Question 1

The two principles that keep accountability systems working are ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  standard setting and efficiency 
B)  monitoring and sanctions 
C)  voluntary compliance and administrative confidentiality 
D)  independence and redundancy 
A)  standard setting and efficiency 
B)  monitoring and sanctions 
C)  voluntary compliance and administrative confidentiality 
D)  independence and redundancy

Question 2

What type of oversight management does Congress tend to practice?

Accepted Answer

A)  fire alarm 
B)  police patrol 
C)  physician rescue 
D)  prison guard patrol 
A)  fire alarm 
B)  police patrol 
C)  physician rescue 
D)  prison guard patrol

Question 3

The ______ is Congress's chief arm for examining the performance of government programs.

Accepted Answer

A)  House Committee on Government Reform 
B)  Treasury Department 
C)  Senate Committee on Government Affairs 
D)  GAO 
A)  House Committee on Government Reform 
B)  Treasury Department 
C)  Senate Committee on Government Affairs 
D)  GAO

Question 4

Each of the following is a purpose for congressional oversight EXCEPT ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  evaluation of program effectiveness 
B)  satisfying the desire of the local election base 
C)  protection of congressional prerogatives 
D)  reversal of unpopular actions 
A)  evaluation of program effectiveness 
B)  satisfying the desire of the local election base 
C)  protection of congressional prerogatives 
D)  reversal of unpopular actions

Question 5

What is fire alarm oversight?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. Fire alarm

Question 6

According to the Constitution, all of the following hold true EXCEPT ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  Congress makes laws 
B)  Congress creates the bureaucracy and authorizes programs and program administrators 
C)  Congress appropriates funds for programs within the federal bureaucracy 
D)  Congress faithfully executes laws 
A)  Congress makes laws 
B)  Congress creates the bureaucracy and authorizes programs and program administrators 
C)  Congress appropriates funds for programs within the federal bureaucracy 
D)  Congress faithfully executes laws

Question 7

What is the paradox of congressional oversight?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. The paradox is that a

Question 8

Increasingly, on what does GAO rely for review of individual agency transactions?

Accepted Answer

A)  appropriations staff 
B)  budget staff 
C)  nobody 
D)  agency auditors 
A)  appropriations staff 
B)  budget staff 
C)  nobody 
D)  agency auditors

Question 9

Which of the following is associated with government agencies' protection of private information such as individuals' tax returns?

Accepted Answer

A)  administrative confidentiality 
B)  legislative review 
C)  performance-based information 
D)  executive privilege 
A)  administrative confidentiality 
B)  legislative review 
C)  performance-based information 
D)  executive privilege

Question 10

Having multiple agencies charged with oversight is most closely associated with what principle of accountability?

Accepted Answer

A)  reliability 
B)  independence 
C)  internal controls 
D)  redundancy 
A)  reliability 
B)  independence 
C)  internal controls 
D)  redundancy

Question 11

According to the text, what is the effect of appropriations committees' primary focus on funding levels?

Accepted Answer

A)  The are the best at oversight. 
B)  They are removed from oversight. 
C)  They are probably not as engaged in oversight as they could be. 
D)  There is no effect. 
A)  The are the best at oversight. 
B)  They are removed from oversight. 
C)  They are probably not as engaged in oversight as they could be. 
D)  There is no effect.

The two principles that keep accountability systems working are ______.

What type of oversight management does Congress tend to practice?

The ______ is Congress's chief arm for examining the performance of government programs.

Each of the following is a purpose for congressional oversight EXCEPT ______.

What is fire alarm oversight?

According to the Constitution, all of the following hold true EXCEPT ______.

What is the paradox of congressional oversight?

Increasingly, on what does GAO rely for review of individual agency transactions?

Which of the following is associated with government agencies' protection of private information such as individuals' tax returns?

Having multiple agencies charged with oversight is most closely associated with what principle of accountability?

According to the text, what is the effect of appropriations committees' primary focus on funding levels?

Accountability

What Government Does And How It Does It

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Exam 14: Accountability and Politics

The two principles that keep accountability systems working are ______.

What type of oversight management does Congress tend to practice?

The ______ is Congress's chief arm for examining the performance of government programs.

Each of the following is a purpose for congressional oversight EXCEPT ______.

What is fire alarm oversight?

According to the Constitution, all of the following hold true EXCEPT ______.

What is the paradox of congressional oversight?

Increasingly, on what does GAO rely for review of individual agency transactions?

Which of the following is associated with government agencies' protection of private information such as individuals' tax returns?

Having multiple agencies charged with oversight is most closely associated with what principle of accountability?

According to the text, what is the effect of appropriations committees' primary focus on funding levels?

Accountability

What Government Does And How It Does It

What Is Public Administration?

Organizational Theory

The Executive Branch

Organization Problems

Administrative Reform

The Civil Service

Human Capital

Decision Making: Rationality and Risk

Budgeting

Implementation and Performance

Regulation and the Courts

Filters