Exam 13: The Executive Branch

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A) Department heads are appointed by the president; agency heads are not.
B) Agency heads are part of the president's cabinet; department heads are not.
C) Department heads are part of the president's cabinet; agency heads are not.
D) Departments cover a wider range of functions than agencies.
E) Agencies are typically larger than and include several departments.

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A) the power to influence budgets
B) the power to issue executive orders
C) the power to sign executive agreements
D) the power to hold oversight hearings
E) the power to use inspectors general

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A) generating profit for the federal government
B) providing services not fully trusted to the private sector
C) breaking up monopolies
D) expanding international trade
E) regulating sectors of the economy

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A) increased violence in the southeastern United States
B) heightened tensions with European nations
C) the terrorist attacks on 9/11
D) a movement by the Tea Party
E) a legislative mandate issued in 1995

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A) the Merit Systems Protection Board
B) the Office of Personnel Management
C) the Executive Staffing Agency
D) the Civil Service Bureau
E) the Civil Service Executive Academy

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A) administrative discretion
B) the merit principle
C) division of labor/task specialization
D) hierarchy/chain of command
E) goal orientation

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A) the growth of the Republican party in the 1880s
B) the expansion of the federal bureaucracy in the 1880s
C) the assassination of James Garfield in 1881
D) the election of Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876
E) the economic depression of the 1890s

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A) the Environmental Protection Agency
B) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
C) the Securities and Exchange Commission
D) the Tennessee Valley Authority
E) .the National Science Foundation

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A) the process by which a law or policy is put into practice
B) the development of rules governing the operation of a government program
C) a set of procedures executive branch agencies must follow when issuing rules
D) the process by which government agencies settle legal disputes
E) a set of rules enforcing government agreements with private contractors

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A) by confirming federal appointees
B) by nominating federal appointees
C) by signing executive agreements
D) by creating or abolishing agencies
E) by conducting oversight hearings

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A) the Administrative Procedure Act
B) the Freedom of Information Act
C) the Hatch Act
D) the Pendleton Act
E) the Privacy Act

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A) President Nixon
B) President Reagan
C) President George W. Bush
D) President Clinton
E) President Obama

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A) the Office of Dispute Resolution
B) the Employee Assistance Program
C) the Merit Systems Protection Board
D) the Office of Personnel Management
E) the Civil Service Commission

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