Question 1

The Obama administration's campaign to make government more transparent

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A)   was jeopardized by Edward Snowden's leak of sensitive national security documents in 2013.
B)   resulted in the termination of the National Security Agency's global surveillance operations.
C)   resulted in the passage of the Freedom of Information Act.
D)   resulted in the repeal of the USA PATRIOT Act.

Question 2

The National Park Service is ________.

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A)   part of the Department of the Interior
B)   part of the Department of Agriculture
C)   an independent agency
D)   a government corporation

Question 3

________ is the primary mission of the State Department.

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

Question 4

During the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, ________ federal agencies or programs were terminated.

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A)   0
B)   10
C)   156
D)   849

Question 5

Environmental impact statements are

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A)   amendments made to bills being debated in the House and Senate Environmental Protection committees.
B)   decrees issued by the president about climate change.
C)   policies written and implemented by the Environmental Protection Agency.
D)   reports demonstrating that a proposed rule or agency action will not have an unacceptably large negative impact on the human or physical environment.

Question 6

"Zero-based budgeting" was a

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A)   method of budgeting that dictated funding for federal agencies could never be cut unless the federal government was running a budget deficit.
B)   method of budgeting from the bottom up, whereby each agency was required to rejustify its entire mission rather than merely its next year's increase.
C)   method of budgeting in which each federal agency would receive a 0 percent increase each year.
D)   phrase used by President Bill Clinton in his attempts to persuade the public that there was very little basis for cutting the funding of most federal programs.

Question 7

Which of the following executive agencies was created by Congress in the aftermath of the financial crisis that began in 2008?

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A)   Federal Reserve Board
B)   Department of Housing and Urban Development
C)   Council of Economic Advisers
D)   Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Question 8

The mission of the National Performance Review was to

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A)   reorganize the federal bureaucracy to make it more efficient, more accountable, and less wasteful.
B)   review each administrative agency every four years to determine whether it is necessary.
C)   analyze the job performance of federal employees.
D)   make recommendations to Congress on government reforms.

Question 9

The Civil Service Act of 1883 attempted to pattern government hiring after practices found in ________.

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

Question 10

Individual members of Congress can discover questions of public responsibility when engaged in ________.

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A)   a filibuster
B)   constituent casework
C)   activities related to the work of a conference committee
D)   a party caucus

Question 11

The Financial Stability Oversight Council was created by

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A)   President Roosevelt in 1939 to reduce unemployment and increase public-sector job opportunities.
B)   President Obama and Congress in 2010 to identify systemwide risks to the financial sector.
C)   Congress in 1965 to counter the growing influence of the Office of Management and Budget.
D)   President Reagan in 1980 to study the causes of inflation and make policy recommendations to reduce it.

Question 12

If federal governmental officials were to cease all economic regulation, the marketplace most likely would

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

Question 13

ARPANET was a(n)

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A)   Cold War era networked for sharing national security information between the CIA, FBI, and National Security Agency.
B)   independent agency of the federal government during the 1990s that regulated and taxed Internet service providers (ISPs) .
C)   program managed by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)  in the 1950s, which intended to launch the first artificial satellite into Earth orbit.
D)   decentralized, highly redundant communications network created by the federal government in the 1950s and 1960s.

Question 14

Which of the following statements best describes how recent administrations have approached the issue of bureaucratic reform?

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A)   Republican administrations have aimed to make the existing bureaucracy work more effectively, while Democratic administrations have sought to reduce bureaucracy by contracting out government work to private companies.
B)   Democratic administrations have aimed to make the existing bureaucracy work more effectively, while Republican administrations have sought to reduce bureaucracy by contracting out government work to private companies.
C)   Both Democratic and Republican administrations have rejected the idea of reducing bureaucracy and have aimed to make existing bureaucracy work more effectively.
D)   Both Democratic and Republican administrations have given up on trying to make the existing bureaucracy function more effectively and instead sought to reduce bureaucracy by contracting out government work to private companies.

Question 15

Since the 1950s, compared with the entire workforce, the number of federal employees has ________.

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A)   increased sharply
B)   increased slightly
C)   gradually declined
D)   decreased sharply

Question 16

Which of the following is an example of a revenue agency?

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A)   Federal Reserve System
B)   Agricultural Extension Service
C)   U.S. Customs Service
D)   Securities and Exchange Commission

Question 17

An independent agency is an executive branch organization that

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A)   is part of a cabinet-level department.
B)   charges fees to consumers but carries out governmental responsibilities.
C)   is established by Congress, but not part of a cabinet-level department.
D)   is established by the president without congressional approval.

Question 18

Devolution describes a process through which

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A)   Congress gives up some of its power to the executive branch.
B)   the federal government is downsized by delegating the implementation of programs to state and local governments.
C)   state and local governments are downsized by delegating the implementation of programs to the federal government.
D)   the federal government is downsized by completely cutting wasteful programs.

Question 19

Which of the following is a government corporation?

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A)   National Park Service
B)   U.S. Postal Service
C)   Federal Bureau of Investigation
D)   Department of Agriculture

Question 20

The different agencies of the executive branch can be grouped according to the different kinds of services they provide. Describe the three main categories of agencies. What kinds of services do they provide? Give some examples of each.

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Individual members of Congress can discover questions of public responsibility when engaged in ________.

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Which of the following executive agencies was created by Congress in the aftermath of the financial crisis that began in 2008?

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The mission of the National Performance Review was to

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During the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, ________ federal agencies or programs were terminated.

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ARPANET was a(n)

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