Chapter 15 Review

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Chapter 15 Review

• Government at Work
• The Bureaucracy

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Question 1

• What term best describes the way a bureaucracy is
  structured?
• Cloud
• Square
• Pyramid
• Ring

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Answer

• C. Pyramid
• Explanation A bureaucracy has a chain of
  command running from the top of the pyramid to
  the bottom.

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Question 2

• The Presidents Cabinet was created by
• Congress.
• The Constitution.
• The courts.
• Custom.

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Answer

• D. Custom
• Explanation It is an informal advisory body
  brought together by the President to serve his
  needs.

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Question 3

• Which President is known as the father of the
  spoils system?
• Thomas Jefferson
• Andrew Jackson
• James Garfield
• Chester Arthur

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Answer

• B. Andrew Jackson
• Explanation Jackson defended his actions by
  arguing that the duties of public office can be
  filled by any normally intelligent person.

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Question 4

• What is the term that refers to a person who
  works within a bureaucracy?
• Authority
• Bureaucrat
• Elected official
• Public-policy maker

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Answer

• B. Bureaucrat
• Explanation Bureaucrats, whether within a
  public or private organization, perform a
  specialized job.

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Question 5

• Which department is NOT headed by a secretary?
• Department of State
• Department of Defense
• Department of Justice
• Department of Homeland Security

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Answer

• C. Department of Justice
• Explanation The head of this department is the
  attorney general

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Question 6

• What is the 12-month period used by the Federal
  Government for financial management purposes?
• Annual statement
• Budget cycle
• Fiscal year
• Policy calendar

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Answer

• C. Fiscal year
• Explanation The federal fiscally year runs from
  October 1 through September 30.

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Question 7

• Which of the following are government
  corporations?
• General Services Administrations (GSA), National
  Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Civil
  Aeronautics Board Interstate Commerce Commission
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC),
  U.S. Postal Service, Tennessee Valley Authority
  (TVA)

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Answer

• C. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
  (FDIC), U.S. Postal Service Tennessee Valley
  Authority
• Explanation Government corporations are
  established by Congress to perform certain
  business-like activities.

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Question 8

• What title is shared by 15 large organizations
  represented in the Cabinet?
• Administration
• Commission
• Department
• Office

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Answer

• C. Department
• Explanation Examples include the Department of
  State, the Department of the Treasury, and the
  Department of Defense.

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Question 9

• An executive branch agency at the Cabinet level
  is known as a(n)
• Bureau.
• Department.
• Office.
• Division.

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Answer

• B. Department
• Explanation Below the department level, there
  is very little standardization of titles in the
  executive branch.

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Question 10

• What is a large, complex administrative structure
  that handles the everyday business of an
  organization?
• Bureaucracy
• Administration
• Staff agency
• Line agency

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Answer

• A. Bureaucracy
• Explanation A bureaucracy is an effective and
  efficient way to organize people to do work.

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Question 11

• What are the Federal Governments many
  administrators and agencies called?
• Bureaucracy
• Administration
• Staff agency
• Line agency

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Answer

• B. Administration
• Explanation An administration enables policies
  to actually be carried out.

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Question 12

• Which President pushed Congress to pass civil
  service reform in the late 1800s?
• Thomas Jefferson
• Andrew Jackson
• James Garfield
• Chester Arthur

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Answer

• D. Chester Arthur
• Explanation Arthur succeeded James Garfield who
  was shot by a mentally unstable office-seeker
  that Garfield refused to appoint to a high
  diplomatic post.

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Question 13

• What is an organization that performs thte tasks
  for which the organization exists?
• Bureaucracy
• Line agency
• Staff agency
• Administration

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Answer

• B. Line agency
• Explanation An example of a line agency is the
  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Question 14

• Which of the following are independent regulatory
  agencies?
• a. Council of Economic Advisors Government
  Printing Office United States Botanical Garden
• b. General Services Administration (GSA)
  National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  (NASA) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Civil
  Aeronautics Board Interstate Commerce Commission
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
  U.S. Postal Service Tennessee Valley Authority
  (TVA)

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Answer

• Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Civil
  Aeronautics Board Interstate Commerce Commission
• Explanation Independent regulatory commissions
  police important aspects of the nations economy

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Question 15

• What is an organization that serves in a support
  capacity?
• Bureaucracy
• Administration
• Staff agency
• Line agency

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Answer

• C. Staff agency
• Explanation An example of a staff agency is the
  Executive Office of the President.

