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Cooperative federalism can best be described as

• marbled-cake federalism

• layer-cake federalism

• placing more responsibility in the states as to how grant money is to be spent

• the national governments ability to help the states through the states through the spending of tax dollars and the providing of project grants

Which of the following scenarios best illustrates a formal check on the power of the bureaucracy?

• the White House chief of staff being formally censured by the president for publicly speaking out against the president's policy goals

• the secretary of defense being called to testify before a congressional committee

• a lobbyist representing the National Riffle association refusing to meet with the employees from the department of Homeland Security

• A federal judge being impeached for making legal decisions based on bribes

Prohibited powers are powers that are denied to both the national and state governments. These denied powers are found in

• Article I, section 9 and 10

• article IV, section 4

• Article I, Section 8

• Article I, Section 8, Clause 18

Article IV of the United States Constitution addresses which of the following relationships between states?

• Reserved powers of the states and people

• full faith and credit

• powers of the states in relation to the national government

• respect for geography integrity

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) was an important Supreme Court case involving federalism because

• it provided for a national law protecting against domestic violence

• the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution was upheld

• it called for a republican form of government

• following this case, the Supreme Court became the third powerful branch of the national government

Federalism as a form of government has many disadvantages. A major disadvantage of federalism

• the government is not close to the people

• conflict may arise over authority of government

• Existing state governments are not accommodated

• there is concentration of political power

"Iron triangles" are alliances involving which of the following groups?

• Congressional subcommittees, interested members of the media, and political parties

• congressional committees, interest groups and bureaucratic agencies

• bureaucratic agencies, the White House Executive Office, and congressional committees

• interest groups, members of the media, and bureaucratic agencies

An advantage bureaucrats in the federal government have over the president in the policy-making process is that bureaucrats

• have oversight responsibility for bureaucratic policy

• find it easier tot gain public support that the president

• usually have a continuity of service in the executive branch that the president lacks

• control the budgetary process

Which of the following is true about federalism?

• interstate highway projects are an example of dual federalism

• Nixon's revenue-sharing plan is an example of fiscal federalism

• cooperative federalism implies agreement between national and state governments on major social issues.

• fiscal federalism involves limited control of the national government over the states.

Major strength of federalism lies in the fact that it promotes both national and state activities in which of the following manners?

• avoids concentration of political power

• Provides for complex government activities

• guarantees the inherent inflexibility of a written constitution

• allows for the duplication of government offices and functions