Chapter 5 Test A

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20 questions

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20 questions

1

10

How many years is the term of a member of the House of Representatives?

Four

Three

Two

Virginia and North Carolina

Virginia and New York

Virgina and New Jersey

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 

 Speaker of the House

 president of the Senate

President 

States

Senate majority leader

implied 

inherent

expressed

National Guard 

Air Force

Marine Corps

exclusion 

expulsion

censure 

at least 25 years old

The ability to appeal to voters

resident of the state

reapportionment

redistricting 

gerrymandering

Majority leader

Assistant Whip 

Minority leader

Senate majority leader

Speaker of the house

Vice president 

two years 

four years

six years

Twelfth

Fifth

Seventeenth

no more than three

no more than five 

no more than four 

two-thirds

three-fifths

a simple majority

education bills

transportation bills

tax bills

rider

compromise

hopper

Open, closed, and debated

Open, closed, and amended

Open, closed, and modified. 

call for a pocket veto

override it

have a roll-call vote

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
subpoena		specific powers granted to Congress by the Constitution
expressed powers		like-minded people who join together to influence government and its policies
impeachment		legal document that requires a person to testify in a certain matter
inherent powers		strongest check on congressional power
interest groups		spokesperson and main strategist for the majority party in the Senate
separation of powers		tactic by which a president may kill a bill without actually vetoing it
majority leader		law that punishes a person without a trial
implied powers		power of Congress to bring executive or judicial officials to trial
pocket veto		powers suggested by Constitution
bill of attainder		power all governments of independent nations posses

How many years is the term of a member of the House of Representatives?

Four

Three

Two

The Great Compromise combined elements of which two plans?

Virginia and North Carolina

Virginia and New York

Virgina and New Jersey

Who serves as judge at a formal impeachment trial of a president or vice president?

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 

 Speaker of the House

 president of the Senate

Who has the final authority to ratify any amendments Congress proposes?

President 

States

Senate majority leader

Which type of constitutional power allows Congress to declare war?

implied 

inherent

expressed

The states and Congress share power over which militia?

National Guard 

Air Force

Marine Corps

The Constitution allows the House to judge its own members’ behavior, requiring a two-thirds vote for which action?

exclusion 

expulsion

censure 

To run for a seat in the House of Representatives, what is the most important informal qualification?

at least 25 years old

The ability to appeal to voters

resident of the state

The practice of drawing district boundaries to the political advantage of the party in power is known as

reapportionment

redistricting 

gerrymandering

Which of the following serves as assistant to the Speaker of the House?

Majority leader

Assistant Whip 

Minority leader

Who is second in line of succession to the presidency of the United States?

Senate majority leader

Speaker of the house

Vice president 

How long is a Senator’s term of office?

two years 

four years

six years

Which amendment was ratified in 1913 to make direct popular elections of senators part of the Constitution?

Twelfth

Fifth

Seventeenth

On how many committees may a senator generally serve, according to Senate rules?

no more than three

no more than five 

no more than four 

What vote is required by the Senate to expel one of its members?

two-thirds

three-fifths

a simple majority

According to the Constitution, both senators and members of the House may submit bills with the exception of what kind of bill?

education bills

transportation bills

tax bills

Which provision adds an unpopular provision to a popular bill that is likely to be passed?

rider

compromise

hopper

What are the three main types of rules assigned by the Rules Committee?

Open, closed, and debated

Open, closed, and amended

Open, closed, and modified. 

What can Congress try to do if its members disagree with the president’s veto of a bill?

call for a pocket veto

override it

have a roll-call vote

subpoena

specific powers granted to Congress by the Constitution

expressed powers

like-minded people who join together to influence government and its policies

impeachment

legal document that requires a person to testify in a certain matter

inherent powers

strongest check on congressional power

interest groups

spokesperson and main strategist for the majority party in the Senate

separation of powers

tactic by which a president may kill a bill without actually vetoing it

majority leader

law that punishes a person without a trial

implied powers

power of Congress to bring executive or judicial officials to trial

pocket veto

powers suggested by Constitution

bill of attainder

power all governments of independent nations posses