Question 1

As distinct from the patronage system,the merit system for managing the bureaucracy

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A)  allows the president to appoint top officials of executive agencies,thus making the bureaucracy more responsive to election outcomes.
B)  provides for presidential leadership of the bureaucracy,thus giving it greater coordination and direction.
C)  provides for a neutral administration in the sense that civil servants are not partisan appointees,thus ensuring evenhanded work.
D)  provides that all programs will be evaluated regularly to determine whether they merit continued funding.
E)  All these answers are correct.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 2

What "multiple-use" policy is the U.S.Forest Service tasked with?

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A)  preserving forests for recreation,and protecting endangered species
B)  preserving forests in response to environmental concerns,and coordinating with the National Park Service for creating park lands
C)  serving both the interests of lumber sellers and mining interests
D)  opening up forests both for logging and in response to energy concerns
E)  preserving forests for environmental reasons,and opening them up for loggingF) B) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 3

The Department of ________ was founded in 1889.

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A)  Health and Human Services
B)  State
C)  Labor
D)  Homeland Security
E)  AgricultureF) All of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 4

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) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 5

The two main systems of bureaucratic employment are the patronage and merit systems.Describe their respective goals and the major problems associated with each system.

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The patronage system was designed to mak...

Question 6

The cabinet department with the largest number of full-time civilian employees is the Department of

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A)  State.
B)  Defense.
C)  Labor.
D)  Health and Human Services.
E)  Education.F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 7

The special interests that benefit directly from a bureaucratic agency's programs are called

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A)  clientele groups.
B)  pressure groups.
C)  entitlement groups.
D)  programmatic groups.
E)  recipient groups.F) None of the above
G) A) and D)

Question 8

Identify the major ways that the bureaucracy is held accountable by Congress.

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Question 9

Federal regulatory agencies have responsibility primarily in the area of

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A)  economic policy.
B)  social welfare policy.
C)  foreign and defense policy.
D)  law enforcement policy.
E)  environmental policy.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 10

The Senior Executive Service (SES)

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A)  is composed of civil employees that can be fired more easily than normal career civil servants.
B)  was designed to combat abuse of the patronage system.
C)  is composed of civil employees that can be assigned by the president to any position within the bureaucracy.
D)  has been more successful in practice than its proponents anticipated.
E)  assigns most of its senior executives to work within a different agency than the one in which they originally worked.F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 11

Discuss three major sources of bureaucratic power.

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A first major source of bureaucratic pow...

Question 12

Which of the following is true of federal employees and labor unions?

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A)  Federal employees are prohibited from forming labor unions.
B)  Federal employees can form labor unions,but their unions by law have limited authority.
C)  There are no restrictions on the creation and powers of labor unions by federal employees.
D)  Among federal employees,only members of federal corporations can legally form labor unions.
E)  Federal employees can form labor unions but are not allowed to participate in collective bargaining.F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 13

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) D) and E)
G) C) and D)

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) B) and C)
G) All of the above

Question 15

The administrative concept of neutral competence holds that the bureaucracy should

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A)  be staffed by people chosen on the basis of ability and do its work fairly on behalf of all citizens.
B)  stay out of conflicts between Congress and the president.
C)  be structured on the basis of the principles of specialization,hierarchy,and formal rules.
D)  not allow in-fighting between agencies.
E)  be staffed by partisan presidents.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 16

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 E)
G) A) and C)

Question 17

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) B) and D)

Question 18

Regulatory agencies have

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A)  administrative,legislative,and judicial functions.
B)  legislative and executive functions,but no judicial functions.
C)  adjudicative and law enforcement functions.
D)  multilateral,law enforcement,and executive functions.
E)  All these answers are correct.F) C) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 19

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) ,the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) ,and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are

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A)  all agencies within cabinet departments.
B)  all independent agencies.
C)  respectively,an independent agency,an agency within a cabinet department,and a regulatory agency.
D)  two cabinet departments and a regulatory agency.
E)  respectively,an agency within a cabinet department,an independent agency,and a regulatory agency.F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 20

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 C)
G) All of the above

Exam 13: The Federal Bureaucracy: Administering the Government

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