Directions: Mark the best answer for each question
on your scantron sheet.
1. If both the President and the Vice President were to die in office,
who would take over the job of President?
a. Secretary of State
b. President pro tempore
c. Speaker of the House
d. Whomever the Congress appointed
2. Who would take over if the person you chose in question #1 was
not available to take the office?
a. Secretary of State
b. President pro tempore
c. Speaker of the House
d. Whomever the Congress appointed
3. All of the following are informal (not Constitutional) qualifications
for a President except:
a. Wealth
b. Political experience.
c. Political connections
d. Lifelong US citizenship
4. Which of the following former Presidents served more than two
terms in office?
a. Franklin Roosevelt
b. George Washington
c. Ronald Reagan
d. Theodore Roosevelt
5. How is a new Vice President (VP) chosen when he dies in office
while the President is still alive?
a. The President appoints the VP.
b. Whoever came in second place in the Presidential race becomes
VP.
c. The Speaker of the House becomes VP
d. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate becomes VP.
6. The Presidential power to make treaties is part of what function
of the President:
a. Commander-in-Chief
b. Chief Diplomat
c. Party Leader
d. Chief Executive
7. Which of the following functions does the President perform
even though it is not provided for in the Constitution?
a. Commander-in-Chief
b. Chief Diplomat
c. Party Leader
d. Chief Executive
8. Which of the following is a power of the President?
a. declaring war on another country
b. appointing federal judges
c. passing laws
d. declaring a law unconstitutional
9. What part of the Executive Office of the President (EOP) does
the Central Intelligence Agency belong to?
a. The White House Office
b. The Department of Defense
c. The National Security Council
d. The Office of Management and Budget
True or False On your scantron, mark A if True and B if False
10. When a new President comes into office he or she replaces some
of employees of the Executive Office of the President
11. The President has the power to declare that someone in prison
can go free, even if the person's prison term is not up.
12. The President and his or her staff often write bills and ask
members of Congress to pass them.
13. No woman has ever run for President.
14. The President has the power send troops to another country for
a short time, even if war has not been declared.
15. One of the things the President does as Party Chief is gives
speeches to the American people.
16. President Ford granted amnesty to President Nixon after President
Nixon resigned the Presidency.
Matching: Mark the letter or letters of the correct answer on your
scantron.
17. ______Cabinet a. a declaration of forgiveness and freedom from
punishment
18. ______Bureaucracy b. a formal agreement between two or more
countries
19. ______Executive Order c. a government or other organization
with many different departments and complex rules and procedures
20. ______Ambassador d. a group of high level presidential advisers
made up of the heads of the executive department, the Vice President
and other officials
21. ______Treaty e. a pardon granted to people who have broken the
law
22. ______Executive Agreement f. a rule the President issues that
has the force of law
23. ______Amnesty g. an agreement between the President and the
leader of another country
24. ______Pardon h. an official representative of a country's government
25. ______Domestic i. officials who help the President plan and
carry out policy
26. ______Administration j. relating to matters inside a country's
borders
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