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American Gov't Spring 2021

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 1hrs 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Executive Branch--Each executive branch agency was created by at act of ___________________.

a)

Executive Branch

b)

Legislative Branch

c)

Judicial Branch

d)

Presidential Executive Order

e)

Space Force Military High Command

2.

The use of acronyms for federal agencies can sometimes cause problems. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) was renamed because its old acronym was.....

a)

B. O. M. B.

b)

T. U. R. D

c)

B. A. D. A. Z. Z.

d)

D. U. M. B.

3.

Pg. 238 The titles given to many units that make up the executive branch may vary a great deal. What name is reserved of agencies of "Cabinet rank"?

a)

Agency

b)

Branch

c)

Bureau

d)

Corporation

e)

Department

4.

The chief organizational feature of the federal bureaucracy is its division in areas of _____________________.

a)

administration

b)

authority

c)

hierarchy

d)

service

e)

specialization

5.

By definition, a bureaucracy is a system of organization built on three principles:

a)

hierarchical authority

b)

religion

c)

pyramid power

d)

job specialization

e)

formalized rules

6.

These agencies make up the Executive Office of the President (EOP).....

a)

Environmental Protection Agency

b)

Coast Guard

c)

National Security Council Office of Management and Budget

d)

White House

e)

Office of Policy Development

7.

Congress did not provide any money for Presidential staff until

a)

1776

b)

1812

c)

1857

d)

1920

e)

2001

8.

Service members must ordinarily wait _________ years before they are eligible to serve as Secretary of Defense because civilian control of the military is a pillar of American democracy. But President-elect Biden, and two other Presidents requested a waiver of this rule by Congress. President-elect Biden's waiver (if approved) will allow General Lloyd Austin to serve as the first ever African American Secretary of Defense. Which Presidents also received waiver of the seven year rule for their Secretary of Defense nominee?

a)

Dwight David Eisenhower

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Lyndon Baines Johnson

d)

Richard Milhous Nixon

e)

James Earl Carter

9.

The first President to appoint a woman to the Cabinet was...

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

c)

Lyndon Baines Johnson

d)

Richard Milhous Nixon

e)

Ronald Wilson Reagan

10.

The first President to appoint an African American to the Cabinet was

a)

A. Lincoln

b)

F. D. Roosevelt

c)

L. B. Johnson

d)

R. M. Nixon

e)

R. W. Reagan

11.

The first President to appoint a Hispanic/Latino to the Cabinet was...

a)

A. Lincoln

b)

FDR

c)

LBJ

d)

R. M. Nixon

e)

R. W. Reagan

12.

Concerning the role of the Cabinet (and before the passage of the 25th Amendment), which former President stated, "The Constitution...contains no suggestion of a meeting of all the department heads, in consultation over general governmental matters. The Cabinet is a mere creation of the President's will...It exists only by custom. If the President desired to dispense with it, he could do so.

a)

William Howard Taft

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

d)

Barack Obama

e)

Donald Trump

13.

Name the largest independent agency today employing over 65,000 people.

a)

Social Security Administration (SSA)

b)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

c)

Health and Human Services (HHS)

d)

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

e)

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

14.

The government's major crop-loan and subsidy agency is the ....

a)

Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC)

b)

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

c)

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

d)

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

e)

Better Business Bureau (BBB)

15.

The First Congress created each of the following Departments in 1789......

a)

Department of State

b)

Department of Treasury

c)

Department of Agriculture

d)

Department of Commerce

e)

Department of War

16.

Of the following, which executive department is the youngest?

a)

Department of State

b)

Department of Treasury

c)

Department of Defense

d)

Department of Health and Human Services

e)

Department of Homeland Security

17.

In 1966, President Lyndon Baines Johnson selected the first

{blank} to serve in the Cabinet.

a)

Woman

b)

African American

c)

Hispanic American

d)

LGBTQ American

18.

The first Hispanic Cabinet officer , Lauro F. Cavazos was appointed by President Reagan in 1988. Which Cabinet office did Cavazos fill?

a)

Department of Education

b)

Department of Defense

c)

Department of Commerce

d)

Department of State

e)

Department of Agriculture

19.

The current Cabinet Secretary for the Department of Housing and Urban Development is a retired neurosurgeon who ran against President Trump for the Republican nomination for President in 2016. Name this Cabinet Secretary

a)

Ted Cruz

b)

Ted Yoho

c)

Betsy DeVos

d)

Ben Carson

e)

Elaine Chao

20.

Every officer, every employee, and every agency in the executive branch of the Federal Government is legally subordinate to...........................

a)

Congress

b)

Supreme Court

c)

President

d)

Mayor of their town

e)

Governor of their state

21.

Congress has declared that those who want to borrow money by issuing stocks, bonds, or other securities must provide a " full and fair disclosure" of all pertinent information to prospective investors. The independent regulatory body that monitors these activities is called.....

a)

Environmental Protection Agency

b)

Securities and Exchange Commission

c)

The Banking Guild

d)

American Fair Banking Commission

e)

Congressional Banking Office

22.

Congress established the first government corporation when it chartered this corporation, in 1791.

a)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

b)

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

c)

Tennessee Valley Authority

d)

Export-Import Bank of the United States

e)

Bank of the United States

23.

Several of the ways that government corporations are different than private corporations are below. Select only the ways in which government corporations operate

a)

Makes a profit beyond what is invested back into the business.

b)

Financed by public funds.

c)

President selects top officers with Senate approval.

d)

Investors decide purpose and function of the corporation.

e)

Federal Government owns stock

24.

The severe recession that struck the nation's economy in 2007-2008 prompted the passage of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act in 2010. What regulatory agency was created under this act?

a)

Federal Communication Commission (FCC)

b)

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

c)

National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)

d)

Tennessee Valley Authority

25.

He wrote in The Federalist No. 72, "the actual conduct of the America's foreign affairs would be in the hands of the assistants or deputies of the chief magistrate." Who was this statesman?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Alexander Hamilton

c)

George Washington

d)

Benjamin Franklin

e)

none of the above

26.

Sec 9.1 _____________________ is one who owes allegiance to United States and is entitled to both its protection and the privileges of its laws.

a)

alien

b)

American citizen

c)

expatriation

d)

deportation

e)

jus sanguinis