Reference no: EM133438897
1. For the FOIA exemption regarding national defense and/or foreign policy to apply:
Congress must specifically refer to the document or information in a statute.
the president must issue an executive order.
the document or information must be covered under the Privacy Act also.
the president must review the document or information and authorize an exemption by signed letter to the agency in possession of the document or information.
2.________ require that, generally, an agency's meetings be held open to the public for observation.
Blue laws
Prime directive laws
Open disclosure laws
Sunshine laws
3. Judicial authority to review agency actions may be derived from each of the following except:
the Constitution.
statute.
common law.
executive order.
4. Which of the following is NOT part of the three-prong test to determine standing created by the court in Association of Data Processing Service Organizations v. Camp?
Plaintiff must be within the zone of interest protected by the statute or the constitutional guarantee in question.
Plaintiff must suffer an injury in fact.
There is a likelihood that the injury will be redressed by a favorable decision.
Plaintiff has a verifiable intellectual or metaphysical interest in the issue.
5. The Privacy Act requires that certain ________, held by the government, not be disclosed.
private information regarding individuals
public information regarding agencies
public information regarding Congress
public information regarding individuals
6. Rodney has properly requested the opportunity to review his own records compiled and stored by an agency. No valid exemption exists, yet he is denied access. If he chooses to sue, he must file suit within how many years?
One year.
Two years.
Three years.
Four years.
7. Records concerning the enforcement of criminal laws are not subject to disclosure under the:
FOIA.
Privacy Act.
FOIA and Privacy Act.
Records concerning the enforcement of criminal laws are not exempted from disclosure.
8. A lawsuit brought by a citizen against another citizen who has defrauded the government is called a:
qui tam action.
writ of mandamus suit.
primary jurisdiction suit.
res judicata action.
9. Standing requires a showing of:
a violation of a legally protected right.
personal injury.
financial injury.
a violation of a legally protected right and/or personal injury.
10. The exhaustion of remedies doctrine applies to all of the following except:
civil rights cases.
cases where there is a constitutional challenge to the law being applied.
criminal cases.
bankruptcy cases.