Interactions Among the Branches - Basics Review

The three points of an iron triangle include:

• An independent agency, a state, and a member of Congress

• An administrative agency, an interest group, and a congressional committee

• A cabinet department, an interest group and the House majority leader

• A regulatory commission, a corporation, and the White House Office

Executive orders by the president are primarily issued to

• Reorganize the chairs of committees of the legislative branch

• Negotiate treaties with foreign countries

• Direct action by the federal bureaucracy

• Resolve conflict between state governments

If Congress adjourns during the ten days the president has to consider a bill passed by both houses of Congress, but which the president has not yet signed, what is the result?

• Line-item veto

• Legislative veto

• Executive veto

• Pocket veto

Which of the following is a unique power held by members of the Senate?

• Control of the veto

• Control of the appropriations process

• The ability to filibuster

• The ability to impeach the president

Which of the following constitutional principles most directly addresses the relationship between the national and state governments?

• Checks and balances

• The Bill of Rights

• Federalism

• Representation

The only official task of the vice-president is to

• advise the president in foreign affairs

• preside over the Senate and to vote in case of a tie

• serve as the president's good will ambassador to other countries

• chair government commissions at the President's request

Among the legislative branch’s checks on the executive branch is their power to

• override a veto

• introduce bills to the floor of Congress

• break a filibuster

• levitate and use his x-ray vision

How are federal judges selected?

• The person is named to the bench by the President and confirmed by the Senate.

• The person is named to the bench by the President and does not need to be confirmed.

• The person is publicly elected to the bench and confirmed by the Senate.

• The person is nominated by the Senate and chosen by the President.

Judicial review is _____________________.

• the ability of Congress to veto Supreme Court rulings.

• the courts ability to determine if laws are constitutional.

• established by Article I of the Constitution.

• the court's power to tax.

Enumerated powers of the federal government include all of the following EXCEPT the power to:

• Coin money

• Declare war

• Regulate interstate commerce

• Regulate intrastate commerce