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Pilot Test Questions and Answers
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
26. Who does a U.S. Representative represent?
A: All people of the district
27. What decides each state’s number of U.S. Representatives?
A: The state’s population
28. How is each state’s number of Representatives decided?
A: The state’s population
29. Why do we have three branches of government? *
A: So no branch is too powerful
30. Name one example of checks and balances.
A: The President vetoes a bill.
A: Congress can confirm or not confirm a
President’s nomination.
A: Congress approves the President’s budget.
A: The Supreme Court strikes down a law.
31. We elect a President for how many years?
A: Four (4) years
32. How old must a President be?
A: Thirty-five (35) or older
A: At least thirty-five (35)
33. To become President of the United States, what must the person be at
birth?
A: A citizen
34. Who is the President now?
A: [Current president] (as of November 20, 2006,
George W. Bush)
35. What is the name of the President of the United States?
A: [Current president] (as of November 20, 2006,
George W. Bush)
A: (President) George W. Bush
A: George Bush
A: Bush
36. Who is the Vice President now?
A: [Current vice president] (as of November 20, 2006-
Richard (Dick) Cheney)
A: Dick Cheney
A: Cheney
37. What is the name of the Vice President of the United States?
A: [Current vice president] (as of November 20, 2006-
Richard (Dick) Cheney)
A: Dick Cheney
A: Cheney
38. If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
A: The Vice President
39. Who becomes President if both the President and the Vice President
can no longer serve?
A: The Speaker of the House
40. Who is the Commander-in-Chief of the military?
A: The President
41. How many full terms can a President serve?
A: Two (2)
42. Who signs bills to become laws?
A: The President
43. Who vetoes bills?
A: The President
44. What is a veto?
A: The President refuses to sign a bill passed by
Congress.
A: The President says no to a bill.
A: The President rejects a bill.
45. What does the President’s Cabinet do? *
A: Advises the President
46. Name two Cabinet-level positions.
A: Secretary of Agriculture
A: Secretary of Commerce
A: Secretary of Defense
A: Secretary of Education
A: Secretary of Energy
A: Secretary of Health and Human Services
A: Secretary of Homeland Security
A: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
A: Secretary of Interior
A: Secretary of State
A: Secretary of Transportation
A: Secretary of Treasury
A: Secretary of Veterans’ Affairs
A: Attorney General
A: Secretary of Labor
47. What Cabinet-level agency advises the President on foreign policy?
A: The State Department
48. What does the judicial branch do? *
A: Reviews and explains laws
A: Resolves disputes between parties
A: Decides if a law goes against the Constitution
49. Who confirms Supreme Court justices?
A: The Senate
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