Question 1

The ______________ is made up of about 7,000 high-level officials who work closely with presidential appointees.

Accepted Answer

A) Secret Service 
B) Executive Auxiliary Corps 
C) Senior Civil Service 
D) Elite Federal Employee Union 
E) Senior Executive Service 
A) Secret Service 
B) Executive Auxiliary Corps 
C) Senior Civil Service 
D) Elite Federal Employee Union 
E) Senior Executive Service E

Question 2

____________, the process of monitoring the day-to-day activities of an agency or department, is an important tool for holding government accountable.

Accepted Answer

A) Presidential review 
B) Fact-checking 
C) Auditing 
D) Oversight 
E) None of the above 
A) Presidential review 
B) Fact-checking 
C) Auditing 
D) Oversight 
E) None of the above D

Question 3

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent regulatory commission.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

The spoils system is defined as a system of public employment based on rewarding party loyalists and friends.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The office that administers civil service laws, rules, and regulations is the

Accepted Answer

A) Civil Service Office. 
B) Office of Personnel Management. 
C) Civil Service Administration. 
D) General Accounting Office. 
E) Office of Human Resources. 
A) Civil Service Office. 
B) Office of Personnel Management. 
C) Civil Service Administration. 
D) General Accounting Office. 
E) Office of Human Resources.

Question 6

The president also appoints another _____ U.S.marshals, U.S.attorneys, and ambassadors to foreign nations, but usually makes these appointments on a nonpolitical basis.

Accepted Answer

A) 500 
B) 1000 
C) 1500 
D) 2000 
E) 2500 
A) 500 
B) 1000 
C) 1500 
D) 2000 
E) 2500

Question 7

Programs such as unemployment insurance, disaster relief, or disability payments that provide benefits to all eligible citizens are known as

Accepted Answer

A) central clearance. 
B) uncontrollable spending. 
C) entitlement programs. 
D) police patrol oversight. 
E) fire alarm oversight. 
A) central clearance. 
B) uncontrollable spending. 
C) entitlement programs. 
D) police patrol oversight. 
E) fire alarm oversight.

Question 8

________________________ are perhaps the least understood organizations in the federal bureaucracy.

Accepted Answer

A) Departments 
B) Independent Agencies 
C) Independent Regulatory Commissions 
D) Government corporations 
E) Bureaus 
A) Departments 
B) Independent Agencies 
C) Independent Regulatory Commissions 
D) Government corporations 
E) Bureaus

Question 9

Uncontrollable spending includes spending on all the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) Medicare. 
B) Social Security. 
C) new weapons programs. 
D) college loans. 
E) help for victims of natural disasters. 
A) Medicare. 
B) Social Security. 
C) new weapons programs. 
D) college loans. 
E) help for victims of natural disasters.

Question 10

The portion of the federal budget that is spent on programs, such as Social Security, that the president and Congress are unwilling to cut is called uncontrollable spending.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Fifty-five percent of federal employees work in the armed forces or in the U.S.Postal Service.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The civil service is defined as

Accepted Answer

A) federal employees who work for government through a competitive, not political, selection. 
B) a system of public employment based on rewarding party loyalists and friends. 
C) a system of public employment in which selection and promotion depend on demonstrated performance rather than political patronage. 
D) an agency that administers civil service laws, rules, and regulations. 
E) an independent agency that oversees and protects merit in the federal government personnel system. 
A) federal employees who work for government through a competitive, not political, selection. 
B) a system of public employment based on rewarding party loyalists and friends. 
C) a system of public employment in which selection and promotion depend on demonstrated performance rather than political patronage. 
D) an agency that administers civil service laws, rules, and regulations. 
E) an independent agency that oversees and protects merit in the federal government personnel system.

