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Ch. 7: The Executive Branch at Work
Ch. 7: The Executive Branch at Work
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1
Financing a new dam is an example of...
monetary policy
discretionary spending
fiscal policy
mandatory spending
2
The Department of Homeland Security was created in response to domestic dangers during WWII.
False
True
3
Giving government jobs as rewards to political supporters is called...
bureacuracy
bipartisan
winner-take-all
spoils system
4
Executive department budgets are approved by Congress
False
True
5
Independent regulatory commissions must have boards that are __, meaning they include both major political parties.
conservative
progressive
bipartisan
partisan
6
One example of discretionary spending is Medicare.
False
True
7
Financing Social Security is an example of...
discretionary spending
fiscal policy
monetary policy
mandatory spending
8
The total amount of money that the government has borrowed and not repaid is called...
federal debt
monetary policy
fiscal policy
federal deficit
9
Raising taxes to fight inflation is an example of what?
monetary policy
fiscal policy
mandatory spending
bureaucracy
10
Executive department with the largest budget.
Department of Transportation
Department of State
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
11
The federal government finances its operations in two ways- collecting revenue and...
taxing
stealing
borrowing
spending
12
The spoils system led to which of the following problems?
Administration's supporters were always awarded contracts
Presidents lacked the power to appoint qualified people
Federal bureaucracy remained inexperienced and inefficient
Only friends of the president could work for the government
13
Because ___ spending is required by law, it is not subject to the annual budget process.
monetary
fiscal
discretionary
mandatory
14
The job of independent regulatory commissions is...
administering gov't finances in a particular area
regulating quasi-legislative responsibility
setting and enforcing rules to regulate some aspect of the economy
providing independent judicial review for all controversial regulations
15
NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, is an independent executive agency.
False
True
16
The main role of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in budget making is...
helping work out compromises between the president and Congress
advising congressional committees on appropriations bills
drafting a complete budget for the president to show Congress
preparing a concurrent resolution with total for revenue and spending
17
One of these best describes the position of independent agencies.
under an executive department but with separate and autonomous leadership
independent of both the executive and legislative branches
created by Congress as part of the legislative branch
under the executive branch but not part of an executive department
18
Which period did the federal government have the most success in avoiding deficits?
since 2001
1940's
1950's and 1960's
1980's
19
Federal income tax is an example of...
monetary policy
regressive tax
discretionary tax
progressive tax
20
One of these statements about the executive departments is true.
Their lineup has remained unchanged since WWII
They employ all of the people working in the executive branch
Their leaders work their way up through the civil service
They often contain smaller agencies focused on specific tasks
21
When annual expenses exceed annual revenue, it's called what?
debt
progressive
regressive
deficit
22
The Tennessee Valley Authority is an example of...
independent executive agency
government corporation
independent agency
independent regulatory commission
23
Work organization featuring division of labor and formal rules and structure is called what?
government corporation
spoils system
bureaucracy
independent executive agency
24
A key goal of government corporations is...
provide competition for monopoly enterprises
perform a function that private enterprise is unlikely to provide
regulate private enterprise for the good of the public
make a profit and add to the government revenues
25
A bureaucracy includes the following: clear, formal structure, a division of labor and...
accomplishes a set task
operates under a set of rules and procedures
provides goods and services for the public
cabinet level department
