Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a strategy that Congress employs to try to control the bureaucracy?

Accepted Answer

A) Altering agency budgets 
B) Influencing the appointment of agency heads 
C) Holding oversight hearings 
D) Rewriting or altering legislation 
E) Issuing executive orders 
A) Altering agency budgets 
B) Influencing the appointment of agency heads 
C) Holding oversight hearings 
D) Rewriting or altering legislation 
E) Issuing executive orders

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT an element of all regulation governing bureaucratic agencies?

Accepted Answer

A) A grant of power and set of directions from Congress 
B) A set of rules and guidelines determined by the regulatory agency itself 
C) Some means of enforcing compliance 
D) A timeline for eventual deregulation 
E) None of these; all are elements of regulation 
A) A grant of power and set of directions from Congress 
B) A set of rules and guidelines determined by the regulatory agency itself 
C) Some means of enforcing compliance 
D) A timeline for eventual deregulation 
E) None of these; all are elements of regulation

Question 3

How does one become a bureaucrat?

Accepted Answer

To become a bureaucrat, which typically

Question 4

What is meant by administrative discretion,and when is it most often used?

Accepted Answer

Administrative discretion refers to the

Question 5

Which individual helped end the spoils system?

Accepted Answer

A) Abraham Lincoln 
B) Andrew Jackson 
C) Andrew Johnson 
D) Charles Guiteau 
E) Jimmy Carter 
A) Abraham Lincoln 
B) Andrew Jackson 
C) Andrew Johnson 
D) Charles Guiteau 
E) Jimmy Carter

Question 6

The Federal Trade Commission is an independent regulatory agency of the federal government that regulates the railroad and trucking industries.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Iron triangles are mutually advantageous relationships between bureaucratic agencies,interest groups,and congressional committees.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Civil service systems are designed to hire and promote members of the bureaucracy on the basis of merit and to create a nonpartisan government service.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The Department of Defense constitutes more than one-half of the federal bureaucracy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Why is policy implementation left to the bureaucracy? What are some of the principal causes of implementation breakdown? What improvements do you think could be made to lessen the likelihood of such breakdowns? Explain.

Accepted Answer

Policy implementation is often left to t

Question 11

Which of the following requirements resulted from the Hatch Act?

Accepted Answer

A) Civil service employees cannot actively engage in partisan politics while on duty. 
B) Civil service employees in sensitive positions,such as those in the area of national security,may only engage in political activities when off duty. 
C) No civil servants are permitted to make individual contributions to political campaigns. 
D) Civil servants are permitted to run for public office. 
E) Civil servants' rights to free speech include the right to run for political office at any point in their career. 
A) Civil service employees cannot actively engage in partisan politics while on duty. 
B) Civil service employees in sensitive positions,such as those in the area of national security,may only engage in political activities when off duty. 
C) No civil servants are permitted to make individual contributions to political campaigns. 
D) Civil servants are permitted to run for public office. 
E) Civil servants' rights to free speech include the right to run for political office at any point in their career.

Question 12

All regulations contain each of the following elements EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) a grant of power and set of directions from Congress. 
B) some means of enforcing compliance with congressional goals and agency regulations. 
C) presidential oversight and control of enforcement. 
D) a set of rules and guidelines by the regulatory agency itself. 
E) None of these; all are elements of the regulatory process. 
A) a grant of power and set of directions from Congress. 
B) some means of enforcing compliance with congressional goals and agency regulations. 
C) presidential oversight and control of enforcement. 
D) a set of rules and guidelines by the regulatory agency itself. 
E) None of these; all are elements of the regulatory process.

Question 13

Administrative discretion is greatest when

Accepted Answer

A) rules and regulations are not written down. 
B) standard operating procedures are used. 
C) an agency has elaborate rules and regulations. 
D) a particular agency is the subject of media coverage. 
E) rules do not fit a case. 
A) rules and regulations are not written down. 
B) standard operating procedures are used. 
C) an agency has elaborate rules and regulations. 
D) a particular agency is the subject of media coverage. 
E) rules do not fit a case.

Question 14

Cabinet secretaries are selected by the president and approved by the Senate.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The authority of administrative actors to select among various responses to a given problem is called

Accepted Answer

A) policy implementation. 
B) selective management. 
C) the merit principle. 
D) the definition of alternatives. 
E) administrative discretion. 
A) policy implementation. 
B) selective management. 
C) the merit principle. 
D) the definition of alternatives. 
E) administrative discretion.

