Question 1

Which of the following is true of the federal government's demographic representativeness?

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A) Because the federal government has reduced efforts to specifically promote women and minorities,the proportion of white males that hold top administration positions has increased in recent years. 
B) If all employees are taken into account,the federal bureaucracy comes reasonably close to being representative of the nation's population. 
C) Women and minorities are better represented in Congress and the judiciary than they are among the top ranks of administrators. 
D) The concept of a demographically representative civil service was first endorsed by President Reagan in 1984. 
E) There has been much more improvement in the representation of minorities in the civil service than in the representation of women. 
A) Because the federal government has reduced efforts to specifically promote women and minorities,the proportion of white males that hold top administration positions has increased in recent years. 
B) If all employees are taken into account,the federal bureaucracy comes reasonably close to being representative of the nation's population. 
C) Women and minorities are better represented in Congress and the judiciary than they are among the top ranks of administrators. 
D) The concept of a demographically representative civil service was first endorsed by President Reagan in 1984. 
E) There has been much more improvement in the representation of minorities in the civil service than in the representation of women. B

Question 2

As distinct from the patronage system,the merit system for managing the bureaucracy

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A) allows the president to appoint top officials of executive agencies,thus making the bureaucracy more responsive to election outcomes. 
B) provides for presidential leadership of the bureaucracy,thus giving it greater coordination and direction. 
C) provides for a neutral administration in the sense that civil servants are not partisan appointees,thus ensuring evenhanded work. 
D) provides that all programs will be evaluated regularly to determine whether they merit continued funding. 
E) All these answers are correct. 
A) allows the president to appoint top officials of executive agencies,thus making the bureaucracy more responsive to election outcomes. 
B) provides for presidential leadership of the bureaucracy,thus giving it greater coordination and direction. 
C) provides for a neutral administration in the sense that civil servants are not partisan appointees,thus ensuring evenhanded work. 
D) provides that all programs will be evaluated regularly to determine whether they merit continued funding. 
E) All these answers are correct. C

Question 3

Regarding the educational background of bureaucrats,high-ranking civil servants in continental Europe,compared to American bureaucrats,tend to have a college major specializing in

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A) natural sciences and engineering. 
B) law. 
C) social sciences and the humanities. 
D) business management. 
E) journalism. 
A) natural sciences and engineering. 
B) law. 
C) social sciences and the humanities. 
D) business management. 
E) journalism. B

Question 4

About three in every five managerial and professional positions in the federal bureaucracy are held by

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A) women. 
B) white males. 
C) African Americans. 
D) Latino Americans. 
E) Asian Americans. 
A) women. 
B) white males. 
C) African Americans. 
D) Latino Americans. 
E) Asian Americans.

Question 5

Studies have found that the U.S.federal bureaucracy

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A) becomes far less effective as it grows over time. 
B) is much less accountable than the bureaucracies of European democracies. 
C) compares favorably in performance to government bureaucracies elsewhere. 
D) is one of the least representative of minorities compared to others worldwide. 
E) falls far short of the effectiveness of most foreign bureaucracies. 
A) becomes far less effective as it grows over time. 
B) is much less accountable than the bureaucracies of European democracies. 
C) compares favorably in performance to government bureaucracies elsewhere. 
D) is one of the least representative of minorities compared to others worldwide. 
E) falls far short of the effectiveness of most foreign bureaucracies.

Question 6

Which of the following is a principle of bureaucratic organization?

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A) hierarchical authority 
B) job specialization 
C) formalized rules 
D) hierarchical authority,job specialization,and formalized rules 
E) None of these answers is correct. 
A) hierarchical authority 
B) job specialization 
C) formalized rules 
D) hierarchical authority,job specialization,and formalized rules 
E) None of these answers is correct.

Question 7

In the late 1800s,rapid economic growth placed new demands on the federal government and led it to

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A) create new federal departments built around economic interests. 
B) establish the executive management system. 
C) reorganize the cabinet in order to make it the center of economic policy making. 
D) both create new federal departments built around economic interests,and establish the executive management system. 
E) None of these answers is correct. 
A) create new federal departments built around economic interests. 
B) establish the executive management system. 
C) reorganize the cabinet in order to make it the center of economic policy making. 
D) both create new federal departments built around economic interests,and establish the executive management system. 
E) None of these answers is correct.

Question 8

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)are

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A) all agencies within cabinet departments. 
B) all independent agencies. 
C) respectively,an independent agency,an agency within a cabinet department,and a regulatory agency. 
D) two cabinet departments and a regulatory agency. 
E) respectively,an agency within a cabinet department,an independent agency,and a regulatory agency. 
A) all agencies within cabinet departments. 
B) all independent agencies. 
C) respectively,an independent agency,an agency within a cabinet department,and a regulatory agency. 
D) two cabinet departments and a regulatory agency. 
E) respectively,an agency within a cabinet department,an independent agency,and a regulatory agency.

