Question 1

What is the "agency point of view"? Why is it important?

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Bureaucrats look to their agency's inter...

Question 2

When it was developed during the Jackson administration,the patronage system was designed to

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A)  provide jobs to merit appointees.
B)  tie the administration more closely to the people it served.
C)  increase congressional control of the bureaucracy.
D)  increase judicial control of the bureaucracy.
E)  provide jobs to lawyers.F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 3

The Department of ________ was created in 2002.

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A)  Transportation
B)  Energy
C)  Education
D)  Veterans Affairs
E)  Homeland SecurityF) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 4

Federal civil service employees cannot legally

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A)  be fired from their jobs.
B)  go on strike.
C)  belong to a union.
D)  be restricted in their election activities.
E)  contribute to political campaigns.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 5

Which of the following is true of the federal government's demographic representativeness?

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A)  Because the federal government has reduced efforts to specifically promote women and minorities,the proportion of white males that hold top administration positions has increased in recent years.
B)  If all employees are taken into account,the federal bureaucracy comes reasonably close to being representative of the nation's population.
C)  Women and minorities are better represented in Congress and the judiciary than they are among the top ranks of administrators.
D)  The concept of a demographically representative civil service was first endorsed by President Reagan in 1984.
E)  There has been much more improvement in the representation of minorities in the civil service than in the representation of women.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 6

Discuss three major sources of bureaucratic power.

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Question 7

The chief way that administrative agencies exercise power over policy is through

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A)  rulemaking,or deciding how a law will operate in practice.
B)  judicial interpretation,or mandating the constitutionality or unconstitutionality of a new statute.
C)  hiring and firing government personnel in the name of efficiency and effectiveness.
D)  testifying before Congress on the merits or demerits of a proposed regulation or law.
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 8

In the late 1800s,rapid economic growth placed new demands on the federal government and led it to

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A)  create new federal departments built around economic interests.
B)  establish the executive management system.
C)  reorganize the cabinet in order to make it the center of economic policy making.
D)  both create new federal departments built around economic interests,and establish the executive management system.
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 9

The ________ established a merit system for certain federal positions.

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A)  Morrill Act
B)  Hatch Act
C)  Pendleton Act
D)  Taft-Hartley Act
E)  National Performance ReviewF) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 10

At the start of the annual budget cycle,the OMB assigns each agency a budget limit based on

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A)  the president's directives.
B)  its own projections of what is affordable.
C)  the Justice Department's instructions.
D)  Congressional guidelines.
E)  the guidelines of the Commerce Department.F) B) and C)
G) A) and C)

Question 11

The U.S.Postal Service is an example of a

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A)  cabinet department.
B)  government corporation.
C)  independent agency.
D)  regulatory agency.
E)  presidential commission.F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 12

When an individual believes that he or she was improperly disadvantaged by a bureaucrat's decision and contests the decision,the dispute is usually handled by

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A)  an administrative law judge.
B)  a congressional oversight committee.
C)  a federal appeals court.
D)  a departmental or agency adjudication office.
E)  the Supreme Court.F) C) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 13

Which of the following was the most recent broad initiative aimed at making the bureaucracy more responsive?

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A)  the Brownlow Commission
B)  the National Performance Review
C)  the Hoover Commission
D)  the Volcker Commission
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) B) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 14

Upon reaching Congress,what first happens to the president's budget proposal?

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A)  It is subjected to floor debate.
B)  It goes to the House and Senate budget committees.
C)  It is reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget.
D)  It is marked up by the full Senate before moving to the House.
E)  It is referred to the House and Senate appropriations committees.F) D) and E)
G) A) and E) B

Question 15

Bureaucrats are ________ and elected officials are _______.

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A)  generalists; specialists
B)  generalists; generalists
C)  specialists; generalists
D)  specialists; specialists
E)  popular; unpopularF) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 16

The federal bureaucracy today is

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A)  extremely wasteful and unresponsive to the public it serves.
B)  an ineffective institution in comparison with bureaucracies of democracies with unitary systems.
C)  more responsive to the public at large than to the particular interests that depend on its various programs.
D)  a mix of the patronage and merit systems.
E)  mostly dominated by patronage politics.F) C) and D)
G) A) and C) D

Question 17

Studies have found that the U.S.federal bureaucracy

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A)  becomes far less effective as it grows over time.
B)  is much less accountable than the bureaucracies of European democracies.
C)  compares favorably in performance to government bureaucracies elsewhere.
D)  is one of the least representative of minorities compared to others worldwide.
E)  falls far short of the effectiveness of most foreign bureaucracies.F) A) and C)
G) C) and E)

Question 18

The number of employees in the federal bureaucracy is about _______.

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A)  10 million
B)  2.5 million
C)  5 million
D)  700,000
E)  1 millionF) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 19

About three in every five managerial and professional positions in the federal bureaucracy are held by

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A)  women.
B)  white males.
C)  African Americans.
D)  Latino Americans.
E)  Asian Americans.F) B) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 20

________ is/are most likely to understand trade issues in the United States.

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A)  The president
B)  Members of the Senate
C)  Career bureaucrats in the Department of Commerce and the Federal Trade Commission
D)  Members of the House
E)  Federal mediatorsF) A) and D)
G) C) and D) C

Exam 13: The Federal Bureaucracy: Administering the Government

What is the "agency point of view"? Why is it important?

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When it was developed during the Jackson administration,the patronage system was designed to

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The Department of ________ was created in 2002.

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Federal civil service employees cannot legally

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Which of the following is true of the federal government's demographic representativeness?

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Discuss three major sources of bureaucratic power.

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The chief way that administrative agencies exercise power over policy is through

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In the late 1800s,rapid economic growth placed new demands on the federal government and led it to

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The ________ established a merit system for certain federal positions.

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At the start of the annual budget cycle,the OMB assigns each agency a budget limit based on

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The U.S.Postal Service is an example of a

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When an individual believes that he or she was improperly disadvantaged by a bureaucrat's decision and contests the decision,the dispute is usually handled by

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Which of the following was the most recent broad initiative aimed at making the bureaucracy more responsive?

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Upon reaching Congress,what first happens to the president's budget proposal?

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Bureaucrats are ________ and elected officials are _______.

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The federal bureaucracy today is

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Studies have found that the U.S.federal bureaucracy

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The number of employees in the federal bureaucracy is about _______.

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About three in every five managerial and professional positions in the federal bureaucracy are held by

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________ is/are most likely to understand trade issues in the United States.

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