Ch 14 Bureaucracy Quiz Prep

The FDA, CDC, FCC are the watchdogs of different industries. They are examples of what types of bureaucratic agencies

• regulatory commissions
• independent agencies
• cabinets
• corporations

All cabinet departments are headed by a secretary except

• Defense
• Housing and Urban Development
• Health and Human Services
• Justice 

How many departments currenlty exist?

• 12
• 15
• 10
• 22

What is the name of the diagram shown in this image?

• Steel Union
• Coalition Agreement
• Iron Triangle
• Solid Partnership

Complex bureaucratic rules and procedures that must be followed to get something done.

• issue network 
• name request job 
• red tape
• bureaucracy 

Who is the head of the executive branch?

• VP
• President
• Speaker of the House
• Attorney General

What law set up the civil service commission?

• Douglass Act
• Pendleton Act
• Hatch Act
• Gruber Act

Giving jobs to your friends in government because they supported your election efforts is know as:

• merit based system
• Pendleton Act
• patronage
• appropriations

A large, complex organization composed of appointed officials 

• government by proxy
• Bureaucracy 
• gridlock 
• Legislative branch 

The extent to which appointed bureaucrats can choose courses of action and make policies not spelled out by laws. 

• Bureaucracy 
• laissez-faire
• discretionary authority
• competitive service