Question 1

The federal government's fiscal year starts on

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A)  January 1.
B)  March 1.
C)  April 15.
D)  July 1.
E)  October 1.F) C) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 2

Which group saw the LARGEST percentage increase of GS 13-15 jobs between 1982 and 2011?

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A)  Blacks
B)  Hispanics
C)  women
D)  white men
E)  All of these groups had about the same percentage increase.F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 3

Upon reaching Congress,what first happens to the president's budget proposal?

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A)  It is subjected to floor debate.
B)  It goes to the House and Senate budget committees.
C)  It is reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget.
D)  It is marked up by the full Senate before moving to the House.
E)  It is referred to the House and Senate appropriations committees.F) A) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 4

________ is/are most likely to understand trade issues in the United States.

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A)  The president
B)  Members of the Senate
C)  Career bureaucrats in the Department of Commerce and the Federal Trade Commission
D)  Members of the House
E)  Federal mediatorsF) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 5

As distinct from the patronage system,the merit system for managing the bureaucracy

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A)  allows the president to appoint top officials of executive agencies,thus making the bureaucracy more responsive to election outcomes.
B)  provides for presidential leadership of the bureaucracy,thus giving it greater coordination and direction.
C)  provides for a neutral administration in the sense that civil servants are not partisan appointees,thus ensuring evenhanded work.
D)  provides that all programs will be evaluated regularly to determine whether they merit continued funding.
E)  All of these answers are correct.F) All of the above
G) None of the above

Question 6

The ________ established a merit system for certain federal positions.

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A)  Morrill Act
B)  Hatch Act
C)  Pendleton Act
D)  Taft-Hartley Act
E)  National Performance ReviewF) C) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 7

About three in every five managerial and professional positions in the federal bureaucracy are held by

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A)  women.
B)  white males.
C)  African Americans.
D)  Latino Americans.
E)  Asian Americans.F) A) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 8

Which of the following was the most recent broad initiative aimed at making the bureaucracy more responsive?

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A)  the Brownlow Commission
B)  the National Performance Review
C)  the Hoover Commission
D)  the Volcker Commission
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 9

How has the Government Accountability Office's role changed?

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A)  It has acquired wide judicial and adjudication powers to deal with inter-agency disputes.
B)  It has changed from a presidential-executive support agency to largely a congressional support agency.
C)  It has been given broader powers over time to actually grant additional funds or take away funds directly from agencies.
D)  It has had its broad powers limited from general oversight down to keeping track of agency spending.
E)  It has moved from a limited role of keeping track of agency spending to also monitoring whether the agency is implementing policies in the way Congress intended.F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 10

The administrative concept of neutral competence holds that the bureaucracy should

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A)  be staffed by people chosen on the basis of ability and do its work fairly on behalf of all citizens.
B)  stay out of conflicts between Congress and the president.
C)  be structured on the basis of the principles of specialization,hierarchy,and formal rules.
D)  not allow in-fighting between agencies.
E)  be staffed by partisan presidents.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 11

The cabinet department with the largest number of full-time civilian employees is the Department of

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A)  State.
B)  Defense.
C)  Labor.
D)  Health and Human Services.
E)  Education.F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 12

Compared to the president and Congress,the bureaucracy

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A)  is held in higher esteem by the public.
B)  is authorized by a constitutional amendment rather than by the original Constitution.
C)  has a more direct impact on the daily lives of Americans.
D)  has changed very little during the nation's history.
E)  is more easily controlled by the voters.F) A) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 13

Congress oversees the bureaucracy by using

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A)  sunset provisions.
B)  the Government Accounting Office.
C)  oversight hearings.
D)  all of these: sunset provisions,the Government Accounting Office,and oversight hearings.
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 14

Whenever Congress has a perceived need for ongoing control of an economic activity,it has tended to create a

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A)  regulatory agency.
B)  cabinet department.
C)  presidential commission.
D)  government corporation.
E)  blue ribbon panel.F) C) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 15

The number of employees in the federal bureaucracy is about ________.

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A)  10 million
B)  2.5 million
C)  5 million
D)  700,000
E)  1 millionF) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Question 16

The principles on which bureaucratic organization is based include which of the following?

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A)  hierarchical authority
B)  job specialization
C)  formalized rules
D)  hierarchical authority,job specialization,and formalized rules
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) B) and C)
G) None of the above

Question 17

An administrative law judge

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A)  usually works in any agency that needs her or his services.
B)  runs trials,but all decisions are made by juries.
C)  can gather evidence and take testimony.
D)  issues only advisory opinions.
E)  seeks to protect federal agencies,not individual citizens.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 18

The Senior Executive Service (SES)

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A)  is composed of civil employees that can be fired more easily than normal career civil servants.
B)  was designed to combat abuse of the patronage system.
C)  is composed of civil employees that can be assigned by the president to any position within the bureaucracy.
D)  has been more successful in practice than its proponents anticipated.
E)  assigns most of its senior executives to work within a different agency than the one in which they originally worked.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 19

Which of the following is true of the federal government's demographic representativeness?

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A)  Because the federal government has reduced efforts to specifically promote women and minorities,the proportion of white males that hold top administration positions has increased in recent years.
B)  If all employees are taken into account,the federal bureaucracy comes reasonably close to being representative of the nation's population.
C)  Women and minorities are better represented in Congress and the judiciary than they are among the top ranks of administrators.
D)  The concept of a demographically representative civil service was first endorsed by President Reagan in 1984.
E)  There has been much more improvement in the representation of minorities in the civil service than in the representation of women.F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 20

Which of the following is true of federal employees and labor unions?

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A)  Federal employees are prohibited from forming labor unions.
B)  Federal employees can form labor unions,but their unions by law have limited authority.
C)  There are no restrictions on the creation and powers of labor unions by federal employees.
D)  Among federal employees,only employees of government corporations can legally form labor unions.
E)  Federal employees can form labor unions but are not allowed to participate in collective bargaining.F) C) and D)
G) None of the above

Exam 13: The Federal Bureaucracy: Administering the Government

Compared to the president and Congress,the bureaucracy

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About three in every five managerial and professional positions in the federal bureaucracy are held by

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An administrative law judge

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The ________ established a merit system for certain federal positions.

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Congress oversees the bureaucracy by using

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Which of the following is true of federal employees and labor unions?

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The administrative concept of neutral competence holds that the bureaucracy should

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Which of the following is true of the federal government's demographic representativeness?

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________ is/are most likely to understand trade issues in the United States.

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The Senior Executive Service (SES)

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Which group saw the LARGEST percentage increase of GS 13-15 jobs between 1982 and 2011?

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The number of employees in the federal bureaucracy is about ________.

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The principles on which bureaucratic organization is based include which of the following?

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The cabinet department with the largest number of full-time civilian employees is the Department of

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As distinct from the patronage system,the merit system for managing the bureaucracy

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Whenever Congress has a perceived need for ongoing control of an economic activity,it has tended to create a

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Upon reaching Congress,what first happens to the president's budget proposal?

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How has the Government Accountability Office's role changed?

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The federal government's fiscal year starts on

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Which of the following was the most recent broad initiative aimed at making the bureaucracy more responsive?

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