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

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