Question 1

The Department of ________ is the largest government department in terms of number of employees.

Accepted Answer

A) Homeland Security 
B) Agriculture 
C) Health and Human Services 
D) Commerce 
E) Defense 
A) Homeland Security 
B) Agriculture 
C) Health and Human Services 
D) Commerce 
E) Defense

Question 2

______________ is not a reason cited by the text for the growth of government?​

Accepted Answer

A) ​Government intervention to protect the integrity of markets 
B) ​Increased acceptance of government involvement in social welfare 
C) ​Election and appointment of "left-leaning Social Democratic" government officials 
D) ​Increasing complexity of society 
E) ​Change in the public's attitudes about business 
A) ​Government intervention to protect the integrity of markets 
B) ​Increased acceptance of government involvement in social welfare 
C) ​Election and appointment of "left-leaning Social Democratic" government officials 
D) ​Increasing complexity of society 
E) ​Change in the public's attitudes about business

Question 3

Regulatory commissions are usually run with an odd number of commissioners

Accepted Answer

A) to facilitate rotation in office. 
B) to prevent tie votes. 
C) by longstanding tradition dating back to the Middle Ages. 
D) to prevent any area of the country from being overrepresented. 
E) after the passage of the 1961 Bureaucratic Improvement Act. 
A) to facilitate rotation in office. 
B) to prevent tie votes. 
C) by longstanding tradition dating back to the Middle Ages. 
D) to prevent any area of the country from being overrepresented. 
E) after the passage of the 1961 Bureaucratic Improvement Act.

Question 4

​According to the text,a primary reason for low morale among federal employees is

Accepted Answer

A) ​realization of the needless nature of most of the work they do. 
B) ​budget cuts resulting in staff reductions with no corresponding work output expectations. 
C) ​disagreement with the fundamental philosophy of the presidential administration. 
D) ​inability to challenge poor decisions frequently made by federal agency supervisors and managers. 
E) ​inadequate screening of newly hired employees. 
A) ​realization of the needless nature of most of the work they do. 
B) ​budget cuts resulting in staff reductions with no corresponding work output expectations. 
C) ​disagreement with the fundamental philosophy of the presidential administration. 
D) ​inability to challenge poor decisions frequently made by federal agency supervisors and managers. 
E) ​inadequate screening of newly hired employees.

Question 5

One significant difficulty with the initial No Child Left Behind law was that

Accepted Answer

A) the initial grants offered to states were too low to motivate compliance. 
B) the federal government lacked bureaucratic manpower to analyze the data it demanded the states collect for it. 
C) the questionable constitutionality of the act slowed state agencies' desire to follow it. 
D) states were allowed to set their own standards for what constituted acceptable student performance. 
E) too many tasks necessary for implementing the law were outsourced to private for-profit education companies. 
A) the initial grants offered to states were too low to motivate compliance. 
B) the federal government lacked bureaucratic manpower to analyze the data it demanded the states collect for it. 
C) the questionable constitutionality of the act slowed state agencies' desire to follow it. 
D) states were allowed to set their own standards for what constituted acceptable student performance. 
E) too many tasks necessary for implementing the law were outsourced to private for-profit education companies.

Question 6

When the Affordable Care Act was implemented,the primary problem was​ that

Accepted Answer

A) ​the available heath insurance options were too expensive. 
B) ​citizens rejected the "socialist" nature of the program. 
C) ​bureaucrats objected to the program because it was implemented by executive order rather than through legislation debated and adopted by Congress. 
D) ​the web site citizens had to use to obtain insurance did not work. 
E) ​the Supreme Court found the Act unconstitutional. 
A) ​the available heath insurance options were too expensive. 
B) ​citizens rejected the "socialist" nature of the program. 
C) ​bureaucrats objected to the program because it was implemented by executive order rather than through legislation debated and adopted by Congress. 
D) ​the web site citizens had to use to obtain insurance did not work. 
E) ​the Supreme Court found the Act unconstitutional.

Question 7

The U.S.Postal Service and Amtrak are examples of

Accepted Answer

A) off-line spending. 
B) congressional intrusion into bureaucratic agencies. 
C) consumer service departments. 
D) government corporations. 
E) independent agencies. 
A) off-line spending. 
B) congressional intrusion into bureaucratic agencies. 
C) consumer service departments. 
D) government corporations. 
E) independent agencies.

