Question

chapter 7 review comprehension: identifying facts decide which agency each statement describes. on a separate sheet of paper, write the name of the agency. 1) enforces laws intended to protect the environment. 2) works to develop peaceful uses of space. 3) supports the arts, including music, dance, and theater. 4) sees that employers treat workers fairly. 5) insures the money that people put in banks. 6) gives permission for a radio station to broadcast. 7) sees that nuclear power plants are operated safely. 8) delivers mail. 9) enforces rules about the labels that are put on consumer goods. 10) enforces untrue claims in advertising. 11) gives permission to store radioactive materials. 12) enforces laws that protect against price fixing. 13) holds ballots for labor organizations. 14) pays money to retired or disabled workers. 15) gives grants to the arts. 16) will repay a person’s money if a bank fails. 17) enforces certain laws concerning the mail. 18) sends u.s. citizens to other countries where their skills are needed. 19) sends the space shuttle into outer space.

Explanation:

To solve this, we identify the agency for each statement by recalling their functions:

1)

• Function: Enforces environmental protection laws.
• Agency: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

2)

• Function: Develops peaceful space uses.
• Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

3)

• Function: Supports arts (music, dance, theater).
• Agency: National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

4)

• Function: Ensures fair employer - worker treatment.
• Agency: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

5)

• Function: Insures bank deposits.
• Agency: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

6)

• Function: Grants radio broadcast permission.
• Agency: Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

7)

• Function: Oversees nuclear power plant safety.
• Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

8)

• Function: Delivers mail.
• Agency: United States Postal Service (USPS)

9)

• Function: Enforces consumer goods labeling rules.
• Agency: Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (or Consumer Product Safety Commission, but FTC also handles labeling - related advertising; more accurately, FTC for advertising - related labeling, CPSC for product safety labeling. For simplicity, FTC here)

10)

• Function: Enforces truth in advertising.
• Agency: Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

11)

• Function: Permits radioactive material storage.
• Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

12)

• Function: Enforces anti - price - fixing laws.
• Agency: Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (or Department of Justice Antitrust Division; FTC is more consumer - focused here)

13)

• Function: Conducts labor organization ballots.
• Agency: National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

14)

• Function: Pays retired/disabled workers.
• Agency: Social Security Administration (SSA)

15)

• Function: Grants to arts.
• Agency: National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

16)

• Function: Repays bank - failure - related deposits.
• Agency: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

17)

• Function: Enforces mail - related laws.
• Agency: United States Postal Service (USPS) (or Postal Regulatory Commission, but USPS enforces its own operational laws)

18)

• Function: Sends citizens abroad for skill - based work.
• Agency: Peace Corps (or Agency for International Development, but Peace Corps sends volunteers; for skill - needed work, maybe USAID, but more likely Peace Corps for citizen deployment)

19)

• Function: Launches space shuttles.
• Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Answer:

s:

1. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
3. National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
4. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
5. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
6. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
7. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
8. United States Postal Service (USPS)
9. Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
10. Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
11. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
12. Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
13. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
14. Social Security Administration (SSA)
15. National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
16. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
17. United States Postal Service (USPS)
18. Peace Corps (or USAID)
19. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)