Teaching Section: What it's all about
The Unit: Test
 
  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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