Name: ______________________________________ Core: _____________________ Date: ______________

Civics: Quiz (The Executive Branch)

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
_____ 1. If the governor of Virginia endorses a candidate in their own party, which role is
the governor fulfilling?
a. Party Chief
b. Chief of State
c. Chief Legislator
d. Chief of Virginia
_____ 2. What is the job of the state executive branch?
a. carry out national laws
b. making the laws
d. making the courts happy

c. enforcing state laws

_____ 3. In the line of succession, who is the very first person to follow the president if
he/she cannot perform their duties?
a. the Arkansas senators
b. Governor
c. Vice President
d. the Cabinet
_____ 4. The governor of Virginia can serve a(n) ___-year term.
a. 18
b. 1
c. 30
d. 4
_____ 5. As Commander in Chief, what does the president have control over?
a. The armed forces
b.
the foreign policy
c. each state
d. judges
_____ 6. The presidentially appointed body with 15 departments is known as the _______?
a. embassies
b. cabinet
c.
the government
d. the mayoral structure
_____ 7. What is the name of the speech the governor makes each year?
a. the long one
b. a political one
c. the State of the State
d. the declaration of war
_____ 8. Which power is the president using when proposing a law?
a. Treasurer
b. Chief Legislator
c. Commander in Chief
d. Chief of State
_____ 9. Who has to approve presidential appointments?
a. Virginia
b. congress
c. mayors
d. the fourth branch
_____ 10. As Chief Diplomat, the president can appoint _______________________________.
a. Vice Presidents
b. Ambassadors c.
Chief of Party
d. education leaders
_____ 11. The term Chief Legislator means that the president ____________________.
a. propose, suggest and veto laws
b. makes laws
c. can send troops overseas
d. has extra time to think about decisions
_____ 12. In the state of Virginia, the lieutenant governor is __________________.
a. appointed
b. elected
c. a republican
d. a lawmaker

_____ 13. What power does the president exercise when making treaties with other
countries?
a. Judicial leader
b. Chief Executive
c. Chief Diplomat
d. Commander in Chief
_____ 14. What is the presidents annual speech to Congress in which he/she proposes
new laws?
a. the State of the Union
b. the state of Virginia
c. the State of the Commonwealth
d. the Annual Press Conference
_____ 15. In the years since the Constitution was ratified, presidential power has
__________________.
a. ended
b. decreased
c. increased
d. not changed at all
True or False
Pick the response that best answers the question.
_____ 1. A governor in Virginia may serve more than one term consecutively if the people
like them enough.
True or False
_____ 2. The governor may appoint cabinet members in the state of Virginia.
True or False
_____ 3. As commander in chief, the president can send American troops into harms way
for 60-90 days without the approval of congress.
True or false
_____ 4. The weak mayor has the most executive power of all the mayoral structures.
True or false
_____ 5. The Secretary of State in Virginia is an elected position.
True or false