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Govt- Chapter 6, Section 2
Test Description: Congress
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Witnesses who do not tell the truth can be prosecuted for:
A
Contempt
B
Perjury
C
Impeachment
D
Impoundment
2) This power allows Congress to check on how the executive branch is administering the law:
A
Legislative oversight
B
Impeachment
C
Impoundment
D
Immunity
3) This member of President Reagan's National Security Council was granted immunity:
A
Richard Nixon
B
Sam Ervin
C
Joseph McCarthy
D
Oliver North
4) A good example of the constitutional principle of checks and balances is:
A
Legislative oversight
B
Impoundment
C
Immunity
D
Writ of habeas corpus
5) In its decision in Watkins v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled that:
A
A person could refuse to release documents to congressional committees
B
Witnesses could not be compelled to give evidence against themselves
C
First amendment rights did not apply to congressional witnesses
D
Witnesses could be compelled to give evidence against themselves
6) A legal order that a person appear or produce requested documents:
A
Subpoena
B
Immunity
C
Legislative oversight
D
Contempt
7) Willful obstruction or refusing to testify before Congress or a court:
A
Immunity
B
Perjury
C
Subpoena
D
Contempt
8) Freedom from prosecution for witnesses whose testimony ties them to illegal acts:
A
Impeachment
B
Subpeona
C
Contempt
D
Immunity
9) These congressional committees may conduct investigations:
A
Sedition and Insurrection
B
Conference and joint
C
Standing and select
D
Appropriations and authorization
10) Lying under oath:
A
Contempt
B
Immunity
C
Subpoena
D
Perjury
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