Executive Branch Review: Structure and Powers, Roles, Checks

Departments, the Cabinet, agencies, regulatory boards, and commissions (the bureaucracy), work together to

• check the power of the President

• carry out and enforce laws

• create legislation

• elect the President

Which regulatory commission supervises what is transmitted over TV and radio air waves? 

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
• Federal Communication Commission (FCC)
• Federal Censorship Agency (FCA)

As Chief Executive the President is responsible for...

• negotiating treaties with foreign nations
• signing bills into laws
• representing the US in ceremonies
• appointing members of the Cabinet

What is the BEST title to replace the question mark in the center of this graphic?

• Presidential Powers
• Agencies and Commissions
• Executive Departments in the Cabinet
• Executive Branch

Congress must approve the President's appointments (members of the Cabinet, federal judges). This is an example of what?

• checks and balances
• representative government
• rule of law
• reserved powers

How could the executive branch check the legislative branch?

• declaring a law unconstitutional
• approving the budget
• calling a special session of Congress
• overriding a veto

Which group of non-elected gov't officials in the executive branch help the President interpret and execute the laws?

• the Senate
• the House of Representatives
• interest groups
• the bureaucracy

Which of the following is NOT part of the Executive Branch

• House of Representatives
• Departments
• Agencies and Commissions
• Vice President

Radio stations had to pay fines totaling $2.5 million for airing material it considered indecent from The Howard Stern Show. Which group issued the fines?

• FCC
• FTC
• EPA
• NRA

To report an unfair business practice, which group would you report to?

• EPA
• FCC
• FTC
• NRA