Executive Branch Ch. 5 & 7 Swanson Google Form Quiz Review (and Budget Edmodo)

Iron triangles have been criticized because they benefit their members but limit the ability of outside groups to influence the policy making process. This criticism represents which theory of democracy.

Elitist

____ is the description of the budget process in which the best predictor of this year's budget is last year's budget, plus a little more.

Incrementalism

Which of the following statements is true about US Budget deficits

Large budget deficits make the US government more financial dependent on foreign investors

Which of the following best explains the trend show in the graph? Presidents' Success in Congress: Better earlier in their terms

Newly elected presidents take advantage of a "honeymoon" period with Congress to get their policies passed.

1. Which of the following best describes the viewpoint shown in the cartoon? Tell me more about your limitless powers

Other branches of government check the president.

Which of the following terms describes Jackson's message?

Veto

Tax expenditures were established by

1974 Budget Act

Which of the following is a criticism of a patronage system in a democratic government?

Appointees are frequently not qualified to serve the public interest.

The graph supports which of the following conclusions? Since the Recession, Federal Jobs Have Been Booming

As of January 2011, there was more than an 18 percent gap between the growth of federal and private-sector employment.

Select the pair of examples that matches the presidential role with the correct enumerated Constitutional power.

Chief executive | Issues executive orders

Which of the following conclusions may be drawn from the graph on page 450 of the text packet.

Clinton administration closed the budget deficit to reach a balanced budget in 1998.

On July 10, 1832, President Andrew Jackson sent the following message to the United States Senate. What is President Jackson's perspective in the quote? The bill "to modify and continue " the act entitled "An act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States " was presented to me on the 4th July instant. Having considered it with that solemn regard to the principles of the Constitution which the day was calculated to inspire, and come to the conclusion that it ought not to become a law, I herewith return it to the Senate, in which it originated, with my objections. A bank of the United States is in many respects convenient for the Government and useful to the people. Entertaining this opinion, and deeply impressed with the belief that some of the powers and privileges possessed by the existing bank are unauthorized by the Constitution, subversive of the rights of the States, and dangerous to the liberties of the people, I felt it my duty at an early period of my Administration to call the attention of Congress to the practicability of organizing an institution combining all its advantages and obviating these objections.

Congress cannot establish a bank of the United States.

During the last week of July 2017, members of the Federal communications Commission testified before Congress about net neutrality rules. In the same week, the House Homeland Security Committee heard testimony about the role of technology in policing the border. These hearings are an example of

Congressional oversight of executive agencies

Which of the following initiates the budget process

President

The bar chart supports which of the following inferences? Presidential Judicial Nominees, 1977-2018

President Donald Trump has nominated more white federal judges than any president since Ronald Reagan.

According to ABC News, the average chocolate bar contains eight insect parts. Anything less than sixty insect parts per 100 grams of chocolate (two chocolate bars worth) is deemed safe for consumption by the Food and Drug Administration. This is an example of bureaucratic:

Regulation

The quote refers to which of the following tasks of the bureaucracy The objective of FDA regulatory programs is to ensure compliance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act). Specific enforcement activities include actions to correct and prevent violations, remove violative products or goods from the market, and punish offenders. The type of enforcement activity FDA uses will depend on the nature of the violation. The range of enforcement activities may include issuing a letter notifying the individual or firm of a violation and requesting correction, to criminal prosecution of the individual or firm.

Regulation

What is the most logical explanation for the data on the bar chart? Presidential Judicial Nominees, 1977-2018

Republican presidents are unwilling to nominate minority candidates for judicial office.

Congress's authority to levy an income tax comes from which of the following

Sixteenth Amendment

Select the pair of answers that matches a branch of government with the correct check on the bureaucracy.

Supreme Court | Issues decisions overturning regulations

On November 20, 2014, President Obama issued a statement removing the threat of deportation for approximately five million undocumented parents and permanent residents who lived in the country for at least five years. Which of the following is the best argument that President Obama exceeded his authority in the situation described?

The action expands presidential power beyond its constitutional limits.

Which of the following makes it difficult for the executive branch to control the bureaucracy?

The bureaucracy is large and deals with complex issues.

The cartoon is from India. What Is the viewpoint expressed in the cartoon? Specialist, Efficiency, Bureaucracy

The bureaucracy is similar to an out-of-control mad scientist.

The cartoon expresses which of the following criticisms of the bureaucracy? (one person is digging in the center of other desks with people watching him)

The bureaucracy is too inefficient.

On November 20, 2014, President Obama issued a statement removing the threat of deportation for approximately five million undocumented parents and permanent residents who lived in the country for at least five years. Which of the following powers did President Obama use in the scenario?

The informal power to issue an executive order

President Smith begins slurring her words and speaking incoherently about dropping nuclear bombs on Russia. What is the most expeditious way under the Constitution to avert disaster?

The president can be removed when the vice president and a majority of the cabinet advise the Congress that the president is unfit.

The biggest category of federal expenditures is spending for

aid to the elderly and the poor

Loses in revenue which result from special exemptions, exclusions, or deductions are known as

expenditures (more specifically, tax expenditures)

The largest contribution to federal revenue comes from

individual income taxes

All of the money borrowed by the federal government over the years and still outstanding is known as

national debt