PSCI Final Exam Questions with All Correct Answers
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PSCI Final Exam Questions with All Correct Answers
The latitude that Congress gives agencies to make policy in the spirit of their legislative mandate is called - Answer-administrative discretion
An employee of a government unit, who is quite knowledgeable within their narrow area, and works on...
PSCI Final Exam Questions with
All Correct Answers
The latitude that Congress gives agencies to make policy in the spirit of their legislative
mandate is called - Answer-administrative discretion
An employee of a government unit, who is quite knowledgeable within their narrow area,
and works on specific responsibilities and within a hierarchy of authority is known as a -
Answer-bureaucrat
The purpose of the Pendleton Act of 1883 was to - Answer-reduce patronage by
creating a civil service.
Which of the following statements is NOT true of the Supreme Court? - Answer-The
justices try to time their departures to give the president of the opposite party an
opportunity to fill the replacement.
The _______ represents the federal government before the Supreme Court - Answer-
solicitor general
Most cases reach the U.S. Supreme Court through________ jurisdiction. - Answer-
appellate
To enter the federal court system, litigants in state cases must - Answer-first have had
their case decided by the highest court in the state.
State judges are obligated to follow the U.S. Constitution whether state law conflicts
with it under the Constitution's - Answer-supremacy clause
A circuit is - Answer-the geographical area over which a court of appeals hears cases.
To appeal means to - Answer-take a case to a higher court
One way that limits Supreme Court justices from the direct influence of the president
and Congress is: - Answer-Their lifetime tenure
The case of Marbury v. Madison was based on which of these questions? - Answer-
Should Congress or the Constitution prevail?
Criminal offenses such as arson, theft, and murder are almost always the sole
responsibility of which entity? - Answer-the state
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