ap gov: bureaucracy quiz

Which of the following scenarios best illustrates delegated discretionary authority?

A Congress giving the Environmental Protection Agency the power to establish national pollution standards

Which of the following pairs accurately identifies the methods used by Congress and the president to hold the bureaucracy accountable to the other branches?

A Congress: Holding a committee hearing President: Appointing a Cabinet

Which of the following is an example of congressional oversight?

A Holding hearings for review of an executive agency's activities

Which of the following is an example of the executive branch implementing a public policy passed by Congress?

A The Department of Health and Human Services determines eligibility requirements for government assistance.

Which of the following best describes how a president can influence the data in the graphs?

A Through the role of chief executive officer of the executive branch, the president can determine salary grades of federal employees.

A policy that sets emission standards for automobiles is an example of

A regulatory policy

Which of the following best explains why cabinet secretaries might not aggressively pursue the president's policy agenda?

B Cabinet secretaries may develop strong loyalty to their departments.

Which of the following explains an action Congress can take that would have the most influence on the data on the graphs?

B Congress can pass legislation that changes the federal salary structure.

Which of the following describes the president's Cabinet?

B Its members have varying levels of influence on presidential decisions.

Which of the following statements best relates to the information shown in the infographic?

B Like most businesses, the federal government has to seek out well-qualified and diverse job candidates.

Which of the following is the best conclusion that can be drawn from the data in the table?

B Public concern over the Vietnam War led Congress to hold more hearings to consider using the power of the purse to influence the conduct of the war.

Which of the following is an accurate conclusion based on the pattern shown in the bar chart?

B Special circumstances in 2005 and 2018 led Congress to approve supplemental appropriations.

Which of the following scenarios best illustrates the process of bureaucratic rule making?

B The Department of Veterans Affairs rewrites its regulations regarding compensation and pensions into plain language that is easier for beneficiaries to understand.

Which of the following is an example of bureaucratic rule making?

B The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) writing a regulation to support a clean water bill

Cabinet departments differ from independent regulatory agencies in which of the following ways?

B The President can dismiss cabinet officers, but not commissioners of independent regulatory agencies.

Which of the following scenarios best illustrates a formal check on the power of the bureaucracy?

B The secretary of defense being called to testify before a congressional committee

Lobbyists from the Airlines for America, an advocacy group that represents commercial airlines, work with members of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and officials from the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to discuss a new policy that addresses issues of airline safety. This scenario best illustrates

B an iron triangle

One of the formal tools used by Congress for oversight of the bureaucracy is

B authorization of spending

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are examples of

B independent agencies

The role Congress plays in ensuring that executive branch agencies are carrying out their legislated responsibilities is known as

B legislative oversight

Which of the following is most likely an effect of the trend in the line graph?

C A decrease in congressional oversight as a mechanism to control the bureaucracy

Which of the following is true of the relationship between Congress and executive agencies?

C Because the agencies have bureaucratic expertise, Congress delegates "rule-making authority" to them.

The mission of the Department of Transportation is to ensure the safety and efficiency of the transportation system. The Department of Transportation has accepted public comments regarding the safety of automated vehicles in the United States in order to establish standards and guidelines for this new technology. Which of the following concepts is most related to the scenario?

C Delegated discretionary authority

The Web site healthcare.gov was launched on October 1, 2013, to help citizens purchase health insurance for themselves in accordance with the Affordable Care Act. Within two hours of launch the site crashed. Once it was restored, problems continued, leading to difficulty for users. The following year, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius was called to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee to discuss the issue. The committee held this hearing as part of which of the following functions?

C Oversight

Congress has exerted the greats influence on the operation of a federal agency by doing which of the following?

C Reviewing the annual budget appropriations for the agency

Which of the following is likely to occur as a result of new legislation regarding automobile safety?

C The Department of Transportation will be given discretionary authority to create auto regulations.

All of the following help to explain the President's difficulty in controlling cabinet-level agencies EXCEPT (2)

C The President can only fire appointees before they have been confirmed by the Senate

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service will spend money appropriated by Congress to maintain wildlife refuges. This action is an example of

C bureaucratic implementation of law

Congressional oversight refers to the power of Congress to

C exercise some control over executive agencies

All of the following are true about the relationship between regulatory agencies and the industries they regulate EXCEPT:

D Agencies usually make decisions without consulting the regulated industry.

Which of the following possible actions illustrates a way Congress interacts with the bureaucracy to address the problem shown in the infographic?

D Congress could have members of the Department of Transportation testify before a committee to discuss the issue and potential solutions.

Congress is most likely to exert oversight of the executive bureaucracy in which of the following ways?

D Controlling an executive agency's annual budget

Which of the following is an accurate statement about committees in Congress?

D Standing committees oversee the bureaucracy's implementation of legislation.

In the process and structure of public policymaking, "iron triangles" refer to the

D networks of congressional committees, bureaucratic agencies, and interest groups that strongly influence the policy process

Cabinet members often do not have a dominant influence on presidential decision-making because

D presidential goals often conflict with the institutional goals of individual cabinet-level agencies

In general, independent regulatory commissions are created primarily for the purpose of

D regulating certain industries to protect the public interest

When independent regulatory agencies make rules, enforce those rules, and adjudicate disputes arising under those rules, they risk violating the constitutional concept of

D separation of powers

An advantage that bureaucrats in federal government have over the President in the policymaking process is that bureaucrats

D usually have a continuity of service in the executive branch that the President lacks

Which of the following is responsible for the preparation of executive spending proposals submitted to Congress?

E Office of Management and Budget

Which of the following is the best predictor of the Department of Education's annual budget?

E The size of the previous year's budget

Which of the following is true of independent regulatory agencies?

E They tend to be freer from presidential control than are cabinet departments.

A fundamental source of power for the federal bureaucracy lies in its

E ability to set specific guidelines after receiving a general mandate from Congress

Rules and regulations created by an agency such as the Federal Communications Commission are called

E administrative law

All of the following make it difficult for presidents to control the actions of federal agencies EXCEPT

E the appointment of cabinet heads