POSC 100 Study Guide Ricardo Salas

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POSC 100 Study Guide Ricardo
Salas

• Part 3
• Assignment 19

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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 19
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Media and Money

• T or F Questions (9)
• Multiple Choice questions (9)
• Fill-in Questions (4)

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True or False Questions

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True or False

• 1/9
• In 2004, George W. Bushs weak performance in
  the televised debates did hurt his candidacy
  against John Kerry.

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Answer

• 1/9
• True

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True or False

• 2/9
• The Republican and Democratic nominees are
  each eligible for federal funding of their
  general election campaigns even if they did not
  accept it during the primaries.

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Answer

• 2/9

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True or False

• 3/9
• If a presidential candidate receives public
  financing to pay for the costs of the campaign,
  he can still spend additional private money
  raised outside of the party.

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Answer

• 3/9
• False

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True or False

• 4/9
• Newly elected presidents gain little from
  their appointment power over the bureaucracy.

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Answer

• 4/9

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True or False

• 5/9
• In the area of foreign affairs, presidents
  have more power when compared to domestic
  affairs.

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Answer

• 5/9
• True

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True or False

• 6/9
• When President Bush ordered 20,000 additional
  U.S. combat troops into Iraq in early 2007, the
  majority of opinion polls opposed it and Congress
  was successful in stopping the chief executive.

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Answer

• 6/9

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True or False

• 7/9
• The capacity of a president to influence the
  agenda of the national debate is seriously
  rivaled by the leaders of Congress, such as the
  speaker of the House and the majority leader in
  the Senate.

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Answer

• 7/9
• False

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True or False

• 8/9
• The presidential veto is more effective as a
  presidential restraint on Congress than as a
  device by which Congress can be forced to take
  positive action on the president's proposals.

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Answer

• 8/9

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True or False

• 9/9
• President Nixon withheld funds from programs
  he disliked, a policy and power passed on to
  future chief executives.

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Answer

• 9/9
• False

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Multiple Choice Questions

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

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1/9

• What is the amount of public funds that will
  be given to the two major nominees for president
  in 2008?
• a) 20 million b) 50 million
• c) 80 million d) 120 million

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Answer

• 1/9
• c

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2/9

• Today, what percent of the electorate said
  they would not vote for a woman for president?
• a) about 72 b) less
  than 49
• c) a little more than 25 d) less
  than 10.

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Answer

• 2/9

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3/9

• In 1939, in order to provide the president
• with the staff necessary to coordinate the
• activities of the executive branch, Congress
• created
• a) The Executive Office of the President
• b) The White House Administrative Office
• c) The Chief Executive's Management
  Department
• d) The Office of Executive Administration.

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Answer

• 3/9
• a

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4/9

• Who determines the role that the vice president
• assumes in the American system of government?
• a) The Constitution since it specifies the
  vice-president's
• responsibilities
• b) There has been a strong and well-developed
  tradition
• that requires the vice-president to
  participate in all
• key decision-making committees and
  agencies within
• the executive branch
• c) The president
• d) Congress.

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Answer

• 4/9

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5/9

• The period encompassing the first few months of
• a newly elected president's term in office when
• Congress, the press and the public anticipate
• initiatives from the Oval office
• a) the love affair
• b) the by-partisan approval stage
• c) the free-blanket condition
• d) the honeymoon period.

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Answer

• 5/9
• d

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6/9

• Coined by James Pfiffner, the president's need
  to move quickly on priority items to take
  advantage of the policy momentum gained from the
  election
• a) Targeted initiatives
• b) Expedited priority
• c) Strategic presidency
• d) Executive attentiveness.

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Answer

• 6/9

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7/9

• What did Aaron Wildavsky mean that the nation
• has 2 presidencies?
• a) The fact is that the president assumes
• responsibility over the bureaucracy besides
  
• being the leader of the country
• b) A president is elected separately from the
  Congress, unlike a parliamentary system,
• c) Congress has a tendency to defer to the
  president in foreign policy as opposed to
  domestic policy where the legislature asserts its
  will,
• d) The President wears two hats he is the
  ceremonial leader as well as the legislative
  leader.

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Answer

• 7/9
• c

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8/9

• Soon after taking office, what action by Jimmy
• Carter created a conflict-ridden relationship
  with
• Congress?
• a) Refused to meet with members of the
  opposition
• party
• b) Proposed the creation of the independent
  counsel to
• monitor the activities of members of
  Congress
• c) Deleted nineteen public works projects
  from his
• budget
• d) Refused to respond to the Iranian hostage
  crisis,
• embarrassing Americas standing in the
  world.

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Answer

• 8/9

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9/9

• After Republicans too control of Congress in
• 1995, Clinton's legislative success rate sank
• below what percent, which illustrates the way
• presidential power is affected by Congress
• a) 10 percent b) 12 percent
• c) 25 percent d) 40 percent

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Answer

• 9/9
• 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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1/4

• What factors determine whether a presidential
  initiative is likely to succeed or fail?
• a) the stage of the president's ______,
• b) the president's support in __________,
• c) the level of ________ support for the
• president's ____________.

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Answer

• 1/4
• term
• congress
• public, leadership

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2/4

• The process of impeaching the president requires
• a __________ vote in the _______ and conviction
• requires a ____-________ vote in the ________
• to remove the sitting chief executive from
  office.

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Answer

• 2/4

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3/4

• In 2006, a controversy erupted when it was
• revealed that President Bush had done the
• following
• a) he used so-called _________ ____________ to
  challenge the constitutionality of more than
  seven hundred bills.
• b) By doing so, it meant that the president ____
  ____ ________ to abide by the particular
  provisions of the law.
• c) He had signed them in _________, unlike his
  predecessors.

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Answer

• 3/3
• a) signing statements
• b) did not intend
• c) secrecy

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4/4

• The War Powers Act requires the president
• to do the following
• a) It requires the president to notify Congress
  of the reason for committing combat within
  _______-_______ _______ of their deployment,
• b) specifies that hostilities must end within
  _______-______ unless Congress extends the
  period,
• c) gives the president an additional ________
  ______ to withdraw the troops from hostile
  territory (although Congress can shorten the
  period), and
• d) requires the president to consult with
  Congress whenever feasible before dispatching
  troops into a _________ situation.

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Answer

• 4/4

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The End