The Federal Bureaucracy: Multiple Choice Questions
CHAPTER 13: THE FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY
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Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of the following elements are necessary for bureaucracy according to Max Weber? a. Hierarchical authority structure b. Task specialization c. Rules d. Impersonality e. All of these are necessary according to Weber.
2. Most Americans a. are generally satisfied with the help they receive from bureaucrats. b. dislike bureaucrats. c. actually like bureaucracies. d. would like to work for a bureaucracy. e. describe most bureaucrats as unwilling to serve their clients’ interests.
3. The Weberian model views bureaucracies as a. promoting good monopolies. b. loosely organized and loosely run. c. largely self-serving. d. efficient and necessary. e. hindering democracy.
4. Which individual helped end the spoils system? a. Abraham Lincoln b. Andrew Jackson c. Andrew Johnson d. Charles Guiteau e. Jimmy Carter
5. Patronage refers to a. a system in which jobs and promotions are awarded for political reasons. b. a system in which jobs and promotions are awarded on the basis of desert. c. a system of hiring and firing based on the merit principle. d. the schedule for federal employees, ranging from GS 1 to GS 18, by which salaries can be keyed to rating and experience. e. an elite cadre of about 9,000 federal government managers at the top of the civil service system.
6. ____ systems are designed to hire and promote members of the bureaucracy on the basis of merit and to create a nonpartisan government service. a. Patronage b. Civil service c. Hatch d. Civilian e. Military
7. Which of the following requirements resulted from the Hatch Act? a. Civil service employees cannot actively engage in
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Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of the following elements are necessary for bureaucracy according to Max Weber? a. Hierarchical authority structure b. Task specialization c. Rules d. Impersonality e. All of these are necessary according to Weber.
2. Most Americans a. are generally satisfied with the help they receive from bureaucrats. b. dislike bureaucrats. c. actually like bureaucracies. d. would like to work for a bureaucracy. e. describe most bureaucrats as unwilling to serve their clients’ interests.
3. The Weberian model views bureaucracies as a. promoting good monopolies. b. loosely organized and loosely run. c. largely self-serving. d. efficient and necessary. e. hindering democracy.
4. Which individual helped end the spoils system? a. Abraham Lincoln b. Andrew Jackson c. Andrew Johnson d. Charles Guiteau e. Jimmy Carter
5. Patronage refers to a. a system in which jobs and promotions are awarded for political reasons. b. a system in which jobs and promotions are awarded on the basis of desert. c. a system of hiring and firing based on the merit principle. d. the schedule for federal employees, ranging from GS 1 to GS 18, by which salaries can be keyed to rating and experience. e. an elite cadre of about 9,000 federal government managers at the top of the civil service system.
6. ____ systems are designed to hire and promote members of the bureaucracy on the basis of merit and to create a nonpartisan government service. a. Patronage b. Civil service c. Hatch d. Civilian e. Military
7. Which of the following requirements resulted from the Hatch Act? a. Civil service employees cannot actively engage in