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Each bureaucratic agency is created initially by

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D. Congress

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Which of the following is TRUE about the federal bureaucracy

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B. The state and local governments have far more employees than the federal bureaucracy

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Studies have found that most Americans

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C. Are satisfied with the help received from bureaucrats

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Which of the following statements about the size of bureaucracies is FALSE

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B. As a percentage of America's total work force, federal government employment has been growing

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As a percentage of the total work force, federal government employment is

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D. declining

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The classic conception of a bureaucracy was advanced by __, who argued that the bureaucracy was a "rational" way for a modern society to conduct its business

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A. Max Weber

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In addition to a hierarchical authority structure, Max Weber argued that a bureaucracy involves all of the following EXCEPT

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B. an incentive system

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The Weberian theory of bureaucracies views them in the most positive light as

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D. hierarchical

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The Weberian model depicts a bureaucracy as

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D. a well-organized machine with plenty of working but hierarchical parts

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The Weberian model views bureaucracies as

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D. efficient and necessary

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Which of the following would NOT be considered part of the Weberian model of bureaucracy

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B. decentralized authority structure

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Which of the following statements about bureaucracies is FALSE

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D. Government bureaucracies have been shown to be less efficient and effective than private bureaucracies

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The __ employs about one-fourth of all federal civilian workers, more than any other department or agency

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C. Department of Defense

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As a whole, the permanent bur. is

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C. more broadly representative of the American people than legislators, judges, or presidential appointees

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__ is a hiring and promotion system based on knowing the right people, working in an election campaign, making large political donations, and/or having the right connections to win jobs with the government

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A. the patronage system

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Until the late-nineteenth century, most government employees got their jobs through

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A. the patronage system

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The __ Act was passed partly as a memorial to the memory of President James Garfield, who was assassinated in 1881

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A. Pendleton Civil Service

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The Pendleton Act established the

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B. federal civil service

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The rationale for all civil service systems is based on

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B. the merit principle

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The Hatch Act, passed in 1940,

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C. prohibits federal civil service employees from active participation partisan politics

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Once hired into the federal bureaucracy, a person is assigned a __ rating, which determines one's salary range

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C. General Schedule

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The federal civil service was created by

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E. the Pendleton Act

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The rationale for the civil service rests on the

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B. desire to create a nonpartisan government service and promotion not he basis of merit

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Federal employees are prohibited from active participation in partisan politics through the

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D. Hatch Act

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Which of the following is a legitimate criticism of the federal civil service

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A. firing incompetents is extremely difficult

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Which of the following would be included in a plum book

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E. cabinet secretaries

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Which of the following statements about the hiring and firing of civil servants is FALSE

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D. due to the merit system, it is easy to fire incompetent civil servants

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The plum book lists

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top federal jobs available by presidential appointment

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Which of the following statements about plum book appointees is FALSE

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C. Plum book appointees are often instrumental in changing and reforming their agencies

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Which of the following is NOT true about presidential appointees to bur.

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B. They must be recommended by the Office of Personnel Management's "rule of three"

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According to Hugh Heclo, the plum book system of recruiting federal employees tends to result in the appointment of

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D. administrators who do not stay long enough in their appointed position to be effective

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Which Cabinet department is charged with overseeing the nation's national resources

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E. Interior

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The real work of a Cabinet department is done

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E. in the bureaus

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The largest federal agency based on dollars spent is the

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E. Social Security Administration

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Which of these is the newest government agency

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B. Social Security Administration

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The Cabinet department that has the largest budget is the Department of

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A. Health and Human Services

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Bureaus in the federal bureaucracy are also known as all of the following EXCEPT

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C. a department

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The Interstate Commerce Commission and the Federal Reserve Board are examples of

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B. independent regulatory agencies

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Which of the following statements about independent regulatory commissions is FALSE

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D. Regulatory commission members may not be drawn from the ranks of present or former employees of the regulated industry

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An independent regulatory agency is governed by

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C. a small commission, usually with five to ten members, appointed by the president for fixed terms

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The parts of the federal bureaucracy with responsibility for different sectors of the economy, and making and enforcing rules designed to protect the public interest, are the

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B. independent regulatory agencies

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NASA is an example of

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E. independent executive agencies

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I.r.a. have

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B. powerful rule-making, dispute settling, and enforcement authority

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Amtrak and the USPS are examples of

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A. government corporations

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Government corporations

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B. provide services and charge for them

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An obstacle to the successful implementation of public policy is

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D. unclear policy goals and poorly designed policies

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Once a policy decision has been made, such as by passing a legislative act or issuing an executive order, the bureaucracy is responsible for

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B. its implementation

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The main job of federal bureaucrats is to

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E. implement and regulate government policies

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Creating new agencies, developing guidelines, and coordinating resources to achieve a policy goal is called

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C. implementation

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Which of the following is NOT a reason that policy implementation sometimes breaks down in the federal bureaucracy

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B. lack of standard operating procedures

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Vigorous disputes over the implementation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 in regard to funding for women's athletic programs arose primary due to

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B. lack of clarity in the original policy decision

