Controlling Bureaucracies: Crash Course Government 17

What are the two broad categories of controls that seek to limit the activities of bureaucracies?

• Preventative controls and Corrective controls

• Before-the-fact controls and After-the-fact controls

• Direct controls and Indirect controls

• Proactive controls and Reactive controls

What is the best way to limit the discretion of bureaucracies through the way the bureaucracy itself is set up?

• Public oversight by holding hearings

• Careful drafting of the legislation that creates the bureaucracy

• Instituting investigations

• Influencing the appointment process of agency heads

What is the name of the watchdog organization that checks on how bureaucracies are spending their money?

• General Accounting Office

• Federal Bureau of Investigation

• Internal Revenue Service

• Department of Homeland Security

What is the best way to control what a bureaucracy is able to do through the appropriations process?

• Giving them less money to do things

• Instituting investigations

• Holding public oversight hearings

• Influencing the appointment process of agency heads

What is the term used when congress shifts the task of regulation from a federal agency to state and local municipalities?

• Termination

• Devolution

• Privatization

• Deregulation

What is the term used when congress limits the number of regulations that an agency is allowed to enforce?

• Deregulation

• Devolution

• Termination

• Privatization

What is the term used when bureaucratic functions are turned over to private entities, usually corporations?

• Devolution

• Privatization

• Deregulation

• Termination

What is the best example of an externality?

• Deferred compensation

• Market forces

• Pollution

• Social costs

What is the best way to limit the power of bureaucracies by getting rid of the agencies completely?

• Privatization

• Devolution

• Deregulation

• Termination

What is the main reason why bureaucracies are difficult to terminate?

• Bureaucracies are too large and complex

• Bureaucracies are subject to political pressure

• Bureaucracies are funded by taxes

• Bureaucracies create constituencies for themselves