POS Exam 3

Bureaucracy

"large organization whose mission is to perform a specific function or functions" defines?

"Imprison more than 100,000 people without a trial"

What did Executive Order 9066 do?

538

How many electoral college members are there?

15

How many executive departments are there currently?

Cabinet

The group of presidential advisors made up of the most important offices of the current administration is called the

Executive Order

"An order, with the force of law, issued by the President without congressional action is called a"

Persuasion

What did Richard Neustadt argue was the president's most significant power

Executive Action

Which of the following is NOT a form of Implied Power presidents have exercised?

Rally around the flag effect

International crises often produce a jump in support for presidents - this is called the

The Vice President

"The ""most visible but least powerful"" cabinet member is"

Going public

Tweeting is an example of

The Republican Senate argued it was too close to the election and the new president should choose

Why was President Obama unable to appoint a replacement for Justice Antonin Scalia when he died in early 2016?

polarizes debate and increases opposition to the president

"George Edwards has argued that ""Going Public"""

Franklin Roosevelt

Which President used the most Executive Orders?

Pardoning those convicted of federal crimes

Which of the following presidential powers has no congressional oversight

Flexibility

Which of the following is NOT typically considered a component of bureaucracies?

Implied

Power which is not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution is often referred to as?

Theodore Roosevelt

"Which president coined the term ""The Bully Pulpit""?"

Line-item veto

Short lived power that enabled the President to veto specific elements of bills

Clarence Thomas

Which Supreme Court Justice faced particularly lengthy and contentious questioning from the Senate during their confirmation hearings?

Signing Statements

Indications on how the executive will interpret and enforce new legislation are known as

Impeachment

The process of charging a government official with wrongdoing which may lead to removal from office is called

Crises

Generally speaking what sorts of events have INCREASED presidential power?

going public

Speaking directly to the American people about legislation to try and put pressure on Congress to act is called

Appointing supporters to important and influential positions

What is the power of Patronage that many presidents have used

Getting his name out there so he is well known

Which of the following is not usually identified as an important task facing new presidents

The Constitution is law

What is the premise upon which Marshall based his arguments in Marbury vs Madison?

Judicial Restraint

Deferring to the decisions of elected branches of government is held to be the standard response of a Justice exercising

Precedent

Stare Decisis is the basis for decisions made on the basis of...?

Judicial Review

Marbury v Madison established

Marbury vs Madison

The Courts power of Judicial Review was established by which case?

Precedent

A legal system where judges are expected to use past decisions as guides when deciding issues that are before the court is called?

4

Of the nine Supreme Court justices how many must agree for a case to be heard?

State and Federal Courts

The Dual Court system refers to

Judicial Review

The power of the courts to examine actions of the other branches of government and the states to ensure their constitutionality is called

The executive branch

Who does the Court rely upon to enforce its decisions?

Concurring Opinion

If a Supreme Court justice agrees with the majority opinion but for different reasons this is referred to as a

2%

Approximately what percentage of cases submitted actually make it the the Supreme Court's docket?

Civil Law

Non criminal law that defines private rights and remedies for wrongs is known as

Allows a case to be reviewed by the court

Writ of Certiorari (or Cert.) is an order which

Dissenting Opinion

If a Supreme Court justice disagrees with the majority opinion their position is called the

Precedent

Guidelines developed by courts in previous cases which shape the decision in current ones is known as

The Federal Government

Who does the Solicitor General represent when called before the Supreme Court

State and Federal Courts

The Dual Court system refers to

Implement or Enforce a ruling

"While powerful, the Supreme Court cannot"

A request that SCOTUS review a case

A writ of certiorari is?

9%

After a high of an 84% approval rating in Oct 2001 by Nov 2013 Congress' approval rating was down to

Standing Committees

The most prominent form of committee focusing on specific areas of concern are known as?

A Bill

A formally proposed piece of legislation is known as

Speaker

The leader of the majority party in the House of Representatives is called the ?

