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POLS 531 midterm

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Defining the limits of executive power creates what in America?

a)

The first big question.

b)

The second big problem.

c)

The first big division.

d)

The first big consensus.

2.

America's legislative powers were spelled out in which article of the Constitution?

a)

Article I

b)

Article II

c)

Article III

d)

Article IV

3.

Which political party do we associate with the unitary executive theory?

a)

Green

b)

Republican

c)

Democrat

d)

Libertarian

4.

According to Calabresi and Yoo (2008) the unitary executive theory requires public administrators to follow what?

a)

Professional norms

b)

Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)

c)

The law

d)

The President's wishes

5.

Public administration encompasses ___________, politics and accountability. What word best fills in the blank?

a)

equity

b)

performance

c)

efficiency

d)

policy

6.

Who in government is focused on implementing the laws?

a)

Public Administrators

b)

Legislators

c)

Executives

d)

Judges

7.

Public administration is important because it is how government gets ___________. What word best completes this sentence?

a)

answers

b)

bigger

c)

data

d)

results

8.

Another word for values is?

a)

tasks

b)

ideals

c)

wishes

d)

goals

9.

Public administrators ___________ public policies.

a)

implement

b)

interpret

c)

follow

d)

establish

10.

The last stage in the five step policy process, is?

a)

review

b)

evaluation

c)

implementation

d)

accountability

11.

To avoid corruption in government public administrators must be ________.

a)

ethical

b)

ambitious

c)

detail-oriented

d)

efficient

12.

An ethical government reduces _________.

a)

bureaucracy

b)

expenses

c)

corruption

d)

waste, fraud and abuse

13.

What is the foundation of bureaucracy in a democracy?

a)

efficiency

b)

politics

c)

accountability

d)

performance

14.

Who is in control of pubic administrators in the US?

a)

The President

b)

Watchdog groups

c)

voters

d)

elected officials

15.

Congress and the President control the bureaucracy, but to whom is the bureaucracy responsive?

a)

investors

b)

the public

c)

stakeholders

d)

interest-groups

16.

Controls that are too ____ may decrease responsiveness.

a)

rigid

b)

tight

c)

relaxed

d)

vague

17.

Who holds elected officials accountable?

a)

the public

b)

interest-groups

c)

campaign contributors

d)

history

18.

To whom must public administrators be accountable?

a)

the public

b)

elected officials

c)

campaign contributors

d)

political parties

19.

What is the oldest and most prevalent form of accountability?

a)

electoral

b)

fiscal

c)

executive

d)

procedural

20.

When public administrators are careful about spending they are being _____.

a)

fiscally responsible

b)

frugal

c)

financially wise

d)

prudent

21.

During WWII the federal bureaucracy ___________.

a)

shrunk slowly

b)

grew steadily

c)

grew rapidly

d)

remained unchanged

22.

Since the 1980s the size of the federal bureaucracy has roughly ____________.

a)

shrunk slowly

b)

remained unchanged

c)

grown rapidly

d)

grown slowly

23.

Why are special purpose governments created?

a)

to pursue a particular function

b)

to coordinate across boundaries

c)

to address unanswered problems

d)

to respond to the public

24.

How are special purpose governments funded?

a)

endowments

b)

their profits

c)

user fees

d)

taxes

25.

The size of the federal government today is roughly the same as when what President left office?

a)

Ronald Reagan

b)

Richard Nixon

c)

Bill Clinton

d)

Jimmy Carter

26.

Most government in the US is found at what level?

a)

federal

b)

state

c)

local

d)

tribal

27.

Which level of government do people trust the most?

a)

tribal

b)

local

c)

state

d)

national

28.

Trust in government has changed over time. In the last 75 years it has ________.

a)

increased

b)

stayed steady

c)

decreased

d)

bounced up and down

29.

Alex de Tocqueville discussed the _________ of administration.

a)

science

b)

complexity

c)

beauty

d)

functionality

30.

Public and private managed are different in several ways, select one below.

a)

the need to implement the law

b)

the need to motivate employees

c)

the need for written rules and regulations

d)

the need to reskill employees

31.

Public administration has a special dichotomy which addresses what two things?

a)

policy and accountability

b)

rules and regulations

c)

arts and sciences

d)

politics and administration

32.

Public administrators must spend money as directed because of what law?

a)

The Hatch Act

b)

The Antideficiency Act

c)

The Pendleton Civil Service Act

d)

The Administrative Procedures Act

33.

Network analysis emphasizes ____________.

a)

coordination

b)

collaboration

c)

duties

d)

assignments

34.

The pluralist approach emphasizes __________.

a)

conflict

b)

cooperation

c)

coordination

d)

commerce

35.

What approach studies inputs, outputs, and throughputs?

a)

organizational theory

b)

humanist theory

c)

systems theory

d)

bureaucratic theory

36.

Studies of organizational culture examine differences in __________.

a)

funding

b)

mission and staffing

c)

size

d)

authorization

37.

Authority and _________are closely related.

a)

legitimacy

b)

power

c)

autonomy

d)

persuasion

38.

What is associated with interdepartmental friction?

a)

executive management

b)

vertical coordination

c)

political appointees

d)

budget tightening

39.

Who established the executive office of the presidency (EOP)?

a)

Eisenhower

b)

Johnson

c)

Hamilton

d)

Roosevelt

40.

The basic building block of the executive branch is ___________.

a)

management

b)

structure

c)

staffing

d)

executive orders

41.

Article II of the U.S. Constitution vests the President with the authority to _______ the laws.

a)

implement

b)

execute

c)

write

d)

disregard

42.

The President's job is defined in what Article of the Constitution?

a)

Article I

b)

Article II

c)

Article III

d)

Article IV

43.

Congress gives the bureaucracy three things, which one of the following is not one of them?

a)

Their authorization

b)

Their mission

c)

Their budget

d)

Their day-to-day leadership

44.

Coordination between related agencies requires what type of cooperation?

a)

Circular

b)

Horizontal

c)

Vertical

d)

Diagonal

45.

Adaptable agencies respond _________ and _________ to change.

a)

quickly and favorably

b)

slowly and carefully

c)

hesitantly and completely

d)

cautiously and rapidly

46.

The relationship among congressional committees, executive departments, and interest groups is called?

a)

The federal triangle

b)

The iron triangle

c)

Trilateral commission

d)

The three Musketeers

47.

An organization that is responsive to Congress and clients is considered ___________.

a)

adaptable

b)

responsive

c)

representative

d)

flexible

48.

What type of coordination is necessary to make agencies work together?

a)

Vertical

b)

Horizontal

c)

Executive

d)

Legislative

49.

What does the I in ISGM stand for?

a)

independent

b)

individual

c)

institutional

d)

Indivisible

50.

What does the S in ISGM stand for?

a)

Solidarity

b)

Spirituality

c)

Society

d)

Strength

51.

Green wrote about which Founding Father?

a)

Washington

b)

Jefferson

c)

Mason

d)

Hamilton

52.

When a policy has 65% support and no meaningful opposition, it is said to have ______.

a)

enough support

b)

strong support

c)

consensus

d)

equilibrium

53.

When an agency takes an action that others oppose, but no one is able to stop the bureaucracy, the agency has______________.

a)

legitimacy

b)

autonomy

c)

authority

d)

power

54.

What does the M in the ISGM model stand for?

a)

the masses

b)

macro-politics

c)

markets

d)

management