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What is the job of the President's cabinet members?
a) Help carry out the laws
b) Write new laws
c) Approve the appointments of judges
d) Propose new legislation to Congress

Which of the following is NOT one of the jobs the President fulfills in his role as Chief of State?
a) Lighting the National Christmas Tree
b) Pardoning the Thanksgiving Turkey
c) Meeting with foreign leaders
d) Throwing the first pitch to start a baseball game

What responsibility does the President have as Chief Diplomat?
a) Administer the federal bureaucracy
b) Unify the political party
c) Appoint cabinet members
d) Deal with foreign countries

Which of the following is a power the President exercises as Chief Executive?
a) Appointing cabinet members to lead executive departments
b) Signing a bill into law
c) Making the State of the Union Address
d) Meeting with a foreign leader at the White House

What does the President do as the Chief of Party?
a) Appoint cabinet members
b) Appoint party leaders
c) Veto laws
d) Unify the political party

The President wants Congress to pass a new tax law. Which action would give the President the best opportunity to propose a new law?
a) Signing a bill into law
b) Appointing a secretary to help execute the law
c) Making the State of the Union Address
d) Holding a cabinet meeting to discuss a new law

Which of the following is NOT one of the ways the Executive Branch influences policy making (law making)?
a) Appointing a new Supreme Court Justice
b) Proposing a legislative agenda to to Congress in the annual State of the Union Address
c) Appealing directly to the people to build support for the President's legislative agenda
d) Appointing officials to his cabinet to help carry out the laws

In addition to the President, who else in the Executive Branch has the power to interpret and executive the laws?
a) Special legislative committees
b) Special congressional committees and regulatory groups
c) Cabinet departments and agencies
d) Legislators and Supreme Court Justices

In the years since the Constitution was ratified, the power of the President has —
a) Remained the same
b) Increased
c) Decreased
d) Diminished

Which branch can review the President's acts/policies and declare them unconstitutional?
a) Legislative Branch
b) Executive Branch
c) Judicial Branch
d) Constitutional Branch

Which Article of the United States Constitution states that All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
a) Article I
b) Article II
c) Article III
d) Article IV

What do the first three articles of the Constitution describe?
a) Powers of Congress
b) Powers of the military
c) Powers of the citizens
d) Powers of the three branches of government

Who has the power to call Congress into a special session if there is a crisis that requires Congress's approval,such as declaring war?
a) The Speaker of the House
b) The President Pro Tempore
c) The President
d) The Vice President

All of the the following are similarities of the three branches of U.S. government EXCEPT -
a) They have the power to declare laws unconstitutional
b) The have power over the entire country
c) The have specific powers that no other branch has
d) They can restrict the power of the other branches

Executing laws is to the President as interpreting federal laws is to the -
a) United States Supreme Court
b) President
c) Governor
d) House of Representatives

The President of the United States is the Chief Executive. Which answer best  explains the President's role as Chief Executive?
a) Responsible for making the nation's laws
b) Responsible for seeing that laws are carried out
c) Responsible for choosing members of the law making branch
d) Responsible for interpreting the nation's laws

What power does the President exercise when he signs a bill into law?
a) Chief Diplomat
b) Chief Legislator
c) Chief Citizen
d) Chief Executive

In America, who makes the laws?
a) Cabinet Members
b) People elected to serve as Supreme Court Justices
c) People elected to serve as President
d) People elected to serve in the legislature

Which branch of government is the United States Supreme Court part of?
a) State
b) Legislative
c) Executive
d) Judicial

Which of the following is NOT a duty or responsibility of the Executive Branch?
a) Regulate foreign and domestic trade
b) Prepare the annual budget
c) Appoint federal judges
d) Carry out the law

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