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Section 844 of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972

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D. was vaguely written, eventually resulting in scores of court cases

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A major complaint of the Food and Drug Administration is

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E. the shortage of personnel

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Which of the following is NOT true about standard operating procedures

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B. Each federal department and agency has a plum book which lists its standard operating procedures

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Standard operating procedures

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B. save time and bring uniformity to complex organizations

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Standard operating procedures accomplish all of the following EXCEPT

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D. reduce red tape

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__ is the authority of administrative actors to select among various responses to a given problem

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B. Administrative discretion

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Standard operating procedures become frustrating to citizens and obstacles to action when they

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A. do not directly apply to a particular situation

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Administrative discretion is greatest when

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E. rules do not fit a case

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The Federal Aviation Administration's protocol for hijackings assumed that

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E. all of the above

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Those civil service employees who are in constant contact with the public (often a hostile one) and have considerable discretion are known as

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A. street-level bureaucrats

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Administrative personnel who exercise discretion, pay attention to routine, and deal directly with clients,

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A. are called street-level bureaucrats

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Which of the following would not be considered a street-level bureaucrat

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B. an assistant secretary in the Department of Transportation

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When bureaucrats are asked to execute orders with which they do not agree

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E. slippage is likely to occur between policy decisions and performance

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Which of the following statements is FALSE

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A. Bureaucrats are often fired for using too much administrative discretion

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The diffusion of responsibly within the bureaucracy

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A. makes the coordination of policies both time-consuming and difficult

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Proposals to reorganize the government in order to solve the problem of bureaucratic fragmentation

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A. are often opposed by agencies not wanting to be submerged within a broader bureaucratic unit

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The Voting Rights Act of 1965

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B. was successfully implemented thanks to its clear goal, its clear methods to achieve the goal, and its lack of bureaucratic fragmentation

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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was successful for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

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D. it was universally supported

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The use of government authority to control or change some practice in the private sector is known as

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B. regulation

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Which of the following statements about government regulation in America is accurate

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C. Until 1887, the federal government made almost no regulatory polices and had no regulatory agencies

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In the case of Munn v. Illinois, decided n 1877, the United States Supreme Court

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E. upheld the right of government to regulate the business operations of a firm

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Until 1887, the federal government

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A. had almost no regulatory polices

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Most regulatory agencies adopt specific __ to carry out a policy, based on what they believe was the intended purpose of the specific policy at hand

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A. guidelines

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Whatever strategy Congress permits a regulatory agency to use, all regulations contains the following elements EXCEPT

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D. an incentive system to maximize performance by those regulated

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All regulations contain each of the following elements EXCEPT

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C. presidential oversight and control of enforcement

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When Congress passes regulatory legislation for which it has established goals, it then

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A. grants power to regulatory agencies to develop guidelines and enforce compliance

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One proposed solution to the "problem" of the proliferation of regulatory agencies and policies has been

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A. deregulation

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Deregulation has resulted, at least in part, in each of the following EXCEPT

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B. the proliferation of government agencies

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Which of the following is NOT an accusation made against the regulatory system

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A. Excessive regulation contributed to the savings and loan industry disaster of the 1980s

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Each of the following is a criticism of regulation EXCEPT that is

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A. lowers prices

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Most of the government is composed of

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C. bureaucrats

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Executive orders are issued by

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E. the president

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Which of the following is NOT a method a president can use to control the bureaucracy

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B. rewrite statutes to make instructions clearer as to how policies are intended

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Which of the following statements about Congress and the bureaucracy is FALSE

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D. Congress has found it easy to control the bureaucracy

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Congress tries to control the bureaucracy through each of the following EXCEPT

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D. issuing congressional orders

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Congress tries to control bureaucracy through

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A. Rewriting laws and budgets and holding hearings

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To limit bureaucratic discretion and make its instructions clearer, Congress can

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B. Write new and more detailed legislation

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As the oversight powers of Congress in regard to the bureaucracy have become more vigorous

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C. They have also become more fragmented

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A major problem for presidents and Congress in controlling bureaucracies is the existence of

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C. Iron triangles

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An iron triangle is also referred to as

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C. A subgovernment

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An iron triangle consists of

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C. A bureaucratic agency, an interest group, and a congressional committee or subcommittee

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Iron triangles face challenges from a growing number of

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E. Issue networks

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Issue networks are

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A. A growing participatory force in bureaucratic decision making whose members' interest in issues is intellectual or emotional rather than material

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Subgovernments promote

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D. Decentralized and fragmented policymaking

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Which of the following is NOT an area in which an iron triangle has controlled federal policy over the past several decades

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B. Environmental policy

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Why of the following is NOT true about iron triangles

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D. They are indestructible

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In 1887, Congress established the first regulatory agency, the __, and charged it with regulating the railroads, their prices, and their services to farmers

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E. Interstate Commerce Commission

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Which of the following statements about bureaucracies and the scope of government is FALSE

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A. When the president and Congress chose to deregulate certain areas of the economy or cut taxes, the bureaucracy prevented them from doing so

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