The reason that the President is called the Commander-in-Chief in the Constitution is because the Framers wanted
to provide the President with authority over the secretary of defense.
CORRECT to establish the principle of civilian control of the armed forces.
to establish a basis for presidential prerogative.
to give the President some power against impeachment.
2. The tendency of Congress to defer to the President in foreign policy has at times led to
an American dictatorship.
a plebiscitary presidency.
CORRECT an imperial presidency.
active-positive presidents.
3.
A President who has a political mandate has
been given greater constitutional authority by Congress.
won a plebiscitary presidency.
CORRECT greater political power because he won by a wide margin.
a greater influence in domestic policy than foreign.
4.In a Presidential election, the candidate must
win both the popular and electoral vote.
win the Supreme Court vote.
CORRECT win a minimum of 270 electoral votes.
win majorities in ¾ of the states.
5.Presidential elections include all of the following except
participatory caucuses.
primary elections.
the Electoral College.
CORRECT Congress holding the first round of presidential voting.
6. Which functions are not performed by the American federal bureaucracy?
Implementation of laws, policies, and programs
Making laws through rule making
Judicial authority through administrative adjudication
CORRECT Appropriating money
7.A clientelist is often appointed to be secretary of agriculture because
CORRECT he can serve the interests of farmers.
he is a farmer.
he knows agriculture.
agriculture is not that complex that a specialist is needed.
8.A president who appoints a careerist to his cabinet wants
an individual who is an expert in a particular subject.
to rely on policy czars in the White House.
CORRECT an individual who knows his/her way around the Washington establishment.
somebody who will bring with him a political dowry
9.The federal bureaucracy effectively makes public policy by
telling Congress what to legislate in the Code of Federal Regulation.
disqualifying people from benefits.
CORRECT writing standards for administering programs in the Code of Federal Regulation.
defying the will of Congress.
10.With planning program budgeting,
the budget will increase based on last year’s budget.
CORRECT the budget is organized around programs which have to be proven through cost-benefit analysis.
the President has no control over the performance of the bureaucracy.
the President has the authority to close down departments that are not performing.
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