Bureaucracy/Judicial Branch Unit Exam

What are the broad social purposes of bureaucracies?

• To implement public policy

• To grow as much as possible to offset and regulate capitalism

• To impose order and stability in society

• None of the above

Which of the following is NOT a method a president can use to control the bureaucracy?

• request a congressional oversight hearing 
• appoint people to head an agency who share the presidentʹs goals and strategies 
• influence an agency’s recommended budget
• issue executive orders or more informal requests 

Congress tries to control the bureaucracy through…

• rewriting laws, controlling budgets and holding hearings 
• the use of executive orders and appointments
• the creation of iron triangles
• dismissing members of the President’s cabinet 

Issue networks are…

• An informal and relatively open network of public officials, think tanks, political pundits and lobbyists who have a common interest in a given area and who are brought together by a proposed policy in that area
• the relatively new television stations that specialize in political coverage
• two or more agencies that share regulatory power when a policy or regulation affects more than one regulatory body
• the same as ʺiron trianglesʺ 

The parts of the federal bureaucracy with responsibility for different sectors of the economy, and making and enforcing rules designed to protect the public interest, are the..

• independent executive agencies
• independent regulatory agencies
• government corporations
• cabinet departments 

Which of the following are cabinet departments of the bureaucracy?
I. Veterans Affairs
II. Agriculture
III. White House Counsel
IV. Transportation 

• I and IV only 
• I, II, and III
• I, II, and IV
• III and IV only

Which of the following is the most important consideration in evaluating the power of a bureaucracy? 

• The number of employees in it. 
• The importance of its functions
• The amount of discretionary authority that its officials have. 
• The extent to which its actions are supported by the public. 

Which cabinet department currently has the largest budget in the United States?

• Defense
• Transportation
• Education
• Veteran's Affairs

The main job of federal bureaucrats is to...

• implement and regulate government policies
• compete with the private sector for monopoly power
• protect the interests of their constituencies
• advise the president and Cabinet on internal affairs.

the highest level of the federal judiciary, which was established in Article III of the Constitution and serves as the highest court in the nation.

• federal judiciary

• Supreme Court

• original jurisdiction

• appellate jurisdiction