Ch. 7 Bureaucracy Review

All of the following are examples of governmental bureaucratic agencies EXCEPT:

• Cabinet

• Budget agencies

• government corporations

• independent executive agencies

What are the two biggest federal bureaucracy offices?

• EPA and US Postal Service

• US Postal Service and NASA

• NASA and Department of Defense

• Department of Defense and US Postal Service

How many Departments are in the federal government?

• 10

• 15

• 19

• 50

What are government corporations?

• Failed corporations taken over by the government like GM, Chrysler and major banks and financial institutions that collapsed in 2008

• All the independent agencies

• Government organizations that have to pay-as-they-go like the Post Office and Amtrak

• None of the above

What federal law protects individuals who publicly report government misconduct from being punished?

• Parkinson’s Law

• The 2012 Whistleblower Act

• The 1978 Civil Service Reform Act

• The Hatch Act

What political term describes trading loyalty for jobs and contracts?

• Civil Service

• Patronage

• Malfeasance

• Graft

What act depoliticized the civil service by prohibiting department heads from compelling their workers to campaign for their reelection?

• The Civil Service Reform Act 1883

• Pendleton Act 1883

• Hatch Act 1939

• None of the above

Whose primary responsibility is to create rules and regulations?

• Legislative branch

• Judges

• Bureaucracy

• Voters

The main function of the bureaucracy is:

• communicate with foreign nations

• prosecute citizens of our nation

• make the president happy

• perform the day to day business of the federal government

What is the function of a government 'watchdog' agency?

• To monitor and report on the activities of government agencies to ensure transparency and accountability

• To provide security and intelligence services to the nation

• To manage the nation's money supply and regulate the banking system

• To oversee and manage public lands and natural resources