Chapter 9 Pol quiz

Conflict between presidential appointees and the rank-and-file civil servants in a bureaucratic agency often occurs when the

Appointee's ideology differs from the central mission of an agency

Congress creates government-owned corporations to provide goods and services that:

Are not profitable for a private business to provide

In what way do bureaucrats challenge the authority of the president, even though he is their "boss"?

Bureaucrats often have better established relationships with interest groups and are committed to particle policies, so they can ofter thwart a president's plans to change policies

Which of the following is a characteristic of a bureaucratic culture?

Bureaucrats tend to identify with their particular agency and, because of their expertise in the area, they are typically very committed to the particular policies of that agency

The fact that bureaucratic actions are governed and determined by rules has all of the following effects except

Efficiency is increased

Amtrak is an example of a(n):

Government-owned corporation

What are companies created by Congress to provide to the public a good or service that private enterprise cannot or will not profitably provide

Government-owned corporations

Along with administrative and rulemaking powers, bureaucratic agencies often also have:

Judicial powers

Career civil servants often refer to presidential appointees as "birds of passage" because:

Presidential bureaucratic appointees regularly come and go

Which of the following terms refers to the complex procedures and regulations surrounding bureaucratic activity

Red tape

According to Max Weber, bureaucracy is characterized by all of the following except

Rewarding of political loyalty

Which piece of legislation limited the political involvement of civil servants in order to protect them from political pressure and keep politics out of the bureaucracy?

The Hatch Act

The use of bureaucracy is justified in a democratic society because it helps

To maintain accountability and fairness when carrying out government policies

Bureaucracies use divisions of labor to perform their delegated tasks with efficiency

True

Congress often delegates lawmaking functions to administrative agencies

True

Individuals who publicize instances of government corruption or incompetence are called

Whistleblowers

What is a bureaucracy

any organization that is structured hierarchy

The use of bureaucrats' own judgment in interpreting and carrying out the laws of Congress is called

bureaucratic discretion

A government organization that independent of an departments but with a narrower policy focus is called

independent agency

The president's use of his veto power to control bureaucratic agencies

is generally not very effective

The _______ require(s) that bureaucratic meetings be open to the public.

sunshine laws

Hiring and advancement by merit replaced ____ in American government

the spoils system

What have the Freedom of Information Act and sunshine laws done for citizens' accessibility to bureaucratic decision-making

they are examples of how the public has gained increased access to bureaucratic policymaking in recent decades

In recent years, Congress has passed laws that are more instruction for bureaucratic discretion than actual congressional action

true

Wendy Worker believes a well-known non-profit is taking federal funds but not using them for their intended purposes; that is providing nutritional assistance to indigent students on weekends and holidays. She has proof that the managing agencies know of the fraud but refuses to act. If she reports the fraud to the inspector general, she is protected from being fired, demoted or otherwise punished because she would be considered a

whistleblower