Question 1

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 2

________ 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 mediators C

Question 3

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.

Question 4

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.

Question 5

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 6

The importance of clientele groups was especially clear in 2018 when President Trump proposed the

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A)  Social Security System.
B)  elimination of grants for new mass transit projects.
C)  elimination of the Environmental Protection Agency.
D)  elimination of PAC and Super PAC financing in elections.
E)  U) S.Postal Service.

Question 7

About three in every five Senior Executive Service 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.

Question 8

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 9

Whenever Congress has a perceived need for ongoing control of an economic activity,it has tended to create a

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A)  regulatory agency.
B)  cabinet department.
C)  presidential commission.
D)  government corporation.
E)  blue ribbon panel.

Question 10

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 11

Compared to the president and Congress,the bureaucracy

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A)  is held in higher esteem by the public.
B)  is authorized by a constitutional amendment rather than by the original Constitution.
C)  has a more direct impact on the daily lives of Americans.
D)  has changed very little during the nation's history.
E)  is more easily controlled by the voters.

Question 12

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.

Question 13

Modern bureaucracy in America 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.

Question 14

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)  None of these answers is correct.

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.

Question 16

The Department of ________ was created in 2002.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

The courts have tended to support administrators as long as their agencies

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A)  choose rules that save money.
B)  apply a reasonable interpretation of a statute.
C)  follow what the president demands of them.
D)  have adequate funding.
E)  don't come into conflict with state governments.

Question 18

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. C

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

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 employees of government corporations can legally form labor unions.
E)  Federal employees can form labor unions but are not allowed to participate in collective bargaining.

Question 20

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. D

Exam 13: The Federal Bureaucracy: Administering the Government

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

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

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Federal regulatory agencies have responsibility primarily in the area of

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Policy implementation refers to the bureaucratic function of

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

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The importance of clientele groups was especially clear in 2018 when President Trump proposed the

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About three in every five Senior Executive Service positions in the federal bureaucracy are held by

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

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Whenever Congress has a perceived need for ongoing control of an economic activity,it has tended to create a

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Amtrak is an example of a(n)

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Compared to the president and Congress,the bureaucracy

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

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Modern bureaucracy in America is best characterized in terms of

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Regulatory agencies have

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The Senior Executive Service (SES)

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The Department of ________ was created in 2002.

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The courts have tended to support administrators as long as their agencies

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Studies have found that the U.S.federal bureaucracy

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

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In promoting their agency's goals,bureaucrats rely on

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