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Question 16

• Which of the following is NOT an advisory group
  to the President?
• Kitchen Cabinet
• Interstate Commerce Commission
• Brain Trust
• Cronies

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Answer

• B. Interstate Commerce Commission
• Explanation The Interstate Commerce Commission
  is an independent regulatory commission
  established by Congress in 1887.

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Question 17

• Which of the following are agencies that fall
  under the executive Office of the President?
• Department of Justice, Department of the
  Interior, Department of the Agriculture
• Department of State, Department of the Treasury,
  Department of Defense
• General Services Administration (GSA), National
  Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• White House Office, National Security Agency,
  Office of Homeland Security

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Answer

• D. White House Office, national Security Agency,
  Office of Homeland Security
• Explanation The EOP is a complex umbrella
  organization staffed by most of the Presidents
  closest advisors and assistants.

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Question 18

• What title is given to most agencies under the
  Executive Office of the President?
• Administration
• Commission
• Department
• Office

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Answer

• D. Office
• Explanation Examples include the White House
  Office

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Question 19

• Which of the following are independent executive
  agencies?
• Council of Economic Advisors Government Printing
  Office United States Botanical Garden
• General Services Administrations (GSA) National
  Aeronautics and space Administration (NASA)
  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), civil
  Aeronautics Board Interstate Commerce Commission
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC),
  U.S. Postal Service Tennessee Valley
  Authority(TVA)

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Answer

• B. General Services Administrations (GSA),
  National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  (NASA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Explanation Most of the independent agencies
  fall into this category

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Question 20

• Unlike staff agencies, line agencies
• Serve in a support capacity by offering advice
• Are directly responsible for administering
  programs.
• Help advise private programs of public interest
• Primarily assist in the overall management of the
  executive branch

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Answer

• B. Are directly responsible for
• administering programs

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Question 21

• In the executive branch, the title of department
  is reserved for
• Agencies of Cabinet rank.
• Independent agencies.
• Agencies of the judicial branch.
• Agencies of congressional rank.

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Answer

• A. Agencies of Cabinet rank.

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Question 22

• The civil service system was finally established
  because of
• President Washingtons actions creating the
  tradition.
• President Jeffersons support of political
  acceptability.
• President Jacksons development of the spoils
  system.
• President Garfields assassination by an angry
  office seeker.

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Answer

• President Garfields assassination by
• an angry office seeker.

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Question 23

• The civil service was created partly to ensure
  that federal employees
• May run in partisan political elections.
• Are promoted based on loyalty to a political
  party.
• Are allowed full participation in party
  activities.
• Are promoted based on merit.

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Answer

• D. Are promoted based on merit.

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Question 24

• Which of the following is NOT one of the
  principles upon which all bureaucracies are
  organized?
• Hierarchical authority
• Job specialization
• Merit system
• Formal rules

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Answer

• C. merit system

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Question 25

• The phrase name game suggests that
• Bureaucrats play many games with the
  bureaucracies they work for.
• Government unit names are frequently changed to
  alter the responsibilities and change the image
  of the unit.
• Titles of government units are not standardized.
• The name commission is reserved for agencies of
  Cabinet rank.

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Answer

• C. Titles of government unites are not
• standardized.

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Question 26

• The administrative units in the government
• Are made up entirely of the 14 executive
  departments.
• Are inconsistently called agencies,
  administrations, commissions, and so forth.
• Are made up of only the independent agencies,
  such as the independent executive agencies and
  the independent regulatory commissions.
• Are all under the strict control of the President
  or Congress.

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Answer

• B. Are inconsistently called agencies,
  administrations, commissions, and so forth.

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Question 27

• Over time, the number of executive departments
  grew in large part because
• Presidents wanted more secretaries in the
  Cabinet.
• The major political parties voted to expand the
  number of executive departments.
• Regional offices were closed and departments
  opened in Washington.
• The workload of the Federal Government expanded
  as the country grew.

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Answer

• D. The workload of the Federal Government
  expanded as the country grew.

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Question 28

• Federal employees are permitted to do which of
  the following
• Strike
• Use their position to influence elections
• Run in partisan elections
• Hold office in a political party

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Answer

• D. Hold office in a political party

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Question 29

• President William Howard Taft thought the
  Cabinets role should be
• Entirely dependent upon the will of the president
  and his view of the Cabinet.
• An important but no deciding factor in the
  Presidents decision making.
• Eliminated from the governmental structure.
• The crucial factor in the Presidents decision
  making.

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Answer

• A. Entirely dependent upon the will of the
  President and his view of the Cabinet.

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Question 30

• Which of the following is an example of an
  independent agency?
• Department of State
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• National Security Council
• Office of management and Budget

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Answer

• B. National Aeronautics and
• Space Administration