Question 13

Independent agencies can never be of more political importance to a president than a department.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The textbook offers a definition of bureaucracy as a form of organization that operates through

Accepted Answer

A) personal rules and procedures. 
B) uniform rules and flexible procedures. 
C) impersonal, uniform rules and procedures. 
D) flexible rules and uniform procedures. 
E) impersonal rules and flexible procedures. 
A) personal rules and procedures. 
B) uniform rules and flexible procedures. 
C) impersonal, uniform rules and procedures. 
D) flexible rules and uniform procedures. 
E) impersonal rules and flexible procedures.

Question 15

The four-step process for presidential appointee selections is: 1) the White House selects a nominee, 2) the White House puts the nominee through a clearing process, 3) the president submits the name of the nominee to the Senate clerk, and 4) the Senate confirmation committee reviews the appointment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Oversight in which the executive and legislative branches of the federal government watch the bureaucracy through a routine pattern of reading key reports and monitoring budgets is called fire alarm oversight.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Congress created the Department of Veterans Affairs in 1989 under pressure from veterans' groups.This is a good example of a(n)

Accepted Answer

A) single-purpose department. 
B) patchwork department. 
C) military department. 
D) umbrella department. 
E) independent department. 
A) single-purpose department. 
B) patchwork department. 
C) military department. 
D) umbrella department. 
E) independent department.

Question 18

Which of the following statements provides an example of accountability?

Accepted Answer

A) Necessary work skills are so specifically delineated, employees can be trained in enough detail to succeed. 
B) The leader is in charge of every last person in the organization. 
C) Rules are implemented through formal processes. 
D) Clients are assured that they will be treated fairly whomever they talk to. 
E) Completion of training is mandatory when new technology is adopted. 
A) Necessary work skills are so specifically delineated, employees can be trained in enough detail to succeed. 
B) The leader is in charge of every last person in the organization. 
C) Rules are implemented through formal processes. 
D) Clients are assured that they will be treated fairly whomever they talk to. 
E) Completion of training is mandatory when new technology is adopted.

Question 19

The textbook offers a definition of bureaucrat as a(n)

Accepted Answer

A) career government employee. 
B) temporary government employee. 
C) mid level government employee. 
D) entry level government employee. 
E) executive or managerial level government employee. 
A) career government employee. 
B) temporary government employee. 
C) mid level government employee. 
D) entry level government employee. 
E) executive or managerial level government employee.

Question 20

A government agency that operates like a business corporation, created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program, is called a government corporation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 13: The Federal Bureaucracy

The ______________ is made up of about 7,000 high-level officials who work closely with presidential appointees.

____________, the process of monitoring the day-to-day activities of an agency or department, is an important tool for holding government accountable.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent regulatory commission.

The spoils system is defined as a system of public employment based on rewarding party loyalists and friends.

The office that administers civil service laws, rules, and regulations is the

The president also appoints another _____ U.S.marshals, U.S.attorneys, and ambassadors to foreign nations, but usually makes these appointments on a nonpolitical basis.

Programs such as unemployment insurance, disaster relief, or disability payments that provide benefits to all eligible citizens are known as

________________________ are perhaps the least understood organizations in the federal bureaucracy.

Uncontrollable spending includes spending on all the following EXCEPT

The portion of the federal budget that is spent on programs, such as Social Security, that the president and Congress are unwilling to cut is called uncontrollable spending.

Fifty-five percent of federal employees work in the armed forces or in the U.S.Postal Service.

The civil service is defined as

Independent agencies can never be of more political importance to a president than a department.

The textbook offers a definition of bureaucracy as a form of organization that operates through

Oversight in which the executive and legislative branches of the federal government watch the bureaucracy through a routine pattern of reading key reports and monitoring budgets is called fire alarm oversight.

Congress created the Department of Veterans Affairs in 1989 under pressure from veterans' groups.This is a good example of a(n)

Which of the following statements provides an example of accountability?

The textbook offers a definition of bureaucrat as a(n)

A government agency that operates like a business corporation, created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program, is called a government corporation.

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