pols 2311 ch 9 pre test.docx

 A party ___ is elected for each party in each chamber and is responsible for coordinating the party's legislative strategy, building support for key issues, and counting votes. Selected Answer: a. whip Answers: a. whip b. Speaker of the House c. minority leader d. majority leader  Question 2 5 out of 5 points A pocket veto occurs when Selected Answer: a. Congress adjourns during the 10-day period a president has the bill and the president has taken no action. Answers: a. Congress adjourns during the 10-day period a president has the bill and the president has taken no action. b. the president refuses to act on a bill during a legislative session and it returns to Congress for a second vote. c. the president threatens veto action and Congress refuses to vote on the bill as a result. d. Congress cannot muster the two-thirds majority in both houses to override a presidential veto.  Question 3 5 out of 5 points A presidential veto can be overridden by a Selected Answer: b. two-thirds vote in both houses of Congress. Answers: a. majority vote in the House of Representatives.

b. two-thirds vote in both houses of Congress. c. three-fourths vote in the Senate. d. majority vote in both houses of Congress.  Question 4 5 out of 5 points After the 2010 census, it was determined that Texas would gain four seats in the House of Representatives, that Oklahoma would lose one, and Ohio would lose two. This scenario is an example of Selected Answer: c. apportionmen t. Answers: a. gerrymanderi ng. b. redistricting. c. apportionmen t. d. logrolling.  Question 5 5 out of 5 points An agreement between two or more members of Congress who have nothing in common except the need for support is called Selected Answer: b. logrolling. Answers: a. back rolling. b. logrolling. c. backscratchi ng. d. back dealing.

 Question 6 5 out of 5 points Conference committees serve to Selected Answer: a. work out a compromise on House and Senate versions of a piece of legislation. Answers: a. work out a compromise on House and Senate versions of a piece of legislation. b. propose and write legislation that covers a particular subject. c. assign new legislators to committees and deal with requests for transfers between committees. d. highlight or investigate a particular issue, or address an issue not within the jurisdiction of existing committees.  Question 7 0 out of 5 points Congress is a _________ legislature with _________ members. Selected Answer: a. unicameral; 342 Answers: a. unicameral; 342 b. bicameral; 535 c. bicameral; 100 d. unicameral; 630  Question 8 5 out of 5 points In order to allow new faces in Congress more frequently, advocates of change in incumbency rates suggest implementing which of the following changes? Selected Answer: b. term limits, or legally prescribed limits on the number of terms an elected official can serve

Answers: a. a law prescribing that Congress's composition must match precisely U.S. demographics b. term limits, or legally prescribed limits on the number of terms an elected official can serve c. the complete restriction of any government funding for incumbents in Congressional races d. direct government funding for incumbent challengers during Congressional races  Question 9 5 out of 5 points In which of the following ways does Congress exercise the power of oversight? Selected Answer: c. Committees or subcommittees of the Senate or the House conduct hearings and investigations. Answers: a. Standing committees in only the Senate are authorized to conduct hearings and investigations. b. A specific oversight committee in the House is authorized to conduct investigations. c. Committees or subcommittees of the Senate or the House conduct hearings and investigations. d. Congress delegates investigative authority to a relevant Congressional agency to exercise oversight on a particular issue.  Question 10 5 out of 5 points Real power in the Senate is in the hands of the Selected Answer: b. majority and minority leaders. Answers: a. speaker pro tempore.

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