Chapter 11 - Congress

Answer each of the questions below by clicking on the appropriate option. If you make a mistake, read the feedback and answer again.

Question 1
What is the primary responsibility of Congress?

a. To make laws

b. To enforce laws

c. To implement laws

d. To interpret laws

Question 2
What characterizes the delegate style of representation?

a. Representatives who make decisions on their own, without consulting and checking with their constituents, display the delegate style of representation.

b. Representatives who only act in accordance with other elected officials and attempt to coordinate their actions display the delegate style of representation.

c. Representatives who deliberately act alone and do not consult with other elected officials display the delegate model of representation.

d. Representatives who serve primarily as the messengers of the people display the delegate style of representation.

Question 3
What is the incumbency factor?

a. the unique challenges that incumbents face, making it harder for them to win re-election than for a challenger to unseat them

b. the advantages that incumbents have over challengers in congressional elections

c. the tendency of the general public to elect newcomers into office because of the general dissatisfaction about the job Congress is doing

d. the tendency of congressmen to campaign for each other in order to retain the relationships they have built with each other in the preceding term

Question 4
Hard money has been the primary source of campaign spending in recent years.

a. True

b. False

Question 5
Elections are the primary method of keeping representatives responsive to citizens.

a. True

b. False

Question 6
Congressmen are expected to be bi-partisan.

a. True

b. False