Executive Branch Review

After president Garfield was assassinated in 1881, Congress passed the Pendleton Act, which mandated hiring federal employees through a merit based exam system. This created the _______ Service as we know it.

• Patronage

• Civil

• Secret

• Public

Which institutional resource is closest to the President (has greatest access)?

• Executive Office of the President
• Office of Management and Budget
• Cabinet
• White House Staff

Which department was created in response to 9/11?

• Homeland Security
• Agriculture
• Silly Walks
• Interior

What is the main function of Government Corporations?

• To generate revenue
• Breaking up monopolies
• Providing services not trusted to the private sector
• Regulating the economy

What constitutional power does the President share with the Senate (both are involved)?

• Pardons
• Making Treaties
• Declaring War
• Impeachment

To get a Merit based Civil Service job, you first usually have to do what?

• Bribe an official
• Donate to a politician's campaign
• Kill another applicant
• Pass a test

The Hatch Act prohibits federal employees from running for running for most public offices because they might be tempted to use their position to gain an unfair advantage. If someone in the Civil Service wants to run for office, what do they usually do first?

• Promise not to abuse their powers

• Quit their Civil Service job

• Pay an additional fee

• Get 1,000,000 signatures on a petition

Rules created by bureaucracies to determine how laws are implemented are called

• Regulations
• Bills
• Policies
• Proceedures

Which amendment requires that Presidents serve only two terms?

• 25
• 22
• 101
• 1337

Congress can remove a President with what power?

• Decapitation
• Filibuster
• Impeachment
• Veto