US Government: 3.10 Lesson Assessment: The Executive Branch

All government offices, agencies, and departments make up which of the following?

Most executive departments, such as the Department of Defense, are headed by which of the following?

The president appoints his most trusted aides and advisors to which of these?

As of 2013, what is the newest executive department?

What are civilian federal employees also referred to as?

What does the National Security Council advise the president on?

What were the EPA and NASA formed as?

Which of the following is made up of the president's appointed department heads in the executive branch?

Which word, with system, is a term for giving government jobs to political friends?

What do interest groups, the federal bureaucracy, and Congress make up?