CHAPTER 10: The Presidency

CHAPTER 10: The Presidency

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

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MULTIPLE CHOICE

To date, the electoral college has produced __________ presidents who won a majority of electoral votes without winning the popular vote.

ANS: B REF: 250 NOT: Factual

An obvious and important difference between a president and a prime minister is that the prime minister always has

a.	interest-group support.
b.	support in the opposing party.
c.	support of the military.
d.	majority support in parliament.
e.	complete control over the timing of elections.

ANS: D REF: 251 NOT: Conceptual

a.	receiving ambassadors.
b.	making treaties.
c.	granting pardons for federal offenses.
d.	ensuring that the laws are faithfully executed.
e.	being commander in chief.

ANS: B REF: 253 NOT: Factual

a.	the power of referendum.
b.	the threat of a veto.
c.	the power to remove members of Congress from office for violating their oath of office.
d.	politics and public opinion.
e.	the power to make political appointments.

ANS: D REF: 254 NOT: Conceptual

a.	civil-service reform.
b.	the adoption of the Seventeenth Amendment.
c.	the president’s role in foreign affairs.
d.	the electoral college.
e.	the conference committee.

ANS: C REF: 254 NOT: Conceptual

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