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 |
A policy-making alliance between congressional committees, interest groups, and the bureaucracy.
Hierarchy | |
Issue network | |
Iron triangle | |
Caucus |
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.
Conference committee | |
Issue network | |
Political party | |
Iron triangle |
Question 3 |
Legally binding rules that are issued by the President to federal agencies.
Policy agendas | |
Executive orders | |
Executive privileges | |
Executive agreements |
Question 4 |
The period of time between the elections in November and the inauguration of the newly elected officials early the next year.
Lemon test | |
Lame duck period | |
Cooling off period | |
Judicial review |
Question 5 |
The presidential power to nullify specific provisions within a bill, which was found to be unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
Line-item veto | |
Pocket veto | |
Filibuster | |
Franking privilege |
Question 6 |
A pact between the executive branch of the U.S. government and a foreign government, without ratification by the Senate.
Free trade agreement | |
Executive agreement | |
Executive order | |
Treaty |
Question 7 |
A large and complex organization of non-elected officials.
Iron Triangle | |
Bureaucracy | |
527 Group | |
Interest Group |
Question 8 |
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 |
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