaking by simple majority of the
voters' elective representatives in the national legis-
lature;
D. numerous checks and balances which operate to prevent
quick and easy decisionmaking by a simple majority;
E. a single popular organ of government which dominates the
entire governmental system.
51. In the American system of government--
A. every public office is filled by election or by appoint-
ment according to law;
B. prolonged debate and deliberation and continuing politi-
cal negotiation, bargaining, and compromise are required
for governmental decisionmaking and action on major is-
sues of national public policy;
C. the legislature and the executive have separate grants
of constitutional power;
D. all of the above are true;
E. none of the above are true.
52. The American system of government is--
A. a constitutional monarchy;
B. a direct democracy;
C. a constitutional republic;
D. an oligarchy;
E. characterized by unlimited majority rule.
53. Under the U.S. Constitution--
A. a presidential veto of a congressional bill cannot be
overriden by Congress;
B. Congress lacks means to check and restrain the President
in the exercise of his powers;
C. the President's veto of a bill passed by Congress can be
overriden by simple majority vote in each of the two
houses of Congress;
D. the U.S. Courts do not possess sufficient authority to
effectively check and restrain Congress in the exercise
of its powers;
E. Congress can override a presidential veto of congres-
sional legislation, but only with great difficulty.
54. Provisions of the U.S. Constitution reflecting the Framers'
belief in balanced government include--
A. those stipulating a bicameral Congress;
B. those establishing three institutionally separate and
largely independent branches of government;
C. those giving a majority in the U.S. Senate the power of
absolute veto over presidential appointments;
D. all of the above;
E. none of the above.
55. Under the U.S. Constitution, as drafted by the Federal Con-
stitutional Convention and ratified by the thirteen states,
the U.S. Senate was characterized by--
A. members whose short terms of office made the body sub-
ject to public pressures;
B. an indirect method of electing Senators;
C. its democratic and majoritarian nature;
D. members elected to office by direct popular vote in the
states;
E. its chief function to serve as an advisory body to the
President.
56. Under the U.S. Constitution today--
A. the President is elected by nationwide direct popular
vote;
B. the U.S. Senators from a particular state are elected
by the legislature of their state;
C. the President is elected by an Electoral College in
which the presidential electors chosen by a given state
register the will of the voters in that state in voting
for a presidential candidate;
D. the U.S. House of Representatives elects a nine-member
Council of State, which appoints the members of each of
the fifty state legislatures;
E. the President is elected by an Electoral College in
which each presidential elector normally functions as an
independent decisionmaker in voting for a presidential
candidate.
57. In the contemporary American system of government--
A. a single national popular majority selects the persons
who are to occupy the elective offices in the national
government;
B. the American electorate is divided into multiple con-
stituencies with varying and competing interests;
C. both chambers of Congress represent and are responsive
to the same set of interests;
D. the President and the U.S. House of Representatives
represent and are responsive to identical interests;
E. none of the above are true.
58. The Congress of the United States is--
A. a unicameral legislature;
B. the supreme executive authority in the national govern-
ment;
C. a bicameral legislature;
D. guardian of the U.S. Constitution;
E. none of the above.
59. Under the U.S. Constitution, Congress can check and restrain
the Federal Judiciary through exercise of congressional au-
thority to--
A. remove a federal judge from office by simple majority
vote in each of the two chambers of Congress;
B. pass a joint resolution calling on the President to
dismiss a federal judge;
C. create and eliminate by statute the lower U.S. Courts;
D. deny reelection to U.S. Supreme Court justices when
their terms expire;
E. rescind a Supreme Court decision by a simple majority
vote in Congress meeting in joint session.
60. Lower federal courts in the United States are established
by--
A. presidential directive;
B. the U.S. Constitution;
C. congressional statute;
D. decree of the U.S. Supreme Court;
E. none of the above.
61. Federal judges receive their offices by means of--
A. election by Congress from candidates nominated by the
state legislatures;
B. presidential appointment, subject to Senate confirma-
tion;
C. election by the Judicial Conference of the United
States;
D. appointment by the President from candidates nominated
by the state governors;
E. direct popular election.
62. As a consequence of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in
MARBURY V. MADISON (1803)--
A. cases may be appealed from the state courts to the U.S.
Supreme Court;
B. the Supreme Court has the power to declare congressional
legislation unconstitutional;
C. the President cannot dismiss federal officeholders ex-
cept for cause specified by law;
D. a state cannot be sued without its consent;
E. the U.S. Courts lost the power of judicial review.
63. The formal process of amending the U.S. Constitution in-
volves--
A. proposal of the amendment by simple majority vote in
each of the two houses of Congress;
B. ratification of the amendment by state legislatures or
conventions in three-fourths of the states;
C. proposal of the amendment by a two-thirds vote in each
of the two chambers of Congress;
