Bureaucracy: U.s. Government

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Does a fundamental source of power for the federal bureaucracy lie in its ability to set specific guidelines after receiving a general mandate from Congress?

Back 1

yes

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Does a fundamental source of power for the federal bureaucracy lie in its role in moving legislation out of sub-committees?

Back 2

no

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Does a fundamental source of power for the federal bureaucracy lie in its role in mediating interstate conflicts?

Back 3

no

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Does a fundamental source of power for the federal bureaucracy lie in its ability to convince Congress to fund most projects it supports?

Back 4

no

Front 5

Does a fundamental source of power for the federal bureaucracy lie in its ability to mobilize public opinion in support of legislative initiatives?

Back 5

no

Front 6

Do Cabinet members seldom have a dominant influence on presidential decision-making because presidential goals often conflict with the institutional goals of individual cabinet-level agencies?

Back 6

yes

Front 7

Do Cabinet members seldom have a dominant influence on presidential decision-making because cabinet members generally maintain close independent ties to Congress?

Back 7

no

Front 8

Do Cabinet members seldom have a dominant influence on presidential decision-making because cabinet members generally view their position only as a stepping-stone to further their own
political ambitions?

Back 8

no

Front 9

Do Cabinet members seldom have a dominant influence on presidential decision-making because cabinet members are not permitted to disagree publicly with the President?

Back 9

no

Front 10

Do Cabinet members seldom have a dominant influence on presidential decision-making because only half of all cabinet members can be members of the President's party?

Back 10

no; there is no limit how many cabinet members can be members of the President's party

Front 11

Is a reason for the President's difficulty in controlling cabinet-level agencies that agencies often have political support from interest groups?

Back 11

yes

Front 12

Is a reason for the President's difficulty in controlling cabinet-level agencies that agency staff often have information and technical expertise that the President and presidential advisers lack?

Back 12

yes

Front 13

Is a reason for the President's difficulty in controlling cabinet-level agencies that civil servants who remain in their jobs through changes of administration develop loyalties to their agencies?

Back 13

yes

Front 14

Is a reason for the President's difficulty in controlling cabinet-level agencies that Congress is a competitor for influence over the bureaucracy?

Back 14

yes

Front 15

Is a reason for the President's difficulty in controlling cabinet-level agencies that the President can only fire appointees before they have been confirmed by the Senate?

Back 15

no; President may fire appointees at any time

Front 16

Is an advantage that bureaucrats in federal government have over the President in the policymaking process that bureaucrats usually have a continuity of service in the executive branch that the President lacks?

Back 16

yes

Front 17

Is an advantage that bureaucrats in federal government have over the President in the policymaking process that control the budgetary process?

Back 17

no; Congress has control of the budgetary process

Front 18

Is an advantage that bureaucrats in federal government have over the President in the policymaking process that have an independence from the President that is guaranteed by the Constitution?

Back 18

no

Front 19

Is an advantage that bureaucrats in federal government have over the President in the policymaking process that find it easier to marshal public support than does the President?

Back 19

no

Front 20

Is an advantage that bureaucrats in federal government have over the President in the policymaking process that have better access to the media than does the President?

Back 20

no

Front 21

Is one of the formal tools used by Congress for oversight of the bureaucracy authorization of spending?

Back 21

yes

Front 22

Is one of the formal tools used by Congress for oversight of the bureaucracy the line-item veto?

Back 22

no

Front 23

Is one of the formal tools used by Congress for oversight of the bureaucracy impoundment bills?

Back 23

no

Front 24

Is one of the formal tools used by Congress for oversight of the bureaucracy private bills?

Back 24

no

Front 25

Is one of the formal tools used by Congress for oversight of the bureaucracy senatorial courtesy?

Back 25

no

Front 26

Is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) an example of an independent agency?

Back 26

yes

Front 27

Is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) an example of a regulatory agency?

Back 27

no

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Is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) an example of aa government corporation?

Back 28

no

Front 29

Is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) an example of a government department?

Back 29

no

Front 30

Is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) an example of a federal board?

Back 30

no

Front 31

Is authority over the printing of currency held by the Department of the Treasury?

Back 31

yes

Front 32

Is authority over the printing of currency held by the Office of Management and Budget?

Back 32

no

Front 33

Is authority over the printing of currency held by the Council of Economic Advisors?

Back 33

no

Front 34

Is authority over the printing of currency held by the Federal Reserve Board?

Back 34

no

Front 35

Is authority over the printing of currency held by the House Appropriations Committee?

Back 35

no

Front 36

Is responsibility for the preparation of executive spending proposals submitted to Congress held by the Office of Management and Budget?

Back 36

yes

Front 37

Is responsibility for the preparation of executive spending proposals submitted to Congress held by the Treasury Department?

Back 37

no

Front 38

Is responsibility for the preparation of executive spending proposals submitted to Congress held by the Council of Economic Advisors?

Back 38

no

Front 39

Is responsibility for the preparation of executive spending proposals submitted to Congress held by the Federal Trade Commission?

Back 39

no

Front 40

Is responsibility for the preparation of executive spending proposals submitted to Congress held by the Department of Commerce?

Back 40

no

Front 41

Is it true of independent regulatory agencies that they tend to be freer from presidential control than are cabinet departments?

Back 41

yes

Front 42

Is it true of independent regulatory agencies that they tend to have larger budgets than cabinet departments?

Back 42

no

Front 43

Is it true of independent regulatory agencies that they are directly supervised by cabinet departments?

