A vice president may become president in all of the following circumstances EXCEPT
A. by winning a presidential election.
B. because the president dies in office.
C. because the president resigns from office.
D. because the Congress appoints the vice president to the office.
E. because a president is impeached and convicted.
Answer: D
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a. provides money for existing government programs. b. establishes a specific program and provides the money for that program. c. establishes a specific program and sets limits on the amount that may be spent on that program. d. extends permission to the Senate for purposes of limiting spending on government programs. e. permits the Congressional Budget Office to create a new program.
A constructive vote of no confidence means that a. a vote of no confidence must have a supermajority of 60 percent
b. both houses of parliament must vote in favor of no confidence. c. a majority of the Lander, as well as the Bundestag, must vote for no confidence. d. the Bundestag must vote in a new chancellor at the same time that a vote of no confidence is taken. e. the Bundestag must vote in a new chancellor at the same time that a vote of no confidence is taken, and the majority of the Lander must approve that selection.
Which of the following statements is NOT part of Lynch's concept of mental maps?
a. Mental maps mix accurate details with distortions. b. Mental maps of two people living in the same city will be similar. c. Mental maps contain large gaps about unfamiliar sections. d. Mental maps may not be fully representative of an area in its entirety.
Political parties perform which of the following functions?
A) providing an orderly succession to power B) mobilizing the demands and supports that are fed into the system C) helping hold officials accountable to the voters D) all of the above E) only B and C are correct