D. A and B above;
E. B and C above.
64. One-third of the U.S. Senate is elected every--
A. two years;
B. three years;
C. four years;
D. five years;
E. six years.
65. Until ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913,
members of the U.S. Senate were selected by the--
A. U.S. House of Representatives;
B. state legislatures;
C. President, on the state governors' recommendations;
D. voters in statewide popular elections;
E. voters in a single nationwide popular election.
66. Since ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment, members of
the U.S. Senate have been chosen by the--
A. U.S. House of Representatives;
B. state legislatures;
C. President, on the state governors' recommendations;
D. voters in statewide elections;
E. voters in a single nationwide popular election.
67. Members of the U.S. House of Representatives are selected
by--
A. the U.S. Senate;
B. the voters in statewide popular elections;
C. majority vote in the Electoral College;
D. the state legislatures;
E. the voters in congressional districts.
68. The U.S. Senate, as originally designed, was intended to--
A. make certain that national legislation would not be
enacted without the approval of a majority of the
states;
B. represent the interests of the "natural aristocracy"
within American society;
C. ensure national legislative decisionmaking by concurrent
majorities, rather than by a single numerical popular
majority;
D. protect the rights of the wealthy and propertied minori-
ty and prevent tyrannical rule by a popular majority and
its elected representatives in the government;
E. do all of the above.
69. Under the U.S. Constitution, Congress possesses power to lay
and collect taxes in order to--
A. pay the debts of the United States;
B. provide for the common defense of the United States;
C. provide for the general welfare of the United States;
D. do all of the above;
E. do none of the above.
70. A "treaty made under the authority of the United States" is
one which is--
A. proposed by simple majority vote in the U.S. House of
Representatives and ratified by a three-fourths vote of
the entire membership of the U.S. Senate;
B. proposed by a majority of the entire membership of the
Federal Cabinet and approved by simple majority vote in
the Senate;
C. submitted by the President to the Senate and ratified by
a two-thirds vote of the Senators present and voting;
D. initiated by the U.S. Supreme Court and approved by a
unanimous vote of the Senate;
E. initiated by the U.S. Secretary of State and ratified by
simple majority vote in a national referendum.
71. In the contemporary American governmental system--
A. the central government operates through the states,
depending on them to enforce the laws enacted by Con-
gress;
B. only the states and their local subdivisions exercise
power directly over individuals;
C. Congress can, by statute, abolish the states and their
local units or completely reorganize them at will;
D. both the national government and the states operate
through their own agents and exercise power directly
over individuals;
E. none of the foregoing are true.
72. Under the U.S. Constitution, the United States of America
is a--
A. confederation;
B. dictatorship of the proletariat;
C. federal union;
D. unitary state;
E. simple, unchecked democracy.
73. The United States of America is a closely-knit union of
partially self-governing smaller, regional political com-
munities called "states." This feature of the American
constitutional system is referred to as--
A. unitary government;
B. federalism;
C. confederal government;
D. political centralization;
E. state sovereignty.
74. The U.S. Constitution protects the right of both the nation-
al government and the states to exist. This feature of the
American government is known as--
A. unitary government;
B. federalism;
C. confederal government;
D. political centralization;
E. state sovereignty.
75. The United States Constitution--
A. delegates certain powers to the states, denies certain
powers to the national government, and reserves all
other powers to the national government;
B. vests all governmental powers in the national govern-
ment, but permits Congress to enact legislation delegat-
ing certain responsibilities to the states;
C. delegates certain powers to the national government,
denies certain powers to the states, and reserves all
other powers to the states;
D. vests sovereignty in the states;
E. guarantees each state the right to nullify acts of
Congress.
76. In the American constitutional system--
A. the states receive their powers from statutes enacted
by Congress;
B. only the national government derives its powers from
provisions of the U.S. Constitution;
C. the national government and the states receive their
powers from a common source, the U.S. Constitution;
D. the central government exercises powers granted to it
by treaties concluded among the fifty state governments;
E. the states have control over matters of general concern
to the country as a whole.
