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Government - Executive Branch at Work
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1
What are the two types of government spending?
discretionary and fiscal
discretionary and mandatory
fiscal and monetary
monetary and financial
2
What is monetary policy?
how a govt adjust its spending levels and tax rates
regulate the $ in circulation & interest rates on borrowed $
a set of rules for how much money banks keep on hand
the $ that the government has borrowed to buy stuff
3
What is the main role of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in budget making?
Advising congressional committees on appropriations bills
Drafting a budget for the president to submit to Congress
working out compromises between the president and Congress
Hooking up Congress with sweet finance deals
4
Critics of the spoils system claimed that it led to
Inadequate funding
Being staffed by civil service members
Corruption and inefficiency
unfair administration exams
5
What is the job of independent regulatory commissions?
watching government spending
to provide judicial review
setting and enforcing rules to regulate parts of the economy
regulating quasi-legislative responsibility
6
Which of the following is not a feature of a bureaucracy?
division of labor
set of rules
clear, formal rules
Private ownership
7
If a president dies in office, the vice president
becomes pres. & serves until a special election can be held.
serves until the speaker of the House can take over.
assumes the duties but not the title of president.
becomes president and serves out the term.
8
How did the 1883 Pendleton Civil Service Act reform the process of hiring government employees
protects 90% of Federal Jobs
It created the Office of Personnel Management
It backed up the Spoils System
It didn’t but it had good intentions.
9
Which gov't agency today protects employees from partisan practices& abuses of the exec branch
Office of Personnel Management
Civil Service Advisory
Fish and Wildlife Services
U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board
10
What is the goal of fiscal policy?
To adjusting the interest rates it charges its customers
how much $ is in circulation &how much debt needs to be paid
To set the rules for how much $ banks have to keep on hand
how a govt adjusts its spending levels & tax rates
11
In order to be president, you must be a natural born citizen?
True
False
12
What are most low level bureaucrats?
play golf with the president every weekend
leave when a new president is voted in
are career employees that are skilled workers
are appointed by the president
13
Which of the following best describes the position of independent agencies?
Under the exec department -not part of the exec departments
Small departments of the judicial departments
Independent of both the legislative and executive branches
Created by Congress as part of the legislative department
14
Johnson, Nixon, and Clinton were all impeached.
True
False
15
Which of the following is one of the executive powers of the president?
appointing an cabinet member
Picking the Speaker of the House
proposing an amendment
impeaching a Judge
