Question 1

Which is an agency run outside of the cabinet departments and run with greater independence from presidential influence?

Accepted Answer

A)   government bureaucracy
B)   government agency
C)   federal ministry
D)   independent agency
E)   government corporation D

Question 2

When does coalitional drift occur?

Accepted Answer

A)   There is inadequate police-patrol oversight.
B)   Republicans and Democrats disagree about the most desirable goals for bureaucracies.
C)   Principals stay the same but change their policy preferences.
D)   Bureaucratic agencies differ in how they interpret and implement policies.
E)   Agents refuse to accept mandates given to them by principals. C

Question 3

Suppose a federal agency created under a Democratic president and a Democratic-controlled Congress finds itself at odds with a newly elected Republican president and Republican-controlled Congress.This is an example of ____________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   bureaucratic escape
B)   bureaucratic capture
C)   agency loss
D)   coalitional drift
E)   bureaucratic drift D

Question 4

____________________ occurs when a regulatory agency becomes beholden to the organizations or interests it is supposed to regulate.

Accepted Answer

A)   Bureaucratic escape
B)   Bureaucratic capture
C)   Agency loss
D)   Coalition drift
E)   Bureaucratic drift

Question 5

High-level federal bureaucrats,such as cabinet secretaries,are typically ____________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   appointed by the U.S. Civil Service Commission
B)   selected under the merit system
C)   presidential appointees
D)   congressional appointees
E)   independent contractors

Question 6

How does the bureaucratic culture of the United States compare with other nations' orientations toward bureaucracies? How is the United States' system of civil service similar to and distinct from the way that bureaucracies are managed elsewhere? What are the costs and benefits of the American bureaucratic culture compared to the two alternatives described in the text?

Accepted Answer

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Question 7

The town of Springfield has an extensive public transportation system that has grown steadily over time in response to the city's changing needs.However,the town council realizes that it is not as efficient as it might be.One of the biggest drains on the system is a program that shuttles elderly citizens from point to point,but discontinuing this program would be a public relations liability for the town council,so they recruit volunteers to drive these shuttles.This is an example of ____________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   personalization
B)   privatization
C)   marketization
D)   proliferation
E)   capitalization

Question 8

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)often helps organize the disaster response efforts of various federal,state,and local agencies.These efforts are indicative of the ways that federal bureaucracies can address ____________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Prisoner's Dilemmas
B)   coordination problems
C)   principal-agent problems
D)   collective-action problems
E)   unstable coalitions

Question 9

Which action may be subject to review under the legal standard established by Chevron v.Natural Resources Defense Council?

Accepted Answer

A)   Congress reducing the budget of the National Science Foundation
B)   the president issuing an executive order directing the Department of Justice to prioritize the investigation and prosecution of drug cases
C)   Congress creating legislation that allows the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco products
D)   the Environmental Protection Agency issuing new rules to limit carbon emissions under the Clean Air Act
E)   the president firing the Secretary of the Interior

Question 10

Which term refers to the government bureaucratic reform that emphasizes market-based principles of management that are common in the private sector?

Accepted Answer

A)   personalization
B)   privatization
C)   marketization
D)   proliferation
E)   capitalization

Question 11

Which of the following best describes the relationship between the U.S.Constitution and the bureaucracy?

Accepted Answer

A)   The U.S. Constitution outlined the creation of specific bureaucratic agencies and the power to create additional bureaucratic agencies is a reserved power of the president and Congress.
B)   The bureaucracy predates the U.S. Constitution, with early agencies led by groups or individuals appointed by the Continental Congress.
C)   The bureaucracy predates the U.S. Constitution, but secretaries were not appointed until the Constitution was formally adopted.
D)   The bureaucracy was an innovation of the U.S. Constitution, designed to accommodate the adoption of a federal system.
E)   Following the adoption of the U.S. Constitution, Alexander Hamilton created bureaucracy to insure that the Founders' intentions were realized in practice.

Question 12

Which of the following refers to the contracting of private companies by the government to conduct work that was formerly done by government agencies?