77. The basic principle governing the division of governmental
power between the U.S. national government and the fifty
states is embodied in the--
A. Statute of Allocation;
B. Tenth Amendment;
C. Act of Settlement;
D. Fourteenth Amendment;
E. Eighth Amendment.
78. The powers granted to the central government by the U.S.
Constitution are called--
A. reserved powers;
B. delegated powers;
C. concurrent powers;
D. residual powers;
E. exponential powers.
79. The constitutional powers of the states are referred as--
A. delegated powers;
B. enumerated powers;
C. implied powers;
D. reserved powers;
E. specified powers.
80. Those powers listed in the U.S. Constitution as express
grants of authority to the national government are called--
A. enumerated powers;
B. reserved powers;
C. implied powers;
D. residual powers;
E. inherent powers.
81. Those powers mentioned in so many words in the U.S. Consti-
tution as belonging to the central government are referred
to as--
A. enumerated powers;
B. reserved powers;
C. implied powers;
D. residual powers;
E. inherent powers.
82. The theory that the national government can exercise only
those powers expressly granted to it by the Constitution is
known as--
A. broad construction;
B. strict construction;
C. the Hamiltonian interpretation;
D. liberal construction;
E. the prerogative theory.
83. Alexander Hamilton's interpretation of the constitutional
grants of power to Congress is called--
A. broad construction;
B. strict construction;
C. narrow construction;
D. all of the above;
E. none of the above.
84. Thomas Jefferson's interpretation of the constitutional
delegations of authority to Congress is referred to as--
A. broad construction;
B. strict construction;
C. loose construction;
D. liberal construction;
E. none of the above.
85. As regards controversy over the correct view, or interpreta-
tion, of the constitutional power relationships between the
U.S. national government and the states, the centralist po-
sition has been called--
A. broad construction;
B. loose construction;
C. the Hamiltonian interpretation;
D. liberal construction;
E. all of the above.
86. As regards controversy over the correct view, or interpreta-
tion, of the constitutional power relationships between the
national government and the states, the decentralist posi-
tion has been referred to as--
A. strict construction;
B. narrow construction;
C. the states' rights interpretation;
D. the Jeffersonian view;
E. all of the above.
87. The constitutional basis of the theory that Congress pos-
sesses many implied powers as well as its expressly granted
powers is the--
A. Due Process Clause;
B. Enforcement Clause;
C. Necessary and Proper Clause;
D. Equal Protection Clause;
E. Takings Clause.
88. Clauses in the U.S. Constitution that have been used to ex-
pand the power of Congress include all but the--
A. Commerce Clause;
B. War Powers Clauses;
C. Tax Clause;
D. National Supremacy Clause;
E. Big Stick Clause.
89. The theory of constitutional interpretation upheld by the
U.S. Supreme Court in MCCULLOCH V. MARYLAND (1819) is known
as--
A. the Haniltonian interpretation;
B. narrow construction;
C. the states' rights interpretation;
D. strict construction;
E. the Jeffersonian interpretation.
90. In MCCULLOCH V. MARYLAND (1819), the U.S. Supreme Court--
A. held that state legislatures may legally tax instrumen-
talities of the national government;
B. very strictly construed the powers of Congress under the
U.S. Constitution;
C. ruled that Congress may constitutionally exercise its
enumerated powers in a variety of appropriate ways;
D. declared the federal income tax to be unconstitutional
and null and void as an unapportioned direct tax;
E. held that Congress lacked authority to incorporate a
bank.
91. The power of Congress to spend money out of the U.S. Treas-
ury for financial assistance to the states and local com-
munities in their performance of state and local functions
is one of the--
A. enumerated powers;
B. reserved powers;
C. implied powers;
D. residual powers;
E. inherent powers.
92. Article VI, paragraph 2, of the U.S. Constitution defines
the supreme law of the land in the U.S.A. as consisting of--
A. the provisions of the U.S. Constitution;
B. the laws of the United States made in pursuance of the
U.S. Constitution;
C. all treaties made under the authority of the United
States;
D. all of the foregoing;
E. none of the foregoing.
93. Under the U.S. Constitution--
A. the national government possesses every power constitu-
tionally granted to it by expression or reasonable im-
plication;
B. the states, in the area of America's internal affairs,
or domestic public-policy issues, have all powers which
the U.S. Constitution neither grants to the national
government nor prohibits the states from exercising;
C. the national government and the states share certain
powers;
D. all of the foregoing are true;
E. none of the foregoing are true.
94. According to the U.S. Supreme Court, inherent powers in the
area of foreign policy and international relations--
A. are denied to the national government;
B. belong to the states;
C. belong to the national government;
D. belong neither to the national government nor to the
states;
E. can be exercised by the national government only if they
are supported by expressed or reasonably implied consti-
tutional grants of power.
95. The concurrent powers are--
A. exclusively granted to the national government by the
U.S. Constitution;
B. powers left exclusively to the states by the U.S. Con-
stitution;
C. powers shared by the national government and the states;
D. powers that the Constitution denies to both levels of
government;
E. none of the above.
96. The U.S. Constitution prohibits Congress from--
A. imposing a tax on exports;
B. granting titles titles of nobility;
C. changing state boundaries without the consent of the
legislatures of the states involved;
D. levying a direct tax--a head tax or land tax--without
apportioning it among the states according to polula-
tion;
E. doing all of the above.
97. The obligations of the national government to the states
under the U.S. Constitution do not include--
A. guaranteeing and observing the territorial integrity of
the states;
B. guaranteeing each state a republican form of government;
C. protecting each state from foreign attack and invasion;
D. guaranteeing each state an equal share of appropriations
from the U.S. Treasury;
E. protecting each state from domestic violence.
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