Legislative and Executive Branches Test

Question 1

Redistricting

Answer 1

The process of drawing electoral district boundaries.

Question 2

Gerrymander

Answer 2

Manipulate the electoral district boundaries to favor one party.

Question 3

What is bicameral?

Answer 3

Congress, which has two chambers.

Question 4

What is the term length for a senator?

Answer 4

6 years

Question 5

What is the term length for a representative?

Answer 5

2 years

Question 6

Number of members in the House

Answer 6

435

Question 7

Number of members in the Senate

Answer 7

100

Question 8

Number of members from each state in the House

Answer 8

Depends on the population

Question 9

Number of members from each state in the Senate

Answer 9

2 senators

Question 10

Who is the presiding officer of the House?

Answer 10

Speaker of the House

Question 11

Who is the presiding officer of the Senate?

Answer 11

The vice president

Question 12

What is the age qualification to run for Senate?

Answer 12

At least 30 years old

Question 13

What is the citizenship qualification to run for Senate?

Answer 13

9 years of being a US citizen

Question 14

What is the residency qualification to run for Senate?

Answer 14

Live in the state they represent

Question 15

People running for the House or Senate are elected by…

Answer 15

American voters

Question 16

What is the age qualification to run for the House of Representatives?

Answer 16

At least 25 years old

Question 17

What is the citizenship qualification to run for the House of Representatives?

Answer 17

7 years of being a US citizen

Question 18

What is the residency qualification to run for the House of Representatives?

Answer 18

Live in the state and district they represent

Question 19

What are the enumerated powers of Congress?

Answer 19

Create rules on how to become a citizen
Collect taxes, pay debts, and borrow money
Regulate commerce (trade) between the
states and with other countries
Coin money and punish counterfeiters
Punish pirates (!)
Establish post offices
Protect patents and copyrights
Create lower federal courts
Declare war, raise and support an Army and Navy
Make any other laws that are “necessary and proper” to carry our the powers in this list

Question 20

Which chamber of Congress is in charge of approving presidential appointments to the Supreme Court, Cabinet, and Ambassadors?

Answer 20

The Senate

Question 21

In which chamber of Congress do revenue (tax) bills originate?

Answer 21

The House

Question 22

What is a bill?

Answer 22

The rough draft of a law.

Question 23

What steps are involved in how a bill becomes a law?

Answer 23

The proposal (in the House)
The introduction (in the House)
The Committee Report
The Floor Debate (in the House)
The Vote (in the House)
The Hand-Off to Senate
The Compromise with both House and Senate
Another Vote (this time with House and Senate)
Sent To President

Question 24

What actions can the President take after the House and Senate pass a bill?

Answer 24

Sign the bill
Ignore the bill (it becomes law after 10 days)
Vetoes the bill

Question 25

How can Congress override a veto?

Answer 25

A two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House.

Question 26

What is the age qualification to become president?

Answer 26

35 years old

Question 27

What is the citizenship qualification to become president?

Answer 27

Natural-born citizen (born a US citizen)

Question 28

What is the residency qualification to become president?

Answer 28

14 years a resident of the USA

Question 29

What is the electoral college?

Answer 29

There are 538 electors in total, split from the 50 states and Washington D.C. If a president gets 270 or more votes from the Electoral College, they will be elected.

Question 30

How many electoral votes does each state get?

Answer 30

The amount it gets in Congress: So basically, their number of representatives in the House for that state + 2.

Question 31

What is the minimum number of electoral votes a presidential candidate needs to win?

Answer 31

270 votes

Question 32

How long is each President’s term?

Answer 32

4 years

Question 33

How many terms can the president serve?

Answer 33

2 years

Question 34

What is the 22nd amendment?

Answer 34

No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.

Question 35

What are the president’s powers?

Answer 35

Executive power Preserve, protect, and defend the constitution Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States Grant pardons for offenses against the US Make treaties as long as two-thirds of the present senators agree Give info to Congress

Question 36

Which of the president’s powers are shared with the Senate?

Answer 36

Make foreign treaties.

Question 37

Who are the first three people of the presidential succession?

Answer 37

Vice President Speaker of the House President Pro Tempore of the Senate