The Executive Branch Quiz #4: Pages 301-309

The Executive Branch Quiz #4: Pages 301-309

1) In 1947, the ________ was established to advise the president on military affairs and foreign
policy.
A) National Security Council
B) Central Intelligence Agency
C) Council on Foreign Relations
D) Executive Office of the President
E) Military Tribunal

2) How did George W. Bush change the Executive Office of President when he became
president?
A) He created the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.
B) He dismantled the Council of Economic Advisers.
C) He merged the Office of Management and Budget with the Council of Economic
Advisers.
D) He made the National Labor Relations Board accountable to the Small Business
Administration.
E) He dismantled the entire Executive Office of President, preferring instead to rely on the
assistance of loyal staff members such as Karl Rove and Karen Hughes.

3) The first president to claim the leadership role for the executive branch in law-making was
A) George Washington.
B) Abraham Lincoln.
C) Woodrow Wilson.
D) Franklin Roosevelt.
E) Gerald Ford.

4) When are presidents most likely to get their policies through Congress successfully?
A) when they are advocating for a bill proposed by someone else
B) when they are advocating for a bill that lacks public support
C) just before a midterm election
D) just before a presidential election
E) early in the presidentʹs first year

5) Jobs, grants, or other special favors that a president can give as rewards to political supporters
are known as
A) national security letters.
B) spittoons.
C) perks.
D) bling.
E) patronage.

6) The Office of Management and Budget
A) handles the presidentʹs personal finances.
B) prepares the presidentʹs budget proposal.
C) prepares the presidentʹs State of the Union proposal.
D) rewards young entrepreneurs.
E) has tremendous authority over domestic oil production.

7) An executive order of the president
A) is not enforceable.
B) serves as a recommendation of legislation for Congress to consider.
C) has the effect of law.
D) can only be modified by an act of Congress.
E) is used to ensure order and civility in the Executive Office of the President.

8) George W. Bush signed an executive order that
A) desegregated the military.
B) limited federal funding for stem cell research.
C) prohibited military tribunals from trying foreigners.
D) established that the records of presidents can be accessed by any interested party.
E) provided federal funding for groups that provide abortion counseling.

9) When a president ʺgoes public,ʺ
A) he is trying to persuade the public and hopes that the public will persuade Congress.
B) he is trying to persuade Congress and hopes that the Congress will persuade the public.
C) he is adopting the policy preference of the public in order to increase his popularity.
D) he is preventing Congress from convening.
E) he is establishing rapport with the journalists who cover the president.

10) As chief executive of North Korea, which of the following best describes Kim Jong Ilʹs
authority?
A) He has absolute authority over nearly every aspect of North Korean government and
society.
B) His authority is very similar to George W. Bushʹs authority.
C) His authority is very similar to Bill Clintonʹs authority.
D) He exercises very weak authority over the executive branch.
E) North Korea has a plural executive in which the authority to govern is split between
about a dozen executive branch officials.