Question 8

Describe the process through which executive agencies exercise their administrative policymaking authority.​

Accepted Answer

Executive agencies exercise their admini

Question 9

One of the reasons why bureaucracies are much larger in other countries is that

Accepted Answer

A) they have fewer rights and liberties. 
B) they have pure federal systems. 
C) they offer more social services, such as government-paid health care. 
D) they are more militaristic. 
E) they are not bound by written constitutions. 
A) they have fewer rights and liberties. 
B) they have pure federal systems. 
C) they offer more social services, such as government-paid health care. 
D) they are more militaristic. 
E) they are not bound by written constitutions.

Question 10

Congress has a tendency to grant _________ discretion to those agencies involved in domestic and global security.

Accepted Answer

A) the broadest range of 
B) very little 
C) no 
D) statutory, but not administrative 
E) administrative, but not statutory 
A) the broadest range of 
B) very little 
C) no 
D) statutory, but not administrative 
E) administrative, but not statutory

Question 11

In the governments of modern societies,bureaucracies

Accepted Answer

A) still play a central role. 
B) are undergoing a slow decline in their importance and usefulness. 
C) continue to see their budgets generally expand, even in the face of public criticism. 
D) disproportionately consist of women. 
E) continue to see their budgets generally expand, even in the face of public criticism, and disproportionately consist of women. 
A) still play a central role. 
B) are undergoing a slow decline in their importance and usefulness. 
C) continue to see their budgets generally expand, even in the face of public criticism. 
D) disproportionately consist of women. 
E) continue to see their budgets generally expand, even in the face of public criticism, and disproportionately consist of women.

Question 12

Explain why presidents find the bureaucracy is not always as responsive as they might like.

Accepted Answer

Presidents often find the bureaucracy to

Question 13

The thorough and lengthy process the FDA uses to evaluate drugs was validated by the controversy involving

Accepted Answer

A) Plan B. 
B) steroids. 
C) thalidomide. 
D) provastin. 
E) hypoglyceritol. 
A) Plan B. 
B) steroids. 
C) thalidomide. 
D) provastin. 
E) hypoglyceritol.

Question 14

__________ created new bureaucracies to administer new programs for health care and oversight of the financial services industry.

Accepted Answer

A) Jimmy Carter 
B) Barack Obama 
C) George W. Bush 
D) Ronald Reagan 
E) None of these choices is true. 
A) Jimmy Carter 
B) Barack Obama 
C) George W. Bush 
D) Ronald Reagan 
E) None of these choices is true.

Question 15

The civil service was created after President Garfield was assassinated by a(n)

Accepted Answer

A) rogue CIA operative. 
B) anarchist. 
C) mentally unbalanced job seeker. 
D) Confederate loyalist. 
E) protester. 
A) rogue CIA operative. 
B) anarchist. 
C) mentally unbalanced job seeker. 
D) Confederate loyalist. 
E) protester.

Question 16

Government regulation of business grew in response to the realization that

Accepted Answer

A) a laissez-faire approach does not always result in competitive markets. 
B) business cannot be trusted to seek profits. 
C) members of the public deserve a say in everything that affects them. 
D) American competitiveness requires a government role in business. 
E) government study of business practices will increase government efficiency. 
A) a laissez-faire approach does not always result in competitive markets. 
B) business cannot be trusted to seek profits. 
C) members of the public deserve a say in everything that affects them. 
D) American competitiveness requires a government role in business. 
E) government study of business practices will increase government efficiency.

Question 17

The bureaucracy may not be fully responsive to a president's wishes because

Accepted Answer

A) pluralist pressures may pull the agency in a direction other than that favored by the president. 
B) the agency head may dislike the president. 
C) the president may make unreasonable demands on the agency. 
D) the role of government is to protect the people from the power used by elected officials. 
E) Congress funds most agencies. 
A) pluralist pressures may pull the agency in a direction other than that favored by the president. 
B) the agency head may dislike the president. 
C) the president may make unreasonable demands on the agency. 
D) the role of government is to protect the people from the power used by elected officials. 
E) Congress funds most agencies.

Question 18

Despite the fact that Americans want smaller government,why is it politically risky to reduce the number of bureaucrats?

Accepted Answer

Despite the fact that Americans want sma

Question 19

Government corporations are best described as

Accepted Answer

A) businesses that have gone bankrupt and have been taken over by the government. 
B) agencies that privately see to the personal needs of high-level bureaucrats. 
C) business enterprises that the government has seized because of failure to pay taxes. 
D) government agencies that provide services that could be provided by the private sector. 
E) government partnerships with private industry. 
A) businesses that have gone bankrupt and have been taken over by the government. 
B) agencies that privately see to the personal needs of high-level bureaucrats. 
C) business enterprises that the government has seized because of failure to pay taxes. 
D) government agencies that provide services that could be provided by the private sector. 
E) government partnerships with private industry.