Question 9

The Senior Executive Service (SES)

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A) is composed of civil employees that can be fired more easily than normal career civil servants. 
B) was designed to combat abuse of the patronage system. 
C) is composed of civil employees that can be assigned by the president to any position within the bureaucracy. 
D) has been more successful in practice than its proponents anticipated. 
E) assigns most of its senior executives to work within a different agency than the one in which they originally worked. 
A) is composed of civil employees that can be fired more easily than normal career civil servants. 
B) was designed to combat abuse of the patronage system. 
C) is composed of civil employees that can be assigned by the president to any position within the bureaucracy. 
D) has been more successful in practice than its proponents anticipated. 
E) assigns most of its senior executives to work within a different agency than the one in which they originally worked.

Question 10

Congress oversees the bureaucracy by using

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A) sunset provisions. 
B) the Government Accounting Office. 
C) enabling provisions. 
D) all of these: sunset provisions,the Government Accounting Office,and enabling provisions. 
E) None of these answers is correct. 
A) sunset provisions. 
B) the Government Accounting Office. 
C) enabling provisions. 
D) all of these: sunset provisions,the Government Accounting Office,and enabling provisions. 
E) None of these answers is correct.

Question 11

What "multiple-use" policy is the U.S.Forest Service tasked with?

Accepted Answer

A) preserving forests for recreation,and protecting endangered species 
B) preserving forests in response to environmental concerns,and coordinating with the National Park Service for creating park lands 
C) serving both the interests of lumber sellers and mining interests 
D) opening up forests both for logging and in response to energy concerns 
E) preserving forests for environmental reasons,and opening them up for logging 
A) preserving forests for recreation,and protecting endangered species 
B) preserving forests in response to environmental concerns,and coordinating with the National Park Service for creating park lands 
C) serving both the interests of lumber sellers and mining interests 
D) opening up forests both for logging and in response to energy concerns 
E) preserving forests for environmental reasons,and opening them up for logging

Question 12

At the start of the annual budget cycle,the OMB assigns each agency a budget limit based on

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A) the president's directives. 
B) its own projections of what is affordable. 
C) the Justice Department's instructions. 
D) Congressional guidelines. 
E) the guidelines of the Commerce Department. 
A) the president's directives. 
B) its own projections of what is affordable. 
C) the Justice Department's instructions. 
D) Congressional guidelines. 
E) the guidelines of the Commerce Department.

Question 13

Compared to the president and Congress,the bureaucracy

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A) is held in higher esteem by the public. 
B) is authorized by a constitutional amendment rather than by the original Constitution. 
C) has a more direct impact on the daily lives of Americans. 
D) has changed very little during the nation's history. 
E) is more easily controlled by the voters. 
A) is held in higher esteem by the public. 
B) is authorized by a constitutional amendment rather than by the original Constitution. 
C) has a more direct impact on the daily lives of Americans. 
D) has changed very little during the nation's history. 
E) is more easily controlled by the voters.

Question 14

The special interests that benefit directly from a bureaucratic agency's programs are called

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A) clientele groups. 
B) pressure groups. 
C) entitlement groups. 
D) programmatic groups. 
E) recipient groups. 
A) clientele groups. 
B) pressure groups. 
C) entitlement groups. 
D) programmatic groups. 
E) recipient groups.

Question 15

The two main systems of bureaucratic employment are the patronage and merit systems.Describe their respective goals and the major problems associated with each system.

Accepted Answer

The patronage system was designed to mak

Question 16

Bureaucrats are ________ and elected officials are ________.

Accepted Answer

A) generalists; specialists 
B) generalists; generalists 
C) specialists; generalists 
D) specialists; specialists 
E) popular; unpopular 
A) generalists; specialists 
B) generalists; generalists 
C) specialists; generalists 
D) specialists; specialists 
E) popular; unpopular

Question 17

The number of employees in the federal bureaucracy is about ________.

Accepted Answer

A) 10 million 
B) 2.5 million 
C) 5 million 
D) 700,000 
E) 1 million 
A) 10 million 
B) 2.5 million 
C) 5 million 
D) 700,000 
E) 1 million

Question 18

Bureaucrats tend to follow

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A) the wishes of the president. 
B) the wishes of Congress. 
C) their own agency's point of view. 
D) the expectations of the general public. 
E) the wishes of federal judges. 
A) the wishes of the president. 
B) the wishes of Congress. 
C) their own agency's point of view. 
D) the expectations of the general public. 
E) the wishes of federal judges.

Question 19

The importance of clientele groups was especially clear in 1995 when House Speaker Newt Gingrich threatened to "zero out" funding for the

Accepted Answer

A) Social Security System. 
B) Corporation for Public Broadcasting. 
C) Department of Agriculture. 
D) drug education program administered by Health and Human Services. 
E) U.S.Postal Service. 
A) Social Security System. 
B) Corporation for Public Broadcasting. 
C) Department of Agriculture. 
D) drug education program administered by Health and Human Services. 
E) U.S.Postal Service.

