AP Gov Bureaucracy Quiz

an advantage that bureaucrats have over the president in the policymaking process is that bureaucrats

• control the budgetary process

• have an independence from the president guaranteed in the constitution

• usually have a continuity of service in the executive branch that the president lacks

• have better access to the media than does the president

independent regulatory commissions are created primarily for the purpose of

• supporting and helping cabinet level departments

• proposing policy alternatives during periods of crisis

• regulating the activities of other bureaucratic agencies to ensure that they act in a fair and objective manner

• regulating certain industries to protect the public interest

congress has exerted the greatest influence on the operation of a federal agency by doing which of the following

• requiring the agency to participate in interagency task forces

• dismissing an agency head who disagrees with congressional priorities

• reviewing the annual budget appropriations for the agency

• asking the Supreme Court for advisory opinions on agency regulations

which of the following is true of independent regulatory agencies

• they tend to have larger budgets than cabinet departments

• they are directly supervised by cabinet departments

• they provide a product or service directly to the public

• they tend to be more free from presidential control than are cabinet departments

one of the formal tools used by congress for oversight of the bureaucracy is

• the line item veto

• authorization of spending

• impoundment bills

• private bills

each bureaucratic agency is created initially by

• the constitution

• congress

• the president

• order of a federal court

NASA is an example of

• a regulatory agency

• an independent agency

• a government corporation

• a government department

which of the following best describes the term "iron triangle"

• close working relationship between the three levels of the judicial branch

• cooperation between the federal, state, and local governments

• close relationship between an agency, congressional committee, and interest group that often becomes an alliance

• relationship between diplomats, president, and senate in treaty negotiations

all of the following help to explain the president's difficulty in controlling cabinet level agencies EXCEPT

• agencies often have political support from interest groups

• agency staff often have information and technical expertise that the president advisors lack

• the president can only fire appointees before they have been confirmed by the senate

• congress is a competitor for influence over the bureaucracy

a fundamental source of power for the federal bureaucracy lies in its

• role in moving legislation out of subcommittees

• role of mediating interstate conflicts

• ability to convince congress to fund most projects it supports

• ability to set specific guidelines after receiving a general mandate from congress