Question 20

After an ExpressJet flight kept 47 passengers on board an aircraft overnight in Rochester,New York,the Department of Transportation announced a new set of rules limiting tarmac waits to

Accepted Answer

A) no more than seven hours. 
B) one hour. 
C) no more than three hours. 
D) thirty minutes. 
E) None of these choices is true. 
A) no more than seven hours. 
B) one hour. 
C) no more than three hours. 
D) thirty minutes. 
E) None of these choices is true.

The Department of ________ is the largest government department in terms of number of employees.

______________ is not a reason cited by the text for the growth of government?

Regulatory commissions are usually run with an odd number of commissioners

According to the text,a primary reason for low morale among federal employees is

One significant difficulty with the initial No Child Left Behind law was that

When the Affordable Care Act was implemented,the primary problem was that

The U.S.Postal Service and Amtrak are examples of

Describe the process through which executive agencies exercise their administrative policymaking authority.

One of the reasons why bureaucracies are much larger in other countries is that

Congress has a tendency to grant _________ discretion to those agencies involved in domestic and global security.

In the governments of modern societies,bureaucracies

Explain why presidents find the bureaucracy is not always as responsive as they might like.

The thorough and lengthy process the FDA uses to evaluate drugs was validated by the controversy involving

__________ created new bureaucracies to administer new programs for health care and oversight of the financial services industry.

The civil service was created after President Garfield was assassinated by a(n)

Government regulation of business grew in response to the realization that

The bureaucracy may not be fully responsive to a president's wishes because

Despite the fact that Americans want smaller government,why is it politically risky to reduce the number of bureaucrats?

Government corporations are best described as

After an ExpressJet flight kept 47 passengers on board an aircraft overnight in Rochester,New York,the Department of Transportation announced a new set of rules limiting tarmac waits to

Freedom, Order, or Equality

Majoritarian or Pluralist Democracy

The Constitution

Federalism

Public Opinion and Political Socialization

The Media

Participation and Voting

Political Parties

Nominations, Elections, and Campaigns

Interest Groups

Congress

The Presidency

The Courts

Order and Civil Liberties

Equality and Civil Rights

Economic Policy

Policymaking and Domestic Policy

Filters

Exam 13: The Bureaucracy

The Department of ________ is the largest government department in terms of number of employees.

______________ is not a reason cited by the text for the growth of government?​

Regulatory commissions are usually run with an odd number of commissioners

​According to the text,a primary reason for low morale among federal employees is

One significant difficulty with the initial No Child Left Behind law was that

When the Affordable Care Act was implemented,the primary problem was​ that

The U.S.Postal Service and Amtrak are examples of

Describe the process through which executive agencies exercise their administrative policymaking authority.​

One of the reasons why bureaucracies are much larger in other countries is that

Congress has a tendency to grant _________ discretion to those agencies involved in domestic and global security.

In the governments of modern societies,bureaucracies

Explain why presidents find the bureaucracy is not always as responsive as they might like.

The thorough and lengthy process the FDA uses to evaluate drugs was validated by the controversy involving

__________ created new bureaucracies to administer new programs for health care and oversight of the financial services industry.

The civil service was created after President Garfield was assassinated by a(n)

Government regulation of business grew in response to the realization that

The bureaucracy may not be fully responsive to a president's wishes because

Despite the fact that Americans want smaller government,why is it politically risky to reduce the number of bureaucrats?

Government corporations are best described as

After an ExpressJet flight kept 47 passengers on board an aircraft overnight in Rochester,New York,the Department of Transportation announced a new set of rules limiting tarmac waits to

Freedom, Order, or Equality

Majoritarian or Pluralist Democracy

The Constitution

Federalism

Public Opinion and Political Socialization

The Media

Participation and Voting

Political Parties

Nominations, Elections, and Campaigns

Interest Groups

Congress

The Presidency

The Courts

Order and Civil Liberties

Equality and Civil Rights

Economic Policy

Policymaking and Domestic Policy

Filters

______________ is not a reason cited by the text for the growth of government?

According to the text,a primary reason for low morale among federal employees is

When the Affordable Care Act was implemented,the primary problem was that

Describe the process through which executive agencies exercise their administrative policymaking authority.