POSC 100 Study Guide Ricardo Salas

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POSC 100 Study Guide Ricardo
Salas

• Part 3
• Assignment 14

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Notice

• Dear students
• The odd-numbered questions are answered for
  you. The answers to the even-numbered questions
  are the result of your readings. This is to
  assure that you are understanding the material.
  Good luck!

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Assignment 14
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Congress

• T or F Questions (9)
• Multiple Choice questions (19)
• Fill-in Questions (3)

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True or False Questions

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True or False

• 1/9
• The Framers of the Constitution established
  Congress as the leading branch of the national
  government.

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Answer

• 1/9
• True

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True or False

• 2/9
• No executive agency or lower court can exist
  except as authorized by Congress.

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Answer

• 2/9

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True or False

• 3/9
• In the nation's first century, service in the
  Congress was a career for most of its members.

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Answer

• 3/9
• False

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True or False

• 4/9
• According to Patterson, when voters are
  convinced that Congress as an institution is
  performing badly, they will generally vote out of
  office the majority of its members.

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Answer

• 4/9

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True or False

• 5/9
• States are required by law to make their
  districts as nearly equal in population as
  possible.

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Answer

• 5/9
• True

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True or False

• 6/9
• When elections are waged against the backdrop
  of disruptive issues they tend to produce the
  smallest turnover in Congress.

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Answer

• 6/9

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True or False

• 7/9
• Historically, the party holding the
  presidency loses seats in the midterm
  congressional elections, particularly in the
  House of Representatives.

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Answer

• 7/9
• True

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True or False

• 8/9
• The voters who turn out in midterm elections
  tend to have weaker party loyalties.

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Answer

• 8/9

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True or False

• 9/9
• Even when people are dissatisfied with
  national conditions, congressional elections
  sometimes produce only a small turnover in
  congressional membership.

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Answer

• 9/9
• True

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Multiple Choice Questions

• The following questions are multiple choices.
  Select the most appropriate answer.

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1/19

• What is the approximate annual salary of
  members of Congress today?
• a) 75,000
• b) 135,000
• c) 165,000
• d) 200,000

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Answer

• 1/19
• c

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2/19

• The body of citizens eligible to vote in their
  state or district
• a) logrolling
• b) partisans
• c) constituency
• d) voters.

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Answer

• 2/19

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3/19

• Congresss policymaking role is based on
• which of the following functions?
• a) lawmaking
• b) representation
• c) oversight
• d) all the above.

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Answer

• 3/19
• d

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4/19

• Legislation that funds a special project for a
  particular locale, such as a highway or hospital
  
• a) entitlement
• b) oversight
• c) mandates
• d) pork barrel.

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Answer

• 4/19

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5/19

• When a member of Congress caters to their
• constituents' needs
• a) contract
• b) service strategy
• c) zero-sum
• d) conditional commitment.

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Answer

• 5/19
• b

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6/19

• Congressional staffers spend most of their
  time on
• a) legislation
• b) raising money,
• c) constituency service and public
  relations
• d) public policy.

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Answer

• 6/19

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7/19

• What is the amount of money allocated to
• members of the House for office allowance?
• a) 300,000
• b) 500,000
• c) 800,000
• d) 2,000,000.

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Answer

• 7/19
• c

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8/19

• Each member of Congress is permitted
• several free mailings annually to
• constituent households
• a) general subsidy
• b) pager support
• c) constituent casework
• d) the frank.

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Answer

• 8/19

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9/19

• According to Patterson, a successful House
  election campaign in a competitive district will
  cost about how much money?
• a) about 500,000
• b) less than 1 million
• c) more than 1 million
• d) 3 million or more.

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Answer

• 9/19
• c

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10/19

• What percent of funds raised by
• congressional candidates are represented
• by 100 or less for the costs of campaigns?
• a) 10
• b) 25
• c) 37
• d) 60

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Answer

• 10/19

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11/19

• A race without an incumbent
• a) primary-sector election
• b) open-seat election
• c) point-of-contention election
• d) all-primary selection.

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Answer

• 11/19
• b

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12/19

• The process of reallocating House seats after
  each census is called
• a) reapportionment
• b) gerrymandering
• c) voting parameters
• d) election boundaries.

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Answer

• 12/19

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13/19

• The responsibility for redrawing House
  election districts after a reapportionment
• a) malapportionment
• b) designation
• c) redistricting
• d) boundary alliances.

