6. the Only Official Task of the Vice-President Is To

6. The only official task of the vice-president is to

(A) advise the president in foreign affairs.

(B) preside over the Senate and to vote in case of a tie.

(C) serve as the president's good will ambassador to other countries.

(D) chair government commissions at the President's request.

(E) attend state dinners.

7. In vetoing a bill, the President does which of the following?

(A) Rejects only a part of the bill without rejecting it entirely.

(B) Prevents any further action on the bill.

(C) Sends the bill back to its original committee.

(D) Rejects all sections of the bill.

(E) Decides the bill’s constitutionality.

8. Which of the following is true of divided government

(A) There are less presidential vetoes during divided government

(B) Less money is spent by the federal government during divided government

(C) There is more agreement in politics during divided government

(D) Divided government has happened very rarely in the last half century

(E) Today, the executive branch and the entire legislative branch is controlled by the same party

9. Senate confirmation is required for which of the following presidential appointments?

I. Secretary of state

II. White House Chief of staff

III. U.S. Ambassador to Poland

IV. Attorney general

(A) I only

(B) II and III only

(C) II and IV only

(D) I, III, and IV only

(E) I, II, III, and IV

10. In general, Congress is most likely to defer to the President:

(A) in times of international crisis

(B) in the area of fiscal policy

(C) in the area of social policy

(D) late in the president’s term

(E) when the economy is weak

11. The amount of access cabinet secretaries have to the president is likely to be controlled by the

(A) vice president

(B) president’s chief of staff

(C) national security advisor

(D) head of OMB

(E) president’s press secretary

(F)  White House Bouncer

12. What happens to a bill that is not signed or vetoed by the president within 10 days while Congress is still in session?

(A) The bill dies, but Congress can send it through again.

(B) The bill is tabled and can be resubmitted to the president until the next session.

(C) The bill automatically becomes law.

(D) The bill dies, and if Congress wants to keep the issue alive, it will have to start all over by passing a new bill in the next session.

(E) The Senate Majority leader and the Speaker of the House battle it out on Dancing with the Politicians!

13. Whom is the public most likely to hold accountable for the state of the economy?

(A) Congress

(B) the bureaucracy

(C) the president

(D) the Secretary of the Treasury

(E) the director of the Office of Management and Budget

(F) themselves

14. Over the past half-century, presidential approval ratings have tended to

(A) Go up after the Honeymoon period

(B) Go down directly after a rally point

(C) Be lower at the end than at the beginning of a president’s time in office

(D) Have no affect on a president’s ability to pass laws through Congress

(E) Be unaffected by economics

15. All of the following are positions in the inner cabinet EXCEPT

A.  Attorney General

B.  Vice President

C.  Secretary of the Treasury

D.  Secretary of Defense

E.  Secretary of State