PSCI 210 Exam 3 Review Questions With
Correct Answers.
There are two steps to the bureaucratic process of putting a law into practice:
a. agenda setting and evaluation
b. rule-making and adjudication
c. rule-making and implementation
d. printing and dissemination - answer✔✔c. rule-making and implementation
All of the following are events that lead to growth in the federal bureaucracy except:
a. the emancipation proclamation
b. 9/11
c. the Great Depression
d. WWII - answer✔✔a. the Emancipation Proclamation
In the early 1990s Vice President Al Gore spearheaded the "reinventing government" project
designed to: - answer✔✔cut bureaucratic delays
How many cilvil servants work their jobs regardless of the party in the White House?
a. 5.7 million
b. 2.5 million
c. 3.4 million
d. 4.2 million - answer✔✔b. 2.5 million
According to the text, bureaucracies run on:
a. political spoils
b. paperwork
c. expertise
During WWI the number of civilian employees:
a. quadrupled
b. tripled
c. stayed constant
d. doubled - answer✔✔d. doubled
Which of the following is an example of a federal agency designed to serve a clientele group?
a. State Department
b. Agriculture
c. Department of Justice
d. Homeland Security - answer✔✔b. Agriculture
What does a bureaucrat really mean when they say, "we need to syndicate this decision?"
a. We need to spread the blame if it backfires
b. I want to be able to blame you for my mistakes
c. you should have protected me from myself
d. expensive - answer✔✔a. We need to spread the blame if it backfires
Why do NASA flights always take off from Florida?:
a. Florida has an exclusive government contract form NASA
b. an obscure 1950s rule prohibited the flight of test aircraft west of the Mississippi River
c. Florida is at sea level
d. Florida has 29 votes in the Electoral college - answer✔✔b. an obscure 1950s rule prohibited
the flight of test aircraft west of the Mississippi River
After an agency has devised a rule, it sends the rule to the _____ for approval:
a. General accounting Office
b. Federal register
c. Office of Management and Budget
d. Office of Rule Enforcement - answer✔✔c. Office of Management and Budget
The Bureaucracy is discussed in which article of the Constitution?
a. The bureaucracy is not mentioned in the constitution
d. Article 3 - answer✔✔a. the bureaucracy is not mentioned in the Constitution
What decade saw the public's faith in government tumble?
a. late 1950s
b. late 1960s
c. late 1940s
d. late 1930s - answer✔✔b. late 1960s
When Congress appropriates funds for Social Security checks the bureaucratic workers then:
a. decide which programs the money goes to
b. buy bonds to increase the money
c. issue checks
d. determine where to send the money - answer✔✔c. issue checks
All of the following institutions can bottleneck a presidential nominee except:
a. Congress
b. the FBI
c. the White House
d. the EPA - answer✔✔d. the EPA
While bureaucracies have multiple principles who monitor their actions and create policies,
bureaucrats still:
a. have to be recertified every three years
b. must face the voters
c. are required to justify their entire budgets every year
d. operate with considerable autonomy - answer✔✔d. operate with considerable autonomy
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives is likely to make connections with:
a. Supreme Court Justices
b. Congressional members who care about guns
c. Military leaders
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