The Federal Bureaucracy (Chapter 13 Exam)
Chapter Thirteen The Federal Bureaucracy: Administering the Government
Test Questions
Multiple Choice
1. A principle of bureaucratic organization is (e) Hierarchical authority job specialization formalized rules both hierarchical authority and formalized rules 2. Compared to the president and Congress, the bureaucracy (C) has a more direct impact on the daily lives of Americans 3. Whenever Congress has a perceived need for ongoing control of an economic activity, it has tended to create a (a) regulatory agency 4. All of the following statements correctly describe the typical independent agency except (b) Its head is appointed by independent commission 5. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are (e) Respectively, an agency… 6. Federal regulatory agencies have responsibility primarily in the area of (a) Economic policy 7. Regulatory agencies have a(n) (a) executive, legislative, and judicial 8. Most federal employees are hired on the basis of (a) Merit criteria 9. Federal civil service employees cannot legally (b) Go on strike 10. Policy implementation refers to the bureaucratic function of (a) Carrying out decisions made by Congress, presidents, and courts 11. The functions of the bureaucratic agencies include all of the following except (d) confirmation of those nominated by the president to head agencies 12. As distinct from the patronage and executive leadership system, the merit system for managing the bureaucracy (c) provides for a neutral administration in the sense that civil servants are not partisan appointees, thus ensuring evenhanded work. 13. When it was developed during the Jackson administration, the patronage system was designed to (b) make the admin more responsive to ordinary citizens 14. In response to economic demands
Test Questions
Multiple Choice
1. A principle of bureaucratic organization is (e) Hierarchical authority job specialization formalized rules both hierarchical authority and formalized rules 2. Compared to the president and Congress, the bureaucracy (C) has a more direct impact on the daily lives of Americans 3. Whenever Congress has a perceived need for ongoing control of an economic activity, it has tended to create a (a) regulatory agency 4. All of the following statements correctly describe the typical independent agency except (b) Its head is appointed by independent commission 5. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are (e) Respectively, an agency… 6. Federal regulatory agencies have responsibility primarily in the area of (a) Economic policy 7. Regulatory agencies have a(n) (a) executive, legislative, and judicial 8. Most federal employees are hired on the basis of (a) Merit criteria 9. Federal civil service employees cannot legally (b) Go on strike 10. Policy implementation refers to the bureaucratic function of (a) Carrying out decisions made by Congress, presidents, and courts 11. The functions of the bureaucratic agencies include all of the following except (d) confirmation of those nominated by the president to head agencies 12. As distinct from the patronage and executive leadership system, the merit system for managing the bureaucracy (c) provides for a neutral administration in the sense that civil servants are not partisan appointees, thus ensuring evenhanded work. 13. When it was developed during the Jackson administration, the patronage system was designed to (b) make the admin more responsive to ordinary citizens 14. In response to economic demands