Question 1

Which of the following is not a bureaucratic agency?&#8203;&#10;A) &#8203;An independent executive agency&#10;B) &#8203;A cabinet department&#10;C) &#8203;The House Committee on Ways and Means&#10;D) &#8203;A government corporation

Accepted Answer

The House Committee on Ways and Means is not a bureaucratic agency. It is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives responsible for all taxation and revenue measures. The other options are all examples of bureaucratic agencies.

Question 2

&#8203;The United States Post Office is an example of&#10;A) &#8203;an independent regulatory agency.&#10;B) &#8203;a cabinet department.&#10;C) &#8203;an independent executive agency.&#10;D) &#8203;a government corporation.

Accepted Answer

The United States Post Office is a government corporation, which means that it operates as a business but is owned and operated by the government. Although it has some independence in its operations, it is ultimately accountable to the government and subject to some government regulations.

Question 3

Originally, the cabinet included _____ advisors.&#10;A) two&#10;B) three&#10;C) four&#10;D) five

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The original cabinet included four advisors, consisting of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, and the Attorney General.

Question 4

&#8203;Who creates bureaucratic agencies and provides oversight?&#10;A) &#8203;The judicial branch&#10;B) The cabinet&#10;C) &#8203;The executive branch&#10;D) &#8203;The legislative branch

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The legislative branch, primarily through Congress, creates bureaucratic agencies and provides oversight to ensure they are implementing laws as intended.

Question 5

Federal and state programs operate by rules created by the legislature, which are known as&#8203;&#10;A) functions.&#10;B) &#8203;procedures.&#10;C) &#8203;guidelines.&#10;D) &#8203;laws.

Accepted Answer

The correct term for the rules created by legislature is "laws." While functions, procedures, and guidelines may also exist within federal and state programs, they are not the specific term used for the rules set forth by the legislature.

Question 6

Which statement best describes independent regulatory agencies?&#10;A) They are established by Congress to provide market-oriented public service and are designed to produce revenues that meet or approximate their expenditures, rather than receiving government funding.&#10;B) They make and implement the rules and regulations in a particular sector of the economy to protect the public interest.&#8203;&#10;C) They &#8203;advise the president on any subject relating to the duties of the respective offices.&#10;D) &#8203;They create procedures and mandates for a unique area of expertise.

Accepted Answer

Independent regulatory agencies are established by Congress to make and implement rules and regulations in a particular sector of the economy to protect the public interest. They are independent of the executive branch and operate outside of the normal political process. Examples include the Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Communications Commission, and Federal Reserve Board.

Question 7

How did the Civil War affect the level of bureaucracy?&#10;A) It shrank considerably, as the executive and legislative branches focused on preserving the Union.&#10;B) &#8203;It grew as war demands created thousands of new government jobs and departments.&#10;C) &#8203;It shrank slightly, due to the diversion of funds into war efforts.&#10;D) &#8203;It remained stable, as staffing was not available for government growth.

Accepted Answer

The Civil War led to the growth of bureaucracy as the government had to create new departments and jobs to meet the demands of the war effort. The war created a need for new administrative and logistical functions, as the government had to manage logistics, transportation, communication, and military procurement. This led to the establishment of new government agencies such as the War Department, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Agriculture, and the Bureau of Internal Revenue. The war also created a need for a larger army, which in turn required more government funding and administrative support. This growth of bureaucracy during the Civil War laid the foundation for the expansion of the federal government in the post-Civil War period.

Question 8

&#8203;Technical qualifications is a characteristic of effective modern bureaucracies that states&#10;A) &#8203;procedures are preserved, and these govern decisions and actions.&#10;B) &#8203;each person has clear responsibilities and specialized training.&#10;C) duties are clearly specified, and activities are distributed as official duties.&#10;D) employees are appointed based on qualifications, are not elected, and are compensated by salary.

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Question 9

&#8203;The spoils system was the practice of&#10;A) removing all government employees from the previous administration to provide jobs for supporters of the new administration.&#10;B) seeking bribes from all government employees from the previous administration who wanted to keep their jobs.&#10;C) keeping all government employees from the previous administration who wanted to stay, but paying supporters of the new administration more money.&#8203;&#10;D) administering merit tests to employees who wished to join government service.

