Executive Branch Summative Review

The main responsibility of the executive branch is to ______.

• enforce laws
• interpret laws
• make laws
• break laws

Why was the system of checks and balances established?

• To provide a legal basis for Congress to act.
• To ensure that all branches of government had the power of oversight over one another.
• To make sure the executive branch coordinated all other actions.
• To make sure the executive branch coordinated all other actions.

Which of the following is NOT a power of the President of the US?

• The power to negotiate treaties
• The power to appoint federal positions
• The power to declare war
• The power to veto legislative proposals

Who is the head of the Executive Branch?

• The Senate
• The U.S. Supreme Court
• The President
• The House of Representatives

The U.S. president has the ability to do all of the following EXCEPT?

• Veto a proposal for law
• Negotiate foreign treaties with other countries
• Grant pardons for crimes
• Declare war

Which of the following headings most accurately completes the outline?

• Greater role of Vice President
• National crises
• Checks and balances
• Political parties

Which statement regarding treaties demonstrates the principle of Checks & Balances?

• It is easier to get Congress to approve a treaty than to pass a joint resolution.
• The most famous treaty approved by Congress was the Treaty of Versailles ending World War I.
• Treaties have the same legal standing as acts of Congress.
• The President must obtain Senate consent before negotiating a treaty.

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

Read this excerpt from the text: “Many laws that Congress enacts are written in fairly broad terms. Congress sets out the basic policies and standards to be followed. The specific details—much of the fine print necessary to the actual, day-to-day administration of the law—are usually left to be worked out by the executive branch.” This describes the use of which presidential power?

• the power to grant clemency
• the power of executive privilege
• the power to execute the law
• the power of appointment and removal

Which of the presidential powers listed on the chart blurs the separation of powers between branches of the government?

• appointment power
• removal power
• legislative power
• none of the powers