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Unit 3 Evaluation SSTH 038
Unit 3 Evaluation
Evaluation 3
American Government 2: National Level
Part A: Multiple-Choice
Select the response that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____A_ 1. What is a feature of a bureaucracy?
a. hierarchical authority
b. majority rule
c. the ability to appeal decisions
d. exemptions from rules
___D__ 2. A line agency does which of the following?
a. serves in a support capacity
b. offers advice to the chief executive
c. offers advice to Congress
d. performs the tasks for which a bureaucracy is responsible
____A_ 3. The first executive departments were
a. the Departments of State, Treasury, and War.
b. the Departments of Justice, Treasury, and Defense.
c. the Departments of Justice, Defense, and War.
d. the Departments of Agriculture, Treasury, and Interior.
___D__ 4. The Federal Reserve Board is entrusted with
a. enforcing safety standards for consumer products.
b. regulating rates for fuels.
c. administering federal laws about labor-management relations.
d. regulating the money supply.
__C___ 5. Which type of agency is also a quasi-legislative and quasi-judicial body?
a. executive department
b. independent regulatory commission
c. independent executive agency
d. government corporation
__C___ 6. OASDI and Medicare taxes are examples of __________ taxes.
a. payroll
b. gift
c. indirect
d. estate
___C__ 7. What is an example of political patronage?
a. a president delegating responsibilities to the executive departments
b. the CIA forwarding intelligence to the Department of Homeland Security
c. a president appointing personal friends as department secretaries
d. an independent agency acting without the president’s approval
____D_ 8. Who was the first woman to lead an executive department?
a. Donna Shalala
b. Margaret Spellings
c. Condoleezza Rice
d. Frances T. Perkins
___B__ 9. The Pendleton Act of 1883 did which of the following?
a. repealed restrictions against patronage
b. limited patronage
c. created independent executive agencies
d. established the “spoils system”
___A__ 10. A progressive tax is one that
a. charges a higher percentage as income increases.
b. taxes all incomes equally.
c. charges less tax on higher incomes.
d. is deducted from a paycheck.
____B_ 11. What is an example of controllable spending?
a. interest on public debt
b. aid to education
c. social security benefits
d. food stamps
___D__ 12. Which president restored American ties to China after communists took control of
that nation?
a. Theodore Roosevelt
b. Ronald Reagan
c. Franklin D. Roosevelt
d. Richard Nixon
__D___ 13. Deterrence refers to
a. peaceful coexistence.
b. mutual efforts to reduce weapons programs.
c. diplomatic sanctions.
d. maintaining military might to discourage attacks.
__C___ 14. What is an example of a regional security alliance?
a. the League of Nations
b. the United Nations
c. NATO
d. the Peace Corps
____B_ 15. How come the power to tax can be the power to destroy?
a. The government cannot function without money.
b. Without taxes, the government can provide no services.
c. The government can discourage behaviors by taxing them.
d. Taxes have no destructive power.
__D___ 16. The national deficit is
a. the total amount of money the government owes.
b. the amount of interest the government owes.
c. t...