Chapter 12 quiz
A clear chain of command, in which all employees know who their supervisors are as well as who reports to them, is a characteristic of a
Hierarchy
President George Washington's administration had all of the following cabinet departments except
Interior
Senator Ted Cruz compared bureaucracy to a
Plague of locusts
In the nineteenth century. U.S. government jobs were considered to be
Political prizes
______ describes how policymakers control the bureaucracy, despite the bureaucracy having far more information than Congress.
Principal-agent theory
Sunshine laws open up bureaucratic debates to
Public view
Which president began advocating for a reduction in the size of the bureaucracy, specifically stating that "government is not the solution to our problem?"
Reagan
As a total proportion of America's gross national product over the last forty years, the cost of the federal bureaucracy has
Remained generally steady
In 2021 President Biden, building on a law passed in 1980, announced that goods purchased by the federal government-from desks to helicopter windscreens-would have to be built from components that were at least seventy-five percent made in America. This is an example of
Rulemaking
How many cabinet departments did Theodore Roosevelt have?
Seven
The officials who implement programs and deal directly with the public are
Street-level beaurocrats
What institution do we rely on almost every hour of every day?
The bureaucracy
The bureaucracy is discussed in which article of the Constitution?
The bureaucracy is not mentioned in the Constitution.
_______ instructs courts to defer to an administrative agency's interpretation of a statute-especially where the statute is ambiguous.
The chevron doctrine
The daily journal of the federal government is
The federal register
The rule that stipulates how a government program will actually operate is known as
The final rule
Conservative legal doctrine that limits administrative discretion by holding that administrative agencies need explicit authorization from Congress before deciding issues of major importance.
The major questions doctrine
Recently, the Environmental Protection Agency created a rule forcing utilities to move from coal to cleaner forms of energy such as wind and solar. However, the Supreme Court ruled that it could not do so without a clear mandate from Congress. This is an example of
The major questions doctrine
The historical event most responsible for the large bureaucracy we have today was
World War II
Privatization of government services requires
Careful oversight
Appointed agency leaders are tasked with steering their agencies in the direction
Charted by the president
What is one way that the president controls the bureaucracy?
Choosing leaders
Approximately how many people are on the American government payroll?
23 million
About what percentage of the federal bureaucracy is active-duty military?
33.3%
How many women have headed cabinet-level departments?
39
The Constitution bars members of Congress from taking
Any civil office
Who can comment on a proposed rule in the Federal Register?
Any interested party
The cabinet department with the most employees is the
Department of defense
After the passage of the Pendleton Civil Service Act, how did civil servants get their jobs?
Exams
The primary source of authority for a member of the bureaucracy is
Expertise
The final rule is published in the
Federal Register
The 1966 ______ facilitates full or partial disclosure of government documents and information.
Freedom of information act
The bureaucracy, compared with Congress,
Is much more diverse
When Congress appropriates funds for Social Security checks, bureaucratic workers then
Issue checks
The presidential assassination that led to civil service reform was that of
James Garfield
While agency leaders frequently lobby Congress on behalf of their agencies, they also frequently complain about congressional
Micromanagement
All of the following exert some control over the bureaucracy except
Nonvoters
Which of the following is not a characteristic of bureaucracy?
Varied routines
Civil servants are often caricatured as speaking
bureaucratese.
Bureaucracies exist
in both the private and the public sector.
Bureaus of the federal government that originally emerged regulate business are called
independent regulatory agencies.
The bureaucracy, compared with Congress,
is much more diverse.
One of the principal arguments for contracting out government services to private companies is that
private companies are more efficient than government agencies.
Public officials who deal directly with the public are called
street-level bureaucrats.
