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BUREAUCRACY EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: issue network

Answer:

Replacing the iron triangle, diverse groups brought together to promote a particular policy. Banded together for the one issue and then disperse.

Question 2: Administrative Procedure Act

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1946 law requiring federal agencies to give notice, solicit comments, and (sometimes) hold public hearings before adopting any new rules.

Question 3: Pendleton Act (Civil Service Act)

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1883 law which began the merit based system to replace the patronage system in government employment.

Question 4: devolution

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An effort to scale back the size and activities of the national gov. and to shift responsibilities to the states. ie welfare, health care, and job training.

Question 5: Federal Register

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publication of all government agencies rules and regulations

Question 6: duplication

Answer:

A bureaucratic pathology inwhich two or more government agencies seem to be doign the same thing.

Question 7: cabinet

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An advisory group to the President which, by custom, includes the heads of the 15 major executive departments

Question 8: annual authorization

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The practice of a legislative committee determining the amount an agency can spend on a yearly basis.

Question 9: Open Meeting Law

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1976 law requiring gov. agency meetings to be open to the public.

Question 10: bureaucracy

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a large organization composed of appointed offercers in which authority is divided among several managers. Includes the cabinet, independent agencies, and the Executive Office.

Question 11: deregulation

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The removal of gov. regulations

Question 12: Hatch Act of 1993

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Reforms to the Hatch Act of 1939 to encourage political activity by gov. employees on their own time.

Question 13: red tape

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a bureaucratic pathology in which complex rules and procedures must be followed to get things done

Question 14: legislative veto

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Congressional veto of an executive decision via a resolution which do not require Pres. signature.Ruled unconstitutional but Congress still passes laws containing.

Question 15: casework

Answer:

services performed by Congressmen or their staffers for their constituents.

Question 16: regulation

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A principle, rule, or law designed to control or govern conduct

Question 17: patronage

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Bureaucratic appointments made on the basis of political considerations.

Question 18: independent agencies

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Perform administrative functions in the Executive Branch; head serves a fixed term and president can't remove. ie Fed, FCC, FDIC, FERC, FTC, NLRB, SEC

Question 19: quasi-judicial power

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a reference to the power of the bureaucracy to hold hearings and settle disputes regarding rules and regulations.

Question 20: Spoils system

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Another term for patronage in which gov. jobs are awarded for political favors

Question 21: Executive Office of the President

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Part of the bureaucracy which offers technical and managerial advice to the President. ie White House Office, OMB, CEA, NSC, US Trade Representative

Question 22: conflict

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A bureaucratic pathology in which some agencies seem to be working at corss-purposes to other agencies.

Question 23: Hatch Act of 1939

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A law which attempted to restrict the political activities of gov. employees.

Question 24: waste

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A bureaucratic pathology in which an agency spends more than is necessary to buy some product or service.

Question 25: imperialism

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A bureaucratic pathology in which federal programs grow without regard to the benefits those programs provide or the costs entailed.

Question 26: appropriation

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money formally set aside for a specific use

Question 27: quasi-legislative power

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a reference to the power of the bureaucracy to make rules and regulations with the force of law

Question 28: iron triangle

Answer:

The policy-making network of interest groups, congressional committee, and government agency.