Test Topic 5 The Executive Branch

Name of the ceremonial head of government

• Chief of Party

• Chief of State

• Chief Legislator

• Chief Economist

What does a chief diplomat do?

• manages the Federal Government

• the President sets the nation’s foreign policy

• determines Congress’s agenda

• unofficial head of his political party

Which amendment limits the president to 2 terms in office, or 10 years in all.

• 22nd

• 14th

• 2nd

• 13th

If the President, Vice President, and leaders of Congress were all unable to hold office, who would assume the office of President? If the President, Vice President, and leaders of Congress were all unable to hold office, who would assume the office of President?

• the Attorney General

• the Secretary of State

• the Secretary of Defense

• the Secretary of Homeland Security

What is the MOST LIKELY reason that the 25th Amendment gives the Vice President and a majority of the Cabinet the right to challenge a President's claim that he or she is ready to resume office?

Until recently, the vice presidency was seen as

• irrelevant

• important

President Dwight Eisenhower's choice to have the vice president more involved marked the beginning of a shift in how the office of Vice President was seen.

• True

• False

Which of these First Ladies represents the traditional behind-the-scenes role long played by Presidents’ wives?

• Michelle Obama

• Jacqueline Kennedy

• Abigail Adams

• Eleanor Roosevelt

The president has powers regarding economics and military action due to the occurrence of National Crisis.

• True

• False

Which power of the president deals with the specific details of the day-to-day administration of the law?

• the power to grant clemency

• the power of executive privilege

• the power to execute the law

• the power of appointment and removal