Which of the following is not a difference between public bureaucracies and private organizations?

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make regulations for implementing policies passed by Congress.

The key task of federal bureaucracies is to:

try to expand their size and budgets.

The acquisitive model of bureaucratic activity and organization says that bureaucracies:

Minorities are over-represented in numbers and in the number of powerful positions they hold.

Which of the following statements about the employees of the federal bureaucracy is not true?

any large organization structured hierarchically to carry out specific functions.

A bureaucracy is best described as:

provided for hiring on the basis of merit.

The Pendleton Act of 1883 altered the federal bureaucracy in an important way because it:

Cabinet departments, independent regulatory agencies, and government corporations.

The federal bureaucracy is divided into three main components:

The United States has become a military and economic superpower.

Which of the following has been a main cause of the federal bureaucracy's growth in cost and size during the 20th century?

Division of labor and specialization

Bureaucracies tend to share several important characteristics. Which of the following best describes bureaucracies?

patronage.

Until 1883, federal jobs were political appointments given by the president to supporters and friends. This system was known as:

bureaucracies are constantly seeking to increase their size and scope.

Mission conflict, mission duplication, and agency imperialism can all be said to result from the acquisitive model of bureaucratic behavior because this model says:

passing an executive order that gave the Office of Management and Budget the power to review all proposals for new executive bureaucracy regulations.

President Reagan wanted to decrease the size and the power of the federal government. One of the ways he tried to do this was by:

fundamental problems shared by most bureaucracies.

Bureaucratic pathologies are best described as:

Increased customer satisfaction, Empowering front-line employees, Cutting government services back to basics, Less central management

President Clinton's National Performance Evaluation is an attempt to reform the federal bureaucracy. What were key principles of this "reinventing government" plan?

Agencies competing to see which can be most efficient

Which of the following is not a pathology of the federal bureaucracy?

make it easier for the president and Cabinet to manage the bureaucracy.

A number of reforms, such as the Brownlow Commission, the Hoover Commission, and the Ash council have all tried to reform the federal bureaucracy. The intent of these reforms was to:

Changes to the size and scope of agencies occur very slowly.

Incrementalism in the federal bureaucracy is the process by which:

They need a new level of managers to look over their activities.

The federal bureaucracy is often accused of spending a lot of money without providing any real benefits. Which of the following is not something that critics believe would make the federal bureaucracy less wasteful?

Everyone has a different idea about what the function of bureaucracies ought to be.

Representatives in Congress disagree about the tasks of the bureaucracy.

Ours is a system of divided government, where the Congress and the president continually struggle for power and control over the bureaucracy.

All large, complex organizations change very slowly.

Which are reasons why bureaucratic pathologies are likely to persist?

the need for accountability to the president and Congress, and the need to satisfy complex legal and accounting regulations.

One of the biggest complaints about the federal bureaucracy is red tape—complex rules and procedures that often get in the way of providing services to clients. Red tape can be explained mostly by:

independent executive agencies.

The Environmental Protection Agency, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the National Science Foundation are all examples of:

the national defense, energy, transportation, and the treasury.

The Cabinet departments are the major service organizations of the federal government. They deal with issues such as:

Private bureaucracies are hierarchically structured, while government bureaucracies aren't.

Which of the following is not a difference between public bureaucracies and private organizations, such as large corporations?

Red tape

When people complain about excessive paperwork and bureaucratic inefficiency, they often use which of the following terms?

an alliance between legislators, bureaucrats, and interest groups that results in the preservation of policies that benefit these three groups.

Iron triangles are best described as:

they're required to make rules and regulations that interpret vague laws passed by Congress.

Bureaucratic agencies often take on the role of unelected policymaker because:

remained fairly constant.

Over the past three decades, the number of civilian federal employees has:

whistleblowers.

Federal employees who go public with a story about serious cases of governmental waste and mismanagement are called:

It can ask the Supreme Court to declare the bureaucracy's acts unconstitutional.

Which of the following is not a way Congress exercises control over the bureaucracy?

regulatory agencies.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are all examples of:

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