Deck 9: The Executive and the Bureaucracy

Question 1

Typically, which of the following is considered to be the second-most senior committee?

A)Defence Procurement
B)Treasury Board
C)Operations
D)Litigation Management

Answer 1

C

Question 2

All cabinet committee members are chosen by individual ministers.

Answer 2

False
They are chosen by the prime minister.

Question 3

The Prime Minister determines the creation of all committees and their membership except for which cabinet committee?

A)Environmental Climate Change and Energy
B)Diversity and Inclusion
C)Treasury Board
D)Defense Procurement

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT an administrative central agency?

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

Question 5

What is the maximum number of pages allowed for a memorandum of cabinet?

A)10!
B)20!
C)50!
D)There is no page limit!

Question 6

What is another term for prime ministerial government?

A)rationale government
B)ad hoc government
C)court government
D)central government

Question 7

Whose government was the first to set up an ad-hoc committee on defence procurement?

A)Stephen Harper
B)Pierre Elliott Trudeau
C)Brian Mulroney
D)Justin Trudeau

Question 8

Alongside the Prime Minister, who co-chairs the Priorities and Planning committee?

A)the deputy minister
B)the finance minister
C)the justice minister
D)the chief of staff

Question 9

Which of the following components of the memorandum to cabinet takes the form of a question to be considered and answered?

A)the Rationale
B)the Issue Statement
C)the Proposed Approach and Options
D)the Due Diligence

Question 10

Which of the following is considered a permanent executive?

A)prime minister
B)cabinet minister
C)governor-general
D)deputy minister

Question 11

Which of the following central agencies is staffed by partisan appointees?

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

Question 12

What is the name given to the most senior cabinet committee?

A)Open Transparent Government and Parliament
B)Agenda, Results and Communications
C)Operations
D)Intelligence and Emergency Management

Question 13

Which of the following central agencies have an advisory relationship to the Prime Minister?

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

Question 14

Which of the following central agencies have a departmental form and report to a ministry?

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

Question 15

Who is the head of the government?

A)the prime minister
B)the monarch
C)the queen
D)the lieutenant-governor

Question 16

Which of the following central agencies was involved in the Senate scandal in 2013?

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

Question 17

The governor-general is part of the legislature.

Question 18

The Priorities and Planning committee is chaired by the prime minister.

Question 19

In addition to incorporating values, public servants also exercise power.

Question 20

The prime minister is considered to be the first among equals in relation to other cabinet ministers.

Question 21

No one can influence a minister's proposal.

Question 22

Pierre Elliott Trudeau expanded and organized the Prime Minister's Office to improve the advisory and co-ordinating functions.

Question 23

The Considerations portion of the memorandum to cabinet is considered the most important part.

Question 24

Central agencies are not allowed to intervene or influence a minister's proposal.

Question 25

Cabinet committees are an integral part of the political executive.