Question 1

People often associate bureaucracies with red tape and slow response times.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Why don't as many of the most talented people apply to become civil servants as in other countries?

Accepted Answer

A)  Civil servants have very little prestige. 
B)  The civil service is not very diverse. 
C)  The civil service exams are extremely difficult. 
D)  Unlike other democracies, the highest policymaking positions require an extensive education background to be hired. 
E)  In the United States, there is very little legislative oversight, so employees of the civil service don't feel as secure in their positions.

Question 3

In measuring the size of the government, which of these groups is NOT counted?

Accepted Answer

A)  employees who work in government contract-created jobs 
B)  employees who work in government grant-created jobs 
C)  employees hired by state and local governments to meet federal mandates 
D)  U.S. postal workers 
E)  None of the above is counted in measuring the size of the U.S. government.

Question 4

Election winners typically benefit under which type of system

Accepted Answer

A)  civil service system 
B)  hierarchical federal bureaucratic system 
C)  state-centered, decentralized system 
D)  spoils system 
E)  a presidential system

Question 5

Bureaucracy in the United States is an organizational hodgepodge.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which of the following could be described as a hybrid between a public and private organization?

Accepted Answer

A)  government corporations 
B)  federal agencies 
C)  independent executive agencies 
D)  independent regulatory commissions 
E)  quasi-governmental organizations

Question 7

Subdivisions within cabinet departments include bureaus and agencies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

One of the reasons why we consider bureaucrats policymakers is because they

Accepted Answer

A) are unelected officials of the federal government. 
B)  make important decisions that have consequences for many other people, groups, and organizations. 
C)  are members of the executive branch. 
D)  take direction from Congress in oversight hearings. 
E)  none of the above

Question 9

The United States' model of divided control of the bureaucracy is common to most other democracies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which federal agency has the power to block proposed legislation coming from any executive branch agency if it deems it contrary to the president's program?

Accepted Answer

A)  Office of Management and Budget 
B)  Council of Economic Advisors 
C)  OPEC 
D)  Commerce Department 
E)  Bureau of the Budget

Question 11

What are the three kinds of activities that bureaucrats are involved in?

Accepted Answer

A) executing the law, regulating, and adjudicating disputes 
B)  managing all personnel for the federal government, regulating, and adjudicating disputes 
C)  regulating, adjudicating disputes, and monitoring the press 
D)  managing all personnel for the federal government, regulating, and executing the law 
E)  managing the bureaucracy, managing the personnel for the federal government, and regulating

Question 12

Which of these is NOT a way that presidents can exercise their authority over the bureaucracy?

Accepted Answer

A)  The president can fire most civil servants. 
B)  A popular president's wishes are hard to resist. 
C)  The president can use his power of appointment. 
D)  The president can use his power as chief budget officer of the federal government. 
E)  The existence of a crisis or widely shared national commitment.

Question 13

President Clinton turned over the responsibility of reforming the federal bureaucracy to Vice-President Al Gore. Based on an influential book by David Osborne and Ted Gaebler, this process is generally called ________ government.

Accepted Answer

A)  reforming 
B)  reinventing 
C)  reengineering 
D)  debureaucratizing 
E)  deregulating

Question 14

Which recent president is noted for his overt use of conservative ideology in his patronage appointments?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ronald Reagan 
B)  Jimmy Carter 
C)  Lyndon Johnson 
D)  Bill Clinton 
E)  George H. W. Bush

Question 15

Which of the following could be described as being responsible for regulating sectors of the economy in which it is judged that the free market does not work properly to protect the public interest?

Accepted Answer

A)  government corporations 
B)  federal agencies 
C)  independent executive agencies 
D)  independent regulatory commissions 
E)  quasi-governmental organizations

Question 16

Bureaucrats make rules and adjudicate disputes. Explain.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Bureaucrats make rules and adjudicate disputes. Explain....

Question 17

Which of the following statements is true about the similarity between civil servants to the general public?

Accepted Answer

A) Civil servants approximate the educational and regional origins of other Americans. 
B)  Women and minorities are well represented at all levels of the civil service. 
C)  Civil servants are no more liberal or conservative than the rest of the population. 
D)  Civil servants' pay is commensurate to equivalent employees in the private sector. 
E)  Their job security is no better or worse than similar positions in the private sector.

Question 18

The Pendleton Act of 1883 created the federal civil service system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Advocates who want to "reinvent government" propose transforming the federal bureaucracy by cutting the fat, privatizing, and

Accepted Answer

A)  introducing business principles into the executive branch. 
B)  changing the structure of the relationship between the president, Congress, and the judiciary. 
C)  converting large sections of the executive branch into dependent but for-profit businesses. 
D)  create more controls on the budget through the executive branch 
E)  creating a government that is more responsive to the electorate by holding more elections.

Question 20

The power to conduct quasi-judicial proceedings in which disputes are involved is attributable to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Department of Education 
B)  NASA 
C)  National Labor Relations Board 
D)  Department of Commerce 
E)  the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Exam 13: The Executive Branch

People often associate bureaucracies with red tape and slow response times.

Why don't as many of the most talented people apply to become civil servants as in other countries?

In measuring the size of the government, which of these groups is NOT counted?

Election winners typically benefit under which type of system

Bureaucracy in the United States is an organizational hodgepodge.

Which of the following could be described as a hybrid between a public and private organization?

Subdivisions within cabinet departments include bureaus and agencies.

One of the reasons why we consider bureaucrats policymakers is because they

The United States' model of divided control of the bureaucracy is common to most other democracies.

Which federal agency has the power to block proposed legislation coming from any executive branch agency if it deems it contrary to the president's program?

What are the three kinds of activities that bureaucrats are involved in?

Which of these is NOT a way that presidents can exercise their authority over the bureaucracy?

President Clinton turned over the responsibility of reforming the federal bureaucracy to Vice-President Al Gore. Based on an influential book by David Osborne and Ted Gaebler, this process is generally called ________ government.

Which recent president is noted for his overt use of conservative ideology in his patronage appointments?

Which of the following could be described as being responsible for regulating sectors of the economy in which it is judged that the free market does not work properly to protect the public interest?

Bureaucrats make rules and adjudicate disputes. Explain.

Which of the following statements is true about the similarity between civil servants to the general public?

The Pendleton Act of 1883 created the federal civil service system.

Advocates who want to "reinvent government" propose transforming the federal bureaucracy by cutting the fat, privatizing, and

The power to conduct quasi-judicial proceedings in which disputes are involved is attributable to which of the following?