Government Unit 4 Review

The newest executive department prior to Donald Trump being president is the

• Department of Education

• Department of Justice

• Department of Homeland Security

The National Security Council advises the president on

• Military matters and foreign policy

• Domestic Affairs

• Congressional Relation

Civil servants is another name for

• federal employees hired on merit

• volunteer state workers

• federal employees hired on merit

Which of the following is an example of an executive agency

• US Postal Service

• N.A.S.A

• The Washington Senators

What makes up the president's appointed department heads in the executive branch

• Cabinet

• West Wing

• White House Council

The Vice President has many constitutionally defined powers.

• False

• True

When federal expenditures exceed revenues in any given year, the result is a

• deficit

• depression

• recession

The largest source of federal revenue is which of the following:

• gift taxes

• social insurance taxes

• personal income taxes

The budget process typically ends with

• Congress proposing a budget

• The president signing the budget into law.

• The supreme Court ruling on the budget.

One of the largest Federal Budget Expenditures is which of the following:

• Interest on debt

• Education

• Social Security