Deck 10: Interdepartmental and Intradepartmental Relations

Question 1

Which of the following initiatives is supported by various federal departments and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation?

A)the Youth Employment Strategy
B)the Federal Tobacco Strategy
C)the Local Health Integration Network
D)the Canadian HIV Vaccine Initiative

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of the following Acts enables the deputy minister to manage allocated resources?

A)Financial Administration Act
B)Public Sector Labour Relations Act
C)Public Service Employment Act
D)Civil Service Act

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Who appoints all department deputy ministers?

A)the cabinet minister
B)the governor-general
C)the prime minister
D)an independent hiring committee

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Interactions between different departments are called intradepartmental interactions.

Question 5

What is another name for horizontal management?

A)intradepartmental relations
B)transdepartmental relations
C)interdepartmental relations
D)external relations

Question 6

Which of the following Prime ministers abolished the role of the Chief of Staff in 1993?

A)Paul Martin
B)Jean Chretien
C)Brian Mulroney
D)Kim Campbell

Question 7

Recently, horizontal initiatives at the federal level have largely been restricted to federal departments and agencies.

Question 8

Which prime minister reinstated the role of the Chief of Staff in 2004?

A)Jean Chretien
B)Paul Martin
C)Stephen Harper
D)Brian Mulroney

Question 9

Which of the following describes a Memorandum to Cabinet?

A)a vertical initiative
B)a horizontal initiative
C)a mixed initiative
D)a Crown initiative

Question 10

Which of the following acts places duties affecting human resource management in the hands of the deputy minister?

A)Financial Administration Act
B)Civil Service Act
C)Public Sector Labour Relations Act
D)Public Service Employment Act

Question 11

One of the Deputy minister's functions is to manage the department.

Question 12

There are no individual statutes to specify the duties of the minister in relation to the department.

Question 13

The deputy minister will usually meet the head of the Privy Council Office once a year.

Question 14

Who is the topmost major player in a minister's office?

A)the director of regional affairs
B)the director of parliamentary affairs
C)the chief of staff
D)the senior special assistant

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT considered a major player in the minister's office?

A)the director of communications
B)the senior special assistant to parliamentary affairs
C)the chief of staff
D)the director of policy

Question 16

Whose role is it to contribute to the collective and corporate management of government?

A)the chief of staff
B)the director of parliamentary affairs
C)the regional communications advisor
D)the deputy minister

Question 17

Which of the following was NOT part of the minister's office prior to 1984?

A)private secretary
B)executive assistant
C)policy advisor
D)chief of staff

Question 18

What is the Local Health Integration Network an example of?

A)horizontal management
B)horizontal initiative
C)network governance
D)vertical governance

Question 19

Which of the following statements is accurate?

A)The deputy minister is the head of all departments.
B)The minister must be an elected member of the party in power.
C)The minister is not responsible for all actions of the department.
D)There are no statutes to specify the duties of the minister.

Question 20

What is the term for interactions within one department?

A)intradepartmental interaction
B)interdepartmental interaction
C)horizontal management
D)vertical management

Question 21

One of the functions of ministerial assistants is to take on the role of managing the minister's time.

Question 22

A successful department requires that the deputy minister "manage down."

Question 23

Currently, only ministerial staff can enter into internal job competitions within the federal public service for up to one year after leaving their position.

Question 24

The number of ministerial assistants decreased between 2005 and 2015.

Question 25

Many of the departmental responsibilities are prescribed in law.