Question 1

After each presidential election, all of the jobs that usually go to the politically well-connected are listed in what is informally known as the

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A)   Most Wanted List.
B)   Beige Book.
C)   Congressional Quarterly.
D)   Federal Register.
E)   Plum Book.

Question 2

Regulatory agencies and commissions perform

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A)   only executive functions.
B)   only legislative functions.
C)   only judicial functions.
D)   some functions of all branches of government-legislative, executive, and judicial.
E)   private corporate functions.

Question 3

Because Congress felt it was unable to handle the complexities and technicalities required to carry out specific laws in the public interest, it created

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A)   cabinet departments.
B)   independent executive agencies.
C)   independent regulatory agencies.
D)   government corporations.
E)   private associations.

Question 4

The units of organization inside a bureaucracy are divided

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A)   by Congressional committee jurisdiction.
B)   by Congressional mandate.
C)   according to the desires of the President.
D)   according to the specialization and expertise of the employees.
E)   along the pay grade of the employees.

Question 5

Since 1952, government employment has

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A)   grown mostly at the state and local levels.
B)   grown at the state level but decreased at the local level.
C)   grown at the local level but decreased at the state level.
D)   decreased at every level.
E)   decreased at the state and local levels but increased at the federal level.

Question 6

In terms of management, the cabinet departments are considered

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A)   line organizations.
B)   lacking personnel.
C)   the watchdogs for independent agencies.
D)   part of the judicial branch.
E)   accountable directly to Congress.

Question 7

Which of the following is true about the cabinet departments?

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A)   All were described and mandated by the Constitution.
B)   All are privatized bureaucracies.
C)   All are directly accountable to the president.
D)   All consist of agencies that set up rules for Congress in passing laws.
E)   The official cabinet departments cannot ever number more than ten, according to the Constitution.

Question 8

Explain how the civil service came to be what it is today.

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Question 9

Which of the following agencies is the initial central personnel agency of the national government?

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A)   The Civil Service Commission
B)   The Office of Personnel Management
C)   The Department of Social Services
D)   The Plum Agency
E)   Department of Human Resources

Question 10

The major beneficiaries of the Freedom of Information Act have been

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A)   members of Congress.
B)   people with criminal records.
C)   news organizations.
D)   nonprofit organizations.
E)   health insurance companies.

Question 11

Which of the following is the largest and most famous government corporation?

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A)   Amtrak
B)   The Department of Homeland Security
C)   The U.S. Postal Service
D)   The Reconstruction Finance Corporation
E)   The Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Question 12

Bureaucracy is the name given to

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A)   a large organization, structured hierarchically, that carries out specific functions.
B)   any organization that has major problems when attempting to accomplish its goals.
C)   a group of people who work to enforce policies in a way that prevents quick results.
D)   any large branch of a government that has power to interpret laws.
E)   government organizations, but not to corporate or university organizations.

Question 13

Typically, an independent regulatory agency is responsible for

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A)   monitoring the actions of the cabinet department heads.
B)   national defense-related legislation.
C)   monitoring the lower courts.
D)   a specific type of public policy.
E)   monitoring the actions of Congress.

Question 14

The two categories of bureaucrats are and .

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A)   partisan appointees; nonpartisan appointees.
B)   congressional appointees; presidential appointees.
C)   civil servants; private employees.
D)   political appointees; patronage employees.
E)   political appointees; civil servants.

Question 15

Privatization is

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A)   the replacement of government services with services provided by private firms.
B)   when the Small Business Administration gives loans to individuals.
C)   hiring practices of the bureaucracy.
D)   the replacement of private services with state or local government services.
E)   the abolition of entire government departments.

Question 16

Agency capture is when

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A)   an agency takes over an industry.
B)   the industry that is being regulated gains control over the agency that is supposed to regulate it.
C)   the agency completely ignores an industry that it is supposed to regulate.
D)   the agency abolishes a private corporation and merges it with itself.
E)   pork-barrel spending occurs.

Question 17

A statute enacted by Congress that authorizes the creation of an administrative agency is

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A)   an appropriations authorization.
B)   enabling legislation.
C)   an executive order.
D)   statutory authorization.
E)   the Civil Service Act of 1978.

Question 18

Excluding military members, the number of federal government employees has

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A)   increased significantly in the last several decades.
B)   remained relatively stable for the last several decades.
C)   decreased substantially in the last few decades..
D)   grown to exceed the number of local government employees.
E)   grown to exceed the number of state government employees.

Question 19

One of the important differences between public bureaucracies and private corporations is that government bureaucracies

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A)   are not organized to make a profit, whereas private corporations are.
B)   have a single set of leaders, whereas private corporations do not.
C)   are much larger than private corporations.
D)   are not intended to serve the citizenry as private corporations are.
E)   present an opportunity for career advancement, whereas private corporations do not.

Question 20

Which of the following statements is true regarding government corporations?

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A)   Profits from government corporations are distributed as dividends.
B)   Government corporations must pay taxes on profits.
C)   Government corporations do not employee many people.
D)   You can buy shares of stock in both a private corporation and a government corporation.
E)   Government corporations do not have any stockholders.

Exam 11: The Bureaucracy

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