bureaucracies
the Pendleton act established the
federal civil service
which of the following is a legitimate criticism of the federal civil service?
firing incompetents is extremely difficult
when congress passes regulatory legislation for which it has established goals, it then
grants power to regulatory agencies to develop guidelines and enforce compliance
an "iron triangle" consists of
a bureaucratic agency, an interest group, and a congressional committee or subcommitte
Which of the following would not be considered a street-level bureaucrat?
an assistant secretary in the department of transpotiont
In addition to hierarchical authority structure, Max Weber argued that a bureaucracy involved all of the following except
an incentive system
Whatever strategy Congress permits a regulatory agency to use, all regulation contains the following elements EXCEPT
an incentive system to maximize performance by those regulated
a group of participants in bureaucratic policymaking with technical policy expertise and intellectual and emotional commitment to the issue is called
an issue network
administrative personnel who exercise discretion, pay attention to routine, and deal directly with clients,
are called street-level bureaucrats
which of the following would be included in a plum book?
cabinet secretaries
sub-governments promote
decentralized and fragmented policymaking
The ____ employs about 1/4 of all federal civilian workers, more than any other department or agency
department of defense
the rationale for the civil service rests on the
desire to create a nonpartisan government service and promotion on the basis of merit
most regulatory agencies adopt specific ___ to carry out a policy, based on what they believe was the intended purpose of the specific policy at hand
guidelines
The main job of federal bureaucrats is to
implement and regulate government policies
The interstate commerce commission and the federal reserve board are examples of
independent regulatory agencies
the parts of the federal bureaucracy with responsibility for different sectors of the economy, and making and enforcing rules designed to protect the public interest, are the
independent regulatory agencies
In 1887, Congress established the first regulatory agency, the ____, and charged it with regulating the railroads, their prices, and their services to farmers
interstate commerce commission
congress tries to control the bureaucracy through each of the following except
issuing congressional orders
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was successful for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
it was universally suppported
vigorous disputes over the implementation of title 9 of the education amendments in regard to funding for women's athletic programs arose primarily due to
lack of clarity in the original policy decision
which of the following is not a reason that policy implementation sometimes breaks down in the federal bureaucracy?
lack of standard operating procedures
each of the following is a criticism of regulation EXCEPT that it
lowers prices
As a whole, the permanent federal bureaucracy is
more broadly representative of the American people than the rest of the federal government
all of the following are independent regulatory commissions except the
national labor relations board
independent regulatory agencies have
powerful rule-making, dispute-settling, and enforcement authority
the hatch act, passed in 1940,
prohibits federal civil service employees from active participation in partisan politics
government corporations
provide services and charge for them
standard operating procedures accomplish all of the following except
reduce red tape
The use of government authority to control or change some practice in the private sector is known as
regulation
which of the following statements about independent regulatory commissions is false?
regulatory commission members may not be drawn from the ranks of present or former employees of the regulated industry
administrative discretion is greatest when
rules do not fit a case -is the authority of administrative actors to select among various responses to a given problem
all of the following are important official services performed by the federal bureaucracy EXCEPT
solving disputes between the executive and legislative branches of government
which of the following is TRUE about the federal bureaucracy?
state and local govs. have far more employees than the federal bureaucracy
an "iron triangle" is also referred to as
subgovernment
until the late-nineteenth century, most government employees got their jobs through
the patronage system
executive orders are issued by
the president
deregulation has resulted, at least in part, in each of the following except
the proliferation of government agencies
describe how federal bureaucracy is structured and give an example of each part of structure
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explain how congress and president control the bureaucracy and describe a situation where the administrative discretion of a federal agency is the greatest
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each bureaucratic agency is created initially by
Congress
a major complaint of the FDA is
the shortage of personnel
bureaucracies are often criticized as being undemocratic because
they are not directly accountable to the people
an obstacle to the successful implementation of public policy is
unclear policy goals and poorly designed polocies
the supreme court case of Munn v. Illinois
upheld the right of government to regulate the business operations of a firm
Voting Rights Act
was successfully implemented thanks to its clear goal, its clear methods to achieve the goal, and its lack of bureaucratic fragmentation
Section 844 of Title 9 of the Education Amendments of 1972
was vaguely written, eventually resulting in scores of court cases
which of the following statements about bureaucracies and the scope of government is FALSE?
when the president and congress chose to deregulate certain areas of the economy or cut taxes, the bureaucracy prevented them from doing so