Question 1

Having a strong agency culture can help an agency by motivating its employees to work hard, but it can also hurt the agency by

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A)   increasing the number of highly structured roles.
B)   making the agency resistant to change.
C)   reducing cooperation among employees.
D)   encouraging whistle-blowing.
E)   promoting individuals who are patently unqualified.F) A) and C)
G) B) and D)

Question 2

The process of revising agency budget requests is commonly called

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A)   gutting.
B)   reconciling.
C)   bait and switch.
D)   marking up.
E)   red-marking.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 3

The responsibilities of the bureaucracy are spelled out in detail in Article II of the U.S. Constitution.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Using the buddy system, an agency can circumvent the usual Office of Personnel Management (OPM)  search process by

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A)   blanketing in a job candidate.
B)   issuing a merit dispensation.
C)   asking the president to appoint a specific candidate.
D)   tailoring a job description to a specific candidate.
E)   limiting the scope of a search to a specific region.F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 5

The definition of bureaucracy includes all of the following notions except

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A)   a large organization.
B)   authority divided among several managers.
C)   complexity of structure.
D)   appointed officials.
E)   an issue network.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 6

One bureaucratic pathology described by the text is imperialism, meaning the tendency of agencies to

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A)   work at cross purposes with one another.
B)   spend more than is necessary to buy some product or service.
C)   grow, irrespective of the benefits and costs of their programs.
D)   generate complex and sometimes conflicting rules.
E)   complicate matters that are better left to commonsense solutions.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 7

Presidents have generally failed to support measures to base federal employment on merit rather than on patronage.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Buying American, using minority contractors, and paying the prevailing wage are all examples of

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A)   red tape that drives up costs.
B)   practices by public agencies.
C)   a bureaucracy released from political control.
D)   noncontroversial bureaucratic routines.
E)   practices by private agencies.F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 9

Initially, the prevailing interpretation of the Constitution held that agencies could not exercise regulatory powers

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A)   in any circumstance.
B)   unless authorized by the president.
C)   unless Congress first established clear standards.
D)   unless a court order was obtained.
E)   without written permission from a judge.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 10

Periodically, the size of the bureaucracy has grown substantially. These times of growth have generally occurred during

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A)   depressions.
B)   wars.
C)   periods of prosperity.
D)   recessions.
E)   election years.F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 11

Congress can compel a person to attend an investigation by issuing a subpoena.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Anyone who is removed from the SES is guaranteed

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A)   ten years' salary as part of a separation agreement.
B)   training for the corporate world.
C)   a positive recommendation from superiors.
D)   health benefits for up to ten years.
E)   a job somewhere in the government.F) None of the above
G) B) and C)

Question 13

The text suggests that lawyers for the FTC are somewhat leery of big cases.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

In most Western European nations, the government owns and operates large parts of the economy.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

During most of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, appointments to the civil service were based primarily on

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A)   merit.
B)   education.
C)   patronage.
D)   wealth.
E)   experience in government.F) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 16

Hugh Heclo's position is that contentious issue networks influence government agencies.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The investigative power of Congress

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A)   is clearly outlined in Article I of the Constitution.
B)   is clearly outlined in Articles I and II of the Constitution.
C)   is not mentioned in the Constitution.
D)   has been inferred from the power to legislate.
E)   is both C and D.F) None of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 18

Bureaucracy is an outgrowth of representative democracy.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

One of the major constraints under which government agencies operate is the

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A)   obligation of leadership to restructure frequently.
B)   power of issue networks to determine agency policy.
C)   absence of competing forces in the public sector.
D)   presence of a great many highly structured roles.
E)   large number of regulations they must adhere to.F) C) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 20

Among the pathologies commonly attributed to bureaucracies are all of the following except

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A)   conflict.
B)   synergism.
C)   duplication.
D)   imperialism.
E)   waste.F) None of the above
G) A) and C)

Exam 15: The Bureaucracy

The investigative power of Congress

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Periodically, the size of the bureaucracy has grown substantially. These times of growth have generally occurred during

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The definition of bureaucracy includes all of the following notions except

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The text suggests that lawyers for the FTC are somewhat leery of big cases.

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In most Western European nations, the government owns and operates large parts of the economy.

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The process of revising agency budget requests is commonly called

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Bureaucracy is an outgrowth of representative democracy.

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Presidents have generally failed to support measures to base federal employment on merit rather than on patronage.

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Using the buddy system, an agency can circumvent the usual Office of Personnel Management (OPM) search process by

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Having a strong agency culture can help an agency by motivating its employees to work hard, but it can also hurt the agency by

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Hugh Heclo's position is that contentious issue networks influence government agencies.

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Initially, the prevailing interpretation of the Constitution held that agencies could not exercise regulatory powers

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Among the pathologies commonly attributed to bureaucracies are all of the following except

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During most of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, appointments to the civil service were based primarily on

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Congress can compel a person to attend an investigation by issuing a subpoena.

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The responsibilities of the bureaucracy are spelled out in detail in Article II of the U.S. Constitution.

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One bureaucratic pathology described by the text is imperialism, meaning the tendency of agencies to

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Anyone who is removed from the SES is guaranteed

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Buying American, using minority contractors, and paying the prevailing wage are all examples of

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One of the major constraints under which government agencies operate is the

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