AG Final Exam

What is the focus of Article I of the Constitution?

• describing the powers and structure of the legislative branch

• defining bicameral and unicameral houses

• explaining the veto and override processes

• reviewing the executive branch of the government

What is considered the most important power Congress holds?

• collecting taxes

• electing leaders

• creating laws

• determining citizenship

Declaring war and coining money are considered

• states’ rights.

• implied powers.

• national rights.

• expressed powers.

Which of these is considered a concurrent power?

• establishing schools

• drafting soldiers

• coining money

• collecting taxes

Powers shared by the federal government and state governments are known as

• expressed powers

• Concurrent powers

• Implied powers

• Reserved powers

Writing a state constitution is an example of

• an implied power.

• a reserved power.

• a concurrent power.

• an expressed power.

Which powers are solely at the state level?

• expressed

• implied

• concurrent

• reserved

According to Article I, Section 3 of the Constitution, each senator must be

• an adult who is at least 25 years old.

• a lifetime resident of Washington, DC.

• a registered voter in one’s state.

• a US citizen for at least nine years.

According to the Constitution, how long is a senator’s term?

• two years

• four years

• six years

• eight years

After a bill has been introduced, what happens next in the lawmaking process?

• It is debated on the floor.

• It is sent to the other house.

• It is reviewed in committee.

• It is approved by a vote.