Accepted Answer

The spoils system involved removing all government employees from the previous administration and replacing them with supporters of the new administration. This was common practice in the early days of American politics, as political parties sought to reward their supporters with government jobs. It was criticized for being inefficient and corrupt, as many unqualified individuals were appointed to government positions based solely on their political connections.

Question 10

&#8203;It is not the bureaucrat's role to &#8203;&#10;A) &#8203;question the policy goals in performing his or her work assignments.&#10;B) collect fees and issue permits.&#10;C) &#8203;participate in rulemaking.&#10;D) apply administrative discretion.

Accepted Answer

The bureaucrat's role is to implement policies and programs as directed by higher authorities, not to question or challenge them.

Question 11

Generally, a bureaucratic agency is not responsible for&#10;A) passing legislation.&#10;B) developmenting administrative law.&#10;C) ensuring policy implementation.&#10;D) issuing regulations.

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Question 12

&#8203;What is the name given to the people who do the work of implementing the policies, rules, and regulations established by the executive and the legislatures?&#10;A) Administrators&#8203;&#10;B) &#8203;Politicians&#10;C) Bureaucrats&#8203;&#10;D) &#8203;Representatives

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Question 13

A major responsibility of bureaucracy is&#10;A) implementing public policy.&#10;B) establishing law.&#10;C) assisting legislators.&#10;D) &#8203;advising the judicial system.

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Question 14

Which cabinet department was established most recently by Congress?&#10;A) The Department of Veteran's Affairs&#10;B) The Department of Homeland Security&#10;C) The Department of Defense&#10;D) The Department of Labor

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Question 15

&#8203;In the nineteenth century, who developed six characteristics of effective modern bureaucracies?&#10;A) &#8203;Max Weber&#10;B) &#8203;Martin Van Buren&#10;C) &#8203;Arthur Schlesinger&#10;D) &#8203;Andrew Jackson

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Question 16

Administratively, cabinet departments &#8203;are considered a part of&#10;A) &#8203;local government.&#10;B) &#8203;the executive branch.&#10;C) &#8203;the legislative branch.&#10;D) &#8203;the judicial branch.

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Question 17

&#8203;Which characteristic of effective modern bureaucracies states that subordinates follow orders but also have the right to appeal to a higher authority?&#10;A) &#8203;Specialized division of labor&#10;B) &#8203;Autonomous management&#10;C) &#8203;Hierarchy of authority&#10;D) &#8203;Efficiency

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Question 18

&#8203;Policy implementation is the process of putting new policies&#10;A) &#8203;into the Federal Register.&#10;B) &#8203;into practice after a law has been passed by Congress.&#10;C) before a congressional committee.&#10;D) into practice through executive order.&#8203;

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Question 19

&#8203;Why do independent executive agencies operate outside a cabinet department and report directly to the president?&#10;A) &#8203;The agency head needs to preserve some independence from hostile departments and feel free from politicization.&#10;B) The agency and the department may agree on policies and the president needs to be advised from different perspectives.&#10;C) Cabinet departments must always feel unrestricted in overriding agencies.&#10;D) &#8203;The agency head must generate discord in order to do his or her job appropriately.

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Question 20

&#8203;The makeup of the president's cabinet has&#10;A) remained the same over time, as outlined in the Constitution.&#10;B) changed over time with the addition and removal of advisors based on the needs of the administration and society.&#10;C) changed over time based on amendments to the Constitution. &#8203;&#10;D) &#8203;diminished in both size and importance since the time of the New Deal.

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Question 21

&#8203;How did the Post Office play a role in expanding U.S. territory?&#10;A) It brought new advisors into the president's inner circle, which influenced statehood options.&#10;B) It made the process of campaigning and elections much easier.&#10;C) It provided hundreds of new jobs.&#10;D) It provided a reliable method of communication between far away places.

