Question 1

What are interagency agreements?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. Interagency

Question 2

Organizational arrangements that respond to legislative interests and to the clienteles most affected by agency decisions describe which of Kaufman's basic organizational values?

Accepted Answer

A)  horizontal cooperation 
B)  executive leadership 
C)  neutral competence 
D)  representativeness 
A)  horizontal cooperation 
B)  executive leadership 
C)  neutral competence 
D)  representativeness

Question 3

Iron triangles align congressional committees with departments or bureaus and ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  pure-staff 
B)  state representatives 
C)  interest groups 
D)  auxiliary staff 
A)  pure-staff 
B)  state representatives 
C)  interest groups 
D)  auxiliary staff

Question 4

Staff roles include which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  core-assist, assisting, and technical 
B)  assisting, technical, and senior 
C)  core, auxiliary staff, and control 
D)  line, technical, and executive 
A)  core-assist, assisting, and technical 
B)  assisting, technical, and senior 
C)  core, auxiliary staff, and control 
D)  line, technical, and executive

Question 5

What type of organizational conflict emerged during the September 11th attacks that resulted in the creation of a new department? In your answer, make sure to name that new department and discuss whether or not it solved the problems.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. Investigation of the

Question 6

Staff activities are responsible for all of the following EXCEPT ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  commanding line officials 
B)  giving advice 
C)  securing organizational leverage 
D)  monitoring implementation of presidential decisions 
A)  commanding line officials 
B)  giving advice 
C)  securing organizational leverage 
D)  monitoring implementation of presidential decisions

Question 7

Interagency agreements require that an agency's proposed decisions in a subject-matter area be reviewed by other interested agencies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

According to the text, the president can comprehensively reorganize the executive branch either through an act of Congress or ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  through reducing White House staff 
B)  by altering department mission 
C)  by shifting cabinet responsibilities 
D)  through a small handful of bureaus 
A)  through reducing White House staff 
B)  by altering department mission 
C)  by shifting cabinet responsibilities 
D)  through a small handful of bureaus

Question 9

Staff roles have been defined as all of the following EXCEPT ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  line staff 
B)  pure-staff 
C)  auxiliary staff 
D)  control staff 
A)  line staff 
B)  pure-staff 
C)  auxiliary staff 
D)  control staff

Question 10

Actual reorganization of government is common.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

According to public administration scholars, the choice of organizational structure is not a political move by public administrators.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

What is an iron triangle?

Accepted Answer

A)  a theory that suggests agency managers, congressional committees and subcommittees, and interest groups work closely to shape policy and that their shared work is more important than other forces on the process 
B)  a theory that suggests agency managers, cabinet members, and interest groups work closely to shape policy and that their shared work is more important than other forces on the process 
C)  a theory that suggests agency managers, congressional committees and subcommittees, and cabinet members work closely to shape policy and that their shared work is more important than other forces on the process 
D)  a theory that suggests cabinet members, congressional committees and subcommittees, and interest groups work closely to shape policy and that their shared work is more important than other forces on the process 
A)  a theory that suggests agency managers, congressional committees and subcommittees, and interest groups work closely to shape policy and that their shared work is more important than other forces on the process 
B)  a theory that suggests agency managers, cabinet members, and interest groups work closely to shape policy and that their shared work is more important than other forces on the process 
C)  a theory that suggests agency managers, congressional committees and subcommittees, and cabinet members work closely to shape policy and that their shared work is more important than other forces on the process 
D)  a theory that suggests cabinet members, congressional committees and subcommittees, and interest groups work closely to shape policy and that their shared work is more important than other forces on the process

Question 13

What provides the basis for collaboration in jointly occupied areas of government activity?

