Question 1

Which of the following individuals advanced the classic conception of bureaucracy?

Accepted Answer

A) Max Weber 
B) Karl Marx 
C) Adam Smith 
D) John Adams 
E) Richard Nuestadt 
A) Max Weber 
B) Karl Marx 
C) Adam Smith 
D) John Adams 
E) Richard Nuestadt

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT true about presidential appointees to bureaucracies?

Accepted Answer

A) They often do not know their own agency subordinates very well,much less people in other agencies. 
B) They must be recommended by the Office of Personnel Management's "rule of three." 
C) As political appointees,they are often unaccustomed to the administrative routines,budget cycles,and legal complexities of their agencies or departments. 
D) They tend to spend fewer years in their positions than those in the civil service. 
E) According to Hugh Heclo,their most important trait is their transience. 
A) They often do not know their own agency subordinates very well,much less people in other agencies. 
B) They must be recommended by the Office of Personnel Management's "rule of three." 
C) As political appointees,they are often unaccustomed to the administrative routines,budget cycles,and legal complexities of their agencies or departments. 
D) They tend to spend fewer years in their positions than those in the civil service. 
E) According to Hugh Heclo,their most important trait is their transience.

Question 3

Which of the following is a way presidents attempt to control the bureaucracy?

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A) Creating an iron triangle 
B) Holding oversight hearings 
C) Rewriting legislation or adding additional details to existing legislation 
D) Issuing an executive order 
E) All of these are ways presidents attempt to control the bureaucracy. 
A) Creating an iron triangle 
B) Holding oversight hearings 
C) Rewriting legislation or adding additional details to existing legislation 
D) Issuing an executive order 
E) All of these are ways presidents attempt to control the bureaucracy.

Question 4

Which of the following statements about the hiring and firing of civil servants is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) The Office of Personnel Management has elaborate rules about hiring,promotion,and firing of civil servants. 
B) The top of the civil service is composed of about 9,000 members of the Senior Executive Service. 
C) Once hired,civil servants are assigned a General Schedule ranging from GS 1 to GS 18. 
D) Due to the merit system,it is easy to fire incompetent civil servants. 
E) Civil servants are protected from political firings. 
A) The Office of Personnel Management has elaborate rules about hiring,promotion,and firing of civil servants. 
B) The top of the civil service is composed of about 9,000 members of the Senior Executive Service. 
C) Once hired,civil servants are assigned a General Schedule ranging from GS 1 to GS 18. 
D) Due to the merit system,it is easy to fire incompetent civil servants. 
E) Civil servants are protected from political firings.

Question 5

The _____ is the president's own final authority on any agency's budget.

Accepted Answer

A) Congressional Budget Office 
B) Department of Treasury 
C) Securities and Exchange Commission 
D) Office of Management and Budget 
E) Office of the Vice President 
A) Congressional Budget Office 
B) Department of Treasury 
C) Securities and Exchange Commission 
D) Office of Management and Budget 
E) Office of the Vice President

Question 6

The General Services Administration and the National Aeronautical and Space Administration are examples of

Accepted Answer

A) government corporations. 
B) independent regulatory agencies. 
C) cabinet departments. 
D) presidential administrative agencies. 
E) independent executive agencies. 
A) government corporations. 
B) independent regulatory agencies. 
C) cabinet departments. 
D) presidential administrative agencies. 
E) independent executive agencies.

Question 7

What is the function of the Office of Personnel Management?

Accepted Answer

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Question 8

Issue networks are

Accepted Answer

A) a growing participatory force in bureaucratic decision making whose members' interest in issues is intellectual or emotional rather than material. 
B) the same as "iron triangles." 
C) the relatively new television stations that specialize in political coverage. 
D) subject to standard operating procedures. 
E) two or more agencies that share regulatory power when a policy or regulation affects more than one regulatory body. 
A) a growing participatory force in bureaucratic decision making whose members' interest in issues is intellectual or emotional rather than material. 
B) the same as "iron triangles." 
C) the relatively new television stations that specialize in political coverage. 
D) subject to standard operating procedures. 
E) two or more agencies that share regulatory power when a policy or regulation affects more than one regulatory body.

Question 9

What are the main elements of the Weberian model of bureaucracies?

Accepted Answer

The Weberian model of bureaucracies, dev

Question 10

All civil service systems are designed to

Accepted Answer

A) create a nonpartisan government service with promotion on the basis of merit. 
B) create job replacements when a new party comes to power. 
C) ensure the General Schedule rating system for patronage appointments. 
D) centralize government employment at the federal level. 
E) create a system that ranks and rewards employees by their time spent in government. 
A) create a nonpartisan government service with promotion on the basis of merit. 
B) create job replacements when a new party comes to power. 
C) ensure the General Schedule rating system for patronage appointments. 
D) centralize government employment at the federal level. 
E) create a system that ranks and rewards employees by their time spent in government.

