Bar Exam

Question 1

Who approves the admission of a new state?

Answer 1

congress

Question 2

How long is a member of the House of Representatives term?

Answer 2

2 years

Question 3

How many senators are from each state?

Answer 3

2

Question 4

How many current members are in the House of Representatives?

Answer 4

435

Question 5

What is the term for a supreme court judge?

Answer 5

lifetime

Question 6

How many articles are there in the Constitution?

Answer 6

7

Question 7

What is the Minimum age of a senator?

How long must a senator have been a U.S. Citizen?

Answer 7

At least 30 years old

Citizen for at least 9 years.

Question 8

Who has the power to declare war?

Answer 8

Congress

Question 9

What is the title of the leader of the House of Reprsentatives?

Answer 9

Speaker of the house

Question 10

When an appellate court agrees with a trial court’s decision they _____ it

Answer 10

Affirm

Question 11

When an appellate court changes the decision of a trial court’s decision they _____ it

Answer 11

Reverse

Question 12

What is the term for a federal judge?

Answer 12

lifetime

Question 13

Impeach means to charge a public official with a crime done while in office

_____Votes to impeach
_____is the jury

Answer 13

House votes to impeach
Senate is the jury

Question 14

What department includes the military and is responsible for protecting our nation’s military?

Answer 14

Department of Defense

Question 15

What speech is the president required to make annually?

Answer 15

State of the union

Question 16

Who is the commander in chief of the armed forces?

Answer 16

president

Question 17

What type of court reviews a trial court’s verdict for errors?

Answer 17

Appellate

Question 18

What is the correct word for a person who makes laws?

Answer 18

Legislator

Question 19

What department manages our relationships with Foreign Countries?

Answer 19

State Department

Question 20

The president must be a natural-born citizen. What does that mean?

Answer 20

They were born in the U.S/Citizen from Birth.

Question 21

Which branch of government has the sole power to interpret the law, determine the constitutionality of the law, and apply it to individual cases?

Answer 21

Judicial Branch

Question 22

The president appoints a _____ to lead each department in the Executive Branch.

Answer 22

Secratary

Question 23

Who has the power to veto laws?

Answer 23

President

Question 24

What branch of government includes the President, and his cabinet and carries out the law?

Answer 24

Executive Branch

Question 25

What are the first 10 amendments to the constitution called?

Answer 25

The Bill of Rights

Question 26

What type of trial has no jury - just a judge that gives the verdict?

Answer 26

Bench trial

Question 27

What vote is required to override a presidential veto?

Answer 27

2/3 vote in Congress (both the house and Senate)

Question 28

How long is a term for a president?

Answer 28

4 years

Question 29

How many terms can a president serve?

Answer 29

2 terms

Question 30

How many amendments to the constitution?

Answer 30

27

Question 31

Congress is made up of two houses, This is called _____

Answer 31

bicameral

Question 32

The number of representatives in the house is based on a state's ______

Answer 32

population

Question 33

What word means a change in the constitution?

Answer 33

Amend

Question 34

How many departments are in the Executive Branch?

Answer 34

15

Question 35

What system allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other two branches?

Answer 35

Checks & Balances

Question 36

How many justices serve on the supreme court today?

Answer 36

9

Question 37

What is the supreme law of the land?

Answer 37

Constitution

Question 38

The department heads of the Executive Branch make up the president's _____

Answer 38

cabinet

Question 39

Who must approve judges, cabinet members, and ambassadors that the president appoints?

Answer 39

The Senate

Question 40

A bill must be approved by both houses of Congress and the president before it becomes a _____

Answer 40

law

Question 41

How long is a term for a senator?

Answer 41

6 years

Question 42

What department includes the secret service that protects the president, Vice President, and their families?

Answer 42

Homeland security

Question 43

The power of deciding what is constitutional is called ____

Answer 43

Judicial Review

Question 44

What is the decision in a court trial called?

Answer 44

Verdict

Question 45

What words in the preamble show the U.S. belief in a self-government?

Answer 45

"We the people"

Question 46

What court hears cases in which private citizens sue each other in court?

Answer 46

civil court

Question 47

How many senators are in the U.S. Senate?

Answer 47

100

Question 48

What is the highest court in the country?

Answer 48

Supreme court

Question 49

What is the shared power between the federal government and the state governments called?

Answer 49

Federalism

Question 50

What is the Minimum age of a house of representatives?

Answer 50

25 years

Question 51

How long must a Representative have been a U.S. citizen?

Answer 51

Citizen for 7 years

Question 52

What is the oldest federal law enforcement agency?

Answer 52

U.S. Marshalls

Question 53

Which Branch of government Consists of Congress and Creates laws?

Answer 53

Legislative Branch

Question 54

Which court hears cases involving federal laws, the U.S. Constitution, and disputes between citizens from different states?

Answer 54

federal court