Exam 12: The Bureaucracy

A) advance warning
B) fire alarm oversight
C) police patrol oversight
D) bureaucratic drift

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A) after the election of George Washington
B) after the election of Andrew Jackson
C) after the election of Woodrow Wilson
D) after the election of Lyndon Johnson

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A) Bureaucrats typically do not engage in conflictual activities.
B) Bureaucrats typically do the same task over and over.
C) Bureaucrats routinely engage in conflictual activities.
D) Bureaucrats typically avoid political activities.

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The most fundamental way to correct bure...

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A) Members of Congress may create an independent agency because presidents have less control over them than executive agencies.
B) Members of Congress prefer independent agencies to executive departments because they have more control over the people who run them.
C) Independent agencies usually have more policy experts than executive departments.
D) Members of Congress do not recognize the potential policy overlap between the independent agency and the executive department until after they have established it.

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A) in order to strengthen political parties.
B) in order to separate politics from policy.
C) in order to make it easier to fire employees for poor performance.
D) in order to promote more loyalty to the president.

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A) an increase in social programs and a decrease in military spending
B) the elimination of many government programs
C) an increase in federal intervention in the health care sector
D) the elimination of few programs and a federal budget that steadily increased

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A) It created a legal system that allowed for citizens to appeal decisions government made in their lives.
B) It moved from broad-based regulations to delivering a wide range of benefits to individuals directly.
C) It gave more control of policies to individual members of Congress.
D) It gave more power to state and local officials.

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A) the group of employees who are responsible for implementing government policy
B) the part of the federal government responsible for making government policy
C) the political appointees who help the president administer the day-to-day operation of government
D) the part of the federal government responsible for interpreting government policy

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A) want the size of government to be cut back significantly.
B) want less spending on entitlements.
C) want to cut the defense budget.
D) want smaller government in the abstract but do not support the significant budget cuts that would be required to achieve it.

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A) working for a candidate
B) discussing politics with friends and family
C) donating money to a political organization
D) donating money to a candidate

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A) as a reward for political service.
B) because someone has to fill the job, so it might as well be the president's friends.
C) because of their expertise in the area.
D) to help the president exercise control over the executive branch.

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A) a decrease in the importance of expertise in selecting employees.
B) the creation of clear and easy rules for dismissing employees.
C) significant job security for civil servants.
D) that the political affiliations of appointees are highlighted more so than in the past.

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