Question 1

Which of the following states is MOST likely to be a battleground state in the next presidential election?

Accepted Answer

A)  North Dakota
B)  New York
C)  Alabama
D)  Colorado
E)  California

Question 2

The president's constitutional roles,such as chief executive and commander in chief,

Accepted Answer

A)  are based on very precise constitutional grants of power.
B)  are rooted in tradition only; they have no basis in the language of the Constitution.
C)  are not subject to check by Congress.
D)  have expanded in practice to be more powerful than the writers of the Constitution intended.
E)  are absolute powers under the Constitution.

Question 3

Which state typically holds the first presidential primary?

Accepted Answer

A)  Vermont
B)  New Hampshire
C)  New York
D)  California
E)  Florida

Question 4

The presidential advisory unit that,as a whole,has declined significantly as an advisory resource for the president in the twentieth century is the

Accepted Answer

A)  National Economic Council.
B)  Office of Management and Budget.
C)  White House Office.
D)  National Security Council.
E)  cabinet (as a whole) .

Question 5

The Whig theory holds that the presidency

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A)  is a shared office,where the president and the cabinet are equally powerful.
B)  is a limited office whose occupant is confined to the exercise of expressly granted constitutional powers.
C)  is the office most representative of the people.
D)  should provide strong leadership in the area of foreign policy but not in domestic policy.
E)  is subordinate to the Supreme Court.

Question 6

Identify the four systems of presidential selection that the United States has had during its history.What has been the overriding reason for the changes that have taken place?

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The first system was used from 1788 unti...

Question 7

Which president,because of the circumstances of the day,was able to accomplish more in the first few months than any other president has in a comparable amount of time?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ronald Reagan
B)  Theodore Roosevelt
C)  Bill Clinton
D)  Barack Obama
E)  Franklin Roosevelt

Question 8

The primary election as a means of choosing presidential nominees

Accepted Answer

A)  was introduced during the Jacksonian era.
B)  is used in Europe as well as in the United States.
C)  has been used more extensively in recent decades.
D)  is designed to strengthen the political parties.
E)  was introduced during the Cleveland era.

Question 9

The forced removal of a president from office through impeachment and conviction requires action by the

Accepted Answer

A)  House of Representatives only.
B)  Senate only.
C)  House and Senate in a joint session.
D)  House and Senate in separate proceedings.
E)  Supreme Court in a judicial proceeding.

Question 10

Explain the difference between the Whig theory of the presidency and the stewardship theory.Which is the norm today?

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The Whig theory holds that the presidenc...

Question 11

Which of the following is true of the president's veto power?

Accepted Answer

A)  Presidents are limited in their use of the veto on legislation directly affecting national security or economic policy.
B)  The threat of a veto has never proven to be enough to make Congress bend to the president's demands.
C)  Congress can usually muster the two-thirds majority in each chamber required to override a presidential veto.
D)  The veto is as much a sign of presidential weakness as of strength,because it arises when Congress refuses to accept the president's ideas.
E)  President George W.Bush used the veto less and less during the course of his presidency so as not to cause his popularity to fall.

Question 12

In the modern era,the equivalent practice of using the presidency as a bully pulpit (Theodore Roosevelt) could best be summed up in the phrase,"________."

Accepted Answer

A)  going public
B)  spin control
C)  air wars
D)  lobbying the bureaucracy
E)  manipulating the media

Question 13

The president is LEAST likely to get his way with

Accepted Answer

A)  the courts.
B)  the bureaucracy.
C)  the Executive Office of the President.
D)  Congress.
E)  his or her chief of staff.

Question 14

Why did President Obama sign the 2014 farm bill?

Accepted Answer

A)  He wanted the support of farm states for his reelection bid.
B)  It was almost exactly the bill he wanted.
C)  It was close to the bill he wanted,with a few exceptions.
D)  He recognized he had no chance of getting a better farm bill.
E)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 15

Political scientist Aaron Wildavsky's "two presidencies" thesis holds that a president is likely to be most successful with Congress on policy initiatives involving

Accepted Answer

A)  social welfare policy.
B)  foreign policy.
C)  tax policy.
D)  economic policy.
E)  environmental policy.

Question 16

The use of the primary system to select delegates to the presidential nominating convention began in

Accepted Answer

A)  the early 1800s during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson.
B)  the 1830s during the presidency of Andrew Jackson.
C)  the early 1900s during the Progressive era.
D)  the 1930s during the presidency of Franklin Roosevelt.
E)  the 1970s in the aftermath of the Vietnam War and student protests.

Question 17

Discuss the circumstances that contribute to the success or failure of presidential influence on national policy.

Accepted Answer

Whether a president succeeds or fails in...

Question 18

The honeymoon period occurs during

Accepted Answer

A)  a president's second term only.
B)  the first part of a president's term.
C)  the period of a president's term immediately following a successful foreign policy initiative.
D)  the period of a president's term immediately following a successful domestic policy initiative.
E)  the State of the Union address.

Question 19

The president's role in foreign policy increased largely because

Accepted Answer

A)  Congress proved so inept in foreign affairs that the American people demanded a change.
B)  America became more of a world power.
C)  of the need to coordinate national economic policy and foreign policy,a task to which the presidency was well suited.
D)  of the desire of U.S.business to expand into Latin America and Asia,which required executive action at the highest level.
E)  of attitudes held by the American public.

Question 20

Political scientist Richard Neustadt argues that the most important presidential power is the power to

Accepted Answer

A)  threaten.
B)  persuade.
C)  veto.
D)  make war.
E)  appoint Supreme Court justices.

Exam 12: The Presidency: Leading the Nation

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