Question 1

All of the following are examples of independent agencies EXCEPT the

Accepted Answer

A) Environmental Protection Agency. 
B) Central Intelligence Agency. 
C) Federal Election Agency. 
D) National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 
E) National Security Agency. 
A) Environmental Protection Agency. 
B) Central Intelligence Agency. 
C) Federal Election Agency. 
D) National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 
E) National Security Agency.

Question 2

Congress gives federal agencies ____________________ to implement the law in the most effective and efficient way possible.

Accepted Answer

A) executive discretion 
B) almost no discretion 
C) administrative discretion 
D) tightly constrained discretion 
E) None of the above 
A) executive discretion 
B) almost no discretion 
C) administrative discretion 
D) tightly constrained discretion 
E) None of the above

Question 3

Which agency hears charges of wrongdoing and orders corrective and disciplinary action against executive employees or agencies when necessary?

Accepted Answer

A) Civil Service Commission 
B) Office of Management and Budget 
C) Office of Personnel Management 
D) Merit Systems Protection Board 
E) Senior Executive Service 
A) Civil Service Commission 
B) Office of Management and Budget 
C) Office of Personnel Management 
D) Merit Systems Protection Board 
E) Senior Executive Service

Question 4

Which of the following is a way that the president can monitor the federal bureaucracy?

Accepted Answer

A) Putting loyal appointees in top jobs at key agencies 
B) Calling cabinet meetings to learn about what is happening in various agencies 
C) Directing White House aides to oversee agencies 
D) Utilizing the Office of Management and Budget 
E) All of the above 
A) Putting loyal appointees in top jobs at key agencies 
B) Calling cabinet meetings to learn about what is happening in various agencies 
C) Directing White House aides to oversee agencies 
D) Utilizing the Office of Management and Budget 
E) All of the above

Question 5

Oversight in which the two branches executive and legislative branches of the federal government wait for citizens, interest groups, or the press to find a major problem is called police patrol oversight.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Independent regulatory commissioners are appointed by the

Accepted Answer

A) Senate. 
B) House. 
C) commission. 
D) president. 
E) vice president. 
A) Senate. 
B) House. 
C) commission. 
D) president. 
E) vice president.

Question 7

In addition to regular full-time employees, about 7.6 million people work for the federal government

Accepted Answer

A) in the armed forces. 
B) in the civil service. 
C) under contracts to private firms. 
D) under federal grants to colleges, universities, and state and local governments. 
E) in the postal service. 
A) in the armed forces. 
B) in the civil service. 
C) under contracts to private firms. 
D) under federal grants to colleges, universities, and state and local governments. 
E) in the postal service.

Question 8

Independent agencies are usually headed by _______________, the second most senior title in the federal bureaucracy behind secretary or attorney general.

Accepted Answer

A) a senior manager 
B) a vice president 
C) a congressional representative 
D) an administrator 
E) a federal coordinator 
A) a senior manager 
B) a vice president 
C) a congressional representative 
D) an administrator 
E) a federal coordinator

Question 9

How long is the term of the Federal Reserve Board Chair?

Accepted Answer

A) 2 years 
B) 5 years 
C) 10 years 
D) 4 years 
E) It is a lifetime appointment. 
A) 2 years 
B) 5 years 
C) 10 years 
D) 4 years 
E) It is a lifetime appointment.

Question 10

For the first 100 years of U.S.history members of the federal civil service were selected in part because of their political loyalty to the president's party.This was known as the federal rewards system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Departments are the usually largest organizations in government with the largest missions and the highest rank in the federal hierarchy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The assassination of President Garfield and the political corruption that influenced the assassin led to the Pendleton Act.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Under the system of checks and balances, the party that wins the presidency has complete control of the national government.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The official record of what the federal bureaucracy does is known as

Accepted Answer

A) implementation. 
B) the Rules of Bureaucracy. 
C) the Federal Register. 
D) administrative discretion. 
E) the oversight log. 
A) implementation. 
B) the Rules of Bureaucracy. 
C) the Federal Register. 
D) administrative discretion. 
E) the oversight log.

Question 15

An example of a government corporation is the

Accepted Answer

A) Securities and Exchange Commission. 
B) U.S.Mint. 
C) Government Printing Office. 
D) U.S.Postal Service. 
E) Department of Education. 
A) Securities and Exchange Commission. 
B) U.S.Mint. 
C) Government Printing Office. 
D) U.S.Postal Service. 
E) Department of Education.

Question 16

Disaster relief is an example of what type of spending?

Accepted Answer

A) Controllable 
B) Fixed 
C) Entitlement program 
D) Enfranchisement program 
E) Discretionary 
A) Controllable 
B) Fixed 
C) Entitlement program 
D) Enfranchisement program 
E) Discretionary

Question 17

Legislative or executive review of a particular government program of organization is called

Accepted Answer

A) executive review. 
B) bureaucracy regulation. 
C) random checks. 
D) oversight. 
E) None of the above 
A) executive review. 
B) bureaucracy regulation. 
C) random checks. 
D) oversight. 
E) None of the above

Question 18

Measured by budget, the ______ is the largest department of government.

Accepted Answer

A) State Department. 
B) Treasury Department. 
C) Department of Health and Human Services. 
D) Department of Veterans Affairs 
E) Department of Homeland Security. 
A) State Department. 
B) Treasury Department. 
C) Department of Health and Human Services. 
D) Department of Veterans Affairs 
E) Department of Homeland Security.

Question 19

____________________ were created by Congress to undertake independent commercial activities.

Accepted Answer

A) Independent regulatory commissions 
B) Cabinet departments 
C) Independent agencies 
D) Government corporations 
E) Presidential commissions 
A) Independent regulatory commissions 
B) Cabinet departments 
C) Independent agencies 
D) Government corporations 
E) Presidential commissions

Question 20

The number of federal governmental departments is 70.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 13: The Federal Bureaucracy

All of the following are examples of independent agencies EXCEPT the

Congress gives federal agencies ____________________ to implement the law in the most effective and efficient way possible.

Which agency hears charges of wrongdoing and orders corrective and disciplinary action against executive employees or agencies when necessary?

Which of the following is a way that the president can monitor the federal bureaucracy?

Oversight in which the two branches executive and legislative branches of the federal government wait for citizens, interest groups, or the press to find a major problem is called police patrol oversight.

Independent regulatory commissioners are appointed by the

In addition to regular full-time employees, about 7.6 million people work for the federal government

Independent agencies are usually headed by _______________, the second most senior title in the federal bureaucracy behind secretary or attorney general.

How long is the term of the Federal Reserve Board Chair?

For the first 100 years of U.S.history members of the federal civil service were selected in part because of their political loyalty to the president's party.This was known as the federal rewards system.

Departments are the usually largest organizations in government with the largest missions and the highest rank in the federal hierarchy.

The assassination of President Garfield and the political corruption that influenced the assassin led to the Pendleton Act.

Under the system of checks and balances, the party that wins the presidency has complete control of the national government.

The official record of what the federal bureaucracy does is known as

An example of a government corporation is the

Disaster relief is an example of what type of spending?

Legislative or executive review of a particular government program of organization is called

Measured by budget, the ______ is the largest department of government.

____________________ were created by Congress to undertake independent commercial activities.

The number of federal governmental departments is 70.

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