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Question 22

What was the intended role of the Interstate Commerce Commission?&#10;A) &#8203;To combat price fixing and prevent unfair business practices&#10;B) &#8203;To regulate and increase foreign trade&#10;C) &#8203;To oversee employer-employee relations&#10;D) &#8203;To manage new territory and the process of settlement

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Question 23

&#8203;Which act ended the spoils system?&#10;A) &#8203;The Pendleton Act&#10;B) &#8203;The Negotiated Rulemaking Act&#10;C) &#8203;The Civil Service Reform Act&#10;D) The Government Corporation Control Act

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Question 24

What is privatization?&#8203;&#10;A) A process that stresses accountability to fiscal responsibility&#8203;&#10;B) A process that cuts back the number of regulations used, thereby cutting the number of bureaucrats&#10;C) A process that decentralizes government services from the federal government to local governments&#10;D) &#8203;A process of transferring government assets or services to the private sector

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Question 25

&#8203;How do congressional committees typically execute oversight of the bureaucracy?&#10;A) They conduct investigations to ensure that federal funding is being used as directed.&#10;B) They gather information and report on new budgetary requests.&#10;C) &#8203;They write resolutions that favor some groups more than others.&#10;D) They impeach bureaucratic officials who are not performing well.

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Question 26

&#8203;Which group initially was excluded from Social Security benefits and federal housing programs established by the New Deal?&#10;A) &#8203;Government employees, especially African Americans&#10;B) &#8203;Active military members&#10;C) &#8203;Domestic employees, especially African Americans&#10;D) &#8203;Female employees, especially the elderly

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Question 27

In addition to providing funding, what is an implicit constitutional obligation of Congress toward the federal bureaucracy?&#10;A) &#8203;Judicial review&#8203;&#10;B) Oversight&#10;C) Political guidance&#10;D) &#8203;Congressional hearings

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Question 28

What office has the responsibility to support Congress in meeting its constitutional responsibilities and to help improve the performance and ensure the accountability of the federal government?&#8203;&#10;A) &#8203;The Office of Personnel Management&#10;B) &#8203;The Government Accountability Office&#10;C) &#8203;The Congressional Research Office&#10;D) The Office of Special Counsel

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Question 29

&#8203;The Government Accountability Office has the responsibility for&#10;A) &#8203;performing accounting audits and serving as an overall watchdog on behalf of Congress.&#10;B) &#8203;the federal budget.&#10;C) &#8203;the substantive areas of law related to certain agencies.&#10;D) &#8203;&#34;scoring&#34; proposed legislation to determine its impact on the overall federal budget.

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Question 30

&#8203;What was the Great Society designed to do?&#10;A) Stop the country's slide toward another economic depression&#10;B) Eliminate poverty and racial injustice&#10;C) Win the race to space&#10;D) &#8203;Provide full equal rights for women

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Question 31

&#8203;Which New Deal action of the federal government directly utilized bureaucracy to assist the unemployed?&#10;A) &#8203;It aided bankrupt states and local governments.&#10;B) &#8203;It created the Federal Housing Administration.&#10;C) &#8203;It created special agencies that generated millions of jobs.&#10;D) &#8203;It provided a solution to soil erosion in the Tennessee Valley.

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Question 32

&#8203;Which of the following is an example of devolution?&#10;A) &#8203;The Affordable Care Act&#10;B) The Pendleton Service Reform Act&#10;C) &#8203;The Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program&#10;D) &#8203;The Clean Water Act

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Question 33

&#8203;How was the bureaucracy affected under Roosevelt's New Deal?&#10;A) &#8203;Government growth was curtailed until the Great Depression ended.&#10;B) &#8203;Government growth was curtailed until the end of World War II.&#10;C) The government extended its role in the economy and created federal programs in response to the Great Depression.&#10;D) The government extended its role in the economy and created local programs in response to World War II.

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Question 34

&#8203;What is devolution?&#10;A) A process that decentralizes government services from the federal government to state and local governments&#10;B) A process of transferring government assets or services to the private sector&#10;C) A process of transferring local government responsibilities to the federal government&#10;D) A process where states function as laboratories of democracy and set federal standards

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Question 35

Whose administration implemented the spoils system?&#10;A) &#8203;Andrew Johnson&#10;B) &#8203;James Garfield&#10;C) &#8203;Andrew Jackson&#10;D) &#8203;John Quincy Adams

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Question 36

Franklin Roosevelt's model of activist government continued under President&#8203;&#10;A) &#8203;Eisenhower.&#10;B) &#8203;Kennedy.&#10;C) &#8203;Johnson.&#10;D) &#8203;Nixon.

