Deck 6: Government Departments and Central Agencies

Question 1

Which of the following departments is a vertical constituency type of department?

A)Finance Canada
B)Privy Council office
C)Canadian Heritage
D)Justice Canada

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Central Agencies were previously known as horizontal administrative co-ordinative departments.

Answer 2

False
Central agencies used to be called horizontal policy co-ordinative departments.

Question 3

Which of the following is a central agency?

A)Department of Justice
B)Department of National Defence
C)Department of Finance
D)Employment and Social Development Canada

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which province first introduced central agencies as an integral part of the cabinet decision-making process?

A)Saskatchewan
B)Manitoba
C)Ontario
D)British Columbia

Question 5

Which of the following is part of the federal legislative branch of government in Canada?

A)Governor General
B)Opposition Parties
C)Public Servants
D)Lieutenant Governor

Question 6

Which of the following types of departments are considered to be the least influential?

A)horizontal administrative co-ordinative departments
B)horizontal policy co-ordinate departments
C)central agencies
D)vertical constituency departments

Question 7

New departments can only be created by an Act of Parliament.

Question 8

The House of Commons is part of the executive branch of government in Canada.

Question 9

Which of the following is the largest central agency, in terms of number of employees?

A)Prime Minister's Office
B)Privy Council Office
C)Department of Finance
D)Treasury Board Secretariat

Question 10

Which prime minister had a major influence in the creation of central agencies and changes made to them?

A)Prime Minister Lester Pearson
B)Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau
C)Prime Minister Brian Mulroney
D)Prime Minister Joe Clark

Question 11

Which government organization is subject to the greatest degree of political control?

A)government departments
B)regulatory agencies
C)Crown corporations
D)special operating agencies

Question 12

Who has the power to create or transfer duties among departments through the Public Service Rearrangement and Transfer of Duties Act?

A)the governor-general
B)the governor-in-council
C)the prime minister
D)the cabinet minister

Question 13

Which of the following statements describes the Privy Council Office?

A)It provides partisan political advice to the Prime Minister.
B)It is staffed by career public servants.
C)It is politically operationally sensitive.
D)It is headed by the Chief of Staff.

Question 14

Vertical constituency departments provide services directly to the public.

Question 15

A department is structured hierarchically similar to the Weberian bureaucratic model.

Question 16

What is the title of the individual who serves as the political head of a government department?

A)Chief Administrative Officer
B)Cabinet Minister
C)Chief Executive Officer
D)Deputy Minister

Question 17

Who is considered the administrative head of a department?

A)associate deputy minister
B)assistant deputy minister
C)associate assistant deputy minister
D)deputy minister

Question 18

Who heads the executive branch in provinces?

A)the governor-general
B)the lieutenant-governor
C)the governor-in-council
D)the premier

Question 19

Who are known as the "superbureacrats"?

A)deputy ministers
B)retired bureaucrats
C)senior public servants
D)public servants working in central agencies

Question 20

Which of the following is a cabinet committee?

A)Prime Minister's Office
B)Treasury Board Secretariat
C)Treasury Board
D)Privy Council Office

Question 21

Deputy ministers of departments usually change when governments change.

Question 22

Crown corporations are less autonomous than government departments.

Question 23

The Department of Finance is a central agency.

Question 24

All cabinet committees are enshrined in legislation and have large bureaucracies reporting to them.

Question 25

The head of the public service is the Clerk of the Privy Council.