Question 1

The basic features of the modern bureaucracy are largely a product of World War II and the

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A)   1973 oil crisis.
B)   Vietnam War.
C)   coal strike of 1946.
D)   Depression of the 1930s.
E)   Korean War.

Question 2

About 60 percent of the recommendations of the Appropriations Committee are approved by the House without change.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The Pendleton Act

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A)   established regulations for new businesses.
B)   reduced the size of the federal bureaucracy.
C)   increased the influence of patronage in federal appointments.
D)   created the Civil Service Commission.
E)   abolished tests for bureaucratic positions.

Question 4

A government agency and a corporation are both bureaucracies.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

According to the text, the most visible and dramatic form of congressional supervision of an agency is

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A)   hiring.
B)   firing.
C)   investigating.
D)   budgeting.
E)   legislating.

Question 6

Civil servants who perform routine tasks are greatly influenced by their own personal attitudes.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 7

Those removed from the Senior Executive Service are guaranteed a job somewhere else in government.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

C. Northcoate Parkinson argued that officials tend to make work for each other.

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A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 9

A bureaucracy is a complex organization in the sense that

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A)   no one knows how it operates.
B)   authority is divided among several managers.
C)   its size is large, but its functions are small.
D)   its functions are large, but its size is small.
E)   employees are tightly restrained in their decision making.

Question 10

The National Performance Review ("reinventing government") largely focused on consolidating independent agencies into a few big departments.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Discuss four aspects of American bureaucracy that give its operations a distinctive character.

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a. Political authority is shared between...

Question 12

The Constitution created the cabinet departments.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The phrase iron triangle is impressive sounding but quite misleading today.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The real power over an agency's budget is exercised by

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A)   the Appropriations Committee.
B)   the legislative committees.
C)   subcommittees.
D)   the head of the agency.
E)   interest groups. A

Question 15

Congress has not delegated discretionary authority to administrative agencies in the area of devising regulations.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The Supreme Court today forbids federal agencies from regulating aspects of the economy.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

A public official who decides to follow a course of action not specified in the law, but one that could be inferred from it, is most likely to be

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A)   overstepping his or her authority.
B)   violating the law.
C)   playing politics.
D)   exercising discretion.
E)   minimizing partisanship.

Question 18

Periodically there have been substantial increases in the size of the bureaucracy. These generally have occurred during

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A)   Republican presidencies.
B)   wars.
C)   periods of prosperity.
D)   off-year elections.
E)   recessions.

Question 19

A presidentially oriented agency is one whose policies are focused on national rather than regional interests.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Identify the areas where Congress has delegated substantial authority to administrative agencies.

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Exam 11: The Bureaucracy

The basic features of the modern bureaucracy are largely a product of World War II and the

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About 60 percent of the recommendations of the Appropriations Committee are approved by the House without change.

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The Pendleton Act

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A government agency and a corporation are both bureaucracies.

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According to the text, the most visible and dramatic form of congressional supervision of an agency is

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Civil servants who perform routine tasks are greatly influenced by their own personal attitudes.

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Those removed from the Senior Executive Service are guaranteed a job somewhere else in government.

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C. Northcoate Parkinson argued that officials tend to make work for each other.

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A bureaucracy is a complex organization in the sense that

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The National Performance Review ("reinventing government") largely focused on consolidating independent agencies into a few big departments.

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Discuss four aspects of American bureaucracy that give its operations a distinctive character.

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The Constitution created the cabinet departments.

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The phrase iron triangle is impressive sounding but quite misleading today.

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The real power over an agency's budget is exercised by

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Congress has not delegated discretionary authority to administrative agencies in the area of devising regulations.

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A public official who decides to follow a course of action not specified in the law, but one that could be inferred from it, is most likely to be

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