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The Executive Branch and the Bureaucracy
The Executive Branch and the Bureaucracy
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Advice and Consent is a power of the:
Senate
Supreme Court
The States
House of Reps.
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Who chooses the V.P. if they die in office?
The Electoral College
The House
The President
The Senate
3
Bureaucracy's main source of power comes from:
Executive Orders
Discretionary Authority
Well trained emplyees
Government Funding
4
The main criticism of bureaucracy by the people is:
corruption
effective to a fault
waste and inefficiency
discrimination
5
Limited the President to Two terms?
The 24th Amendment
The 21st Amendment
The 22nd Amendment
The 23rd Amendment
6
In midterm elections the Party of President usually:
Has a party
loses seats
gains seats
Goes on a group vacation
7
The Constraints that slow down Bureaucracy?
Green Slime
Yellow Cement
Blue Glue
Red Tape
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Most Government employees are hired using this system?
Competitive Service
Recruitment
Patronage
Flip a Coin
9
A presidential style of management where there is a clear chain of command , Chief of Staff:
Ad Hoc Structure
Pyramid Structure
Circular Structure
Square Structure
10
How most States award their electoral votes:
Proportional
flip a coin
popular vote of all the nation
Winner takes all
11
The primary task of the Bureaucracy?
Make our lives hard
Implement Legislation
Advise the President
Punish Businesses who break the rules.
12
How Many Presidents have been impeached?
1
4
2
3
13
The main difference between a private organization and bureaucracy is?
Amount of Capital/ $
Number of Constraints
Size of organization
Talented Employees
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The president's right to withhold information from Congress is:
National Security Privilege
Presidential Privilege
Executive Privilege
Nondisclosure
15
The Power of the Bureaucracy has------------- since the 1950's.
grown enormously
decreased significantly
stayed about the same
shifted to the Congress
16
The Briefcase containing the computer and launch codes for the nation's nuclear weapons?
The Football
The Frisbee
The Easy Button
The Doomsday case
17
A Regulatory Agency?
The FDA
The FBI
NASA
IRS
18
Presidents make new rules for Federal Agencies or Departments:
Executive Orders
Departmental Orders
Agency Orders
Legislative Orders
19
If no candidate wins the majority of the electoral vote then the President is elected by:
The Senate
The Popular Vote
The House of Reps.
The Supreme Court
20
The close relationship between a Gov. Agency, Congress, and an interest group?
The Steel Square
The Chocolate Circle
The Iron Triangle
The Plastic Rectangle
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Impeachment requires ________ for conviction.
3/4ths vote of the Senate
2/3rds vote of the Senate
2/3rds vote of the House
3/4ths vote of the House
22
This is an example of a monetary or fiscal agency?
The IRS
ICE
The FDA
The Federal Reserve
23
Who becomes President if the President and V.P. Dies
Senate Majority Leader
The Chief Justice of the S.C
Sponge Bob
Speaker of the House
24
Congress is supposed to make sure they know what the Departments and Agencies are doing.
Evaluation
Oversight
Investigate
Examination
25
powers claimed or interpreted by President that are not written in the Constitution:
Delegated Powers
Expressed Powers
Military Powers
Inherent powers
26
Congress has all of these powers over the Bureaucracy except?
Staffing
Oversight
Termination
Funding
27
Which Government Agency wasted 92 million dollars on office furniture in 2015?
The CIA
The USDA
The EPA
The USPS
28
The heads of the 15 executive branch departments:
The White House staff
The Cabinet
The Senate
The Executive Office
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The USPS
Delivers Mail
Runs the Space Program
Helps Veterans
Helps Farmers
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The President's use of popularity to enthuse or influence the public is?
Executive Influence
Bully Pulpit
Persuasion pulpit
Guiding pulpit