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1
Civil servants sometimes chose how aggressive to implement laws or executive orders in what is known as:
Bureaucratic apathy
Bureaucratic discretion
Partisan implementation
Issue networks
2
Some agencies have quasi-lawmaking power called?
Executive agreements
Fines
Signing statements
Regulatory
3
Which of the following would be an example of Congress and the Executive delegating authority to a bureaucratic agency?
House of Representatives conduct a hearing over F.B.I.’s response to 9/11
Congress allowing the F.C.C. to establish regulations over net-neutrality
The President issues an executive order to be carried out by the FDA
The Supreme Court declaring an E.P.A. regulation unconstitutional
4
Independent regulatory agencies can create regulations, enforce them, and issue fines - violation of this principle?
Constitutionalism
Separation of Powers
Social contract
Popular sovereignty
5
Career non-appointed bureaucrats are referred to as?
Justices of the peace
Governmental employees
Federal justices
Civil servants
6
This act was meant to stop patronage and create a meritocracy for bureaucratic jobs?
The Resolution Act
The Hatch Act
The Pendleton Act
The Spoils Act
7
Which of the following is NOT a member of the Cabinet?
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Attorney General
Secretary of Human Security
Secretary of Infrastructure
8
All of the following have loosened the President’s grip over bureaucratic agencies EXCEPT:
Divided loyalty of cabinet members
Civil service system
Issue networks (iron triangles)
Bureaucratic discretion
9
What is the money set aside by Congress for agencies to do their job called?
Taxes
Appropriations
Fiscal federalism
Grants
10
In the early days, bureaucratic positions were often awarded for political favors in what is called?
Meritocracy
Lobbying
Bribery
Patronage
11
This law was meant to keep
politics
out of bureaucratic agencies
The Hatch Act
The Civil Service Act
Citizens United
The Pendleton Act
12
Who creates new executive / bureaucratic departments/agencies?
Congress
The people
The President
The Supreme Court
13
All of the following are ways that Congress exerts influence over federal agencies EXCEPT:
Appropriating funds for each agency
Conducting oversight hearings and investigations into agency operations
Confirming appointments to heads of agencies and department
Appointing new heads of particular agencies
14
All
of the
following
are
"checks" the President/Executive Branch has on "the bureaucracy"
EXCEPT
:
Executive orders
Prepares budget
Appointment power
Confirmation power
15
All of the following are "
checks
"
Congress
has
on
the
bureaucracy
EXCEPT:
Makes changes to the budget of departments
Passes laws that must be implemented
Appoints department heads and officials
Oversight hearings and investigations
16
Which of the following is
NOT
a member of the Cabinet?
Sectary of Defense
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Education
Secretary of Technology
17
Along with Congress and Interest Groups, bureaucratic agencies are part of this policy making relationship:
Factions
Divided Government
Logrolling
Iron Triangles
18
They are the heads of the 15 executive departments:
The OMB
The Cabinet
The Leadership Committee
The Executive Department
19
Following the passage of the Clean Air Act, which of the following would be an example of bureaucratic implementation?
The courts punish corporations who violate the act
The EPA regulates factories' release of emissions
The President issues an executive order lowering carbon emissions
Congress holds investigations into carbon polluters
20
How are cabinet members and most agency directors approved?
Appointed by President, confirmed by Supreme Court
Appointed by the president, confirmed by Senate
Elected by the people, confirmed by Senate
Appointed by Congress, approved by President
21
What is the primary job of the bureaucracy?
To make the laws
To interpret the law
To implement the law
To enforce the law
22
One of the primary sources of influence and authority for the bureaucracy is derived from its:
Ability to control the appropriations of their budgets
Delegated authority to establish regulations
Appointment power for the heads of executive departments and agencies
Influence through their lobbyists to influence the Congressional agenda
