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WorksheetsCh 14 Bureaucracy Quiz Prep
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 34mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The FDA, CDC, FCC are the watchdogs of different industries. They are examples of what types of bureaucratic agencies
a)
regulatory commissions
b)
independent agencies
c)
cabinets
d)
corporations
2.
All cabinet departments are headed by a secretary except
a)
Defense
b)
Housing and Urban Development
c)
Health and Human Services
d)
Justice
3.
How many departments currenlty exist?
a)
12
b)
15
c)
10
d)
22
4.
What is the name of the diagram shown in this image?
a)
Steel Union
b)
Coalition Agreement
c)
Iron Triangle
d)
Solid Partnership
5.
Complex bureaucratic rules and procedures that must be followed to get something done.
a)
issue network
b)
name request job
c)
red tape
d)
bureaucracy
6.
Who is the head of the executive branch?
a)
VP
b)
President
c)
Speaker of the House
d)
Attorney General
7.
What law set up the civil service commission?
a)
Douglass Act
b)
Pendleton Act
c)
Hatch Act
d)
Gruber Act
8.
Giving jobs to your friends in government because they supported your election efforts is know as:
a)
merit based system
b)
Pendleton Act
c)
patronage
d)
appropriations
9.
A large, complex organization composed of appointed officials
a)
government by proxy
b)
Bureaucracy
c)
gridlock
d)
Legislative branch
10.
The extent to which appointed bureaucrats can choose courses of action and make policies not spelled out by laws.
a)
Bureaucracy
b)
laissez-faire
c)
discretionary authority
d)
competitive service
11.
An obstacle to the successful implementation of public policy is…
a)
the failure of Congress to pass authorizing legislation
b)
the over-specialization of civil service employees
c)
unclear policy goals and poorly designed policies
d)
competition between the private and public sectors
12.
The Office of Management and Budget has the primary responsibility for doing which of the following?
a)
Implementing federal unemployment policy
b)
Preparing the budget
c)
Appropriating funds for the budget
d)
Approving the budget
13.
Which of the following was passed to keep political views from impacting the performance of the federal bureaucracy?
a)
The Hatch Act
b)
The Budget and Impoundment Act
c)
The War Powers Act
d)
The Judiciary Act
14.
An independent regulatory agency is usually governed by
a)
a single executive appointed by the Senate committee responsible for the agencyʹs oversight.
b)
members of the Senior Executive Service of the federal civil service
c)
a small commission, usually with five to ten members, appointed by the president for fixed terms
d)
a small commission, usually with five to ten members, appointed by the president and subject to presidential firing.
15.
An agency created by Congress that is located outside of the Cabinet departments.
a)
executive agency
b)
congressional agency
c)
independent agency
d)
dependent agency
16.
An independent agency that is created by Congress to regulate important aspects of the nation's economy.
a)
executive regulatory agencies
b)
congressional regulatory agencies
c)
independent regulatory agencies
d)
dependent regulatory agencies
17.
What are set up by Congress to carry out business but are controlled by the executive branch?
a)
federal bureau of investigation
b)
government corporations
c)
executive agency
d)
regulatory agency
18.
A good example of a government corporation is ____________.
a)
the Post Office
b)
NASA
c)
OMB
d)
CBO
19.
Which of the following is a way the legislative branch can check the powers of the bureaucracy?
a)
fire civil servants
b)
defund programs
c)
impeach the president
d)
declare bureaucratic actions unconstitutional
20.
Which of the following best describes bureaucracy?
a)
the people and organizations who execute the actions of government
b)
outside groups who donate money to political campaigns
c)
committees in Congress who provide services for the American people
d)
ALL OF THE ABOVE
21.
The Post Office provides services for the American people and tries to sustain their existence through raising their own profits. This type of bureaucratic organization is best described as:
a)
regulatory agency
b)
independent commission
c)
government corporation
d)
NONE OF THE ABOVE
22.
Which of the following is the best example of a civil servant:
a)
post office carrier
b)
Secretary of State
c)
Ted Cruz as a member of the Energy Committee
d)
special interests
23.
Issue networks are…
a)
An informal and relatively open network of public officials, think tanks, political pundits and lobbyists who have a common interest in a given area and who are brought together by a proposed policy in that area
b)
the relatively new television stations that specialize in political coverage
c)
two or more agencies that share regulatory power when a policy or regulation affects more than one regulatory body
d)
the same as ʺiron trianglesʺ
24.
The parts of the federal bureaucracy with responsibility for different sectors of the economy, and making and enforcing rules designed to protect the public interest, are the..
a)
independent executive agencies
b)
independent regulatory agencies
c)
government corporations
d)
cabinet departments
25.
Which of the following is true of independent regulatory agencies?
a)
They tend to have larger budgets than cabinet departments.
b)
They tend to be freer from presidential control than are cabinet departments.
c)
They are insulated from contact with interest groups.
d)
They are directly supervised by cabinet departments.
