A) evaluating political candidates based on personal characteristics
B) evaluating political candidates based on work experience
C) hiring bureaucrats based on their ability to do the job
D) evaluating a policy proposal based on its benefits
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A) Government corporations perform activities that private companies cannot.
B) Government corporations need less government oversight than private companies.
C) Government corporations cannot sell stock,whereas private companies can.
D) Government corporations can borrow money,whereas private companies cannot.
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A) The courts can fire civil servants for legal or political reasons.
B) It is often difficult and time consuming to fire a civil servant.
C) Federal civil servants cannot be fired because they have life tenure.
D) The president retains sole authority to hire and fire federal civil servants.
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A) to prohibit federal employees from engaging in partisan political activity while on duty
B) to promote transparency in the federal bureaucracy during the transition from one president to the next
C) to authorize greater use of discretion in bureaucratic decision making
D) to prohibit awarding government jobs based on partisan loyalty
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A) the president;the Senate
B) the president;the House of Representatives
C) the president;the Supreme Court
D) the Senate;the president
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A) the General Accounting Office
B) Congress
C) the president
D) the Internal Revenue Service
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A) The president has final say over all department budgets,but has no control of the budgets of independent agencies.
B) The president proposes agency budgets,but depends on Congress for appropriations of federal money.
C) The president has sole authority to determine executive administrative budgets.
D) The president has no authority in the budgeting process.
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A) Jobs were awarded based on applicants' expertise.
B) Jobs were awarded through a lottery system.
C) Jobs were awarded based on applicants' performance on entrance exams.
D) Jobs were awarded based on applicants' loyalty to the party in power.
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D
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A) incentive systems
B) command-and-control systems
C) executive orders
D) deregulation
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A) the Hatch Act
B) the Pendleton Act
C) the Administrative Procedures Act
D) the Freedom of Information Act
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A) administrative discretion
B) the merit principle
C) task specialization
D) hierarchical authority structure
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A) generate significant profit for the federal government
B) provide services that could be provided by the private sector
C) break up monopolies and promote free-market principles
D) expand international trade
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A) Command-and-control policies use marketlike strategies,whereas incentive systems do not.
B) Command-and-control policies are typically more efficient than incentive systems.
C) Command-and-control policies are typically more equitable than incentive systems.
D) Command-and-control policies typically focus on punishing those who violate the law,whereas incentive systems often include rewards.
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A) when an agency is creating environmental regulations
B) when an agency is under congressional investigation
C) when an agency is implementing a vague law
D) when an agency is proposing legislation
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A) Privatization reduces the ability to scrutinize government functions.
B) The bidding process involves too many rules.
C) Privatized services often cost less to deliver.
D) Privatized service delivery is often too slow.
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A) increased at the federal level
B) provided services more efficiently at the federal level
C) decreased at the state level
D) received greater public support
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A) those who scored highest on aptitude tests
B) those who did not affiliate with a political party
C) those who previously served in the military
D) those who helped candidates win election
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A) issuing executive orders
B) issuing executive agreements
C) implementing laws passed by Congress
D) implementing state statutes
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A) the Food and Drug Administration
B) the Federal Elections Commission
C) the U.S.Postal Service
D) the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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A) reducing the exercise of administrative discretion
B) reducing the influence of partisan politics on the federal bureaucracy
C) increasing presidential control of the federal bureaucracy
D) streamlining the policy implementation process
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