Question 16

Which of the following statements about bureaucracies is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) Bureaucratic power extends to every corner of American economic and social life. 
B) Bureaucracies are scarcely hinted at in the Constitution. 
C) Nothing better illustrates the complexity of modern government than its massive bureaucracies. 
D) Each bureaucratic agency is created by the president. 
E) How to manage and control bureaucracies is a central problem of democratic government. 
A) Bureaucratic power extends to every corner of American economic and social life. 
B) Bureaucracies are scarcely hinted at in the Constitution. 
C) Nothing better illustrates the complexity of modern government than its massive bureaucracies. 
D) Each bureaucratic agency is created by the president. 
E) How to manage and control bureaucracies is a central problem of democratic government.

Question 17

Policy implementation involves translating the goals and objectives of policy into an operating,ongoing program.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Briefly explain the organization of the federal bureaucracy.Be sure to include all aspects of the bureaucracy,including the types of agencies into which the bureaucracy is organized.

Accepted Answer

The federal bureaucracy is organized int

Question 19

Fragmentation refers to a situation in which responsibility for a policy is dispersed among several units within the bureaucracy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Until the late-nineteenth century,most government employees got their jobs through

Accepted Answer

A) the patronage system. 
B) the merit principle. 
C) hereditary preferences. 
D) civil service testing. 
E) a lottery system. 
A) the patronage system. 
B) the merit principle. 
C) hereditary preferences. 
D) civil service testing. 
E) a lottery system.

Which of the following is NOT a strategy that Congress employs to try to control the bureaucracy?

Which of the following is NOT an element of all regulation governing bureaucratic agencies?

How does one become a bureaucrat?

What is meant by administrative discretion,and when is it most often used?

Which individual helped end the spoils system?

The Federal Trade Commission is an independent regulatory agency of the federal government that regulates the railroad and trucking industries.

Iron triangles are mutually advantageous relationships between bureaucratic agencies,interest groups,and congressional committees.

Civil service systems are designed to hire and promote members of the bureaucracy on the basis of merit and to create a nonpartisan government service.

The Department of Defense constitutes more than one-half of the federal bureaucracy.

Why is policy implementation left to the bureaucracy? What are some of the principal causes of implementation breakdown? What improvements do you think could be made to lessen the likelihood of such breakdowns? Explain.

Which of the following requirements resulted from the Hatch Act?

All regulations contain each of the following elements EXCEPT

Administrative discretion is greatest when

Cabinet secretaries are selected by the president and approved by the Senate.

The authority of administrative actors to select among various responses to a given problem is called

Which of the following statements about bureaucracies is FALSE?

Policy implementation involves translating the goals and objectives of policy into an operating,ongoing program.

Briefly explain the organization of the federal bureaucracy.Be sure to include all aspects of the bureaucracy,including the types of agencies into which the bureaucracy is organized.

Fragmentation refers to a situation in which responsibility for a policy is dispersed among several units within the bureaucracy.

Until the late-nineteenth century,most government employees got their jobs through

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Exam 13: The Federal Bureaucracy

Which of the following is NOT a strategy that Congress employs to try to control the bureaucracy?

Which of the following is NOT an element of all regulation governing bureaucratic agencies?

How does one become a bureaucrat?

What is meant by administrative discretion,and when is it most often used?

Which individual helped end the spoils system?

The Federal Trade Commission is an independent regulatory agency of the federal government that regulates the railroad and trucking industries.

Iron triangles are mutually advantageous relationships between bureaucratic agencies,interest groups,and congressional committees.

Civil service systems are designed to hire and promote members of the bureaucracy on the basis of merit and to create a nonpartisan government service.

The Department of Defense constitutes more than one-half of the federal bureaucracy.

Why is policy implementation left to the bureaucracy? What are some of the principal causes of implementation breakdown? What improvements do you think could be made to lessen the likelihood of such breakdowns? Explain.

Which of the following requirements resulted from the Hatch Act?

All regulations contain each of the following elements EXCEPT

Administrative discretion is greatest when

Cabinet secretaries are selected by the president and approved by the Senate.

The authority of administrative actors to select among various responses to a given problem is called

Which of the following statements about bureaucracies is FALSE?

Policy implementation involves translating the goals and objectives of policy into an operating,ongoing program.

Briefly explain the organization of the federal bureaucracy.Be sure to include all aspects of the bureaucracy,including the types of agencies into which the bureaucracy is organized.

Fragmentation refers to a situation in which responsibility for a policy is dispersed among several units within the bureaucracy.

Until the late-nineteenth century,most government employees got their jobs through

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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