Deck 4: The Executive Branch and Administrative Authority

Question 1

The Supreme Court has established several major criteria that must be followed in the creation and operation of any administrative agency.This is included in the

A) Constitution.
B) delegation doctrine.
C) Enabling Act.
D) notion of precedent.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

When the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act are satisfied,the agency issues its formal regulations and publishes them in

A) the Revised Administrative Regulations.
B) the Federal Archive of Regulations.
C) the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations.
D) the Federal Register and the Federal Archive of Regulations.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

How can an administrative agency be created?

A) Legislative enactment
B) Order of the judiciary
C) Two-thirds approval of House of Representatives
D) Two-thirds approval of Senate

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which appoints the U.S.attorney general?

A) Chief Justice
B) Congress
C) Judicial branch
D) President

Question 5

Agency laws must serve the functions of clarification and

A) analysis.
B) legislative standards.
C) original law.
D) enforcement.

Question 6

Administrative agencies are under the supervision of which political body?

A) Congress
B) Executive branch
C) Legislative branch
D) Judicial branch

Question 7

The most prominent function of administrative agencies is their authority to issue

A) administrative law.
B) administrative regulations.
C) the Enabling Act.
D) original law.

Question 8

With the creation of an administrative agency (or directing its creation),which is technically extending some of its authority?

A) Congress
B) President
C) State legislatures
D) Judiciary

Question 9

Which is a collection of statutes with a definitive statement expressing the goals of Congress on a particular subject?

A) Administrative Procedure Act
B) Code of Federal Regulations
C) Delegation doctrine
D) Enabling act

Question 10

To whom does the head of an administrative agency directly report?

A) Attorney General
B) Congress
C) President
D) Executive Agency

Question 11

The majority of the President's powers are derived from

A) Article I.
B) Article II.
C) the Fourth Amendment.
D) the Sixth Amendment.

Question 12

Which oversees federal law-enforcement organizations?

A) Executive branch
B) Legislative branch
C) Judicial branch
D) Senate

Question 13

Under the original Constitution,and assuming a majority was not reached in the electorate,which political body determined the outcome of the presidential election?

A) Congress
B) House of Representatives
C) Senate
D) Supreme Court

Question 14

Which provides for the agency's fair and efficient operation?

A) Administrative Agency Creation Act
B) Procedure and Code of Federal Regulations Act
C) Administrative Procedure Act
D) Administrative Enabling Regulations Act

Question 15

Which organization ultimately originates the need for administrative agencies?

A) Congress
B) House of Representatives
C) Legislative branch
D) Senate

Question 16

Which was a catalyst for the creation of many administrative agencies?

A) Great Depression
B) Creation of the enabling act
C) Civil War
D) Passage of the Twelfth Amendment in 1804

Question 17

The premise that Congress cannot delegate any of its law-making power is based on

A) a constitutional amendment.
B) an enabling act.
C) a delegation doctrine.
D) an executive order.

Question 18

Which gives congressional authority to the President to create an agency?

A) Administrative Procedure Act
B) Delegation doctrine
C) Enabling Act
D) Executive order

Question 19

Which requires public notice of proposed agency regulations?

A) Administrative Procedure Act
B) Administrative Rules Act
C) Executive order
D) Enabling act

Question 20

Before an agency comes into existence,the President must

A) create a bill.
B) create new legislation.
C) issue a delegation doctrine.
D) issue an executive order.

Question 21

Match the most appropriate term to the definition.
a.Enabling Act
b.APA
c.delegation doctrine
d.make international treaties
e.judicial branch
f.grant pardons
g.exhaust remedies
h.faithful execution of laws
i.Congress
j.enforce statutory law
Requirement that an agency not create new law

Question 22

Match the most appropriate term to the definition.
a.Enabling Act
b.APA
c.delegation doctrine
d.make international treaties
e.judicial branch
f.grant pardons
g.exhaust remedies
h.faithful execution of laws
i.Congress
j.enforce statutory law
Takes the initial action toward creation of an administrative agency

