Question 1

No one can influence a minister's proposal.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

In addition to incorporating values, public servants also exercise power.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

What is another term for prime ministerial government?

Accepted Answer

A) rationale government 
B) ad hoc government 
C) court government 
D) central government 
A) rationale government 
B) ad hoc government 
C) court government 
D) central government C

Question 4

Which of the following components of the memorandum to cabinet takes the form of a question to be considered and answered?

Accepted Answer

A) the Rationale 
B) the Issue Statement 
C) the Proposed Approach and Options 
D) the Due Diligence 
A) the Rationale 
B) the Issue Statement 
C) the Proposed Approach and Options 
D) the Due Diligence

Question 5

The prime minister is considered to be the first among equals in relation to other cabinet ministers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which of the following central agencies is staffed by partisan appointees?

Accepted Answer

A) Department of Finance 
B) Privy Council Office 
C) Prime Minister's Office 
D) Treasury Board Secretariat 
A) Department of Finance 
B) Privy Council Office 
C) Prime Minister's Office 
D) Treasury Board Secretariat

Question 7

Alongside the Prime Minister, who co-chairs the Priorities and Planning committee?

Accepted Answer

A) the deputy minister 
B) the finance minister 
C) the justice minister 
D) the chief of staff 
A) the deputy minister 
B) the finance minister 
C) the justice minister 
D) the chief of staff

Question 8

The governor-general is part of the legislature.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following central agencies was involved in the Senate scandal in 2013?

Accepted Answer

A) the Prime Minister's Office 
B) the Privy Council Office 
C) the Department of Finance 
D) the Treasury Board Secretariat 
A) the Prime Minister's Office 
B) the Privy Council Office 
C) the Department of Finance 
D) the Treasury Board Secretariat

Question 10

Who is the head of the government?

Accepted Answer

A) the prime minister 
B) the monarch 
C) the queen 
D) the lieutenant-governor 
A) the prime minister 
B) the monarch 
C) the queen 
D) the lieutenant-governor

Question 11

Cabinet committees are an integral part of the political executive.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Central agencies are not allowed to intervene or influence a minister's proposal.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

What is the name given to the most senior cabinet committee?

Accepted Answer

A) Open Transparent Government and Parliament 
B) Agenda, Results and Communications 
C) Operations 
D) Intelligence and Emergency Management 
A) Open Transparent Government and Parliament 
B) Agenda, Results and Communications 
C) Operations 
D) Intelligence and Emergency Management

Question 14

Which of the following central agencies have a departmental form and report to a ministry?

Accepted Answer

A) Department of Finance and Treasury Board Secretariat 
B) Department of Finance and Privy Council Office 
C) Privy Council Office and Prime Minister's Office 
D) Privy Council Office and Treasury Board Secretariat 
A) Department of Finance and Treasury Board Secretariat 
B) Department of Finance and Privy Council Office 
C) Privy Council Office and Prime Minister's Office 
D) Privy Council Office and Treasury Board Secretariat

Question 15

The Considerations portion of the memorandum to cabinet is considered the most important part.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Whose government was the first to set up an ad-hoc committee on defence procurement?

Accepted Answer

A) Stephen Harper 
B) Pierre Elliott Trudeau 
C) Brian Mulroney 
D) Justin Trudeau 
A) Stephen Harper 
B) Pierre Elliott Trudeau 
C) Brian Mulroney 
D) Justin Trudeau

Question 17

Typically, which of the following is considered to be the second-most senior committee?

Accepted Answer

A) Defence Procurement 
B) Treasury Board 
C) Operations 
D) Litigation Management 
A) Defence Procurement 
B) Treasury Board 
C) Operations 
D) Litigation Management

Question 18

Which of the following central agencies have an advisory relationship to the Prime Minister?

Accepted Answer

A) Treasury Board Secretariat and the Prime Minister's Office 
B) Prime Minister's Office and the Privy Council Office 
C) Treasury Board and the Prime Minister's Office 
D) Privy Council Office and the Department of Finance 
A) Treasury Board Secretariat and the Prime Minister's Office 
B) Prime Minister's Office and the Privy Council Office 
C) Treasury Board and the Prime Minister's Office 
D) Privy Council Office and the Department of Finance

Question 19

The Prime Minister determines the creation of all committees and their membership except for which cabinet committee?

