Civics question 47 of 128
What does the President's Cabinet do?
Official answer
- Advises the President (of the United States)
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Background
The Cabinet advises the President of the United States. It is made up of the vice president and the heads of the executive departments, and by custom several other senior officials hold cabinet-level rank. Every department head must be confirmed by the Senate. The body is not named in the Constitution, which refers only to the principal officers of the departments, and George Washington built it by practice when he began meeting his department heads as a group. Its influence has varied widely: some administrations have used full cabinet meetings as a real forum for decisions, while others have relied on a few individuals and on White House staff. The Cabinet takes no votes and issues no decisions of its own, since each secretary runs a department and the president decides.
This background section is written by US Citizenship Test Practice to explain the civics fact. It is not part of the USCIS question list, and the official answer above is the one to give at the interview.
Where this question sits
It is part of System of Government, inside the American Government section of the test.
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