26.
The MOST substantial control that Congress exerts on the bureaucracy is through its power to
a)
pass laws.
b)
decide how much money will be appropriated for agency programs.
c)
approve an agency's appointees.
d)
order audits of agency activities.
27.
The main job of federal bureaucrats is to...
a)
implement and regulate government policies
b)
compete with the private sector for monopoly power
c)
protect the interests of their constituencies
d)
advise the president and Cabinet on internal affairs.
28.
Cabinet departments differ from independent regulatory agencies in which of the following ways?
a)
The President can use an executive order to create a cabinet department but not to create an independent regulatory agency.
b)
The President can dismiss cabinet officers for any reason, but commissioners of independent regulatory agencies can only be dismissed for cause
c)
The President seeks appointees who reflect administration views in making cabinet appointments but not in making appointments to independent regulatory agencies
d)
The courts can overrule regulations issued by cabinet departments, but not those issued by independent regulatory agencies
29.
Congress tries to control the bureaucracy through…
a)
rewriting laws, controlling budgets and holding hearings
b)
the use of executive orders and appointments
c)
the creation of iron triangles
d)
dismissing members of the President’s cabinet
30.
Many critics of the modern bureaucracy cite the abundance of ___________, which refers to the unnecessarily complex procedures that lower-level bureaucrats must follow when implementing policies, regardless of whether they are applicable to the situation at hand.
a)
standard operating procedures
b)
requisition forms
c)
red tape
d)
ombudsmen
31.
Regulations are developed in a process known as the notice and comment procedure in which proposed rules are published in the ____________ and made available for debate by the general public.
a)
Federal Record of Regulations
b)
Federal Registry of Codes and Regulations
c)
Handbook of Federal Codes
d)
Federal Register
32.
Many bureaucratic failings can be explained by
a)
regular interference by the judiciary in bureaucratic operations.
b)
the little interest elected officials have in controlling bureaucratic actions
c)
the continued presence of the spoils system in bureaucratic hiring.
d)
the complexity of the tasks the bureaucracy undertakes.
33.
Which of the following is an example of a member of Congress performing police patrol oversight?
a)
meeting with constituents frequently
b)
interviewing senior bureaucratic personnel
c)
receiving calls from lobbyists and concerned citizens
d)
reading reports by journalists and bloggers about bureaucratic actions
34.
Giving jobs to your friends in government because they supported your election efforts is know as:
a)
merit based system
b)
Pendleton Act
c)
patronage
d)
appropriations
35.
Which of the following has oversight and can check and balance the bureaucracy?
a)
judicial branch
b)
legislative branch
c)
executive branch
d)
ALL OF THE ABOVE
36.
Which of the following is NOT a method a president can use to control the bureaucracy?
a)
request a congressional oversight hearing
b)
appoint people to head an agency who share the presidentʹs goals and strategies
c)
influence an agency’s recommended budget
d)
issue executive orders or more informal requests
37.
The primary function of America’s federal bureaucracy is
a)
oversight of the executive branch.
b)
developing laws for review by Congress.
c)
bringing cases for trial before the Supreme Court.
d)
policy implementation.
38.
An advantage that bureaucrats in the federal government have over the president in the policy making process is the bureaucrats
a)
control the budgetary process
b)
have an independence from the president that is guaranteed by the Constitution
c)
find it easier to gather public support than the president does
d)
usually have a continuity of service in the executive branch that the president lacks
e)
usually have better access to the media than does the president
39.
Cabinet-level agencies are responsible to
a)
Congress
b)
the presidnet
c)
the courts
d)
the White House
e)
the executive office of the President
40.
All of the following are examples of independent regulatory agencies EXCEPT:
a)
the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)
b)
the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
c)
the Federal Reserve Board (FRB)
d)
the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
e)
the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
41.
Bureaucratic policy implementation includes all of the following elements EXCEPT:
a)
the ability to abolish a nonfunctioning department in another agency
b)
the ability to create new operating procedures within its own agency
c)
the ability to assign new responsibilities within its own agency
d)
the ability to translate policy goals into operational rules for its own personnel
e)
the ability to coordinate in its own resources and personnel to achieve intended goals
42.
When the president tries to control the Bureaucratic agency, all of the following methods are available to him EXCEPT:
a)
appointing the right people to head an agency
b)
reducing the agency's budget
c)
issuing executive orders
d)
recommending a reduction of the agency's following year's budget
e)
using his office to influence agency direction
43.
Which of the following results from an iron triangle relationship?
a)
Each policy being made independently from each other
b)
Policies being made that are contradictory from others
c)
A lack of an integrated, coherent approach to broad policy concerns
d)
A cooperative relationship among special interest group, bureaucratic agency and Congress
e)
A hostile relationship among the bureaucratic agencies making policy
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