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POLI 2051 HOGAN FINAL Exam Questions Complete Answers Current Update (Verified A+ Pass) CHAPTER 12 QUIZ QUESTIONS... - (terms 2-13) How did the expectations for the vice presidency change starting with Walter Mondale? - Presidents are more likely to use their vice presidents as close policy ad...

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POLI 2051 HOGAN FINAL Exam
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CHAPTER 12 QUIZ QUESTIONS... - ✔✔(terms 2-13)


How did the expectations for the vice presidency change starting with Walter Mondale? - ✔✔Presidents

are more likely to use their vice presidents as close policy advisers.


Many assume that presidents with high __________ are more effective leaders. - ✔✔approval ratings


__________ is the approach to regulation in which the government tells business how to meet certain

goals, makes sure these directions are followed, and punishes those who do not follow the orders. -

✔✔Command-and-control policy


What distinguishes the contemporary presidency from the institution originally envisioned by the

Framers of the Constitution? - ✔✔The contemporary presidency is much more powerful.


__________ regulates industries using market-like strategies such as rewards. - ✔✔An incentive system


What does the Twenty-Second Amendment do? - ✔✔limits the president's terms of office


CHAPTER 15 QUIZ QUESTION - ✔✔(terms 28-39)


What has to happen in Congress in order for the president to be impeached and removed from office? -

✔✔The House must impeach the president by a simple majority; the Senate must convict with a two-

thirds majority.




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At President Roosevelt's urging, Congress passed dozens of laws designed to end the Depression. Why

did the Supreme Court initially overturn these New Deal policies? - ✔✔The Court believed that federal

intervention in the economy was unconstitutional.


Which best describes a president's constitutional duty to Congress? - ✔✔The president must give

Congress an occasional update on the state of the union.


If a judge believes that she should defer to the decisions made by elected representatives whenever

possible, she likely believes in which of the following? - ✔✔judicial restraint


Which of the following citizens would be ineligible to become president? - ✔✔someone who has already

been elected president twice


In court rulings, reliance on past decisions to formulate decisions in new cases is known as which of the

following? - ✔✔stare decisis


Which of the following is a group of 15 presidential advisers that is too large, diverse, and concerned

with individual fiefdoms to effectively serve as a collective board of directors, leaving ultimate decision-

making authority with the president? - ✔✔the cabinet


In which courts are the vast majority of all cases tried? - ✔✔state


Which of the following is a judicial power given to the president? - ✔✔nominating federal judges


In which of the following cases did the Supreme Court first claim the right of judicial review? -

✔✔Marbury v. Madison


Which of the following statements provides the best characterization of the members of the White House

staff? - ✔✔The White House staff is composed of advisers who do whatever is in the best interest of the

president.


Only __________ court can review the decisions of a lower court. - ✔✔an appellate



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Which presidential power is checked by required approval of the Senate with a two-thirds vote? -

✔✔negotiating treaties with other nations


Proponents of which of the following believe that it is appropriate for judges to make bold policy

decisions when doing so is necessary to address pressing societal needs? - ✔✔judicial activism


Why did Congress enact the War Powers Resolution? - ✔✔to limit the powers of the president in the

conduct of war


What is the name given to the power of the courts to determine whether the actions of Congress and the

executive branch are permissible under the Constitution? - ✔✔judicial review


CHAPTER 14 QUIZ QUESTIONS... - ✔✔(terms 15-26)


Which of the following is an opinion written by a justice in the majority that outlines an alternative basis

for the decision? - ✔✔concurring


Before 1883, how were federal government jobs awarded? - ✔✔Jobs were awarded based on applicants'

loyalty to the party in power.


Which of the following limits judicial power? - ✔✔stare decisis


How did the Pendleton Act reform the system of hiring and firing federal employees? - ✔✔It required

hiring and firing decisions to be based on merit rather than partisan loyalty.


Who nominates judges to the U.S. district courts? - ✔✔the president


How do standard operating procedures influence bureaucratic decision making? - ✔✔They promote

uniform application of rules.


Who represents the federal government in appeals to the Supreme Court? - ✔✔solicitor general


Max Weber identified which of the following as a characteristic of bureaucracy? - ✔✔task specialization




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CHAPTER 13 QUIZ QUESTIONS - ✔✔(terms 41-52)


Those who believe that regulations on business and industry are too numerous and too complex are most

likely to favor the policy of __________. - ✔✔deregulation


Financially, who benefits the most from the military-industrial complex? - ✔✔defense contractors


What is a goal common to both the Pendleton Act and the Hatch Act? - ✔✔reducing the influence of

partisan politics on the federal bureaucracy


How might democracy distort budgeting? - ✔✔Politicians spend public funds and give tax cuts to win

votes.


What is implementation? - ✔✔the process of translating the goals and objectives of a policy into an

operating, ongoing program


In what sense is Social Security spending uncontrollable? - ✔✔Congress has enacted laws that make

Social Security payments automatic for all those who are eligible.


Which of the following is a government corporation? - ✔✔the U.S. Postal Service


The fact that 43 percent of people filing income tax returns in 2013 paid no income tax at all is partly

explained by the fact that the income tax is __________. - ✔✔progressive


Who are the three main players in an iron triangle? - ✔✔bureaucratic agencies, interest groups, and

congressional subcommittees


The increase in __________ threatens the viability of the intergenerational system for funding Social

Security. - ✔✔life expectancy


Why do Americans tend to think that red tape is more prevalent than it actually is? - ✔✔Americans tend

to notice the bureaucracy only when it is inefficient and not when it works well.




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