Chapter 13 Vocabulary

Fill in the blank: An ________ model is a model of bureaucracy that views top-level bureaucrats as seeking to expand the size of their budgets and staffs to gain greater power.

• acquisitive

• restrictive

• egalitarian

• responsive

Fill in the blank: An ________ agency is a federal, state, or local government unit established to perform a specific function.

• administrative

• constitutional

• judicial

• regulatory

Fill in the blank: ________ is a large organization that is structured hierarchically to carry out specific functions.

• Bureaucracy

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Anarchy

Fill in the blank: A ________ department is one of the 15 departments of the executive branch.

• cabinet

• finance

• justice

• education

Fill in the blank: ________ is the act by which an industry being regulated by a government agency gains direct or indirect control over agency personnel and decision makers.

• Capture

• Bribery

• Lobbying

• Confiscation

Fill in the blank: The ________ is the initial central personnel agency of the national government, created in 1883.

• Civil Service Commission

• Department of Treasury

• Department of Justice

• Department of State

Fill in the blank: ________ legislation is a statute enacted by Congress that authorizes the creation of an administrative agency.

• Enabling

• Delegated

• Primary

• Basic

Fill in the blank: A ________ corporation is an agency of government that administers a quasi-business enterprise.

• government

• private

• nonprofit

• municipal

Fill in the blank: The _______ requires all committee directed federal agencies to conduct their business regularly in public session.

• Government in the Sunshine Act

• Freedom of Information Act

• Whistleblower Protection Act

• Public Records Act

An _______ is a federal agency that is not part of a cabinet department but reports directly to the president.

• independent executive agency

• constitutional agency

• executive branch department

• regulatory commission