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Test Description: Review Chapter 5
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) proportional distribution of congressional seats among the states
A
apportionment
B
gerrymandering
C
mace
D
caucus
2) drawing boundaries so as to puroposely favor the party in power
A
gerrymandering
B
caucus
C
pro tempore
D
majority party
3) three leadership positions required in Congress by the Constitution
A
Speaker of the Senate, president of the Senate, president pro tempore
B
Speaker of the House, president of the Senate, president pro tempore
C
no leadership positions are required by the Constitution
D
Speaker of the House, president of the House, president pro tempore
4) A private meeting of politcal party members to decide on policy or to choose candidates
A
Caucus
B
quorum
C
Senate Hearings
D
Committee
5) an attemp to kill a bill by stalling the vote it
A
Committee of the Whole
B
Committee meeting
C
filibuster
D
override
6) the congressional monitoring of the bureaucracy to make sure that the laws are being faithfully executed
A
impeachment
B
veto
C
override
D
oversight
7) Which of the following is not a power of Congress?
A
punish counterfeiters of coin and securites
B
declare war
C
regulate commerce
D
passing ex post facto laws
8) Which of the following is a power of Congress?
A
suspending the writ of habeas corpus
B
granting titles of nobility
C
laying a capitation (head) tax or other direct tax
D
call forth the militia and provide for its organization, arming, and discipline
9) legislative powers which are not specifically stated in the Constitution
A
implied powers
B
preemption powers
C
all congressional powers are listed in the Constitution
D
expressed powers
10) another name for the necessary and proper clause
A
rubberband clause
B
elastic clause
C
expressed powers
D
legislative veto
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