The executive departments are:
A) businesses owned by the federal government.
B) federal bureaucratic organizations that have a single function.
C) stockholder-owned government-sponsored enterprises.
D) organizations responsible for a specific type of public policy.
E) the major service organizations of the federal government.
Question 2
Which of the following statements is true of the Department of Justice?
A) It handles attacks and natural disasters.
B) It conducts national census.
C) It supervises Native American affairs.
D) It protects citizens abroad.
E) It supervises federal prisons.
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