Buaucracy 9.2

Chapter 9.2 Pages 321 to 329

1) Franklin Roosevelt believed that the best way to get the country out of the Great Depression
was
A) through a hands-off approach.
B) through a laissez-faire approach.
C) through far-ranging government intervention in the economy.
D) by taxing unemployed Americans in order to provide an incentive for them to find work.
E) massive grants to private corporations so that they could afford to hire unemployed
Americans.

2) During the New Deal, thousands of unemployed Americans were hired to complete public
projects under the
A) Interstate Commerce Commission.
B) Works Progress Administration.
C) Federal Emergency Management Agency.
D) Department of New Deal Programs.
E) Committee to Reelect the President.

3) The Federal Government grew during all of the following times EXCEPT
A) World War I.
B) World War II.
C) the New Deal.
D) The Great Society.
E) the Clinton Administration.

4) The largest number of civilian federal employees works for
A) the executive branch.
B) the judicial branch.
C) the legislative branch.
D) the U.S. Postal Service.
E) the press corps.

5) Nearly one-third of all federal civilian employees work for the
A) Department of Defense.
B) Department of State.
C) Department of Commerce.
D) U.S. Postal Service.
E) Central Intelligence Agency.

6) A typical low-level federal civilian employee gets her job by
A) helping the president win election or reelection.
B) knowing the right person.
C) doing well enough on a civil service exam.
D) bribing the correct person.
E) giving sufficient campaign contributions.

7) Under the George W. Bush administration, the number of political appointees
A) was cut in half.
B) shrank by about 33 percent.
C) shrank by about 25 percent.
D) stayed about the same.
E) increased by about 33 percent.

8) Higher-level civil servants are typically
A) overpaid.
B) minorities.
C) older.
D) younger.
E) uneducated.

9) Most civilian federal employees work for
A) cabinet departments.
B) government corporations.
C) independent agencies.
D) regulatory commissions.
E) state governments.

10) All of the following are cabinet-level departments EXCEPT the
A) Department of Justice.
B) Department of Business.
C) Department of Energy.
D) Department of Veterans Affairs.
E) Department of Labor.

11) Which agencies are subject to the most intense outside lobbying efforts?
A) clientele agencies
B) large agencies
C) independent executive agencies
D) administrative agencies
E) judicial agencies