In which country is the president limited to one term in office?
a. Nigeria
b. Brazil
c. Russia
d. France
e. Mexico
Q. 2Term limits:
a. do not apply to elected executives.
b. have severely crippled the effectiveness of California's governors.
c. have meant that no current executive office holders held any elected position in state government prior to 2000.
d. has had little if any impact on the careers of elected executives, since almost none held any one office for more than 8 years even before the adoption of term limits.
e. None of the above
Q. 3Which best describes the outcome of the 2005 Bundestag elections?
a. A clear majority for the CDU, the mainstream conservative party
b. A clear majority for the SPD, the mainstream left of center political party
c. A mix of political parties that gave the CDU the ability to form a center right coalition
d. A mix of political parties that gave the SPD the ability to form a center left coalition
e. The vote was so split that the CDU and SPD, traditionally opposed to each other, had to form a grand coalition.
Q. 4The Board of Equalization deals with
a. taxes.
b. state employment practices.
c. water rights.
d. voting rights.
Q. 5The upper house of which country's legislature has suspensive veto power?
a. Iran
b. Brazil
c. Germany
d. Mexico
e. Russia
Q. 6The ______ is California's chief investment officer.
a. controller
b. treasurer
c. legislative analyst
d. director of finance
Q. 7A suspensive veto is
a. a power, often given to the upper house of a bicameral legislature, to delay enactment of legislation but not prevent it.
b. the requirement that bills must pass both house of a bicameral legislature to become law.
c. the ability of one house of the legislature to adjourn without acting on legislation passed by the other chamber, preventing that legislation from passing.
d. the ability of a chief executive to disband the legislature before it passes a bill the executive does not want.
e. the ability of a chief executive to not sign a bill passed by the legislature, which, if it occurs after the legislature adjourns, kills the bill.
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