Executive Branch

Question 1

Define chief executive

Answer 1

Head police; must execute or carry out law

Question 2

Define chief diplomat

Answer 2

Meets with foreign leaders & can draft treaties

Question 3

Define commander in chief

Answer 3

Head of arrived forces, can send troops

Question 4

Define chief legislator

Answer 4

Proposes legislation ideas to congress

Question 5

Define chief of party

Answer 5

Head of political party

Question 6

Define commander in chief

Answer 6

Head of armed forces; can send our troops

Question 7

Qualifications for President:

Answer 7

Natural born citizen
At least 35 years of age
Lived in US for 14 years

Question 8

Which amendment placed limits on presidential terms?

Answer 8

22nd

Question 9

Maximum number of years a president can serve:

Answer 9

No more than 10 years, cannot serve more than 2 terms

Question 10

Pay and benefits of the president:

Answer 10

$400k a year
Expense allowance of $50k
132-room White House
Suite of offices and a staff
Air Force One

Question 11

What is the 25th amendment?

Answer 11

Establishes that vice president will become president if president is removed from office

Question 12

What does the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 do?

Answer 12

Set order of succession following Vice President

Question 13

Two duties of Vice President:

Answer 13

1) to preside over the Senate
2) to help decide the question of presidential disability

Question 14

If the office of Vice President becomes vacant, what does the President do?

Answer 14

Nominate a new Vice President subject to the approval of Congress

Question 15

Vice president often performs what?

Answer 15

Diplomatic and political chores for the President

Question 16

The President takes an oath to…

Answer 16

Faithfully execute the laws of the land

Question 17

Describe the appointment power:

Answer 17

1) ambassadors and other diplomats
2) cabinet members and their top aides
3) the heads of independent agencies
4) all federal judges, attorneys, and US marshals
5) all officers in the armed forces

Question 18

What powers does the president have as the Chief Diplomat?

Answer 18

Make treaties

Question 19

What is a treaty?

Answer 19

A formal agreement between two or more sovereign states

Question 20

Many Presidents have…

Answer 20

Used the armed forces aboard without a declaration of war

Question 21

True or false: President’s powers as commander in chief are far greater during a war than they are in normal times

Answer 21

True

Question 22

What limits the President’s war-making powers?

Answer 22

The Wars Powers Resolution of 1973

Question 23

The President shall report to…

Answer 23

Congress on the state of the Union and recommended necessary legislation
This power is often called the message power

Question 24

All legislation passed by Congress is sent to the President…

Answer 24

For approval

Question 25

If the President disapproved of a bill…

Answer 25

He can veto it

Question 26

Vetoes can only be overturned by…

Answer 26

A 2/3 vote of both houses of Congress

Question 27

The constitution gives the President the power to grant…

Answer 27

Reprieves and pardons for offenses against the US except in cases of impeachment

Question 28

Define reprieve

Answer 28

Postponement of the execution of a sentence

Question 29

Define pardon

Answer 29

A legal forgiveness for a crime

Question 30

Define hierarchical authority

Answer 30

Bureaucracies are based on a pyramid structure with a chain of command running from top to bottom

Question 31

Define job specialization

Answer 31

Each bureaucrat, or person who works for the organization, has certain defined duties or responsibilities

Question 32

Define formalized rules

Answer 32

The bureaucracy does its work according to a set of established regulations and procedures

Question 33

What is the federal bureaucracy?

Answer 33

All the agencies, people, and procedures through which the Federal Government operates

Question 34

As Chief Administrator…

Answer 34

The President is in charge of all the Federal Bureaucracy