Deck 22: The Bureaucracy

Question 1

How are government departments created?

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

Answer 1

B

Question 2

What type of decisions are NOT functions of regulatory tribunals?

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

Answer 2

D

Question 3

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

Answer 3

False
Every province except Prince Edward Island has supplemented other means of controlling the bureaucracy with the appointment of an ombudsman.

Question 4

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

Question 5

In terms of workforce, the smallest department is the Department of Finance.

Question 6

Who handles human resources and financial and expenditure management?

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

Question 7

What are the Estimates?

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 8

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

Question 9

The Auditor General is considered an agent of Parliament.

Question 10

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

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 11

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

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

Question 12

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

Question 13

Who heads the different branches within a department?

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

Question 14

The Official Languages Act of 1969 made the executive branch of government bilingual.

Question 15

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

Question 16

Who provides an annual report of government funds that have been unlawfully or unwisely spent?

A)Auditor General
B)Information Commissioner
C)Environmental Commissioner
D)Comptroller of the Treasury

Question 17

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

Question 18

What government department employs the largest number of civil servants?

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

Question 19

Which occupational category does nursing fall under?

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

Question 20

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

Question 21

How are responsibility and accountability managed in departments?

Question 22

How is the Canadian bureaucracy controlled?

Question 23

What reforms to the bureaucracy were proposed by the Gomery Inquiry?

Question 24

What is the purpose of Crown corporations?

Question 25

How do central agencies function in relation to government departments?