Pols 1101 Exam 4 Study Guide Questions and
Answers Latest Update 2024-2025
Most of the work in congress is done in:
A) in the general meeting of congress
B) by the Speaker of the House
C) by the House Rules Committee
D) in standing committees in both the House and the Senate ANS✔✔ D. in
standing committees in both the House and the Senate
An important function of the President is:
A) write executive orders to legislate from the executive branch
B) serve as commander in chief of the armed forces
C) rule on the constitutionality of laws
D) veto or sign into law legislation
E) B and D ANS✔✔ E. B and D (serve as commander in chief of the armed
forces & veto or sign into law legislation)
The original purpose of a presidential executive order is to:
A) appoint executives to congressional leadership positions
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B) issue administrative directives to guide the federal bureaucracy as it
executes federal law
C) enable the President to go around congress and legislate from the
executive branch
D) appoint supreme court judges without congressional approval
E) work around a stalemated congress ANS✔✔ B. issue administrative
directives to guide the federal bureaucracy as it executes federal law
The power wielded by the Speaker of the House includes all of the following
except:
A) appoints the chairman of House standing committees including the
House Rules committee
B) has the power to recognize members who wish to speak on a bill
C) assigns time limits on the reporting of bills from committee
D) is the House Minority and Majority leader
E) assigns bills to committees ANS✔✔ D. is the House Minority and Majority
leader
The Court System in the United States:
A) is a system where the President appoints all judges on the Federal level
subject to congressional approval
B) A, C and D
C) is organized into two parallel systems; a State and Federal system
D) has a District, Appellate and Supreme court in the Federal system
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E) A and D ANS✔✔ B. A, C, and D (is a system where the President appoints
all judges on the Federal level subject to congressional approval & is
organized into two parallel systems; a State and Federal system & has a
District, Appellate and Supreme court in the Federal system)
The term judicial review:
A) refers to the power of the Federal District Court to review state criminal
law cases
B) refers to the power of the Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality
of laws passed in congress
C) was a power not explicitly given to congress in the Constitution
D) was cited as an implied power by Justice John Marshall in Marbury vs.
Madison 1803
E) B, C and D ANS✔✔ E. B, C, and D (refers to the power of the Supreme
Court to rule on the constitutionality of laws passed in congress & was a
power not explicitly given to congress in the Constitution & was cited as an
implied power by Justice John Marshall in Marbury vs. Madison 1803)
The Progressive idea of Activist Federal Judges:
A) A and B only
B) means that judges do not have to base their decisions strictly on the
Constitution
C) means that in reviewing a court case Judges always use a strict
interpretation of the Constitution
D) Judges can rely on their own moral ideas and preferences to adjudicate a
court case
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