Accepted Answer

A) Environmental Climate Change and Energy 
B) Diversity and Inclusion 
C) Treasury Board 
D) Defense Procurement 
A) Environmental Climate Change and Energy 
B) Diversity and Inclusion 
C) Treasury Board 
D) Defense Procurement

Question 20

All cabinet committee members are chosen by individual ministers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

No one can influence a minister's proposal.

In addition to incorporating values, public servants also exercise power.

What is another term for prime ministerial government?

Which of the following components of the memorandum to cabinet takes the form of a question to be considered and answered?

The prime minister is considered to be the first among equals in relation to other cabinet ministers.

Which of the following central agencies is staffed by partisan appointees?

Alongside the Prime Minister, who co-chairs the Priorities and Planning committee?

The governor-general is part of the legislature.

Which of the following central agencies was involved in the Senate scandal in 2013?

Who is the head of the government?

Cabinet committees are an integral part of the political executive.

Central agencies are not allowed to intervene or influence a minister's proposal.

What is the name given to the most senior cabinet committee?

Which of the following central agencies have a departmental form and report to a ministry?

The Considerations portion of the memorandum to cabinet is considered the most important part.

Whose government was the first to set up an ad-hoc committee on defence procurement?

Typically, which of the following is considered to be the second-most senior committee?

Which of the following central agencies have an advisory relationship to the Prime Minister?

The Prime Minister determines the creation of all committees and their membership except for which cabinet committee?

All cabinet committee members are chosen by individual ministers.

What Is Public Administration

Values and Ethics in Public Administration

Public Administration and Organization Theory: The Structural Foundation

Public Administration and Organization Theory: The Humanistic Response and Beyond

Public Administration and Organization Theory: The New Public Management, Governance, and Beyond

Government Departments and Central Agencies

Crown Agencies

Alternative Service Delivery ASD

Interdepartmental and Intradepartmental Relations

The Legislature and the Bureaucracy

The Judiciary and the Bureaucracy

Intergovernmental Administrative Relations

Non-Governmental Actors and the Bureaucracy

The Management of Human Resources

Representative Bureaucracy and Employment Equity

The Budgetary Process

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Exam 9: The Executive and the Bureaucracy

No one can influence a minister's proposal.

In addition to incorporating values, public servants also exercise power.

What is another term for prime ministerial government?

Which of the following components of the memorandum to cabinet takes the form of a question to be considered and answered?

The prime minister is considered to be the first among equals in relation to other cabinet ministers.

Which of the following central agencies is staffed by partisan appointees?

Alongside the Prime Minister, who co-chairs the Priorities and Planning committee?

The governor-general is part of the legislature.

Which of the following central agencies was involved in the Senate scandal in 2013?

Who is the head of the government?

Cabinet committees are an integral part of the political executive.

Central agencies are not allowed to intervene or influence a minister's proposal.

What is the name given to the most senior cabinet committee?

Which of the following central agencies have a departmental form and report to a ministry?

The Considerations portion of the memorandum to cabinet is considered the most important part.

Whose government was the first to set up an ad-hoc committee on defence procurement?

Typically, which of the following is considered to be the second-most senior committee?

Which of the following central agencies have an advisory relationship to the Prime Minister?

The Prime Minister determines the creation of all committees and their membership except for which cabinet committee?

All cabinet committee members are chosen by individual ministers.

What Is Public Administration

Values and Ethics in Public Administration

Public Administration and Organization Theory: The Structural Foundation

Public Administration and Organization Theory: The Humanistic Response and Beyond

Public Administration and Organization Theory: The New Public Management, Governance, and Beyond

Government Departments and Central Agencies

Crown Agencies

Alternative Service Delivery ASD

Interdepartmental and Intradepartmental Relations

The Legislature and the Bureaucracy

The Judiciary and the Bureaucracy

Intergovernmental Administrative Relations

Non-Governmental Actors and the Bureaucracy

The Management of Human Resources

Representative Bureaucracy and Employment Equity

The Budgetary Process

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