Chapter 7

Question 1

Social security tax is an example of a…

Answer 1

Regressive tax

Question 2

Financing a new dam is an example of…

Answer 2

Discretionary spending

Question 3

Peace Corps is an example of a…

Answer 3

Independent executive agency

Question 4

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is an example of a…

Answer 4

Government corporation

Question 5

The power to decide disputes over regulations

Answer 5

Quasi-judicial power

Question 6

A federal income tax is a…

Answer 6

Progressive tax

Question 7

Raising taxes to fight inflation

Answer 7

Fiscal policy

Question 8

Power to adopt regulations with the force of law

Answer 8

Quasi-legislative power

Question 9

Financing of Social Security is an example of…

Answer 9

Mandatory spending

Question 10

Work organization featuring division of labor, and formal rules/ structure

Answer 10

Bureaucracy

Question 11

Government agencies that operate separately from executive departments

Answer 11

Independent agencies

Question 12

Practice of giving government jobs as rewards to public supporters

Answer 12

Spoils system

Question 13

Members from both major political parties is called… (Washington Farewell Address)

Answer 13

Bipartisan

Question 14

Cumulative sum of money that the government has borrow & not repaid

Answer 14

Federal debt

Question 15

Agency within the Department of Transportation

Answer 15

Federal Highway Administration

Question 16

Agency within the Department of Health

Answer 16

CDC

Question 17

People hired on the merit system to work for the federal government

Answer 17

Civil service

Question 18

Executive Department et with the largest budget

Answer 18

Department of Defense

Question 19

Gap that occurs when annual expenses annual revenue

Answer 19

Deficit

Question 20

What happens to the federal bureaucracy when a new president takes office?

Answer 20

Top officials are replaced

Question 21

How are members of the civil service chosen?

Answer 21

Through a competitive process

Question 22

Spoils system=

Answer 22

Supporter of the president gets a job in the federal government

Question 23

Problem with the spoils system

Answer 23

Leads to corruption & inefficiency

Question 24

What event led to the Pendleton Civil Service Act?

Answer 24

Assassination of President Garfield

Question 25

Who deals with problems within the civil service workplace?

Answer 25

Federal Labor Relations Authority

Question 26

What proportion of federal jobs are protected by the civil service regulations?

Answer 26

90%

Question 27

First three executive departments to be created:

Answer 27

State, Treasury, & War

Question 28

What do executive departments do? (US Mint, TTB, IRS)

Answer 28

Division of Labor

Question 29

Independent agencies are...

Answer 29

Under the control of the president or under any department

Question 30

Independent regulatory commissions have...

Answer 30

Quasi legislative & judicial power, a bipartisan board, and staggered terms

Question 31

Raising interest rates to fight inflation

Answer 31

Monetary policy

Question 32

A government corporation is...

Answer 32

Under presidential control and performs functions that the private sector cannot

Question 33

Independent regulatory commissions do what?

Answer 33

Regulate important activities in the nation's economy and have the power of law

Question 34

Why are regulatory agencies so powerful?

Answer 34

Independent from the executive branch and makes their own rules

Question 35

Independent executive agencies are appointed by the

Answer 35

President with the consent of the Senate

Question 36

Tax that applies higher tax rate to the wealthy

Answer 36

Progressive tax

Question 37

Tax that only collects from people with a certain income

Answer 37

Regressive tax

Question 38

What happens when the government sells a bond?

Answer 38

It borrows money

Question 39

Who controls the federal monetary policy?

Answer 39

The Federal Reserve

Question 40

What government corporation operates passenger railroads?

Answer 40

NRPC

Question 41

Current federal debt:

Answer 41

$19.9 trillion

Question 42

Current federal deficit:

Answer 42

$3 trillion

Question 43

Federal governments 4 biggest expenditures:

Answer 43

Social Security, Medicare/Mediacid, Defense, & Income Security

Question 44

Three largest sources of revenue:

Answer 44

Income tax, corporation tax, social insurance tax