Exam 15: The Regulatory Process

Which of the following issues of administrative agencies relates to the substantive outcome of agencies' rule-making and adjudicating authority?

Regulation is considered appropriate if it aids intrastate commerce over interstate commerce.

The _____ has stated that everyone must have health insurance coverage beginning in 2014.

In a _____ type of regulatory authority, an agency can make decisions like a court.

Which of the following is true about an advisory council?

The police powers are limitless, sometimes allowing the state government to be arbitrary, capricious, or unreasonable.

When a firm is given monopoly power, it loses its freedom of contract, and a governmental body is given the power to determine the provisions of its contracts. The government agency is providing _____.

_____ regulates interstate and foreign communications by means of radio, television, wire, cable, and satellite.

Administrative agencies often provide needed continuity and consistency in the formulation, application, and enforcement of rules and regulations governing business. These agencies are providing _____.

Which of the following functions allows an agency to gather and compile information concerning the organization and business practices of any corporation or industry engaged in commerce to determine whether there has been a violation of any law?

The internal matters where uniformity on a nationwide basis is essential are exclusively the concern of the state.

A(n) _____ has significant impact on policy and is often as powerful as a commissioner or board member.

How is imposition of undue burdens dealt with?

Group of persons with standing to sue includes those who have noneconomic interests.

A(n) _____ is designated as such at the time of nomination by the president and is the presiding officer at agency meetings.

Which of the following legislations prohibits any physician the legal right to prescribe controlled substances for the purpose of assisting suicide?

Administering laws to prohibit distribution of adulterated, misbranded, or unsafe food and drugs is a function of _____.

Which of the following is a function of Nuclear Regulatory Commission?

Requiring state legislation and regulation to protect the public's health, safety, morals, and general welfare gives state governments expansive power to regulate business activities.

Any party seeking the judicial review of any administrative agency's decision must be able to prove standing to sue.