Exam 6: Administrative Agencies

The "public comment" period for proposed administrative agency rules must be at least __________ days.

An administrative regulation:

Meetings are to be open to the public under:

A subpoena to testify or to produce records:

If an agency causes a substantial loss to a business by enforcement of its laws,that business:

Which statement is true concerning administrative hearings?

A significant difference between an administrative agency hearing and a court hearing is that:

Proposed administrative regulations must be:

Modern administrators cannot make laws,but they can argue persuasively before Congress for the passage of needed legislation.

In an administrative hearing,an administrative law judge hears the complaint and has the authority to swear witnesses,take testimony,make evidentiary rulings,and make a decision to recommend to the administrative agency heads for action.

The Federal Register lists all administrative regulations,presidential proclamations,and executive orders on a semiannual basis.

An administrative agency can be created to perform:

An administrative agency is barred from examining the records of a business enterprise by the constitutional guarantee against unreasonable searches and seizures.

Wilma was an employee of the Electric Storage Battery Company.She was fired.She claimed that she was fired because she was a member of a labor union.The employer asserted that she was fired because she was a poor worker.Wilma filed an unfair labor practice complaint with the National Labor Relations Board.Its examiner held a hearing at which evidence was presented showing that Wilma was a poor worker.Other evidence presented showed that the employer was opposed to labor unions.The Board decided to believe Wilma's witnesses and concluded that she had been fired because she belonged to the union.Can the employer appeal this decision?

The United States constitution places the most significant limitations on administrative investigation in the area of:

The Administrative Procedure Act is a federal law that establishes the operating rules for administrative agencies.

The modern administrative agency typically possesses legislative,executive,and judicial powers.

A consent decree is an informal settlement of an enforcement action brought by an administrative agency.

A(n)__________ is a negotiated disposition of a matter before an administrative agency,generally without public sanctions.

As Courts now tend to accept an agency's reasonable interpretation of a statute involving a technical matter,even though it was not the only interpretation that could have been made.