Question 1

Which federal agency was lax in requiring the proper safety procedures that could have prevented the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico?

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A)   Environmental Protection Agency
B)   Department of Labor
C)   Department of Transportation
D)   Minerals Management Service
E)   Executive Office of the PresidentF) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 2

In terms of holding the bureaucracy accountable, the MOST important unit within the Executive Office of the President is the

Accepted Answer

A)   Office of Policy Development.
B)   Office of Management and Budget.
C)   Council of Economic Advisors.
D)   White House Office.
E)   Office of the Vice President.F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 3

The president can hire about _____ full-time partisan employees to help him or her implement the presidential agenda.

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A)   60
B)   150
C)   400
D)   600
E)   2,000F) A) and C)
G) None of the above

Question 4

What is the congressional equivalent of the Office of Management and Budget?

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A)   House Appropriations Committee
B)   Senate Appropriations Committee
C)   Congressional Budget Office
D)   House Sergeant at Arms
E)   General Accounting OfficeF) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 5

Discuss the historical process by which the federal bureaucracy grew from its original size to its present size.

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Question 6

Which of the following statements does NOT correctly describe the typical independent agency?

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A)   It has a more narrow area of responsibility than that of cabinet departments.
B)   Its head is appointed by an independent commission.
C)   It is divided into a number of smaller operating units.
D)   It exists independently of cabinet departments.
E)   Its head is appointed by the president.F) A) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 7

As distinct from the patronage system, the merit system for managing the bureaucracy

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A)   allows the president to appoint top officials of executive agencies, thus making the bureaucracy more responsive to election outcomes.
B)   provides for presidential leadership of the bureaucracy, thus giving it greater coordination and direction.
C)   provides for a neutral administration in the sense that civil servants are not partisan appointees, thus ensuring evenhanded work.
D)   provides that all programs will be evaluated regularly to determine whether they merit continued funding.
E)   All of these answers are correct.F) B) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 8

Congress oversees the bureaucracy by using

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A)   sunset provisions.
B)   the Government Accounting Office.
C)   oversight hearings.
D)   all of these: sunset provisions, the Government Accounting Office, and oversight hearings.
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 9

Identify the major ways that the bureaucracy is held accountable by Congress.

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Question 10

The federal government's fiscal year starts on

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A)   January 1.
B)   March 1.
C)   April 15.
D)   July 1.
E)   October 1.F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 11

Which of the following is true of the federal government's demographic representativeness?

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A)   Because the federal government has reduced efforts to specifically promote women and minorities, the proportion of white males that hold top administration positions has increased in recent years.
B)   If all employees are taken into account, the federal bureaucracy comes reasonably close to being representative of the nation's population.
C)   Women and minorities are better represented in Congress and the judiciary than they are among the top ranks of administrators.
D)   The concept of a demographically representative civil service was first endorsed by President Reagan in 1984.
E)   There has been much more improvement in the representation of minorities in the civil service than in the representation of women.F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 12

The Department of ________ was created in 2002.

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A)   Transportation
B)   Energy
C)   Education
D)   Veterans Affairs
E)   Homeland SecurityF) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 13

Identify four of the five major types of organizations within the federal bureaucracy, and give examples of each.

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Question 14

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) , the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) , and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)  are

Accepted Answer

A)   all agencies within cabinet departments.
B)   all independent agencies.
C)   respectively, an independent agency, an agency within a cabinet department, and a regulatory agency.
D)   two cabinet departments and a regulatory agency.
E)   respectively, an agency within a cabinet department, an independent agency, and a regulatory agency.F) C) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 15

In the late 1800s, rapid economic growth placed new demands on the federal government and led it to

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A)   create new federal departments built around economic interests.
B)   establish the Senior Executive Service.
C)   reorganize the cabinet in order to make it the center of economic policy making.
D)   both create new federal departments built around economic interests, and establish the Senior Executive Service.
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 16

The number of employees in the federal bureaucracy is about ________.

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A)   10 million
B)   2.5 million
C)   5 million
D)   700,000
E)   1 millionF) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 17

The federal bureaucracy today is

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A)   extremely wasteful and unresponsive to the public it serves.
B)   an ineffective institution in comparison with bureaucracies of democracies with unitary systems.
C)   more responsive to the public at large than to the particular interests that depend on its various programs.
D)   a mix of the patronage and merit systems.
E)   mostly dominated by patronage politics.F) B) and C)
G) B) and D)

Question 18

Most federal employees are hired on the basis of

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A)   merit criteria.
B)   patronage.
C)   previous job experience in the private sector.
D)   the personal preferences of immediate supervisors.
E)   a lottery system.F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 19

Regulatory agencies have

Accepted Answer

A)   administrative, legislative, and judicial functions.
B)   legislative and executive functions, but no judicial functions.
C)   adjudicative and law enforcement functions.
D)   multilateral, law enforcement, and executive functions.
E)   All of these answers are correct.F) C) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 20

The typical presidential appointee spends about ____________ on the job before leaving for other employment.

Accepted Answer

A)   six months
B)   one year
C)   two years
D)   three years
E)   four yearsF) None of the above
G) C) and D)

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