The two chambers of Congress

Bicameralism refers to?

Appropriations

The financial power of Congress is reflected in?

Federal spending benefitting a particular district or constituents

"Pork" (as in "Pork barrel politics") is"

Are situational (how they decide is based on the issue)

Politicos

Judging

Which of the following is not one of the four main functions of Congress identified in the text?

has improved but still has a way to go to resemble the population as a whole

Congress' descriptive representation

They die

What happens to most bills in committee

Speaker of the House

The most influential position in the House of Representatives is the

Earmarks

When he ran for president John McCain used his refusal to use this previously common congressional practice as support for his desire for fiscal reform

Conference Committee

Differences between House and Senate versions of bills are reconciled (or not!) by the

Make their own decisions based on what they think is best for constituents

A trustee is expected to?

Collective Representation

The extent to which Congress represents the wishes of the American People

Descriptive representation

The extent to which Congress resembles (demographically etc) its constituents is referred to as

Seniority

The measure of status which generally decides chairs of committees is called

Standing Committees

There are currently 16 of these in the Senate and 20 in the House of Representatives

Elastic Clause

The necessary and proper clause is also known as the?

Cloture

The parliamentary process to end a debate in the Senate is called

An Omnibus Bill

A packaged bill subject to a simply Yay/Nay vote (allowing faster more far reaching changes) is called

Markup

The process of amending a bill and voting upon it in committee is called

Decide based on their own beliefs/experience

Trustees

Taxation Bills

According to the Art I Sec 7 of the Constitution what sort of bills must originate in the House of Representatives

Implied Powers

"The ""Necessary and Proper"" clause is the source of"

Ends debate in the Senate

A vote of Clotures

the Efficiency Model

"Which of the following is NOT a ""model of bureaucracy"""

Privatization

Subjecting government activity to market forces or provision of services through private sector actors is known as

The Acquisitive model

Which model of bureaucracy suggests agencies often become self-serving

the Freedom of Information Act

One important mechanism for CITIZENS to exercise oversight of unelected bureaucratic agencies is

Privatization

Introducing measures that incorporate the market forces of the private sector into the function of government to supposedly increase efficiency is referred to as

Civil Service pay

General Schedule grade (ie GS3) refers to

They have higher levels of Public Service Motivation

According to the text what differentiates public servants from those working in the private sector

Independent Executive Agency

NASA is an example of a/an

Patronage

Using government jobs to reward political support is called

the Great Depression

"Which event saw the federal bureaucracy ""come of age"""

the nine most terrifying words in the English language

"Reagan described the phrase ""I'm from the government and I'm here to help"" as.."

Merit System

The system of filling civil service positions based on competitive exam results is called

Unaccountable

"Which of the following is not part of Weber's ""Ideal"" bureaucracy"

higher pay

Which of the following was NOT a way that Wilson thought politics and administration should be separated?

Whistle-blower

A person who publicizes wrongdoing or fraud within a bureaucracy or other organization is often referred to as a

"Determines how new policies, regulations etc will be implemented"

Negotiated Rulemaking is the process which

Introduced the Merit Based system

The Pendleton Act of 1883

Deficit

The annual amount by which expenditures are greater than revenues is the definition of

Progressive

A tax that increases the effective tax rate as the wealth or income of the tax payer increases is called

Fiscal Policy

Taxing and Spending, when used to achieve economic policy goals, is known as?

Redistributive

A policy that raises resources from one group in society and provides benefits to other (different) groups is called

Transcontinental Railroad

The text uses \_____ as an example of distributive policy

Older/Poor

Medicare is for \____ Americans while Medicaid is for\___Americans

Entitlement Program

A program that guarantees benefits to a specific group is called a/an

Policy advocates

Groups or individuals who actively work to propose or maintain public policy are defined in the text as

Policy Control

Which of the following is NOT part of the policy process

Goods

"""a range of commodities, services and systems that help us satisfy our wants and needs"" is a basic economic definition of"