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AP Gov Unit 6 Exam Review
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1
The General Services Administration and the NASA are examples of...
A) cabinet departments
presidential administrative agencies
independent executive agencies
government corporations
2
Which president claimed, "to the victors belong the spoils"?
Abraham Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Jackson
3
In the case of Munn vs. Illinois, decided in 1877, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld..
the right of gov't to regulate the business
ruled that states could not impose corporate income taxes.
that gov't had no right to regulate the business
outlawed the patronage system
4
Laissez-faire refers to the economic...
principle that the state should have a hand in the economy
principle that the state should regulate trade
philosophy that the state should promote industrial develop.
principle that the gov should not meddle with the economy
5
To actually fund a program, Congress must pass an
expenditure bill
appropriations bill
authorization bill
impoundment bill
6
Federal employees are prohibited from active participation in partisan politics through the...
Pendleton Act.
Twenty-fifth Amendment.
merit system.
Hatch Act.
7
One of the chief tasks of the Bureau of Labor Statistics is to...
measure unemployment.
oversee the implementation of tax policy.
regulate trade.
set the exchange rate for U.S. currency.
8
Which of the following is NOT one of the major sources of federal revenues?
Sales taxes
Social insurance taxes
Personal income taxes
Corporate income taxes
9
In 1965, ___ was added to the Social Security program to provide health coverage to the elderly
disability
Medicare
Medicaid
unemployment insurance
10
The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 did all of the following EXCEPT...
create a budget committee in each house of Congress.
establish the Congressional Budget Office
establish the Congressional Budget Office
mandate new spending be offset with new revenue sources.
11
The __________ is the president's own final authority on any agency's budget.
Office of Management and Budget
Office of the Vice President
Securities and Exchange Commission
Congressional Budget Office
12
is the value of assets owned, including stocks, bank accounts, cars houses, and so forth
Taxable income
Net profit
Wealth
Income
13
A debt occurs when expenditures excessively exceed...
inflation.
appropriations.
borrowing.
revenues.
14
Inflation refers to...
the number of jobs created in a year.
the decline in the price for consumer goods
the rise in the price for consumer goods.
the availability of credit.
15
Once a policy decision has been made, the bureaucracy is responsible for...
its deregulation
judging its merits
funding it
its implementation
16
The 96 agencies involved in issues of nuclear proliferation are examples of ____ w/ bureaucracy
general schedule
lack of resources procedures
discretion
fragmentation
17
The manipulation of the supply of money and credit in private hands to promote economic health
supply-side economics.
Keynesianism.
fiscal policy.
monetary policy.
18
What organization regulates international trade?
The Securities and Exchange Commission
The International Monetary Fund
The World Trade Organization
The Federal Trade Commission
19
Policies that provide benefits to individuals through entitlement or means testing are called..
regulatory polices
tax subsidies
social welfare policies
charity
20
Which of the following is NOT a strategy that Congress employs to control the bureaucracy?
Influencing the appointment of agency heads
Issuing executive orders
Holding oversight hearings
Altering agency budgets
21
Which of the following statements about social welfare policy is FALSE?
Federal entitlement programs cost $3 billion a day
Compared to entitlement the gov spends more on means-tested
Social Security and Medicare are the two largest
Entitlement programs are sometimes called “social insurance”
22
Amtrak and the U.S. Postal Service are examples of...
independent executive agencies.
independent regulatory agencies.
cabinet departments.
government corporations.
23
A __________ tax requires the same share from everyone, rich and poor alike.
regressive
progressive
proportional
flat
24
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution permitted the federal income tax?
15th
16th
14th
17th
25
Compared to the Income Tax of individuals, income taxes from corporations account for...
more federal revenue than individual income taxes.
no income taxes.
most federal revenue.
less federal revenue than individual income taxes.
26
What government agency has been established to assist Congress in making budgeting decisions?
The Commerce Department
The Internal Revenue Service
The Treasury Department
The Congressional Budget Office
27
As a federal program, Social Security began under which president?
Herbert Hoover
Theodore Roosevelt
Lyndon Johnson
Franklin Roosevelt
28
The Sherman Act of 1890 was designed to...
allow workers to form unions.
ensure competition the prevent corporate monopolies.
raise tariffs on foreign goods.
promote international free trade.
29
A policy document allocating burdens and benefits is known as...
an expenditure list.
a budget
tax regulations.
a rate of interest.
30
Congres in 1935 dramatically brought the gov. into equation of one gen's obligations to another
National Direct Student Loan Act
Medicare bill
Medicaid bill
Social Security Act
31
the authority of administrative actors to select among various responses to a given problem.
Executive power
Administrative discretion
Deregulation
Administrators' disposition
32
Who pays Social Security taxes?
Employees only
Employers and Social Security recipients
Employers only
Employers and employees
33
Standard operating procedures may become frustrating to citizens & obstacles to action when...
they slow bureaucratic responses to citizens' needs
they are not specifically codified
they do not directly apply to a particular situation
they transfer personnel to different posts
34
Once the Office of Management and Budget has prepared the federal budget,
it is sent to the Treasury Department for implementation.
the president makes revisions and submits it to Congress.
it becomes law.
Congress must vote up or down as a package within 10 days.
35
The federal income tax is an example of a __________ tax.
regressive
relative-deprivation
proportional
progressive