Accepted Answer

A)  interagency agreements 
B)  interagency committees 
C)  lead agencies 
D)  clear procedures 
A)  interagency agreements 
B)  interagency committees 
C)  lead agencies 
D)  clear procedures

Question 14

What is the "clearance procedure"?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. This exampl

Question 15

_______ are created to establish specific boundaries and to clarify agencies' tasks.

Accepted Answer

A)  Interagency committees 
B)  Lead agency formulas 
C)  Clearance procedures 
D)  Interagency agreements 
A)  Interagency committees 
B)  Lead agency formulas 
C)  Clearance procedures 
D)  Interagency agreements

Question 16

Of the following choices, what determines which issues get priority?

Accepted Answer

A)  structure 
B)  cooperation 
C)  coordination 
D)  auxiliary staff 
A)  structure 
B)  cooperation 
C)  coordination 
D)  auxiliary staff

Question 17

Auxiliary units inevitably exercise specialized control functions, especially because top executives rarely want to invest their scarce time in housekeeping disputes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What is the term for those support units (such as personnel or budgeting) that promote the functioning of an agency?

Accepted Answer

A)  control activities 
B)  line activities 
C)  operating activities 
D)  staff activities 
A)  control activities 
B)  line activities 
C)  operating activities 
D)  staff activities

Question 19

Staff and line activities are synonymous.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

What are interagency agreements?

Organizational arrangements that respond to legislative interests and to the clienteles most affected by agency decisions describe which of Kaufman's basic organizational values?

Iron triangles align congressional committees with departments or bureaus and ______.

Staff roles include which of the following?

What type of organizational conflict emerged during the September 11th attacks that resulted in the creation of a new department? In your answer, make sure to name that new department and discuss whether or not it solved the problems.

Staff activities are responsible for all of the following EXCEPT ______.

Interagency agreements require that an agency's proposed decisions in a subject-matter area be reviewed by other interested agencies.

According to the text, the president can comprehensively reorganize the executive branch either through an act of Congress or ______.

Staff roles have been defined as all of the following EXCEPT ______.

Actual reorganization of government is common.

According to public administration scholars, the choice of organizational structure is not a political move by public administrators.

What is an iron triangle?

What provides the basis for collaboration in jointly occupied areas of government activity?

What is the "clearance procedure"?

_______ are created to establish specific boundaries and to clarify agencies' tasks.

Of the following choices, what determines which issues get priority?

Auxiliary units inevitably exercise specialized control functions, especially because top executives rarely want to invest their scarce time in housekeeping disputes.

What is the term for those support units (such as personnel or budgeting) that promote the functioning of an agency?

Staff and line activities are synonymous.

Accountability

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What Is Public Administration?

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Exam 6: Organization Problems

What are interagency agreements?

Organizational arrangements that respond to legislative interests and to the clienteles most affected by agency decisions describe which of Kaufman's basic organizational values?

Iron triangles align congressional committees with departments or bureaus and ______.

Staff roles include which of the following?

What type of organizational conflict emerged during the September 11th attacks that resulted in the creation of a new department? In your answer, make sure to name that new department and discuss whether or not it solved the problems.

Staff activities are responsible for all of the following EXCEPT ______.

Interagency agreements require that an agency's proposed decisions in a subject-matter area be reviewed by other interested agencies.

According to the text, the president can comprehensively reorganize the executive branch either through an act of Congress or ______.

Staff roles have been defined as all of the following EXCEPT ______.

Actual reorganization of government is common.

According to public administration scholars, the choice of organizational structure is not a political move by public administrators.

What is an iron triangle?

What provides the basis for collaboration in jointly occupied areas of government activity?

What is the "clearance procedure"?

_______ are created to establish specific boundaries and to clarify agencies' tasks.

Of the following choices, what determines which issues get priority?

Auxiliary units inevitably exercise specialized control functions, especially because top executives rarely want to invest their scarce time in housekeeping disputes.

What is the term for those support units (such as personnel or budgeting) that promote the functioning of an agency?

Staff and line activities are synonymous.

Accountability

What Government Does And How It Does It

What Is Public Administration?

Organizational Theory

The Executive Branch

Administrative Reform

The Civil Service

Human Capital

Decision Making: Rationality and Risk

Budgeting

Implementation and Performance

Regulation and the Courts

Accountability and Politics

Filters