Question 20

Bureaucracy is best characterized in terms of

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A) inefficiency,inflexibility,and red tape. 
B) hierarchy,specialization,and rules. 
C) honesty,efficiency,and patronage. 
D) corruption,incompetence,and spoils. 
E) waste,red tape,and lack of rules. 
A) inefficiency,inflexibility,and red tape. 
B) hierarchy,specialization,and rules. 
C) honesty,efficiency,and patronage. 
D) corruption,incompetence,and spoils. 
E) waste,red tape,and lack of rules.

Which of the following is true of the federal government's demographic representativeness?

As distinct from the patronage system,the merit system for managing the bureaucracy

Regarding the educational background of bureaucrats,high-ranking civil servants in continental Europe,compared to American bureaucrats,tend to have a college major specializing in

About three in every five managerial and professional positions in the federal bureaucracy are held by

Studies have found that the U.S.federal bureaucracy

Which of the following is a principle of bureaucratic organization?

In the late 1800s,rapid economic growth placed new demands on the federal government and led it to

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)are

The Senior Executive Service (SES)

Congress oversees the bureaucracy by using

What "multiple-use" policy is the U.S.Forest Service tasked with?

At the start of the annual budget cycle,the OMB assigns each agency a budget limit based on

Compared to the president and Congress,the bureaucracy

The special interests that benefit directly from a bureaucratic agency's programs are called

The two main systems of bureaucratic employment are the patronage and merit systems.Describe their respective goals and the major problems associated with each system.

Bureaucrats are and elected officials are .

The number of employees in the federal bureaucracy is about ________.

Bureaucrats tend to follow

The importance of clientele groups was especially clear in 1995 when House Speaker Newt Gingrich threatened to "zero out" funding for the

Bureaucracy is best characterized in terms of

Political Thinking and Political Culture: Becoming a Responsible Citizen

Constitutional Democracy: Promoting Liberty and Self-Government

Federalism: Forging a Nation

Civil Liberties: Protecting Individual Rights

Equal Rights: Struggling Toward Fairness

Public Opinion and Political Socialization: Shaping the Peoples Voice

Political Participation: Activating the Popular Will

Political Parties, Candidates, and Campaigns: Defining the Voters Choice

Interest Groups: Organizing for Influence

The News Media: Communicating Political Images

Congress: Balancing National Goals and Local Interests

The Presidency: Leading the Nation

The Federal Judicial System: Applying the Law

Economic and Environmental Policy: Contributing to Prosperity

Welfare and Education Policy: Providing for Personal Security and Need

Foreign Policy: Protecting the American Way

State and Local Politics: Maintaining Our Differences

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Exam 13: The Federal Bureaucracy: Administering the Government

Which of the following is true of the federal government's demographic representativeness?

As distinct from the patronage system,the merit system for managing the bureaucracy

Regarding the educational background of bureaucrats,high-ranking civil servants in continental Europe,compared to American bureaucrats,tend to have a college major specializing in

About three in every five managerial and professional positions in the federal bureaucracy are held by

Studies have found that the U.S.federal bureaucracy

Which of the following is a principle of bureaucratic organization?

In the late 1800s,rapid economic growth placed new demands on the federal government and led it to

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)are

The Senior Executive Service (SES)

Congress oversees the bureaucracy by using

What "multiple-use" policy is the U.S.Forest Service tasked with?

At the start of the annual budget cycle,the OMB assigns each agency a budget limit based on

Compared to the president and Congress,the bureaucracy

The special interests that benefit directly from a bureaucratic agency's programs are called

The two main systems of bureaucratic employment are the patronage and merit systems.Describe their respective goals and the major problems associated with each system.

Bureaucrats are ________ and elected officials are ________.

The number of employees in the federal bureaucracy is about ________.

Bureaucrats tend to follow

The importance of clientele groups was especially clear in 1995 when House Speaker Newt Gingrich threatened to "zero out" funding for the

Bureaucracy is best characterized in terms of

Political Thinking and Political Culture: Becoming a Responsible Citizen

Constitutional Democracy: Promoting Liberty and Self-Government

Federalism: Forging a Nation

Civil Liberties: Protecting Individual Rights

Equal Rights: Struggling Toward Fairness

Public Opinion and Political Socialization: Shaping the Peoples Voice

Political Participation: Activating the Popular Will

Political Parties, Candidates, and Campaigns: Defining the Voters Choice

Interest Groups: Organizing for Influence

The News Media: Communicating Political Images

Congress: Balancing National Goals and Local Interests

The Presidency: Leading the Nation

The Federal Judicial System: Applying the Law

Economic and Environmental Policy: Contributing to Prosperity

Welfare and Education Policy: Providing for Personal Security and Need

Foreign Policy: Protecting the American Way

State and Local Politics: Maintaining Our Differences

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Bureaucrats are and elected officials are .