Delegation Powers And Limitations
1. Under the principle of non-delegation of powers, which of the following best explains
why administrative agencies are limited in exercising legislative functions?
• The executive branch fully retains legislative authority.
• Delegated powers must be expressly revoked.
• Delegation of legislative power is inherently unconstitutional.
• Delegated authority must include clear standards.
✅ Answer: Delegated authority must include clear standards.
2. Which of the following situations exemplifies valid delegation to an administrative agency?
• Congress authorizes the agency to “regulate all business conduct.”
• Congress instructs an agency to “determine fair labor conditions” with no guidelines.
• Congress allows an agency to “set specific air quality levels based on public health criteria.”
• Congress grants an agency the power to “act as it sees fit.”
✅ Answer: Congress allows an agency to “set specific air quality levels based on public health criteria.”
3. The completeness test in administrative delegation focuses on what essential requirement?
• Whether the delegated law promotes judicial activism.
• Whether the law provides sufficient detail to be enforced.
• Whether the agency has executive clearance.
• Whether the law was passed by supermajority.
✅ Answer: Whether the law provides sufficient detail to be enforced.
4. The sufficient standard test ensures that:
• There is a consistent jurisprudence in delegation.
• The law enables administrative discretion without constraints.
• There is a defined policy guideline for the delegate.
• Judicial review is excluded from delegated acts.
✅ Answer: There is a defined policy guideline for the delegate.
5. In cases of improper delegation, what legal doctrine is commonly invoked to strike down
the administrative rule?
• Doctrine of separation of grievances
• Void-for-vagueness doctrine
• Doctrine of subordination
1. Under the principle of non-delegation of powers, which of the following best explains
why administrative agencies are limited in exercising legislative functions?
• The executive branch fully retains legislative authority.
• Delegated powers must be expressly revoked.
• Delegation of legislative power is inherently unconstitutional.
• Delegated authority must include clear standards.
✅ Answer: Delegated authority must include clear standards.
2. Which of the following situations exemplifies valid delegation to an administrative agency?
• Congress authorizes the agency to “regulate all business conduct.”
• Congress instructs an agency to “determine fair labor conditions” with no guidelines.
• Congress allows an agency to “set specific air quality levels based on public health criteria.”
• Congress grants an agency the power to “act as it sees fit.”
✅ Answer: Congress allows an agency to “set specific air quality levels based on public health criteria.”
3. The completeness test in administrative delegation focuses on what essential requirement?
• Whether the delegated law promotes judicial activism.
• Whether the law provides sufficient detail to be enforced.
• Whether the agency has executive clearance.
• Whether the law was passed by supermajority.
✅ Answer: Whether the law provides sufficient detail to be enforced.
4. The sufficient standard test ensures that:
• There is a consistent jurisprudence in delegation.
• The law enables administrative discretion without constraints.
• There is a defined policy guideline for the delegate.
• Judicial review is excluded from delegated acts.
✅ Answer: There is a defined policy guideline for the delegate.
5. In cases of improper delegation, what legal doctrine is commonly invoked to strike down
the administrative rule?
• Doctrine of separation of grievances
• Void-for-vagueness doctrine
• Doctrine of subordination
