Exam 14: Bureaucracy in a Democracy

A) frequently requests voluntary contributions to the Treasury Department from businesses and private individuals.
B) imposes tariffs on all goods imported to the United States.
C) enforces spending cuts on state government agencies.
D) manipulates interest rates.
E) lowers the amount of money that states can legally collect from sales and income taxes.

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A) Appointments were made on the basis of merit.
B) Appointments were made on the basis of seniority.
C) Appointments were made to political supporters as part of a spoils system.
D) The Civil Service Act of 1883 created the first federal bureaucracy.
E) The president or his staff appointed all civil servants.

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A) Defense
B) State
C) Police
D) Justice
E) Homeland Security

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A) Joint Chiefs of Staff
B) National Security Agency
C) Central Intelligence Agency
D) Department of Homeland Security
E) Department of Defense

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A) adjudication.
B) regulation.
C) deregulation.
D) implementation.
E) rule making.

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A) Military protection
B) Diplomacy
C) International aid
D) Transnational commerce
E) National security

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A) Every member and official of a government agency has been appointed as part of the merit system.
B) The merit system establishes competitive exams for jobs.
C) The merit system gives bureaucrats job protection.
D) The merit system in federal employment originated in the Civil Service Reform Act of 1883.
E) The merit system stipulates that appointees to public office must be qualified for the job to which they are appointed.

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A) the Federal Emergency Management Agency
B) the Coast Guard
C) the Immigration and Naturalization Service
D) the National Security Agency
E) the Central Intelligence Agency

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A) All federal rules must be published in the Federal Register.
B) Both houses of Congress must formally approve all federal rules.
C) All federal rules must undergo a period of public comment.
D) All federal rules must prepare "environmental impact statements."
E) The length of time to develop an administrative rule from proposal to actual publication in the Federal Register increased between the 1970s and 1980s.

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A) the stable relationship between a bureaucratic agency,a clientele group,and a legislative committee
B) the inability to reform federal rules without help from the House of Representatives,the Senate,and the president
C) the domination of a few large companies in the regulation of iron mining and smelting
D) the breakdown in the separation of powers between Congress,the federal judiciary,and the president
E) the stable relationship between a bureaucratic agency,a legislative committee,and the president

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A) rule by offices and desks.
B) control of the anonymous.
C) governance by experts.
D) next window please.
E) government by the people.

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A) business.
B) the Catholic Church.
C) Congress.
D) local government.
E) the military.

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A) they are not subject to control by the president or Congress.
B) their actions cannot be overturned or challenged by courts.
C) they have the power of both "the purse" and "the sword."
D) legislatures,chief executives,and the people delegate vast power to them to make sure a particular job is done.
E) every one of their employees is appointed for life.

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A) The marketplace would work more efficiently and quickly.
B) The marketplace would favor the more numerous workers rather than the corporate interests.
C) The marketplace would fall into chaos.
D) The marketplace would globalize more quickly.
E) The marketplace would stabilize.

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A) The CIA director lacked adequate access to the president.
B) There was a lack of communication between the domestic and foreign security agencies.
C) The Federal Aviation Administration was not properly monitoring all inbound airplanes on 9/11.
D) Diplomacy with the Taliban and other sponsors of terrorism had broken down in the mid-1990s.
E) The government did not act swiftly enough after the attack in order to prevent further casualties.

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