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Answer

• 13/19
• c

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14/19

• The process by which one party draws district
  boundaries to its advantage is called
• a) gerrymandering
• b) malapportionment
• c) maldistricting
• d) partisan designing.

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Answer

• 14/19

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15/19

• The following is a potential threat to House
  incumbents
• a) reapportionment
• b) redistricting
• c) gerrymandering
• d) all the above.

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Answer

• 15/19
• d

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16/19

• Roughly a fourth of House incumbents who lost
  their bid for re-election in the last decade were
  defeated due to
• a) strong challengers
• b) an inability to raise funds
• c) ethical questions
• d) old age.

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Answer

• 16/19

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17/19

• Why are U.S. senators more vulnerable to
  reelection compared to their House counterparts?
• a) Senators face the challenges of seasoned
  politicians
• with resources
• b) Senate seats lure a variety of
  personalities,
• especially from the average person on
  the street
• c) Senators have to deal with more
  controversial
• legislation compared to House members
• d) Senators tend to live further away from
  their
• constituents.

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Answer

• 17/19
• a

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18/19

• What is the primary obstacle to getting
• elected to Congress for women and
• minorities?
• a) safe incumbency
• b) money
• c) age
• d) discrimination in society.

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Answer

• 18/19

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19/19

• He is the most powerful leader in
• Congress
• a) the Majority Leader in the Senate
• b) the President of the Senate
• c) the Majority Leader in the House
• d) the Speaker of the House.

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Answer

• 19/19
• d

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Fill-in Questions

• The following questions have missing critical
  words. Fill in the most appropriate missing word.

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1/3

• Every _____ years, after each population
  ________, the _____ seats in the House are
  reallocated among the states in __________ to
  their ____________.

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Answer

• 1/3
• Ten / census / 435 / proportion / population

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2/3

• Why is turnover in House elections typically
  higher
• after a new census than in previous elections?
• a) The newly redrawn districts include voters who
  are ____________ with the incumbent, therefore,
  diminishing an advantage that incumbents
  typically have.
• b) When a state loses congressional seats, there
  are fewer districts than there are incumbents,
  who may end up _________ _________ each other.
• c) Incumbents of the party that does not control
  the _______ ____________ may find themselves
  having to compete in _________ districts that are
  stacked with _________ ________.

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Answer

• 2/3

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3/3

• What are the minimum requirements to run for
  federal office?
• Age Citizenship
  Residency
• House ___ yrs ___ yrs naturalized
  _______
• Senate ___ yrs ___ yrs naturalized
  _______
• President ___ yrs _________ ______ ____yrs
  in U.S.

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Answer

• 3/3
• a) 25, 7, state
• b) 30, 9, state
• c) 35, natural born, 14

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Congress

• 1/2
• According to Woll, in the beginning of the
• nineteenth century the most powerful political
• institution in the national government was
• a) the executive
• b) the legislature
• c) the judiciary
• d) the military.

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Answer

• 1/2
• b

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2/2

• The purpose of creating a bicameral
  legislature was to
• a) make it easier to pass legislation
• b) assure that all interests would be
  represented
• c) secure an effective and efficient
  lawmaking body
• d) limit the abuse of power by requiring
  agreement of
• both chambers of legislation.

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Answer

• 2/2

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Federalist 56

• 1/1
• Madison states that taxation will primarily
• affect
• a) the income of individuals
• b) the regulation of commerce
• c) the property of land owners
• d) the sale of goods and services in
  the open
• market.

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Answer

• 1/1
• b

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Madison, Federalist 58

• 1/1
• In Federalist 58, Madison discusses the negative
  effects
• that would result if the House of Representatives
  were too
• large a body (responding to Fed 56 earlier)
• a) the more numerous the legislative body, the
  _______ the men directing its _____________
• b) the more numerous any assembly, the greater
  the ascendancy of _________ superseding ________.
• c) the larger the number, the less ____________
  will be made available to individual members
• d) the larger the body, based on ancient
  republics, the more likelihood that a single
  ________, or ________ ___________, will sway
  control into his single hands
• e) what ultimately will result is more
  ___________, increasing the level of secrecy.

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Answer

• 1/1
• a) fewer, proceedings
• b) passion, reason
• c) information
• d) orator, artful statesman
• e) oligarchic

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Fed. 62

• 1/1
• Based on Federalist 62, who would select
  members of the Senate?
• a) the President
• b) the people of each state
• c) state legislatures
• d) the Congress.

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Answer

• 1/1
• c

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The End