Government Chapter 6 Test Review (The Federal Bureaucracy)

Which of the following countries is not a permanent member of the UN Security Council?

A ________ is a large, complex administrative structure that handles the everyday issues of an organization.

Name this actress who starred in "The Blindside"

Name the movie...

Which is the oldest of the U.S. military branches?

The ________ is the largest and, after the White House, the most influential unit in the EOP.

A ________ is the official representative of a sovereign state in the conduct of its foreign affairs.

Name this MLB player who was the last to win the triple crown in 2012...

The _______ ranks first among the members of the President's Cabinet & duties relate almost entirely to foreign affairs.

The ________ is essentially a ground-based force, and it is responsible for military operations on land.

With the coming of independence, and then for more than 150 years, the American people were primarily concerned with:

Which president advised that the country (U.S.A.) "steer clear of permanent alliances with the foreign world"?

Name this character from the movie Up...

An insistence on freedom of of the seas has always been a bedrock principle of American foreign policy.

Which of the following statements is not true concerning government corporations?

_______ is the strategy of maintaining military might so great that the very strength of the nation will deter attacks.

______ is an independent executive agency protecting citizens by regulating safety standards for food, drugs, etc.

________ is foreign policy characterized by a purposeful refusal to become involved in world affairs.

The term ________ is usually given to agencies charged with the regulation of business activities.

Which of the following cabinet departments is not headed by a "secretary"?

The Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) major task is preparing the annual State of the Union Address.

________ refers to the art and practice of conducting negotiations between nations.

During & after WWII, the U.S. began a shift from isolationism to internationalism, illustrated by participation in _____

The ________ was a period of more than 40 years during which relations between the U.S.A. & Russia were tense & hostile.

Which of the following is not a member of the National Security Counsel?

The ________ establishes and enforces pollution and other standards in order to protect the environment.

The policy of _______ was rooted in the belief that if communism could be contained, it would collapse.

Which of the following is not one of the broad groups of agencies that makes up the Executive Branch Bureaucracy?

The ________ is all of the agencies, people, and procedures through which the Federal Government operates.

Which of the following is an example of a government corporation?

Which of the following is not one of the three principles a bureaucracy is built on?

Which of the following is a commonly cited drawback to bureaucracy?

What country took the lead role in creating the United Nations (UN) in 1945.

The ________ is the youngest of the military services & is the nation's first line of defense.

The ________ is an informational advisory body brought together by the President to serve his needs.

The ________ provides close consultation on major steps dealing with foreign affairs.

The ________ regulates interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable.

A nation’s ________includes everything that the nation’s government says and does in world affairs

________ agencies perform the tasks for which the organization exists.

The name ________ is reserved for agencies of Cabinet rank.

NASA's technological advances have ensured successful space exploration, but have not benefited the public at all.

The ________ is the largest of the independent agencies today and employs over 65,000 people.

The EOP’s nerve center- in fact, the nerve center of the entire executive branch- is an agency now called the ________.

Relations between the U.S. & the U.S.S.R. improved after Gorbachev came to power in Moscow & met with President _______

The _______ directs all the operations of the EOP & is among the most influential aides to the President.

Name this country music group who sang "Elvira"...

Which of the following is an example of how NASA's technological advances have benefited the public sector?

The Secretary of _____ ranks first among the members of the cabinet in terms of importance & date the office was created

The Constitution makes the ________ the chief administrator of the Federal Government.

_____ consists of rules/principles guiding sovereign states in dealing with one another & treatment of foreign nationals

The army, navy, and airforce are the major units and sub-cabinet departments within the ________.

The ________ is charged with the awesome and complex task of protecting the U.S. against terrorism

Congress created the Department of ________ in order to unify the nation’s armed forces.