Review Test Submission: Chapter 14 TEST

 
User Rayonne T Victor-Frett
Course 201980_PSC_0120_American Government_51_INET
Test Chapter 14 TEST
Started 11/27/19 2:08 PM
Submitted 11/27/19 2:14 PM
Due Date 12/1/19 11:59 PM
Status Completed
Attempt Score 10 out of 10 points  
Time Elapsed 5 minutes
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 Question 1
1 out of 1 points

The Obama administration’s campaign to make government more transparent

Selected d. 
Answer:
was jeopardized by Edward Snowden’s leak of sensitive national
security documents in 2013.
Answers: a. 
resulted in the passage of the Freedom of Information Act.
b. 
resulted in the repeal of the USA PATRIOT Act.
c. 
resulted in the termination of the National Security Agency’s global
surveillance operations.
d. 
was jeopardized by Edward Snowden’s leak of sensitive national
security documents in 2013.
 Question 2
1 out of 1 points

Which of the following best describes the number of U.S. attorneys?

Selected Answer: b. 
There is one U.S. attorney in each of the 94 federal judicial districts.
Answers: a. 
There is one U.S. attorney in each of the 50 federal judicial districts.
b. 
There is one U.S. attorney in each of the 94 federal judicial districts.
c. 
There are two U.S. attorneys in each of the 50 judicial districts.
d. 
There are two U.S. attorneys in each of the 94 judicial districts.
 Question 3
1 out of 1 points

The first regulatory agencies Congress established were ________.

Selected Answer: c. 
independent regulatory
commissions
Answers: a. 
in the Labor Department
b. 
in the Department of Commerce
c. 
independent regulatory
commissions
d. 
government corporations
 Question 4
1 out of 1 points

Privatization is a way to
Selected d. 
Answer:
reduce government costs by relocating government programs to
private groups or corporations.
Answers: a. 
shrink the federal budget by selling government services or property in
the private sector.
b. 
reduce big government by doing without some of the programs it once
provided.
c. 
increase the government’s role by purchasing private companies.
d. 
reduce government costs by relocating government programs to
private groups or corporations.
 Question 5
1 out of 1 points

The Civil Service Act of 1883 attempted to pattern government hiring after practices
found in ________.
Selected b. 
Answer:
business
Answers: a. 
 Congress
b. 
business
c. 
the Catholic Church
d. 
local government
 Question 6
1 out of 1 points

Which of the following statements about administrative rule making is NOT true?
Selected c. 
Answer:
Both houses of Congress must formally approve all federal rules.
Answers: a. 
All federal rules must undergo a period of public comment.
b. 
All federal rules must prepare environmental impact statements.
c. 
Both houses of Congress must formally approve all federal rules.
d. 
All federal rules must be published in the Federal Register.
 Question 7
1 out of 1 points

The Internet was created by

Selected a. 
Answer:
the U.S. Department of Defense.
Answers: a. 
the U.S. Department of Defense.
b. 
Apple.
c. 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
d. 
International Business Machines (IBM).
 Question 8
1 out of 1 points

Which president’s approach to the managerial presidency featured a deep belief in

the importance of scientific expertise in government service?
Selected Answer: b. 
 Barack Obama
Answers: a. 
Ronald Reagan
b. 
Barack Obama
c. 
George W. Bush
d. 
Bill Clinton
 Question 9
1 out of 1 points

Environmental impact statements are

Selected a. 
Answer:
reports demonstrating that a proposed rule or agency action will not have
an unacceptably large negative impact on the human or physical
environment.
Answers: a. 
reports demonstrating that a proposed rule or agency action will not have
an unacceptably large negative impact on the human or physical
environment.
b. 
policies written and implemented by the Environmental Protection
Agency.
c. 
amendments made to bills being debated in the House and Senate
Environmental Protection committees.
d. 
decrees issued by the president about climate change.
 Question 10
1 out of 1 points

ARPANET was a(n)

Selected d. 
Answer:
decentralized, highly redundant communications network created by the
federal government in the 1950s and 1960s.
Answers: a. 
Cold War era networked for sharing national security information
between the CIA, FBI, and National Security Agency.
b. 
independent agency of the federal government during the 1990s that
 regulated and taxed Internet service providers (ISPs).
c. 
program managed by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in the
1950s, which intended to launch the first artificial satellite into Earth orbit.
d. 
decentralized, highly redundant communications network created by the
federal government in the 1950s and 1960s.
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