Government Bureaucracy

Question 1

What is Bureaucracy?

Answer 1

Bureaucracy refers to an administrative system in which agencies staffed by non-elected officials, perform specific tasks in accordance with standard procedures

Question 2

What is the first level of bureaucracy beneath the President?

Answer 2

Executive Office of the President

Question 3

What was the Office of personnel management designed to eliminate?

Answer 3

The spoils system

Question 4

Who is responsible for preparing the president’s proposed budget?

Answer 4

The Office of Management and Budget

Question 5

How many work in the White House office?

Answer 5

400

Question 6

Who advises the president on military policy and covert operations?

Answer 6

The National Security Council

Question 7

What was the first cabinet post created?

Answer 7

The State Department

Question 8

The president has the authority to fire federal judges without the consent of Congress

Answer 8

False

Question 9

What are the 3 principle agencies with the Executive Office

Answer 9

The White House office, the office of Management and Budget, and the National Security Council

Question 10

What department is responsible for the formation and execution of U.S. foreign affairs?

Answer 10

State Department

Question 11

What department was created to unify the nation’s military?

Answer 11

Department of Defense

Question 12

To travel out of the U.S., you must obtain a what?

Answer 12

Passport

Question 13

What department is a passport issued from?

Answer 13

State

Question 14

What department operates the FHA which makes low interest long term loans available to farmers?

Answer 14

Department of Agriculture

Question 15

What department is responsible for trying to contain the Covid 19 virus?

Answer 15

Department of Health and Human services

Question 16

What department enforces all tax laws?

Answer 16

the Department of Treasury

Question 17

Who are the principal officers of the defense department called?

Answer 17

Joint Chiefs of Staff

Question 18

Who was the first African American to serve as Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff?

Answer 18

General Colin Powell

Question 19

What agency is responsible for the protection of the president?

Answer 19

The United States Secret Service; Department of Treasury

Question 20

What department operates our National Park Service?

Answer 20

Department of Interior

Question 21

What was the first National Park in the U.S.?

Answer 21

Yellowstone National Park

Question 22

What department operates the Medicare and Medicaid program?

Answer 22

Department of Health and Human Services

Question 23

What person from MS served as the Secretary of Agriculture?

Answer 23

Mike Espy

Question 24

What was created after WWII to promote international cooperation and to help maintain world peace?

Answer 24

The United Nations

Question 25

Who has been called the town meeting of the world?

Answer 25

The General Assembly

Question 26

Where did the Covid 19 virus originate in?

Answer 26

China

Question 27

What country pays the most in the operation of the U.N.?

Answer 27

The United States

Question 28

What division of the U.N. is responsible for maintaining world peace?

Answer 28

The Security Council

Question 29

What is the right to send and receive ambassadors called?

Answer 29

The right of legation

Question 30

What did the U.S. build that serves at the home and office of all US ambassadors in foreign countries?

Answer 30

Permanent embassies

Question 31

What must be declared to exile an ambassador which causes that ambassador to leave?

Answer 31

Persona Non Grata

Question 32

What do foreign ambassadors have that means they cannot be arrested, sued, or taxed?

Answer 32

Diplomatic immunity

Question 33

The president has the power to fire any cabinet member without the consent of Congress

Answer 33

True

Question 34

How many divisions does the UN consist of?

Answer 34

6

Question 35

How many members make up the Joint Chiefs of Staff?

Answer 35

8

Question 36

Employees that fill government jobs are technically hired by who, which is supposed to use the merit system?

Answer 36

Office of Personnel Managment

Question 37

What agency of the department of interior helps to turn non-usable land into usable land?

Answer 37

The Bureau of Reclamation

Question 38

The U.S. pays how much percentage of the operating cost of the U.N.?

Answer 38

22%

Question 39

What are the 5 permanent members of the security council?

Answer 39

U.S., Russia, China, France, and England