US Gov · Unit 2 · Paper 3

Interactions Among Branches unit test

A test on this unit alone, marked as a percentage and a letter grade — for the test your class is actually sitting, rather than for May. Answer everything, then submit once: seeing the answer to question 3 before attempting question 4 makes the final percentage meaningless.

Paper 1 Paper 2 Paper 3

Each paper is built from this unit’s 29 terms and is the same for everyone, so a teacher can assign “Unit 2, Paper 3” and every student sits the identical test. Multiple choice is marked objectively; the written sections you mark yourself against the model answer and rubric.

Suggested time 31 min 28 points0/17 attempted

War Powers Resolution (1973)

Enumerated powers of Congress

House vs Senate

Discharge petition

Veto and pocket veto

Judicial review

Pork barrel and logrolling

Bureaucracy

Baker v. Carr (1962)

Executive order

Iron triangle

Checks on the judiciary

Short answer 1. Define or explain: Speaker of the House

3 pts

Short answer 2. Define or explain: Executive agreement

3 pts

Short answer 3. Define or explain: Filibuster and cloture

3 pts

Short answer 4. Define or explain: Bully pulpit

3 pts

Free response

4 pts

The Federal Communications Commission is an independent regulatory agency that issues rules governing broadcast and telecommunications. Congress created the agency by statute and gave it authority to regulate "in the public interest, convenience, and necessity".

Describe one way the FCC exercises discretionary authority.

Explain how Congress can check the FCC's exercise of that authority.

Explain how the vagueness of the statutory standard affects the relationship between Congress and the agency.