Exam 13: The Executive Branch

You are studying an organization and trying to determine whether it is a public bureaucracy or a private one. Which of the following features would tell you that it is a public, or government, bureaucracy rather than a private one?

What inconsistency is revealed in polls taken of Americans?

A bureaucrat who constantly tries to expand his or her budget as a way to demonstrate power is best explained by which model of bureaucracy?

Explain both sides of the issue of the privatization of government. Provide examples of ways privatization might make government more efficient and some of the unintended consequences of privatization.

If it were necessary to create a new cabinet-level department today, which of the following has the authority to do that?

You are trying to classify the various organizations that operate within the executive branch. How can you identify an independent regulatory agency?

An employee of a government unit, who is quite knowledgeable within their narrow area, and works on specific responsibilities and within a hierarchy of authority is known as which of the following?

Explain the concept of bureaucracy and why bureaucracies are necessary.

A government department has decided to make use of privatization, which means it plans to do which of the following?

Describe attempts to make the federal bureaucracy more open, efficient, and responsive to the needs of U.S. citizens.

A clerical worker for the federal government notices gross negligence in the spending habits of a government agency and the worker feels the need to call this discrepancy to the attention of the media. That clerical worker is an example of which of the following?

The official published record of all executive branch rules, regulations, and orders is referred to as which of the following?

Which of the following did the Government in the Sunshine Act require?

A federal employee who was hired through a merit-based system to implement federal programs is expected to be neutral in political affiliations. What would this individual be considered?

Why was the Hatch Act adopted by Congress in 1939?

What is the basis for hiring decisions made under the civil service system?

Discuss the reasons for the major growth of the bureaucracy. In your opinion, is it too big? Why or why not?

Rather than hire federal workers to make infrastructure repairs to interstate highways, the government contracted with local construction companies in the affected areas to complete the work. This an example of which of the following?

What did the Pendleton Act do?

What did the Whistleblower Protection Act do?