Question 23

Match the most appropriate term to the definition.
a.Enabling Act
b.APA
c.delegation doctrine
d.make international treaties
e.judicial branch
f.grant pardons
g.exhaust remedies
h.faithful execution of laws
i.Congress
j.enforce statutory law
The law that is passed and allows the creation of an administrative agency

Question 24

Match the most appropriate term to the definition.
a.Enabling Act
b.APA
c.delegation doctrine
d.make international treaties
e.judicial branch
f.grant pardons
g.exhaust remedies
h.faithful execution of laws
i.Congress
j.enforce statutory law
Must be complied with when an agency issues regulations

Question 25

Match the most appropriate term to the definition.
a.Enabling Act
b.APA
c.delegation doctrine
d.make international treaties
e.judicial branch
f.grant pardons
g.exhaust remedies
h.faithful execution of laws
i.Congress
j.enforce statutory law
Requires advice and consent by the Senate

Question 26

An agency is permitted to direct its internal operations and management as long as it is well organized and efficient.

Question 27

Congress requires agencies to review their regulations periodically to check for violations of the delegation doctrine.

Question 28

Match the most appropriate term to the definition.
a.Enabling Act
b.APA
c.delegation doctrine
d.make international treaties
e.judicial branch
f.grant pardons
g.exhaust remedies
h.faithful execution of laws
i.Congress
j.enforce statutory law
The primary function of an administrative agency

Question 29

Match the most appropriate term to the definition.
a.Enabling Act
b.APA
c.delegation doctrine
d.make international treaties
e.judicial branch
f.grant pardons
g.exhaust remedies
h.faithful execution of laws
i.Congress
j.enforce statutory law
The authority of the President to oversee administrative agencies

Question 30

Match the most appropriate term to the definition.
a.Enabling Act
b.APA
c.delegation doctrine
d.make international treaties
e.judicial branch
f.grant pardons
g.exhaust remedies
h.faithful execution of laws
i.Congress
j.enforce statutory law
Has limited power to overrule agency actions

Question 31

The ability to respond quickly to rapidly changing needs of industries or citizens is one of the advantages of administrative agencies.

Question 32

As a result of the Great Depression and the subsequent loss of federal monies,the number of agencies decreased dramatically during the 1930s.

Question 33

Administrative agencies cannot create original laws.

Question 34

Match the most appropriate term to the definition.
a.Enabling Act
b.APA
c.delegation doctrine
d.make international treaties
e.judicial branch
f.grant pardons
g.exhaust remedies
h.faithful execution of laws
i.Congress
j.enforce statutory law
Required before agency action can be challenged in court

Question 35

As stated in the Constitution,one of the fundamental powers of the President is the direct creation of administrative laws.

Question 36

An agency to which Congress has delegated authority is not free to make statutory law of its own.

Question 37

Match the most appropriate term to the definition.
a.Enabling Act
b.APA
c.delegation doctrine
d.make international treaties
e.judicial branch
f.grant pardons
g.exhaust remedies
h.faithful execution of laws
i.Congress
j.enforce statutory law
A function held exclusively by the President

Question 38

No regulations must be derivative of legislation formerly enacted by the appropriate cabinet secretary.

Question 39

If an agency wishes to issue rules,it must follow specific procedures established by the Enabling Act.

Question 40

Under the original Constitution,the individual having the greatest number of votes (assuming no majority was reached in the electorate)in the Senate would become the next President.

Question 41

The is the principal that Congress may not assign its law-making authority to another branch of government.

Question 42

A(n) is a congressional enactment that requires all federal administrative agencies to follow certain procedures in the issuance of administrative law.

Question 43

A(n) is a congressional enactment providing for the creation of an administrative agency.

Question 44

A is the law passed by Congress before an enabling act but in anticipation of a new administrative agency.

Question 45

and agency enforcement is a major criterion of the delegation doctrine.

Question 46

A(n) is created by the legislature and overseen by the executive branch.

Question 47

The requires that disputes with administrative agencies be fully pursued within the agency.

Question 48

is law that defines,clarifies,and enforces a statutory objective.

Question 49

The is the publication of all federal administrative law.

Question 50

are appointed by each state to cast the votes for the President.