Chapter 13 - The Executive Branch

Which organization was created by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 and it oversees promotions, employees' rights, and other employment matters for people working in the federal bureaucracy?

Office of Personnel Management

Which of the following statements is true of the Department of Health and Human Services?

One of its principal duties is to enforce pure food and drug laws.

Which recent President took an unexpected and extremely harsh stance against whistleblowers?

President Donald Trump

Which department of the federal government existed in 1789?

The Department of the Treasury

Which of the following is an independent executive agency of the federal government?

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Which agency is a part of the Department of the Interior?

The National Park Service

What is a social program available only to low-income individuals?

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Which of the following statements is true of issue networks?

They often include more players than iron triangles.

Which of the following is a principal duty of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission?

To examine claims of discrimination

What is a principal duty of the Department of Justice?

To give legal advice to the president.

Which of the following is a principal duty of the Department of the Treasury?

To mint coins and print paper currency

Which of the following is a principal duty of the Department of the Interior?

To operate federal hydroelectric power facilities

Which of the following is a principal duty of the Department of Housing and Urban Development?

To oversee resale of mortgages

Why does Congress create independent executive agencies?

To protect the agencies from partisan politics

Why was the General Services Administration created as an independent executive agency in 1949?

To provide services and office space for most federal agencies

The Constitution of the United States places the which office under the judicial branch of the federal government?

United States Sentencing Commission

Channing works in the Department of Agriculture. He informs the press about the unethical research methods used by the department officials. What is Channing in this scenario?

Whistleblower

Justin works in an executive department of the federal government. He notices that some of his fellow bureaucrats are engaged in bribery. He reports to the law enforcement officials about the ongoing corruption in his department. In this scenario, what is Justin?

Whistleblower

What Act was created and passed by Congress response to pressure for more government openness and disclosure?

Whistleblower Act of 1989

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In a government, what is a government employee who carries out the policies of elected government officials called?

bureaucrat

What are the nonmilitary government employees are part of?

civil service

What is true in a bureaucracy?

each person can concentrate on her or his area of knowledge and expertise

What is a federal agency that engages primarily in commercial activities, produces revenues, and requires greater flexibility than most agencies?

government corporation

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is what type of organization?

independent regulatory agency

Unlike an iron triangle, what is true of an issue network?

is less interdependent and unified.

What are the three corners of the iron triangle in policymaking?

legislators, bureaucrats, and interest groups.

The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883 established the principle of government employment on the basis of what?

merit through open, competitive examinations.

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When opponents of regulation treat one-time expenses as ongoing expenses, what do they do?

overestimate the costs of regulation

A key aspect of any bureaucracy is that the power to act resides in what?

position a person holds

What does the document, Policy and Supporting Positions do?

publishes the list of federal posts that are filled by appointments by the president after each presidential election

What is the Office of Personnel Management responsible for?

recommending potential government workers to relevant agencies.

Which program, signed by President Obama in 2009, transferred large sums to local governments, and helped stabilize government employment through 2010?

stimulus program

Each cabinet department consists of the department's top administrators in addition to whom else?

subagencies

Increasingly, government agencies have attempted to improve their effectiveness and efficiency by making use of what?

the Internet

Heads of the executive departments of the federal government are confirmed by whom?

the Senate

What one belief unites political conservatives in the United States?

the United States suffers from excessive regulation.

What is true of the executive departments?

the major service organizations of the federal government.

In what way are government corporations similar to private corporations?

they charge for their services.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) found that Herald Inc. was misrepresenting its company data. The FTC prosecuted the company after making investigations and holding trial-like hearings with an administrative law judge. What is this scenario an example of?

Adjudication

Which of the following statements is true of federal government spending for 2016?

Along with veterans' benefits, defense spending amounts to about a fifth of the federal budget.

Which of the following statements is true of an iron triangle?

An iron triangle helps in understanding the federal bureaucracy's role in policymaking.

Which of the following is a similarity between an iron triangle and an issue network?

Both are made up of people with similar policy concerns.

The Constitution of the United States places the which office under the legislative branch of the federal government?

Congressional Budget Office

Which department was one of three departments of the federal government that existed in 1789?

Department of State

Which of the following explains why the federal government bureaucracy exists?

In a bureaucracy, employees are hired on the basis of merit.

Which of the following is true of managed competition?

In this, the task of providing public services is opened up to competition.

Which type of agencies in the bureaucracy have one function and are not part of the cabinet?

Independent Regulatory Agency

Unlike an executive department of the federal government, what is true of an independent executive agency?

Independent executive agencies are not located within a cabinet department.

Which of the following is a structure of the executive branch of the federal government?

Independent regulatory agencies

Which of the following makes up the highest percentage of the federal government's revenues as of 2018?

Individual income tax and taxes that are collected along with it

What are less interdependent and more unified than the iron triangles?

Issue Network

Which of the following statements is true of the Department of Justice?

It supervises federal prisons.

Which of the following social programs is paid out to all qualifying persons, regardless of income?

Medicare

What is true about government employment?

Most growth in government employment from 1959 to 2017 has been at the state and local levels.

In the context of the organization of the United States federal government, the Constitution places the which office under the category of independent establishments and government corporations?

National Credit Union Administration

The Constitution of the United States places the which office under the executive branch of the federal government?

Office of Management and Budget

In the context of the federal civil service, which organization recruits, interviews, and tests potential government workers and determines who should be hired?

Office of Personnel Management

What is true about rulemaking?

A regulatory agency must follow process requirements set forth in the Administrative Procedure Act of 1946.

Which of the following statements is true of the organization of the federal government?

Each type of structure of the executive branch of the federal government has its own internal workings.

Under which can a private individual pursue a claim in court if the Justice Department fails to proceed?

False Claims Act

In response to pressure for more government openness and disclosure, which act did Congress pass in 1966?

Freedom of Information Act

Which of the following best describes adjudication?

The act of rendering a judicial decision

Which of the following statements is true of the bureaucracy of the federal government?

The bureaucracy of the federal government is part of the executive branch.

What is true about a bureaucracy?

The concept of a bureaucracy is not confined to the federal government.

Which of the following statements is true of government employment during the presidency of Ronald Reagan?

The decrease in government employment during Reagan's presidency was primarily at the local level.

Who appoints the heads of the executive departments within the executive branch of the federal government?

The president

In the federal government, what is true of the president?

The president does not report to anyone

Two government-sponsored enterprises in a nation, a European country, are involved in buying, reselling, and guaranteeing home mortgages. When these two enterprises file for bankruptcies, the nation's federal court orders a federal agency called the National Mortgage Corporation to oversee the bankruptcies. In this case, what did the court place these two enterprises in?

a conservatorship

What is an administrative agency rule that carries the same weight as a statute enacted by a legislature?

a legislative rule