The Department of Transportation is headed by a secretary in the President's Cabinet and oversees agencies such as the FAA. What type of bureaucracy is it?

NASA runs the civil space program, is outside any Cabinet department, and is led by an administrator rather than a bipartisan commission. What type of body is it?

Amtrak is a federally chartered corporation, operated like a company, with the U.S. government as controlling shareholder. What type of body is this?

The SEC is led by up to five commissioners, with no more than three from the same party, and oversees securities markets. What type of body is it?

The FTC has five commissioners serving fixed terms and enforces laws against unfair business practices. What kind of federal body is it?

The EPA is not a Cabinet department and is led by one administrator while enforcing environmental statutes nationwide. What organizational type best describes it?

Congress orders EPA to set a safe pollutant limit but leaves the number to EPA. EPA proposes a limit, takes comments, then issues a binding standard. What is EPA doing?

A statute says the Secretary of Transportation may set minimum auto safety standards. NHTSA writes a detailed regulation. What gives NHTSA legal authority?

Before a final rule, an agency places a proposed rule in the Federal Register and opens a docket. What opportunity is the public being given?

Scientists submit evidence that a proposed air-quality rule is impossible to measure. Before issuing a final rule, what must the agency do with significant comments?

Which federal law supplies the basic procedures for agency rulemaking, including notice of proposed rules and public comment?

After a final federal regulation is published, where is its official regulatory text organized by subject title?

Passed in 1883 after President Garfield's assassination, which law required competitive examinations for many federal jobs?

A personnel office rates qualified applicants by ability, knowledge, and skills after fair, open competition, not by party loyalty. What principle is this?

A newly elected president gives federal jobs to loyal party workers mainly because they helped win the election. What practice does this describe?

A federal employee uses an official agency social media account while on duty to promote a partisan candidate. Which law is designed to restrict that kind of activity?

In the rulemaking path shown, what belongs in [blank] between drafting a proposed rule and reviewing comments?

In the merit-hiring path shown, which step best fills [blank] after applicants are assessed?

Use the reporting chart. Which agency belongs in [blank] under the Department of Transportation?

The path shows a rule after final publication. What belongs in [blank]?