1) Which of the following is true of Congress throughout time?
a) Congress is becoming obsolete in government because their powers are not exercised in the same way as they were in the past.
b) Congress does not have a vital role within the US governmental system.
c) With Congress, power has been distributed within the US government as envisioned by the framers.
d) None of these answers.
2) Which of the following is a TRUE statement?
a) Being a member of the House is time consuming.
b) As a member of the House, they are only required to meet once a month for legislation of bills.
c) Each member of the House is offered the position of majority leader automatically after serving three years.
d) The members of the House do not have the responsibility as the Senate to service the constituents.
3) During election in Congress, it is often fairly easy for an outsider to win the seat of an incumbency.
a) True
b) False
4) What are delegate, trustee, and politico examples of?
a) demographics of Congress
b) constituents
c) law-making process
d) representation
5) Which of the following can slow down the process of a bill going to the floor?
a) referring the bill to full House
b) filibuster
c) pocket veto
d) veto
6) A delegate would consider the opinion of their constituents and vote as their constituents want them to.
a) True
b) False
7) Which of the following comes first when making laws?
a) Referred to House Committee
b) President vetoes bill
c) Reported by Full Committee
d) Rules of Committee Action
8) Ultimately, the commander-in-chief will have to yield to cooperating with Congress at some point during presidency.
a) True
b)False
9) Which BEST describes a trustee?
a) A representative who takes into account the opinion of other knowledgeable representatives and ignore constituents’ opinions when making final decisions.
b) A representative taking the constituents’ opinions into account but making the best final decision off of own judgment.
c) A representative disregarding the opinions of the constituents and placing votes on the basis of being likelihood of being reelected.
d) A representative taking the advice of their constituents and voting exacting as the constituents wants.
10) All of the following are advantages of the incumbency EXCEPT:
a) Access to the media.
b) Unchanged election rates.
c) Superior knowledge about a wide range of issues.
d) A district drawn to electability.
