politic 100 gov 10 CH13

12. Which of the following statements is true of federal government spending for 2016?

b. Along with veterans' benefits, defense spending amounts to about a fifth of the federal budget.

46. Which of the following statements is true of an iron triangle

b. An iron triangle helps in understanding the federal bureaucracy's role in policymaking.

48. Which of the following is a similarity between an iron triangle and an issue network?

b. Both have highly structured relationships among experts.

5. Which of the following explains why the federal government bureaucracy exists?

b. Congress, over time, has delegated certain tasks to specialists.

16. Which of the following is a structure of the executive branch of the federal government?

b. Independent regulatory agencies

14. Identify a social program that is available only to low-income individuals.

b. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

2. Which of the following statements is true of the bureaucracy of the federal government?

b. The head of the bureaucracy of the federal government reports to Congress.

50. Which of the following statements is true of issue networks?

b. They often include more players than iron triangles.

21. Which of the following is a principal duty of the Department of the Treasury?

b. To mint coins and print paper currency

24. Which of the following is a principal duty of the Department of the Interior?

b. To operate federal hydroelectric power facilities

34. Unlike a private corporation, a government corporation:

b. can recover from a loss by using taxpayers' money.

32. A federal agency that engages primarily in commercial activities, produces revenues, and requires greater flexibility than most agencies is known as a(n) _____.

b. government corporation

49. Unlike an iron triangle, an issue network:

b. is less interdependent and unified.

40. The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883 established the principle of government employment on the basis of:

b. merit through open, competitive examinations.

10. President Obama's 2009 _____, which transferred large sums to local governments, helped stabilize government employment through 2010.

b. stimulus program

19. Heads of the executive departments of the federal government are confirmed by _____.

b. the Senate

43. Identify a true statement about rulemaking.

c. A regulatory agency can base its rules on discretion.

13. Which of the following social programs is paid out to all qualifying persons, regardless of income?

c. Medicare

8. Identify a true statement about government employment.

c. Most growth in government employment from 1959 to 2017 has been at the state and local levels.

38. In the context of the federal civil service, the _____ recruits, interviews, and tests potential government workers and determines who should be hired.

c. Office of Personnel Management

25. Which of the following statements is true of the Department of Health and Human Services?

c. One of its principal duties is to enforce pure food and drug laws.

18. _____ appoints the heads of the executive departments within the executive branch of the federal government. a. The chief justice

c. The president

31. Which of the following is a principal duty of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission?

c. To examine claims of discrimination

3. In the federal government, the president of the United States:

c. selects the head of the executive branch.

51. Justin works in an executive department of the federal government. He notices that some of his fellow bureaucrats are engaged in bribery. He reports to the law enforcement officials about the ongoing corruption in his department. This scenario illustrates that Justin is a _____.

c. whistleblower

15. Which of the following statements is true of the organization of the federal government?

d. Each type of structure of the executive branch of the federal government has its own internal workings.

7. Identify a department of the federal government that existed in 1789.

d. The Department of the Treasury

30. Which of the following is an independent executive agency of the federal government?

d. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration

1. Identify a true statement about a bureaucracy.

d. The concept of a bureaucracy is not confined to the federal government.

28. Why does Congress create independent executive agencies?

d. To protect the agencies from partisan politics

47. The three corners of the iron triangle in policymaking are:

d. legislators, bureaucrats, and interest groups.

17. The executive departments are:

d. organizations responsible for a specific type of public policy.

6. A key aspect of any bureaucracy is that the power to act resides in the _____.

d. position a person holds

23. Which of the following statements is true of the Department of Justice?

e. It supervises federal prisons.

9. Which of the following statements is true of government employment during the presidency of Ronald Reagan?

e. The decrease in government employment during Reagan's presidency was primarily at the local level.

41. Which of the following best describes adjudication?

e. The reporting of gross governmental inefficiency

29. Why was the General Services Administration created as an independent executive agency in 1949

e. To provide services and office space for most federal agencies

37. The nonmilitary government employees are part of the _____.

e. civil service

45. When opponents of regulation treat one-time expenses as ongoing expenses, they _____.

e. overestimate the costs of regulation

55. Increasingly, government agencies have attempted to improve their effectiveness and efficiency by making use of _____.

e. the Internet

44. One belief that unites political conservatives in the United States is that:

e. the United States suffers from excessive regulation.

36. Policy and Supporting Positions is a document that:

publishes the list of federal posts that are filled by appointments by the president after each presidential election.

20. Each cabinet department consists of the department's top administrators plus a number of _____.

subagencies

63. The _________ was created by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 and it oversees promotions, employees' rights, and other employment matters for people working in the federal bureaucracy

A. Office of Personnel Management

61. In the context of the organization of the United States federal government, the Constitution places the _________ under the category of independent establishments and government corporations.

B. National Credit Union Administration

60. The Constitution of the United States places the _________ under the judicial branch of the federal government.

B. United States Sentencing Commission

62. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is a(n) _________.

B. independent regulatory agency

58. The Constitution of the United States places the _________ under the legislative branch of the federal government.

C. Congressional Budget Office

64. An administrative agency rule that carries the same weight as a statute enacted by a legislature is known as _________.

C. a legislative rule

59. The Constitution of the United States places the _________ under the executive branch of the federal government.

D. Office of Management and Budget

56. In a government, a _________ is a government employee who carries out the policies of elected government officials.

D. bureaucrat

57. The _________ was one of the three departments of the federal government that existed in 1789.

A. Department of State

54. In response to pressure for more government openness and disclosure, Congress passed the _____ in 1966.

a. Freedom of Information Act

53. Which of the following is true of managed competition?

a. In this, the task of providing public services is opened up to competition.

11. Which of the following makes up the highest percentage of the federal government's revenues as of 2018?

a. Individual income tax and taxes that are collected along with it

26. Which of the following is a principal duty of the Department of Housing and Urban Development?

a. To oversee resale of mortgages

35. Two government-sponsored enterprises in Sylvenia, a European country, are involved in buying, reselling, and guaranteeing home mortgages. When these two enterprises file for bankruptcies, the Sylvenian federal court orders a federal agency called the National Mortgage Corporation to oversee the bankruptcies. In this case, the court placed the government-sponsored enterprises into _____ with the two enterprises.

a. an alliance

4. In a bureaucracy, _____.

a. each person can concentrate on her or his area of knowledge and expertise

22. A principal duty of the Department of Justice is to:

a. give legal advice to the president.

27. Unlike an executive department of the federal government, an independent executive agency:

a. is not located within a cabinet department.

39. The Office of Personnel Management is responsible for:

a. recommending potential government workers to relevant agencies.

33. Government corporations are similar to private corporations in that:

a. they charge for their services.

52. Channing works in the Department of Agriculture. He informs the press about the unethical research methods used by the department officials. In this scenario, Channing is a _____.

a. whistleblower

42. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) found that Herald Inc. was misrepresenting its company data. The FTC prosecuted the company after making investigations and holding trial-like hearings with an administrative law judge. This scenario is an example of _____.

adjudication