Question 1

Which of the following prohibited ministers, staffers, and senior public servants from becoming lobbyists for five years after leaving office?

Accepted Answer

A) Federal Accountability Act 
B) Gomery Inquiry 
C) Public Service Commission 
D) Public Service Modernization Act 
A) Federal Accountability Act 
B) Gomery Inquiry 
C) Public Service Commission 
D) Public Service Modernization Act A

Question 2

What government department employs the largest number of civil servants?

Accepted Answer

A) Employment and Social Development 
B) Treasury Board 
C) Public Works and Government Services 
D) National Defence 
A) Employment and Social Development 
B) Treasury Board 
C) Public Works and Government Services 
D) National Defence D

Question 3

Which occupational category does nursing fall under?

Accepted Answer

A) management 
B) scientific and professional 
C) technical 
D) operational 
A) management 
B) scientific and professional 
C) technical 
D) operational B

Question 4

What has helped to penetrate "the cloak of secrecy" within the Canadian bureaucracy?

Accepted Answer

A) the Access to Information Act and Information Commissioner 
B) the Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Commissioner 
C) the Sunshine doctrine and the Sunset clause 
D) the Ombudsman 
A) the Access to Information Act and Information Commissioner 
B) the Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Commissioner 
C) the Sunshine doctrine and the Sunset clause 
D) the Ombudsman

Question 5

Who heads the different branches within a department?

Accepted Answer

A) minister 
B) deputy minister 
C) branch ministers 
D) assistant deputy minister 
A) minister 
B) deputy minister 
C) branch ministers 
D) assistant deputy minister

Question 6

Every province except Nova Scotia has supplemented other means of controlling the bureaucracy with the appointment of an ombudsman.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

VIA Rail, Canada Mortgage and Housing, and the Bank of Canada are examples of regulatory agencies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What is the purpose of Crown corporations?

Accepted Answer

The Crown corporation is a logical struc

Question 9

Who handles human resources and financial and expenditure management?

Accepted Answer

A) Public Service Commission 
B) Prime Minister's Office 
C) Department of Finance 
D) Treasury Board Secretariat 
A) Public Service Commission 
B) Prime Minister's Office 
C) Department of Finance 
D) Treasury Board Secretariat

Question 10

The Department of Finance is an opponent of new department spending programs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The principle of individual ministerial responsibility means that ministers must resign for mistakes made by their officials.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

What are the Estimates?

Accepted Answer

A) the spending proposals of each government department and agency 
B) Statistics Canada projections of the population growth 
C) Statistics Canada projections of the unemployment rate 
D) Bank of Canada predictions of the growth of the national debt 
A) the spending proposals of each government department and agency 
B) Statistics Canada projections of the population growth 
C) Statistics Canada projections of the unemployment rate 
D) Bank of Canada predictions of the growth of the national debt

Question 13

The Auditor General is considered an agent of Parliament.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

An elaborate, expensive investigation set up by the Cabinet to make recommendations on a significant policy problem is called a task force.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

How is the Canadian bureaucracy controlled?

Accepted Answer

The Canadian bureaucracy, which consists

Question 16

What type of decisions are NOT functions of regulatory tribunals?

Accepted Answer

A) quasi-legislative 
B) quasi-judicial 
C) adjudicative 
D) funding 
A) quasi-legislative 
B) quasi-judicial 
C) adjudicative 
D) funding

Question 17

Public servants in a department share four basic characteristics: they are expected to be expert, permanent, anonymous, and impartial.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The CRTC, the Canadian Transportation Authority, and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission are examples of royal commissions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

How do central agencies function in relation to government departments?

Accepted Answer

Central agencies play a crucial role in

Question 20

How are government departments created?

Accepted Answer

A) through policies initiated by the Cabinet 
B) through acts of Parliament 
C) through constitutional amendments 
D) through orders in council 
A) through policies initiated by the Cabinet 
B) through acts of Parliament 
C) through constitutional amendments 
D) through orders in council

Exam 22: The Bureaucracy

Which of the following prohibited ministers, staffers, and senior public servants from becoming lobbyists for five years after leaving office?

What government department employs the largest number of civil servants?

Which occupational category does nursing fall under?

What has helped to penetrate "the cloak of secrecy" within the Canadian bureaucracy?

Who heads the different branches within a department?

Every province except Nova Scotia has supplemented other means of controlling the bureaucracy with the appointment of an ombudsman.

VIA Rail, Canada Mortgage and Housing, and the Bank of Canada are examples of regulatory agencies.

What is the purpose of Crown corporations?

Who handles human resources and financial and expenditure management?

The Department of Finance is an opponent of new department spending programs.

The principle of individual ministerial responsibility means that ministers must resign for mistakes made by their officials.

What are the Estimates?

The Auditor General is considered an agent of Parliament.

An elaborate, expensive investigation set up by the Cabinet to make recommendations on a significant policy problem is called a task force.

How is the Canadian bureaucracy controlled?

What type of decisions are NOT functions of regulatory tribunals?

Public servants in a department share four basic characteristics: they are expected to be expert, permanent, anonymous, and impartial.

The CRTC, the Canadian Transportation Authority, and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission are examples of royal commissions.

How do central agencies function in relation to government departments?

How are government departments created?

Approaching the Study of Politics

Institutional Foundations and the Evolution of the State

Regionalism

Aboriginal Peoples

French Canada and the Quebec Question

Ethnocultural Minorities

Gender

Class

Urbanrural Location, Religion, and Age

Canadas External Environment: The United States and the World

The Canadian Political Culture

Political Socialization, The Mass Media, and Public Opinion Polls

Elections and the Electoral System

Political Parties and the Party System

The Election Campaign, Voting, and Political Participation

Advocacy Groups, Social Movements, and Lobbying

The Canadian Constitution and Constitutional Change

The Federal System

The Charter of Rights and Freedoms

The Policy-Making Process and Policy Instruments

The Executive: Crown, Prime Minister, and Cabinet

Parliament

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