chapter 12

Question 1

issues passports

Answer 1

department of state

Question 2

originally named the department of war

Answer 2

department of defense

Question 3

manage national parks

Answer 3

department of interior

Question 4

oversees school-lunch and food-stamp programs

Answer 4

department of agriculture

Question 5

enforces work laws such as minimum wage

Answer 5

department of labor

Question 6

administrates medicare and medicaid

Answer 6

health and human

Question 7

oversees highways, air travel, amd railroads

Answer 7

department of transportation

Question 8

reduces americas vulnerability to terrorism

Answer 8

homeland security

Question 9

coins money and print bills

Answer 9

department of treasury

Question 10

includes the FBI

Answer 10

department of justice

Question 11

conducts the census

Answer 11

department of commerce

Question 12

provides public housing and home financing

Answer 12

housing and urban development

Question 13

oversees benefits, pension, and medical programs for those formerly in the military

Answer 13

department of veteran affairs

Question 14

oversees nuclear weapons research

Answer 14

department of energy

Question 15

gives federal aid to public schools

Answer 15

department of education

Question 16

civilian employees who perform the administrative tasks of government are known as the

Answer 16

civil service

Question 17

which act established the merit of one’s work as the standard for hiring and promoting civil employees

Answer 17

pendleton act

Question 18

which member of the white house office advises the president on issues of politics, policy, and management; selects key people for the white house staff; and controls and manages staff members, their work, and the information and paperwork that reach the oval office

Answer 18

chief of staff

Question 19

which member of the white house office is the official spokesman for the administration and meets with the white house press corps

Answer 19

press secretary

Question 20

the head of most cabinet departments is called a

Answer 20

secretary

Question 21

which department has thousands of workers at the pentagon

Answer 21

department of defense

Question 22

NASA is a example of

Answer 22

independent executive agency

Question 23

the US postal service is an example of an

Answer 23

government corporation

Question 24

the food and drug administration (FDA) is an example of an

Answer 24

independent regulatory commission

Question 25

which act allowed citizens to have access to previously withheld material

Answer 25

freedom of information act

Question 26

which act requires federal agencies to hold well-announced public hearings rather than closed-door meetings

Answer 26

sunshine act

Question 27

the term__ refers to an administrative system in which agencies staffed largely by non elected officials perform specific tasks in accordance with standard procedures

Answer 27

bureaucracy

Question 28

the members of the white house office are typically called the white house

Answer 28

staff

Question 29

the first lady has offices in the____ wing of the white house

Answer 29

east

Question 30

members of the___ are the administrative heads of executive departments designed to assist the president and meet the demands of americas growth

Answer 30

cabinet

Question 31

the department of state is to secretary as the department of justice is to

Answer 31

attorney general

Question 32

heads of cabinet departments are appointed by the____ and approved by_____

Answer 32

president, senate

Question 33

law passed by the legislature and signed by the president is known as____

Answer 33

statutory law

Question 34

regulations devised by the bureaucracy are known as______

Answer 34

administrative law

Question 35

_____ is the process of examining a departments compliance with the law and scrutinizing its budget request

Answer 35

oversight

Question 36

what is a bureaucrat

Answer 36

a civil servant dedicated to the details of administrative procedures

Question 37

what are the three levels of a bureaucratic structure in the executive branch

Answer 37

the executive office of the president, the cabinet, and independent agencies

Question 38

the presidents offices (including the oval office, the offices of the executive staff, the room where cabinet meets, and others rooms such as the press briefing room) are located in the

Answer 38

west wing

Question 39

which department has the largest budget among the cabinet departments

Answer 39

health and human services

Question 40

the department of homeland security was created as a response to the september 11,2001, terrorists attacks on the____and the pentagon

Answer 40

world trade center

Question 41

which agency of the homeland security department checks passengers and baggage at airports

Answer 41

TSA

Question 42

bureaucracies create clearly defined methods which are called

Answer 42

standard operating procedures (SOP)

Question 43

what is sometimes referred to as the "fourth branch" of government`

Answer 43

`federal bureaucracy

Question 44

what is the term for money budgeted by congress to fund programs

Answer 44

appropriation

Question 45

what were the original titles and responsibilities of the first four cabinet posts

Answer 45

1. department of state- to advise the president on foreign policy 2. department of treasury- to collect taxes, borrowed money, and mint coins 3. department of war-to oversee the national military 4. attorney general office- to give legal advice to the president and oversee the prison system

Question 46

identify and describe at least three problems of the bureaucracy today

Answer 46

1. waste- agencies have no incentive to cut costs. they typically try to use up all the funds at the end of the year so that their budget for the next year will not be cut 2. conflict- departments might have differing goals or compete with one another for funds 3. duplication- multiple government agencies sometimes perform the same similar tasks

Question 47

what are the agencies in the executive office of the president

Answer 47

the white house office, the office of management budget, the national security council

Question 48

what are the positive results of the bureaucracy in the united states today

Answer 48

1. the technology to travel to the moon 2. the US postal service 3. the interstate highway system 4. social security 5. the consumer product safety commission