Government and Bureaucracy Quiz

What is the term for government offices to which people are appointed based on merit?

• Competitive Service

• Iron Triangle

• Issue Network

• Sunset Legislation

What describes a close relationship between an agency, a congressional committee, and an interest group?

• Iron Triangle

• Issue Network

• NSC

• Legislative Veto

What is legislative permission to begin or continue a government program or agency called?

• Authorization Legislation

• Appropriation

• Committee Clearance

• Trust Funds

What is a government organization that provides a service that could be provided by the private sector?

• Government Corporation

• Executive Agency

• Independent Agency

• Regulatory Agency

What type of agency exists within the executive branch and serves at the pleasure of the president?

• Executive Agency

• Independent Agency

• Regulatory Agency

• Government Corporation

What is an agency of the US government created by an act of Congress and independent of the executive departments?

• Independent Agency

• Executive Agency

• Government Corporation

• Regulatory Agency

What is the idea of automatic program termination after a prescribed period unless authorized by Congress?

• Sunset Legislation

• Discretionary Authority

• Committee Clearance

• Legislative Veto

Which act prohibits government employees from active participation in partisan politics?

• Pendleton Act

• Hatch Act

• Civil Service Reform Act

• Congressional Oversight Act

What was the purpose of the Pendleton Act passed in 1883?

• To create a federal civil service commission based on patronage

• To prohibit government employees from political activities

• To create a federal civil service commission based on merit

• To oversee examinations for government employees

What does the Civil Service Reform Act address?

• Prohibition of political activities

• Charges of patronage in government job awards

• Regulatory capture

• Bureaucratic accountability