Question 11

In referring to administrative policymakers as a "government of strangers," Hugh Heclo was referring to

Accepted Answer

A) their transience. 
B) the fact that most last less than two years in their positions. 
C) the fact that most top officials rarely stay in their positions long enough to get to know their subordinates. 
D) Heclo was referring to all of these. 
E) Heclo was referring to none of these. 
A) their transience. 
B) the fact that most last less than two years in their positions. 
C) the fact that most top officials rarely stay in their positions long enough to get to know their subordinates. 
D) Heclo was referring to all of these. 
E) Heclo was referring to none of these.

Question 12

The main job of federal bureaucrats is to

Accepted Answer

A) advise the president and cabinet on internal affairs. 
B) countervail the power of private corporations,especially monopolies. 
C) compete with the private sector for monopoly power. 
D) protect the interests of their constituencies. 
E) implement and regulate government policies. 
A) advise the president and cabinet on internal affairs. 
B) countervail the power of private corporations,especially monopolies. 
C) compete with the private sector for monopoly power. 
D) protect the interests of their constituencies. 
E) implement and regulate government policies.

Question 13

Following Weber,task specialization places experts,rather than amateurs,in technical jobs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The federal bureaucracy has shrunk in size relative to the population it serves.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

What are independent executive agencies? Give an example.

Accepted Answer

Independent executive agencies are units

Question 16

Karl Marx is the German theorist who advanced the classic conception of bureaucracy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The ________ Act was passed partly as a memorial to the memory of President James Garfield,who was assassinated in 1881.

Accepted Answer

A) Pendleton Civil Service 
B) Treason 
C) Voting Rights 
D) Hatch 
E) Interstate Commerce 
A) Pendleton Civil Service 
B) Treason 
C) Voting Rights 
D) Hatch 
E) Interstate Commerce

Question 18

Identify,describe,and give examples of the implementation functions of bureaucracies.

Accepted Answer

Bureaucracies are organizational structu

Question 19

According to Max Weber,bureaucracy has a hierarchical authority structure that uses task specialization and operates on the merit principle.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

How does politics permeate bureaucracies? What factors make it difficult to control bureaucracies?

Accepted Answer

Politics permeates bureaucracies in seve

Which of the following individuals advanced the classic conception of bureaucracy?

Which of the following is NOT true about presidential appointees to bureaucracies?

Which of the following is a way presidents attempt to control the bureaucracy?

Which of the following statements about the hiring and firing of civil servants is FALSE?

The _____ is the president's own final authority on any agency's budget.

The General Services Administration and the National Aeronautical and Space Administration are examples of

What is the function of the Office of Personnel Management?

Issue networks are

What are the main elements of the Weberian model of bureaucracies?

All civil service systems are designed to

In referring to administrative policymakers as a "government of strangers," Hugh Heclo was referring to

The main job of federal bureaucrats is to

Following Weber,task specialization places experts,rather than amateurs,in technical jobs.

The federal bureaucracy has shrunk in size relative to the population it serves.

What are independent executive agencies? Give an example.

Karl Marx is the German theorist who advanced the classic conception of bureaucracy.

The ________ Act was passed partly as a memorial to the memory of President James Garfield,who was assassinated in 1881.

Identify,describe,and give examples of the implementation functions of bureaucracies.

According to Max Weber,bureaucracy has a hierarchical authority structure that uses task specialization and operates on the merit principle.

How does politics permeate bureaucracies? What factors make it difficult to control bureaucracies?

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Exam 13: The Federal Bureaucracy

Which of the following individuals advanced the classic conception of bureaucracy?

Which of the following is NOT true about presidential appointees to bureaucracies?

Which of the following is a way presidents attempt to control the bureaucracy?

Which of the following statements about the hiring and firing of civil servants is FALSE?

The _____ is the president's own final authority on any agency's budget.

The General Services Administration and the National Aeronautical and Space Administration are examples of

What is the function of the Office of Personnel Management?

Issue networks are

What are the main elements of the Weberian model of bureaucracies?

All civil service systems are designed to

In referring to administrative policymakers as a "government of strangers," Hugh Heclo was referring to

The main job of federal bureaucrats is to

Following Weber,task specialization places experts,rather than amateurs,in technical jobs.

The federal bureaucracy has shrunk in size relative to the population it serves.

What are independent executive agencies? Give an example.

Karl Marx is the German theorist who advanced the classic conception of bureaucracy.

The ________ Act was passed partly as a memorial to the memory of President James Garfield,who was assassinated in 1881.

Identify,describe,and give examples of the implementation functions of bureaucracies.

According to Max Weber,bureaucracy has a hierarchical authority structure that uses task specialization and operates on the merit principle.

How does politics permeate bureaucracies? What factors make it difficult to control bureaucracies?

Introducing Government in America

The Constitution

Federalism

Civil Liberties and Public Policy

Civil Rights and Public Policy

Public Opinion and Political Action

The Mass Media and the Political Agenda

Political Parties

Campaigns and Voting Behavior

Interest Groups

Congress

The Presidency

The Federal Courts

Congress,the President,and the Budget: the Politics of Taxing and Spending

Social Welfare Policymaking

National Security Policymaking

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