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Question 37

&#8203;Which of the following was not a federal agency created under the New Deal?&#10;A) The Federal Housing Authority&#10;B) &#8203;The Interstate Commerce Commission&#10;C) The Social Security Administration&#10;D) &#8203;The Tennessee Valley Authority

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Question 38

&#8203;Why is privatization risky?&#10;A) &#8203;It can lower the cost of the service but lead to higher taxes.&#10;B) &#8203;It can result in the public losing the ability to have a voice in decisions affecting it, as well as the transparency it had under the government.&#10;C) &#8203;It can improve effectiveness, but lower quality.&#10;D) It can require more oversight, stressing an already overburdened system.

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Question 39

&#8203;Which of the following was not a major policy objective of President Reagan's Program for Economic Recovery?&#10;A) &#8203;To reduce the growth of government spending&#10;B) &#8203;To reduce the marginal tax rates&#10;C) To reduce transparency of governmental agencies&#10;D) To reduce inflation by controlling the growth of the money supply&#8203;

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Question 40

&#8203;What was the purpose of the Sunshine Act of 1977?&#10;A) &#8203;To assign expiration dates to legislation or policy&#10;B) &#8203;To simplify the language used in government policy&#10;C) &#8203;To provide greater public transparency to government proceedings&#10;D) &#8203;To allow Congress to review and change policy prior to its renewal

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Question 41

Who are public employees hired to provide services to the public by federal, state, county, and municipal governments?&#10;A) &#8203;Non-active duty military&#10;B) &#8203;Those chosen by the president or vice president&#10;C) &#8203;Active duty military&#10;D) &#8203;Civil servants

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Question 42

&#8203;What are the two philosophies of government growth?&#10;A) &#8203;It is driven by citizen demand, and it is a result of a national crisis.&#10;B) It is driven by a strong economy, and it is a result of government itself.&#10;C) It is driven by citizen demand, and it is a result of government itself.&#10;D) It is driven by a strong economy, and it is a result of a national crisis.

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Question 43

&#8203;What is considered an advantage of federal government employment?&#10;A) &#8203;Creative and innovative jobs&#10;B) &#8203;Stable and relatively well-compensated jobs&#10;C) &#8203;Ability to utilize cutting-edge technology&#10;D) &#8203;Top pay scales for all levels of education

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Question 44

&#8203;Political appointees&#10;A) &#8203;are elected to the position.&#10;B) &#8203;are chosen through the merit system.&#10;C) &#8203;tend to share the president's ideology.&#10;D) &#8203;never have to go through the nomination process.

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Question 45

&#8203;What act abolished the Civil Service Commission and replaced it with the Office of Personnel Management and the Merit Systems Protection Board?&#10;A) The Hatch Act&#10;B) &#8203;The Budget Control Act&#10;C) &#8203;The Pendleton Act&#10;D) &#8203;The Civil Service Reform Act

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Question 46

The rotation system of government created&#8203;&#10;A) &#8203;inefficiency and corruption.&#10;B) &#8203;political harmony.&#10;C) &#8203;a specialized workforce.&#10;D) &#8203;a more efficient bureaucracy.

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Question 47

&#8203;What type of furlough is precipitated by a shutdown in appropriations, as was the case in 2013?&#10;A) Emergency furlough&#10;B) &#8203;Administrative furlough&#10;C) &#8203;Personnel furlough&#10;D) &#8203;Permanent furlough

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Question 48

&#8203;Who is not an employee of the federal bureaucracy?&#10;A) &#8203;A senator&#10;B) An active member of the military&#10;C) &#8203;A political appointee&#10;D) A civil servant

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Question 49

&#8203;What act was designed to limit political involvement by civil servants and prevent federal government employees from engaging in certain political activities?&#10;A) The Pendleton Act&#10;B) The Hatch Act&#10;C) &#8203;The Civil Service Reform Act&#10;D) The &#8203;Budget Control Act

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Question 50

&#8203;After the 1993 amendment to the Hatch Act, which of the following are federal employees not permitted to do?&#10;A) Verbally support a political candidate&#10;B) Seek public office in partisan elections&#10;C) Take any active role in partisan politics&#10;D) Work on a partisan campaign on their own time

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Deck 7: Bureaucracy