This Executive Branch vocabulary quiz covers the most important vocabulary words with respect to the U.S. President and the Federal Bureaucracy. The terms on this test deal with all aspects of the Executive Branch including Presidential elections, powers, limitations on powers, the Vice Presidency, and the Bureaucracy.
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Question 1 |
The period of time between the elections in November and the inauguration of the newly elected officials early the next year.
Judicial review | |
Lame duck period | |
Lemon test | |
Cooling off period |
Question 2 |
A broad alliance of interest groups, individuals, journalists, policy experts, and researchers who unite in order to promote a change in government policy.
Issue network | |
Iron triangle | |
Political party | |
Conference committee |
Question 3 |
Legally binding rules that are issued by the President to federal agencies.
Policy agendas | |
Executive agreements | |
Executive orders | |
Executive privileges |
Question 4 |
The presidential power to nullify specific provisions within a bill, which was found to be unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
Pocket veto | |
Line-item veto | |
Filibuster | |
Franking privilege |
Question 5 |
A policy-making alliance between congressional committees, interest groups, and the bureaucracy.
Issue network | |
Caucus | |
Hierarchy | |
Iron triangle |
Question 6 |
The Act that prohibits federal employees from engaging in partisan political activity.
Civil Rights Act of 1964 | |
Federal Election Campaign Act | |
Ethics in Government Act of 1978 | |
Hatch Act of 1939 |
Question 7 |
A large and complex organization of non-elected officials.
527 Group | |
Interest Group | |
Bureaucracy | |
Iron Triangle |
Question 8 |
A pact between the executive branch of the U.S. government and a foreign government, without ratification by the Senate.
Executive order | |
Free trade agreement | |
Treaty | |
Executive agreement |
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