Question 1

Given high levels of public prestige in the United States for civil servants, the bureaucracy is loaded with highly talented workers.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The federal judiciary can initiate cases against bureaucracies that have broken the law.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Which of the following could be described as reporting directly to the president rather than to a department- or cabinet-level secretary?

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A)  government corporations
B)   federal agencies
C)   independent executive agencies
D)   independent regulatory commissions
E)   policy bureaus

Question 4

The Pendleton Act is also known as

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A)   the Office of Management and Budget act of 1968
B)   the Civil Service Act of 1883
C)   the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890
D)   the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906
E)   the Taft-Hartley Act

Question 5

The purpose of introducing cost-benefit analysis into the federal bureaucracy was to

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A)   reduce the number of rules created by federal agencies.
B)   place restrictions on federal agencies' budgets.
C)   decide which federal agencies were really necessary.
D)   measure how effective federal agencies were.
E)   All of the above are correct.

Question 6

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

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A)   Subunits of executive departments are always autonomous and have their own bases of power.
B)   Subunits of executive agencies are always closely controlled by department leadership.
C)   Independent regulatory commissions, like the Post Office, are subunits of departments.
D)   Government corporations, like the Post Office, are organized much like private companies.
E)   none of the above

Question 7

Which of the following acts is also known as the Pendleton Act?

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A)   the OMB
B)   the Civil Service Act (1883) 
C)   the Sherman Antitrust Act (1890) 
D)   the Pure Food and Drug Act (1906) 
E)   the Federal Trade and Commissions Act (1914)

Question 8

Most observers have been impressed by both the scale and effectiveness of efforts to make government more "business-like."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The Tennessee Valley Authority is an example of an Independent Executive Agency.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Civil service reform involved the creation of the spoils system.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Figure 13.5 illustrates how

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A)   public opinion has a substantial direct impact on the bureaucracy.
B)   popular control of the bureaucracy is mostly effective.
C)   the public can indirectly influence the bureaucracy by sending clear signals on election day.
D)   elected institutions, such as Congress and the presidency, send clear signals to the bureaucracy and consistently influence it on behalf of the public.
E)   elected institutions, such as Congress and the presidency, exercise an important influence on bureaucracy behavior.

Question 12

When the American public turns to the government to solve problems, what is the result?

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A)  The federal government gets more power, becomes more expensive, and the bureaucracy is expanded.
B)   The federal government steps in to fix the problem by growing the bureaucracy, but then the government shrinks back to its original size after the emergency is over.
C)   The bureaucracy responsible for the area of the problem (health, military, etc.)  will grow, but other areas will have to shrink to fit the budget.
D)   The president can decide whether or not to create a cabinet-level department addressing the national concerns, and the bureaucracy will grow or not grow accordingly.
E)   The president and Congress must agree that the needs are pressing enough to add more bureaucracy, which keeps growth down due to gridlock.

Question 13

The Constitution makes no reference to a federal bureaucracy. Given what you have learned about the bureaucracy, what is your assessment of how the Framers would view the explosion of the federal bureaucracy since the New Deal?

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Question 14

According to the Constitution, who must approve presidential appointments to head departments?

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A)   Congress
B)   Supreme Court
C)   Senate
D)   Council of State Governors
E)   relevant interest groups

Question 15

How is the executive branch organized?

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Question 16

A personnel system that hires people based on partisanship is known as a ________, or spoils system.

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Question 17

What power does the National Labor Relations Board have?

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A)   the power to conduct quasi-judicial proceedings in which disputes are involved
B)   the power to create laws to prevent abuses against workers
C)   the power to raise taxes to pay for their department
D)   the power to execute the law
E)   All of the above are correct.

Question 18

Career bureaucrats

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A)   exercise very little discretion.
B)   are policymakers.
C)   include members of congressional committees.
D)   are appointed by the president.
E)   all of the above

Question 19

Ronald Reagan famously declared that the era of big government is over.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Some executive agencies conduct quasi-judicial proceedings.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 13: The Executive Branch

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The federal judiciary can initiate cases against bureaucracies that have broken the law.

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