Back 43

no

Front 44

Is it true of independent regulatory agencies that they provide a product or service directly to the public?

Back 44

no

Front 45

Is it true of independent regulatory agencies that they are insulated from contact with interest groups?

Back 45

no

Front 46

Is it true about the relationship between regulatory agencies and the industries they regulate that agency employees are often recruited from the regulated industry?

Back 46

yes

Front 47

Is it true about the relationship between regulatory agencies and the industries they regulate that agencies often rely on support from regulated industries in making budget requests before Congress?

Back 47

yes

Front 48

Is it true about the relationship between regulatory agencies and the industries they regulate that an agency’s relationship with a regulated industry may change when a new President takes office?

Back 48

yes

Front 49

Is it true about the relationship between regulatory agencies and the industries they regulate that agency employees often are employed by the regulated agency once they leave the agency?

Back 49

yes

Front 50

Is it true about the relationship between regulatory agencies and the industries they regulate that agencies usually make decisions without consulting the regulated industry?

Back 50

no

Front 51

Do the activities of the Federal Reserve Board have the most direct influence on bank interest rates?

Back 51

yes

Front 52

Do the activities of the Federal Reserve Board have the most direct influence on government spending?

Back 52

no

Front 53

Do the activities of the Federal Reserve Board have the most direct influence on oil prices?

Back 53

no

Front 54

Do the activities of the Federal Reserve Board have the most direct influence on . troop-strength levels of the armed services?

Back 54

no

Front 55

Do the activities of the Federal Reserve Board have the most direct influence on availability of scarce minerals?

Back 55

no

Front 56

Do "fiscal policies" refer to the government’s power to tax and spend?

Back 56

yes

Front 57

Do "fiscal policies" refer to the government’s power to regulate specific industries?

Back 57

no

Front 58

Do "fiscal policies" refer to the government’s power to reapportion congressional seats?

Back 58

no

Front 59

Do "fiscal policies" refer to the government’s power to control the supply of money?

Back 59

no

Front 60

Do "fiscal policies" refer to the government’s power to enforce treaties?

Back 60

no

Front 61

Are the three points of an iron triangle an administrative agency, an interest group, and a congressional committee?

Back 61

yes

Front 62

Are the three points of an iron triangle an independent agency, a state, and a member of Congress?

Back 62

no

Front 63

Are the three points of an iron triangle a cabinet department, and the House majority leader?

Back 63

no

Front 64

Are the three points of an iron triangle a regulatory commission, a corporation, and the White House Office?

Back 64

no

Front 65

Are the three points of an iron triangle the Executive Office of the President, an interest group, and a Senate committee?

Back 65

no

Front 66

Is the largest source of federal revenue the income tax?

Back 66

yes

Front 67

Is the largest source of federal revenue the capital gains tax?

Back 67

no

Front 68

Is the largest source of federal revenue the Social Security tax?

Back 68

no

Front 69

Is the largest source of federal revenue the property tax?

Back 69

no

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Is the largest source of federal revenue the sales tax?

Back 70

no

Front 71

What is a "regressive tax"?

Back 71

A tax whereby poor citizens pay a higher percentage of their incomes compared with wealthier citizens.

Front 72

Does federal spending determined by laws that lie outside the regular budgetary process include entitlement programs such as Social Security?

Back 72

yes

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Does federal spending determined by laws that lie outside the regular budgetary process include military procurement?

Back 73

no

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Does federal spending determined by laws that lie outside the regular budgetary process include regulatory agency funding?

Back 74

no

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Does federal spending determined by laws that lie outside the regular budgetary process include government-subsidized housing programs?

Back 75

no

Front 76

Does federal spending determined by laws that lie outside the regular budgetary process include educational assistance programs such as student loans?

Back 76

no

Front 77

Is the best predictor of the Department of Education's annual budget the size of the previous year's budget?

Back 77

yes

Front 78

Is the best predictor of the Department of Education's annual budget the preferences of the Chair of the Senate Finance Committee?

Back 78

no

Front 79

Is the best predictor of the Department of Education's annual budget the budget recommendations of the National Education Association?

Back 79

no

Front 80

Is the best predictor of the Department of Education's annual budget the rate of increase of teachers' salaries?

Back 80

no

Front 81

Is the best predictor of the Department of Education's annual budget the number of children entering kindergarten?

Back 81

no

Front 82

Does the following policy involve more state spending than federal spending: education?

Back 82

yes

Front 83

Does the following policy involve more state spending than federal spending: military policy?

Back 83

no

Front 84

Does the following policy involve more state spending than federal spending: social security?

Back 84

no

Front 85

Does the following policy involve more state spending than federal spending: Medicare?

Back 85

no

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Does the following policy involve more state spending than federal spending: veterans affairs?

Back 86

no

Front 87

Is the form of financial aid from the national government that gives the states the broadest discretion in the spending of money "block grants"?

Back 87

yes

Front 88

Is the form of financial aid from the national government that gives the states the broadest discretion in the spending of money "categorical grants-in-aid"?

Back 88

no

Front 89

Is the form of financial aid from the national government that gives the states the broadest discretion in the spending of money "foreign aid"?

Back 89

no

Front 90

Is the form of financial aid from the national government that gives the states the broadest discretion in the spending of money "unfunded mandates"?

Back 90

no

Front 91

Is the form of financial aid from the national government that gives the states the broadest discretion in the spending of money "military funding"?

Back 91

no