Federal Bureaucracy

How many Departments are in the federal government?

• 10

• 15

• 19

• 50

Who are the bureaucrats in the federal bureaucracy?

• The Secretaries of each Department

• The undersecretaries of the Departments

• The civil service employees

• All the above

What are government corporations?

• Failed corporations taken over by the government like GM, Chrysler and major banks and financial institutions that collapsed in 2008

• All the independent agencies

• Government organizations that have to pay-as-they-go like the Post Office and Amtrak

• None of the above

What type of administrative system was used prior to the establishment of meritocracy in the federal bureaucracy?

• The spoils system

• Nepotism

• The Pendelton system

• None of the above

What did the 1978 Civil Service Reform Act do?

• Abolished the “civil service”

• Establish the Office of Personnel Management

• Establish the Merit System Protection Board

• All the above

What federal law protects individuals who publicly report government misconduct from being punished?

• Parkinson’s Law

• The 2012 Whistleblower Act

• The 1978 Civil Service Reform Act

• None of the above

What political term describes trading loyalty for jobs and contracts?

• Spoils System

• Patronage

• Malfeasance

• Graft

What does the fourth branch of government refer to?

• The press

• The federal bureaucracy

• The electoral college

• The executive branch

What act depoliticized the civil service by prohibiting department heads from compelling their workers to campaign for their reelection?

• The Civil Service Reform Act 1883

• Pendleton Act 1883

• Hatch Act 1939

• None of the above

In our federal government who does the following things:

Evaluate programs

Regulate businesses

Develop government policies

• Federal Bureaucracy

• Congress

• The Supreme Court

• Interest Groups