PSCI 210 Exam 2 Questions with Correct Answers
Public Policy Process - Answer-The political interactions that lead to the recognition of a policy problem, the development of a response to it, and the implementation of the response
25th Amendment - Answer-Clarifies an ambiguous provision of the ...
Public Policy Process - Answer-The political interactions that lead to the recognition of a
policy problem, the development of a response to it, and the implementation of the
response
25th Amendment - Answer-Clarifies an ambiguous provision of the Constitution
regarding succession to the Presidency, and establishes procedures both for filling a
vacancy in the office of the Vice President as well as responding to Presidential
disabilities.
Office of Management and Budget - Answer-An office that grew out of the Bureau of the
Budget, created in 1921, consisting of a handful of political appointees and hundreds of
skilled professionals. performs both managerial and budgetary functions.
The Cabinet - Answer-A body of executive department heads that serve as the chief
advisors to the President. Formed during the first years of Washington's Presidency, the
original members of the cabinet included the Sec. of State, of the Tres. and of War. The
cabinet is extremely important to the presidency, because these people influence the
most powerful man in the nation.
Warren Burger - Answer-Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 1969-1986; although
considered more conservative in leadership than Earl Warren, his court upheld school
busing, a woman's right to an abortion, and ordered Nixon to surrender the Watergate
tapes
Federal District Courts - Answer-The United States district courts are the trial courts of
the federal court system. Within limits set by Congress and the Constitution, the district
courts have jurisdiction to hear nearly all categories of federal cases, including both civil
and criminal matters. Every day hundreds of people across the nation are selected for
jury duty and help decide some of these cases
Appellate Courts - Answer-A court whose jurisdiction is to review decisions of lower
courts or agencies
A Cease and Desist Order - Answer-an order from an administrative agency to refrain
from a method of competition or a labor practice found by the agency to be unfair
Senatorial Courtesy - Answer-Presidential custom of submitting the names of
prospective appointees for approval to senators from the states in which the appointees
are to work.
, Civil Rights Movement - Answer-a social movement in the United States during the
1950s and 1960s, in which people organized to demand equal rights for African
Americans and other minorities. People worked together to change unfair laws. They
gave speeches, marched in the streets, and participated in boycotts.
Writ of Cetiorari - Answer-an order by the court directing a lower court to send up the
record in a given case for its review
Civil Service - Answer-A system of hiring and promotion based on the merit principle
and the desire to create a nonpartisan government service.
Filibuster - Answer-A procedural practice in the Senate whereby a senator refuses to
relinquish the floor and thereby delays proceedings and prevents a vote on a
controversial issue.
Gerrymandering - Answer-Process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose
of benefiting the party in power.
Pork Barrel - Answer-The mighty list of federal projects, grants, and contracts available
to cities, businesses, colleges, and institutions available in a congressional district.
Logrolling - Answer-An agreement by two or more lawmakers to support each other's
bills
Franking Privilege - Answer-Benefit allowing members of Congress to mail letters and
other materials postage-free
Executive Office of the President - Answer-A group of presidential staff agencies
created in 1939 that provides the president with help and advice
Marbury vs Madison - Answer-The 1803 case in which Chief Justice John Marshall and
his associates first asserted the right of the Supreme Court to determine the meaning of
the U.S. Constitution. The decision established the Court's power of judicial review over
acts of Congress, in this case the Judiciary Act of 1789.
Electoral College - Answer-The group of electors from each state who cast the 538
votes that actually count toward the election of the President of the United States.
Succession Act of 1947 - Answer-The question of who shall be president if both the
President and the Vice President Die, resign, or are disabled, the speaker of the house
will become president, after resigning from congress. Next in line is the president pro
tem of the Senate, followed by the cabinet officers in the order of the creation of their
departments.
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