POLI 2051 Chapter 14 Exam Questions Correct Answers New Update (A+ Pass)
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POLI 2051 Chapter 14 Exam Questions Correct Answers New Update (A+ Pass)
As a percentage of the total workforce, which of the following has been true regarding federal government civilian employment over the last several decades? - Answers - It has been declining
Which federal department has ...
POLI 2051 Chapter 14 Exam
Questions Correct Answers New
Update (A+ Pass)
As a percentage of the total workforce, which of the following has been true regarding
federal government civilian employment over the last several decades? - Answers -✔✔
It has been declining
Which federal department has the greatest number of employees? - Answers -✔✔
Department of defense
Which of the following is a disadvantage of the civil service system? - Answers -✔✔
Firing incompetent employees is very difficult
4.Who is in charge of hiring most federal employees? - Answers -✔✔ a.The office of
personnel management
5.Which of the following is true regarding the independent regulatory commissions? -
Answers -✔✔ a.They may develop too close of a relationship with the industry they are
supposed to be regulating
6.Which of the following best describes government corporations? - Answers -✔✔
a.They provide a service the private sector could provide
7.How are cabinet secretaries selected? - Answers -✔✔ By the president with approval
from the senate
8.Which agency serves as the government's landlord and handles buildings, supplies,
and purchasing? - Answers -✔✔ General services administration
9.Why do bureaucracies use standard operating procedures? - Answers -✔✔ To
facilitate everyday decision making
Which of the following contributes to the fragmentation of the bureaucracy? - Answers -
✔✔ The different bureaucracies often do not communicate with each other
Which of the following is a critical resource for successful policy implementation? -
Answers -✔✔ Sufficient staff
, 12.How do implementors dispositions toward the policies they administer affect how
they implement these policies? - Answers -✔✔ a.If implementors do not like the policy,
there is more likely to be slippage in its implementation
13.To be effective, regulatory agencies must have, _______________. - Answers -✔✔
a.A means of enforcing compliance with their rules and regulations
14.Which of the following best describes deregulation? - Answers -✔✔ a.It involves
lifting restrictions on economic activity
15.Which of the following statements about government regulation in America is
accurate? - Answers -✔✔ a.Until 1887 the federal government made almost no
regulatory policies and had no regulatory agencies
16.Which of the following is an element of regulation? - Answers -✔✔ a.A grant of
power and a set of directions from congress
17.Which of the following tactics is the president most likely to use to try to exercise
control over the federal bureaucracy? - Answers -✔✔ a.Appointing the right people to
head agencies
18.How does congress try to control the bureaucracy? - Answers -✔✔ a.By rewriting
laws
19.Which of the following is an example of an iron triangle? - Answers -✔✔ a.A
congressional subcommittee on aging, AARP, and the Social Security Administration
working in close, frequent contact on polcies related to aging
20.Which of the following helps explain the death of the iron triangle surrounding
nuclear energy policy? - Answers -✔✔ a.The environmental concerns that developed in
the 1960s
21.Which of the following best describes federal bureaucrats? - Answers -✔✔ a.They
are more representative of the public than are members of congress
22.Which of the following is true of the federal bureaucracy? - Answers -✔✔ a.It has
had new demands placed on in recent decades
23.Given that the citizens expect a great deal from government, an argument can be
made that the federal bureaucracy is too __________. - Answers -✔✔ a.Small
24.What is the problem with the unelected status of federal bureaucrats? - Answers -
✔✔ a.It raises questions about who controls government
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