Exam 17: The Budgetary Process

Territorial Formula Financing is a form of major transfer from federal to provincial and territorial governments.

What type of budgeting involves "shift points"?

Which of the following was the first style of budgeting employed in modern public administration and was used in Canada right up to the 1960s?

Line-item budget is a type of expenditure budget.

Performance budgeting focuses on the output orientation.

Who tables the Estimates?

Whose budget speech includes the revenue budget?

Which of the following includes a management improvement focus that also provides decision makers with cost-minimization techniques?

When does the budgetary cycle conclude?

What usually takes place in the summer months of the Expenditure Management System's cyclical process?

The federal and provincial finance ministers prepare their revenue budgets at least once a year.

Which of the following is best described as a style of budgeting that emphasizes the object of the expenditure rather than the purpose of the expenditure?

Which of the following best describes performance budgeting?

The omnibus type of bills were quite prevalent under Stephen Harper's government.

What is the date range for the fiscal year for both federal and provincial governments?

The "totals" in the budget only includes revenues and expenditures.

Which of the following is an example of major transfers to persons?

Who has the task or role of the "Priority Setter" in the budgeting game?

Line-item budgeting only measures inputs used.

The Treasury Board releases the budget consultation papers.