Accepted Answer

A)   personalization
B)   privatization
C)   marketization
D)   proliferation
E)   capitalization

Question 13

What are the three corners of an "iron triangle"?

Accepted Answer

A)   an interest group, a congressional committee, and a federal agency
B)   voters, an interest group, and a federal agency
C)   the states, a congressional committee, and voters
D)   a foreign government, the Office of Management and Budget, and a federal agency
E)   the Office of Management and Budget, an interest group, and a congressional committee

Question 14

The process of coalition drift is most likely to create which type of collective dilemma between a federal agency and Congress or the president?

Accepted Answer

A)   Prisoner's Dilemma
B)   coordination problem
C)   principal-agent problem
D)   collective-action problem
E)   unstable coalition

Question 15

What are "street-level" bureaucrats?

Accepted Answer

A)   employees of the Department of Transportation
B)   employees of the Census Bureau
C)   employees of the Department of Motor Vehicles
D)   bureaucrats whose primary job is implementing policy
E)   bureaucrats whose primary job is responding to public comments

Question 16

What type of law is made within the executive-branch bureaucracy?

Accepted Answer

A)   civil law
B)   legislative law
C)   administrative law
D)   common law
E)   general law

Question 17

Employees at independent agencies may be dismissed ____________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   by the president for any reason not specifically proscribed by law
B)   only for cause
C)   by a majority vote of both houses of Congress
D)   for failure to respond to presidential directives
E)   when a president of a new party is elected

Question 18

Bureaucracies respond to many different types of problems.Regardless of their disparate purposes,they are all intended to create ____________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   public goods
B)   private goods
C)   corporate goods
D)   coordination dilemmas
E)   collective dilemmas

Question 19

Though it was intended to increase bureaucratic efficiency,the principles of privatization and marketization that were part of ____________________ have in some cases led to accusations of increased fraud due to a lack of oversight.

Accepted Answer

A)   the Pendleton Act
B)   the spoils system
C)   the Administrative Procedures Act
D)   the Administrative Protection Act
E)   the Grace Commission

Question 20

Which collective dilemma most typically characterizes the relationship between the president and the federal bureaucracy?

Accepted Answer

A)   Prisoner's Dilemma
B)   coordination problem
C)   principal-agent problem
D)   Collective-action problem
E)   unstable coalition

Exam 7: the Bureaucracy

Which is an agency run outside of the cabinet departments and run with greater independence from presidential influence?

When does coalitional drift occur?

Suppose a federal agency created under a Democratic president and a Democratic-controlled Congress finds itself at odds with a newly elected Republican president and Republican-controlled Congress.This is an example of ____________________.

____________________ occurs when a regulatory agency becomes beholden to the organizations or interests it is supposed to regulate.

High-level federal bureaucrats,such as cabinet secretaries,are typically ____________________.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) often helps organize the disaster response efforts of various federal,state,and local agencies.These efforts are indicative of the ways that federal bureaucracies can address ____________________.

Which action may be subject to review under the legal standard established by Chevron v.Natural Resources Defense Council?

Which term refers to the government bureaucratic reform that emphasizes market-based principles of management that are common in the private sector?

Which of the following best describes the relationship between the U.S.Constitution and the bureaucracy?

Which of the following refers to the contracting of private companies by the government to conduct work that was formerly done by government agencies?

What are the three corners of an "iron triangle"?

The process of coalition drift is most likely to create which type of collective dilemma between a federal agency and Congress or the president?

What are "street-level" bureaucrats?

What type of law is made within the executive-branch bureaucracy?

Employees at independent agencies may be dismissed ____________________.

Bureaucracies respond to many different types of problems.Regardless of their disparate purposes,they are all intended to create ____________________.

Though it was intended to increase bureaucratic efficiency,the principles of privatization and marketization that were part of ____________________ have in some cases led to accusations of increased fraud due to a lack of oversight.

Which collective dilemma most typically characterizes the relationship between the president and the federal bureaucracy?