AP GOPO Unit 6 Test Review

A new president has been elected and has a number of positions to fill within the federal bureaucracy. Which of the following is an example of filling a position based on political patronage? 

• Choosing a secretary of state to appease members from the opposition party

• Nominating a high-level campaign fund-raiser to serve as an ambassador to New Zealand 

• Reappointing the secretary of defense even though he or she was appointed by the previous president, who is a member of the opposite party 

• Asking the chair of a prestigious university’s economics department to serve as chair of the Council of Economic Advisers

In general, Congress is most likely to defer to the President

• Late in the President’s term in office

• In the area of foreign policy

• When the economy is strong

• In the area of revenue policy

The War Powers Resolution does which of the following?

• Gives the president the power to declare war

• Requires that the president notify Congress within 48 hours of deploying troops

• Requires that Congress report to the president before it cuts military appropriations

• Allows the National Security Council to conduct military operations if the president is incapacitated

Government corporations

• are independent regulatory agencies

• tend to be controlled heavily by interest groups

• provide services and charge for them, often at a loss

• operate airlines, manufacture steel, and provide health insurance

A fundamental source of power for the federal bureaucracy lies in its

• role in moving legislation out of subcommittees

• role in mediating interstate conflicts

• ability to convince Congress to fund most projects it supports

• ability to set specific guidelines after receiving a general mandate from Congress