Political Science 355 - American National, State, and Local Governments » Fall 2021 » Morone and Kersh Chapter 12

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Question #1
How many civil servants work their jobs regardless of the party in the White House?
A.   3.4 million
B.   2.5 million
C.   4.2 million
D.   5.7 million
Question #2
Bureaucracies exist
A.   only in government.
B.   at the federal level.
C.   in both the private and public sector.
D.   in Europe, for the most part.
Question #3
What makes the government run?
A.   the bureaucracy
B.   the president
C.   Congress
D.   Donald Trump
Question #4
All of the following exert some control over the bureaucracy except
A.   the president.
B.   interest groups.
C.   nonvoters.
D.   the Congress.
Question #5
As a total proportion of America's gross national product over the last forty years, the cost of the federal bureaucracy has
A.   remained generally steady.
B.   grown exponentially.
C.   increased dramatically.
D.   shrunk dramatically.
Question #6
When one agency does not communicate with another, to the detriment of citizens,
A.   it is suffering from clientelism.
B.   there is a need for a budgetary increase.
C.   there is a surfeit of coordination.
D.   there is a lack of coordination.
Question #7
The Federal Reserve was created
A.   to build Fort Knox.
B.   to stabilize banking.
C.   to prepare for World War I.
D.   to save money.
Question #8
In many policy areas, multiple agencies have overlapping responsibilities, leading to
A.   turf wars.
B.   clientelism.
C.   iron triangles.
D.   imperialism.
Question #9
A draft of an administrative regulation is known as a
A.   proposed rule
B.   new rule
C.   temporary rule
D.   final rule
Question #10
What decade saw the public's faith in government tumble?
A.   late 1950s
B.   late 1930s
C.   late 1940s
D.   late 1960s

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