Exam 6: Government Departments and Central Agencies

Which government organization is subject to the greatest degree of political control?

Who has the power to create or transfer duties among departments through the Public Service Rearrangement and Transfer of Duties Act?

Which of the following departments is a vertical constituency type of department?

Deputy ministers of departments usually change when governments change.

Crown corporations are less autonomous than government departments.

The head of the public service is the Clerk of the Privy Council.

Central Agencies were previously known as horizontal administrative co-ordinative departments.

Which prime minister had a major influence in the creation of central agencies and changes made to them?

New departments can only be created by an Act of Parliament.

Which of the following statements describes the Privy Council Office?

Which of the following is part of the federal legislative branch of government in Canada?

Which of the following types of departments are considered to be the least influential?

Who is considered the administrative head of a department?

A department is structured hierarchically similar to the Weberian bureaucratic model.

Which of the following is a cabinet committee?

Who heads the executive branch in provinces?

The House of Commons is part of the executive branch of government in Canada.

The Department of Finance is a central agency.

What is the title of the individual who serves as the political head of a government department?

Vertical constituency departments provide services directly to the public.