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Question
1. Which of the following does NOT describe a well-designed bureaucracy?
hiring based on competence.
impartial application of rules.
strong ideological views.
existence of a filing system.
2. Which of the following federal bureaucracies has been created in response to September 11 attack?
CIA.
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Defense.
FBI.
3. Congress controls the federal bureaucracy through all of the following EXCEPT
confirmation of presidential appointments of top bureaucrats.
investigations and hearings.
appropriation of money for departments.
issuing staire decisis.
4. The Whistle-blower Protection Act of 1989 is designed to protect
agency heads who fire employees for misconduct.
bureaucrats who tell on their bosses.
bureaucrats who are not career employees.
agencies that are being undermined by Congress.
5. In an effort to save taxpayer's money, President Obama cut NASA's budget and its number of employees. He outsourced NASA's job to the SpaceX company. This was an example of
privatization.
termination.
deregulation.
devolution.
6. Who controls the size and responsibilities of the federal bureaucracy? (pick the best answer).
President only.
Congress only.
U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate only.
Congress and President.
7. One advantage of the merit system to presidents is that it
exempts them from bureaucratic procedures that are not outlined in Article II.
protects them from people asking them for jobs.
insulates them from control by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
grants them the power of appointment.
8. Most of federal jobs have been gradually removed from the patronage to the merit system based on the passage of the
14 Amendment.
Hatch Act.
Pendleton Act.
Civil Service Reform Act.
9. Which of the following is NOT part of the federal bureaucracy?
Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)
Department of Defense.
Post Office
AMTRAK
10. The Pendleton Act of 1883 called for the transfer of jobs from patronage to merit.
True
False
11. The government bureaucrats' job is to
authorize money for departments.
write laws.
appoint heads of departmemnts.
enforce laws.
12. President Trump gave a job to his son-in-law Jared Kushner to be Head of Innovation Office. President Biden, appointed Pete Buttigieg, who campaigned and raised money for Biden's election campaign, as Transportation Secretary. The two are examples of which system in work?
Merit system.
laissez-faire
Spoils system.
Checks and Balances system.
13. The last department that has been added to the federal bureaucracy is:
Department of Treasury
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Energy
Department of Education
Department of State