Cabinet departments, in terms of organization, are?

Directly accountable to the president.

Which of the following is NOT an example of bureaucratic functioning in organizations?

Advertising and marketing brochures

How are cabinet department heads put into office?

Appointed by the President, then by Senate approval

Which of the following executive agencies handles evaluation of bureaucratic performance?

The Office of Management and Budget

Shadow bureaucrats are hired by which of the following?

Private and nonprofit employers

How did President Andrew Jackson change the bureaucracy?

He was the chief advocate of the patronage system.

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1
Cabinet departments, in terms of organization, are?
Directly accountable to the president.
Directly under the control of Congress.
Responsible for the actions of independent agencies.
Independent of direct control by the president.
2
Which of the following is NOT an example of bureaucratic functioning in organizations?
Policies, rules and procedures
Advertising and marketing brochures
Hierarchical organizational structure
Paperwork and record-keeping
3
How are cabinet department heads put into office?
Inherited the position due to family ties to the position
Appointed by the President, then by Senate approval
Appointed by the president, then by House of Rep. approval
Nominated and chosen directly by the people
4
What roles do bureaucrats play in the passage of appropriation laws?
They lobby Congress to appropriate the funds they requested.
They prepare a budget for submission to Congress.
All these answers are correct.
They prepare a budget for submission to Congress.
5
Among the original cabinet departments created were?
Transportation and War.
State and Treasury.
Justice and Education.
Labor and Commerce.
6
Which cabinet department currently has the largest budget in the United States?
State
Education
Health and Human Services
Defense
7
________ created the merit, or civil service, system.?
The Hatch Act
The Pendleton Act
The Merit Protection Act
The Progressive Act
8
Which of the following executive agencies handles evaluation of bureaucratic performance?
The Office of Management and Budget
The Executive Office of the President
The Inspector General
The Government Accountability Project
9
Congress oversees administrative agencies by which of the following processes?
All these answers are correct.
Control over agency appropriations
Confirmation of much of the agencies' leadership
Oversight of agencies' policy implementations
10
Shadow bureaucrats are hired by which of the following?
The Federal Bureau of Investigation
The president
The Central Intelligence Agency
Private and nonprofit employers
11
The U.S. federal bureaucracy has about ________ employees?
2.5 million
6 million
1 million
4 million
12
All cabinet departments are headed by a secretary EXCEPT?
The Department of Homeland Security.
The Department of Health and Human Services.
The Department of Defense.
The Department of Justice.
13
How did President Andrew Jackson change the bureaucracy?
He didn't
He only gave jobs to social elites.
He was the chief advocate of the patronage system.
He created the merit system.

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