Exam 5: The Executive

What are the central functions of the Privy Council Office?

To what extent are there effective checks on the political executive in Canada today?

Which of the following is a core function of the Treasury Board Secretariat?

What are central agencies, and what role do they play in Canadian government?

In practice, there is no hierarchy around most cabinet tables in Canada; all ministers are endowed with the same amount of influence, including the first minister, who is simply primus inter pares (Latin for "first among equals").

Which of the following are examples of the duties of the governor general?

Who is the highest-ranking public servant in the federal bureaucracy?

In Canada, a politician must have a seat in the legislature before they are eligible to become a minister.

Of the main central agencies in the federal government, only the PMO employs exclusively political staff; the Privy Council Office, the Treasury Board Secretariat, and the Department of Finance are staffed by non-partisan public servants.

All matters requiring the signature of the governor general or lieutenant governor must be vetted by the full cabinet.

Each of the three territories has a ________ who serves as a representative of the ________.

Which of the following is not true of the Privy Council in Canada?

What are the risks of assigning individual ministers too much authority within cabinet?

In Canada, the head of state is accountable to the legislature.

Canada shares its head of government with over a dozen other countries.

By convention, ministers must resign their cabinet positions in the event of controversy.

Which of the following cabinet committees is the most powerful at the federal level?

The influence of the Prime Minister's Office and premiers' offices over members of the governing caucus, including ministers, has been:

Which of the following represents a recent trend in Canadian executives?

In Canada, the executive branch consists solely of the prime minister and cabinet.