Chapter 7 Key Concepts Quiz

* not completed

. Committees with codified jurisdictions that persist despite the passage of a bill or the conclusion of a session of Congress are known as which of the following?

Select Committees correct incorrect

Standing Committees correct incorrect

Official Committees correct incorrect

Codified Committees correct incorrect

* not completed

. Which of the following is the best definition of gatekeeping?

The ability of Congress to withhold funds from White House programs correct incorrect

The process of amending a bill in the Rules Committee correct incorrect

A meeting amongst party leaders to determine which programs will be funded for the upcoming fiscal year correct incorrect

The power to control whether the chamber ever considers a bill that has been referred to the committee correct incorrect

* not completed

. The outline for which committees are assigned which issues is known as what?

Jurisdiction correct incorrect

Committee Rule correct incorrect

Seniority System correct incorrect

Policy Guidelines correct incorrect

* not completed

. _____________________ are responsible for studying new issues, developing new policies, and creating new federal programs or agencies.

Select Committees correct incorrect

Joint Committees correct incorrect

Split Committees correct incorrect

Authorizing Committees correct incorrect

* not completed

. Appropriations committees are responsible for what?

Determining which amendments may be offered by other representatives if a bill goes to the floor correct incorrect

Writing tax law and generating money correct incorrect

Deciding how the national government spends its money correct incorrect

Handling all inquiries into members' behaviors correct incorrect

* not completed

. __________ Committees are responsible for establishing the framework by which the federal government raises and spends money.

Taxation correct incorrect

Budget correct incorrect

Authorizing correct incorrect

Appropriations correct incorrect

* not completed

. What is the purpose of the Congressional Budget Office?

To write the federal budget and present it to Congress correct incorrect

To supply economic information to Congress in an unbiased way correct incorrect

To advocate for a balanced budget approach correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

* not completed

. Which committees handle inquiries into the behavior of members?

Ethics Committees correct incorrect

Select Committees correct incorrect

Authorizing Committees correct incorrect

Super A Committees correct incorrect

* not completed

. Which of the following is the Senate's primary committee of oversight?

Legislative Reorganization Committee correct incorrect

Ways and Means Committee correct incorrect

Oversight and Government Reform Committee correct incorrect

Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee correct incorrect

* not completed

. The chair of a committee is from the majority party, but the minority party gets to select a committee leader as well and that member is known as the _________________.

Minority Leader correct incorrect

Ranking Member correct incorrect

Committee Vicechair correct incorrect

Minority Designee correct incorrect

* not completed

. Committee assignments for Republicans are determined by which of the following?

Steering and Policy Committee correct incorrect

Appointments Committee correct incorrect

Committee on Committees correct incorrect

Rules Committee correct incorrect

* not completed

. Signaling is best defined by which of the following?

The process of a member watching how another more experienced and involved member votes on an issue correct incorrect

The exchange of one member's vote on a bill for support of another member's bill later correct incorrect

Reporting a bill out of committee to use as a legislative vehicle for another, more controversial, bill to be attached by the Rules Committee correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

* not completed

. _____________________ have specific policy jurisdictions in the House and are sometimes known as constituency committees.

Exempt Committees correct incorrect

Exclusive Committees correct incorrect

B Committees correct incorrect

Nonexclusive Committees correct incorrect

* not completed

. The Senate authorizing committees that do not have restrictions on membership are known as which of the following?

Super A Committees correct incorrect

B Committees correct incorrect

Nonexclusive Committees correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

* not completed

. Which of the following is the House's primary committee of oversight?

Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee correct incorrect

Oversight and Government Reform Committee correct incorrect

Ways and Means Committee correct incorrect

Ethics Committee correct incorrect