PSCI 101 Chapter 14 Review

 

Which of the following acts gives citizens the right to oversee the bureaucracy?

• a. Freedom of Information Act

• b. Fire Alarm Oversight Act

• c. Regulatory Act

• d. Executive Information Act

 

Which agency processes all federal rules and collects the budgets for all government agencies?

• a. Congressional Budget Office

• b. Executive Office of the President

• c. Department of Treasury

• d. Solicitor General

The bureaucracy’s hierarchical structures and standardized procedures are intended to foster 

• a. the ability of political parties to make policy decisions.

• b. equal treatment of citizens.

• c. long waits for citizen services.

• d. the ability of politicians to interfere with elections.

 

Over time, the number of appointed positions has 

• a. shrunk, increasing congressional influence over many agencies.

• b. shrunk, decreasing congressional influence over many agencies.

• c. grown, increasing presidential influence over many agencies.

• d. grown, decreasing presidential influence over many agencies.

________ is largest employer in the country and the largest purchaser of goods and services in the world. 

• a. Amazon

• b. Walmart

• c. Apple

• d. The U.S. federal government

 

Suppose the president is disappointed with the performance of the Department of Transportation. Among the following, which option is legally available to him? 

• a. appoint a different head of the Department of Transportation

• b. fire the civil service staff of the department and replace them with new workers more in line with the administration’s political priorities

• c. unilaterally defund the Department of Transportation and reassign its funding to a different agency

• d. mandate that the Supreme Court eliminate that agency

Congress frequently delegates legal implementation to the bureaucracy because

• a. the president has much more power than Congress.

• b. the Supreme Court has mandated it do so in McCulloch v. Maryland.

• c. state governments are unreliable agents to implement policy.

• d. bureaucracies employ people who have more specialized policy expertise than many members of Congress.

 

Lockheed Martin builds the F-35 fighter airplane for the U.S. Department of Defense. This arrangements is an example of which of these in action? 

• a. the merit system.

• b. the spoils system.

• c. government contracting.

• d. deregulation

 

The Securities and Exchanges Commission recently fined Kim Kardashian over $1 million for touting a crypto currency on Instagram. This action by the SEC is best described as

• a. rule making.

• b. implementing laws.

• c. enforcing laws.

• d. innovation.

 

What is a government corporation? 

• a. Each department in the executive branch that is run by an individual with the title of Chief Executive Officer.

• b. It is an agency that performs and charges for services usually provided by the private sector.

• c. It is a private company, publicly traded, whose sole investor is the federal government.

• d. It is a government agency whose sole function is to make a profit.