Name a superagency and list at least four agencies within it.
What will be an ideal response?
There are seven superagencies listed in the book (Transportation Agency, Environmental Protection Agency, Health and Human Services Agency, Labor and Workforce Development Agency; Natural Resources Agency; Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency, plus Government Operations). [Note: the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations has been recategorized as a Department rather than a superagency). Each contains anywhere from 4 to 16 smaller agencies (refer to the organizational chart in Chapter 5, Figure 5.2). For example, the Transportation Agency includes the California Highway Patrol; Department of Motor Vehicles; Department of Transportation; Board of Pilot Commissioners; High Speed Rail Authority; and California Transportation Commission.
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Which of the following has been a problem for the Supreme Court and law enforcement when it comes to obscenity?
A. The Court is split 5.4 on whether obscenity is protected by the Constitution. B. The Court has not been able to make a distinction between sexually explicit images and sexually explicit text. C. The Court has not adequately defined obscenity and drafted objective standards that enable judges and police to distinguish the merely pornographic or sexually explicit from the truly obscene. D. The Court has adequately suppressed pornography that appears in the form of the press, such as magazines at convenience stores.
Which of the following statements regarding the roles of recent vice presidents is not true?
a. Vice President Al Gore vehemently opposed many of the Clinton administration’s foreign policies and focused almost exclusively on domestic issues. b. Vice President Joe Biden had a lower key presence in the White House compared to his predecessor, Dick Cheney. c. Vice President Dick Cheney was empowered in his role when George W. Bush asked him to play a key role in the response to the 9/11 attacks. d. A major asset in the Obama administration was Biden’s extensive legislative background and relationships with foreign leaders.
Mistaking the name of a phenomenon for the explanation of the phenomenon is called a
A) Barnum statement. B) nominal fallacy. C) similarity-uniqueness paradox. D) evaluative bias.
How does the addition of the Department of Energy exemplify the United States' tendency to rely on the marketplace to make its decisions?
A) The department was created when the United States became a leading industry of energy supply. B) The department was created in response to the 1970s energy crisis, in which many nations had reached a shortage of energy supply. C) The department was created in order to keep up with parliamentary systems that created their own ministries devoted to issues related to energy. D) The department was created in response to the 1970's energy crisis, in which many nations had an abundance of energy supply.