Question 1

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

Question 2

Bureaucracy is best characterized in terms of

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A)   inefficiency, inflexibility, and red tape.
B)   hierarchy, specialization, and rules.
C)   honesty, efficiency, and patronage.
D)   corruption, incompetence, and spoils.
E)   waste, red tape, and lack of rules.F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 3

Policy implementation refers to the bureaucratic function of

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A)   carrying out decisions made by Congress, the president, and the courts.
B)   regulating the distribution of funds to individuals and corporations.
C)   delegating legislative authority to smaller operating units of the bureaucracy.
D)   both regulating the distribution of funds to individuals and corporations, and delegating legislative authority to smaller operating units of the bureaucracy.
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) B) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 4

Discuss the historical process by which the federal bureaucracy grew from its original size to its present size.

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Question 5

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) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 6

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

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Question 7

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) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 8

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

Question 9

Amtrak is an example of a(n)

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

Question 10

The National Performance Review addressed which of the following issues about the bureaucracy?

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A)   responsiveness
B)   accountability
C)   efficiency
D)   all these issues: responsiveness, accountability, and efficiency
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) C) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 11

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 B)
G) A) and C)

Question 12

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

Question 13

Discuss three major sources of bureaucratic power.

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Question 14

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) C) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 15

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) A) and D)

Question 16

What were the "reinventing teams"?

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A)   teams appointed by Congress to propose budget cuts to the federal bureaucracy
B)   groups of executive officials that were under the influence of "agency capture"
C)   Congressional committees designed to find ways to reduce the size of the national bureaucracy
D)   teams that were formed under the National Performance Review to analyze and make recommendations about bureaucratic effectiveness
E)   teams appointed by Congress to decide which branches of the federal bureaucracy could be eliminatedF) A) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 17

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 B)
G) None of the above

Question 18

In terms of holding the bureaucracy accountable,the most important unit within the Executive Office of the President is the

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A)   Office of Policy Development.
B)   Office of Management and Budget.
C)   Council of Economic Advisors.
D)   White House Office.
E)   Office of the Vice President.F) None of the above
G) C) and D)

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