Question 1

Most federal employees are hired on the basis of

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A)  merit criteria.
B)  patronage.
C)  previous job experience in the private sector.
D)  the personal preferences of immediate supervisors.
E)  a lottery system.

Question 2

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 Senior Executive Service.
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 Senior Executive Service.
E)  None of these answers is correct.

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)  Agriculture

Question 4

The Department of ________ was created in 2002.

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A)  Transportation
B)  Energy
C)  Education
D)  Veterans Affairs
E)  Homeland Security

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.

Question 6

Which of the following steps in the federal budgetary process occurs LATEST?

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A)  the agencies work on their budgets
B)  the president consults with the OMB on agency instructions
C)  Congress completes work on the appropriations bills
D)  Congress adopts a budget resolution
E)  the president submits budget proposals to Congress

Question 7

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

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Question 8

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.

Question 9

What is the congressional equivalent of the Office of Management and Budget?

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A)  House Appropriations Committee
B)  Senate Appropriations Committee
C)  Congressional Budget Office
D)  House Sergeant at Arms
E)  General Accounting Office

Question 10

The typical presidential appointee spends about ________ on the job before leaving for other employment.

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A)  six months
B)  one year
C)  two years
D)  three years
E)  four years

Question 11

The president can hire about ________ full-time partisan employees to help him or her implement the presidential agenda.

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A)  60
B)  150
C)  400
D)  600
E)  2,000 E

Question 12

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 13

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

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The bureaucracy has been transformed by ...

Question 14

What is the chief way administrative agencies exercise control over policy?

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A)  through the budget
B)  by forming an iron triangle
C)  legislative rule-making
D)  promoting an agency point of view
E)  whistleblowing C

Question 15

In promoting their agency's goals,bureaucrats rely on

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A)  their expert knowledge.
B)  the backing of the president and Congress.
C)  the support of clientele groups.
D)  all of these: their expert knowledge; the backing of the president and Congress; and the support of clientele groups.
E)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 16

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.

Question 17

Legally,the bureaucracy derives general authority for its programs from

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A)  acts of Congress.
B)  federalism.
C)  regulatory rulings.
D)  court rulings.
E)  the will of the people. A

Question 18

Which of the following agencies or departments is likely to have strong allies from a group of particular states in Congress?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Department of State
B)  the Central Intelligence Agency
C)  the Environmental Protection Agency
D)  the Department of Agriculture
E)  the Federal Trade Commission

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

A)  responsiveness
B)  accountability
C)  efficiency
D)  the need to reduce red tape
E)  All of these answers are correct.

Question 20

Regarding the educational background of bureaucrats,high-ranking civil servants in continental Europe,compared to American bureaucrats,tend to have a college major specializing in

Accepted Answer

A)  natural sciences and engineering.
B)  law.
C)  social sciences and the humanities.
D)  business management.
E)  journalism.

Exam 13: The Federal Bureaucracy: Administering the Government

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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 Department of ________ was founded in 1889.

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The Department of ________ was created in 2002.

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

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Which of the following steps in the federal budgetary process occurs LATEST?

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

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What is the congressional equivalent of the Office of Management and Budget?

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The typical presidential appointee spends about ________ on the job before leaving for other employment.

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The president can hire about ________ full-time partisan employees to help him or her implement the presidential agenda.

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