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.   4.2 million
B.   2.5 million
C.   5.7 million
D.   3.4 million
Question #2
Bureaucracies exist
A.   in both the private and public sector.
B.   only in government.
C.   at the federal level.
D.   in Europe, for the most part.
Question #3
What makes the government run?
A.   Congress
B.   the president
C.   the bureaucracy
D.   Donald Trump
Question #4
All of the following exert some control over the bureaucracy except
A.   the Congress.
B.   the president.
C.   interest groups.
D.   nonvoters.
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.   increased dramatically.
B.   shrunk dramatically.
C.   remained generally steady.
D.   grown exponentially.
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 need for a budgetary increase.
D.   there is a surfeit of coordination.
Question #7
The Federal Reserve was created
A.   to build Fort Knox.
B.   to save money.
C.   to prepare for World War I.
D.   to stabilize banking.
Question #8
In many policy areas, multiple agencies have overlapping responsibilities, leading to
A.   clientelism.
B.   turf wars.
C.   iron triangles.
D.   imperialism.
Question #9
A draft of an administrative regulation is known as a
A.   final rule
B.   new rule
C.   temporary rule
D.   proposed rule
Question #10
What decade saw the public's faith in government tumble?
A.   late 1940s
B.   late 1950s
C.   late 1930s
D.   late 1960s

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