AP Gov Unit 5 MC

How old do you have to be to be president?

35

How long is the President's term of office?

4 years

Five Cabinet departments

Agriculture, commerce, defense, transportation, education

Where(geographically) are federal workers located?

All over the country

What is NOT a characteristic of bureaucrats?

Almost half of all bureaucrats get their jobs through presidential appointment.

Which of the following is true of the relationship between Congress and executive agencies?

Because the agencies have bureaucratic expertise, Congress delegates "rule-making authority" to them

The primary responsibility for determining monetary policy in the United States rests with the

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Who exercises control over the bureaucracy?

Both Congress and the executive branch have controls over the bureaucracy

Congress writes__________worded laws and lets the president figure out.

Broadly

What does the FCC regulate?

Communications(TV, radio, internet)

Congress is most likely to exert oversight of the executive bureaucracy in which of the following ways?

Controlling an executive agency's annual budget

What is the largest cabinet department(by number of employees)?

Defense

If the president hopes to accomplish something, when should he do it?

During is first two years in office

Define bureaucracy

Everyone in the executive branch(cabinet, agencies)

Trump wants to sign a treaty with Russia, but he knows the senate will never approve of it. What does he do instead?

Executive agreement

Trump can't pass a bill but he wants to make a change with the federal government, he will create an:

Executive order

The bureaucracy has discretionary authority(or bureaucratic discretion) what does this mean?

Have many opinions and can implement law however they want

Generally, when is a president more likely to get congressional approval of proposed policies?

In foreign affairs rather than in domestic affairs

Has the size of the federal government increased or decreased over the last 70 years?

Increased

Stable relationship and pattern of interaction occur between an agency, interest group, and congressional committee are called

Iron Triangles.

From the standpoint of a federal agency, what is the advantage of an iron triangle?

It gives the agency allies in Congress, as well as in the private sector.

Which of the following describes the president's Cabinet?

Its members have varying levels of influence on presidential decisions.

Types of positions/ people that the president might nominate that the senate must approve:

Judges, ambassadors, cabinet secretarys

The federal government hires via affirmative action. What does this mean?

Minorities(women, race)

What term limits were placed by our founders?

None

We have a civil service system based on merit. What does this mean?

Take a test, pass it, gets a job

The United States Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was based on which of the following?

The Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of equal protection

Which of the following is the primary reason for the tensions that exist between the legislative and executive branches of the federal government?

The branches have different constituencies with different interests.

What usually happens in the midterm elections l?

The president's part loses seats

Order of Presidential Succession

VP- Speaker of the House- Senate Pro Temp- Cabinet Positions

In general, what is the opinion of the American public regarding the bureaucracy?

When people have personal dealings with bureaucrats, they generally have positive experiences, although they have a less favorable attitude about the federal government as a whole.

In recent presidential administrations, the principal staff for the President has been made up of members of the

White House Office

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service will spend money appropriated by Congress to maintain wildlife refuges.

bureaucratic implementation of law

When a president tries to control a bureaucratic agency, all of the following methods are available to him EXCEPT:

disbanding the agency.

How do we elect our president?

electoral college

To influence policy making by the federal courts, the president may do all of the following EXCEPT

fire and replace federal judges

The expansion of the executive branch since 1939 has affected the separation of powers by

increasing presidential control over the legislative process

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are examples of

independent agencies

The purpose of the Twenty-Second Amendment, passed in 1951, was to

limit presidential terms of office

The basis of appointments to the bureaucracy during most of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th century was

patronage.

In general, independent regulatory commissions are created primarily for the purpose

regulating certain industries to protect the public interest.

A policy that sets emission standards for automobiles is an example of

regulatory policy

Congress tries to control the bureaucracy through

rewriting laws and budgets and holding hearing.

The most significant trend in federal-state relations during the 1980s was

shifting the responsibilities and costs for many programs to state governments

With respect to prayer in public schools, the United States Supreme Court has ruled that

state-sponsored prayer violates the establishment clause of the First Amendment

The Pendleton Act established

the civil service system for federal jobs.

An advantage that bureaucrats in the federal government have over the policy-making process is that bureaucrats

usually have a continuity of service in the executive branch that the president lacks.