CLEP AMERICAN GOVERNMENT EXAM
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives exercises great influence
over legislation as a result of his __________.
A) authority to name the personnel of all standing committees
B) membership on the Rules Committee
C) right to refuse to recognize a member seeking the floor
D) control of the legislative schedule ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------
C) right to refuse to recognize a member seeking the floor
In which one of the following ways can the United States constitution be
amended? A proposal by __________.
A) a majority of Congress and ratification by a majority of the state
legislatures
B) 2/3 of Congress and ratification by 3/4 of the states in convention
C) a majority of the state legislatures and ratification by 3/4 of the state
legislatures
D) a convention called at the request of the majority of the state legislatures
and ratification by 3/4 of the state legislatures ------CORRECT ANSWER----
-----------B) 2/3 of Congress and ratification by 3/4 of the states in
convention
A student report on the Camp David Summit Conference on Egyptian-
Israeli relations should refer to all of the following except an agreement to
__________.
A) set up a Palestinian State
,B) sign an Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty in the near future
C) return the Sinai Desert region to Egypt
D) decide within 5 years the fate of Palestinians living in the West Bank -----
-CORRECT ANSWER---------------A) set up a Palestinian State
To which section of the United States Constitution would a segregationist
turn for support?
A) Full faith and credit clause
B) Due process clause
C) Reserved powers clause
D) Delegated powers clause ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------C)
Reserved powers clause
The purpose of the Committee of the Whole in Congress is to __________.
A) obtain a full House to consider a bill
B) expedite debate and legislative action
C) provide a roll call
D) bind the House to House-Senate conference decisions ------CORRECT
ANSWER---------------B) expedite debate and legislative action
The Speaker of the House of Representatives was stripped of the power to
appoint the Rules Committee during the incumbency of __________.
A) John Nance Garner
B) Thomas B Reed
C) Joseph G Cannon
D) Champ Clark ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------C) Joseph G
Cannon
,The control of the activities of the Central Intelligence Agency is the
responsibility of __________.
A) a permanent congressional watchdog committee
B) the executive branch of government
C) the joint chiefs of staff
D) the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee ------CORRECT ANSWER----------
-----B) the executive branch of government
Which one of the following can be regarded as a protagonist of a
government based on checks and balances, designed for the protection of
liberty?
A) James Harrington
B) Gaetano Mosca
C) Thomas Hobbes
D) Vilfredo Pareto ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------A) James
Harrington
The Speaker of the New York State Assembly has the __________.
A) power to appoint all employees and committees of the Assembly
B) right to serve as ex-officio member of the Rules Committee
C) right to serve as the subordinate of the Majority Leader
D) power to serve only as moderator of the Assembly ------CORRECT
ANSWER---------------A) power to appoint all employees and committees of
the Assembly
Which one of the following correctly describes the power common to the
President of the United States and to the Governor.
A) Each has the right to deliver an inaugural message on the condition of
the Union and of the State respectively.
B) Neither has the power to veto single items of appropriation bills.
, C) Each has the power to appoint all department heads.
D) Each has the power to appoint judges to the highest court of their
perspective jurisdictions. ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------A) Each has
the right to deliver an inaugural message on the condition of the Union and
of the State respectively.
Congress may check the President in his appointive powers through the
__________.
A) use of the filibuster
B) practice of senatorial courtesy
C) caucus
D) seniority rule ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------B) practice of
senatorial courtesy
Th Boxer Protocol of 1901, the Atlantic Charter, and the destroyer-bases
agreement are examples of __________.
A) treaties of the United States
B) joint resolutions
C) reciprocal agreements
D) executive agreements ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------D)
executive agreements
In which one of the following parts of the Constitution of the United States
are express limitations on the powers of Congress found?
A) Article I, section 10
B) the 1st Amendment
C) the 10th Amendment
D) Article I, section 8 ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------B) the 1st
Amendment
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