Bureacracy 9.3

Chapter 9.3 Pages 329 to 335

1) A business established by government that performs functions that could be provided by the
private sector is called a(n)
A) independent regulatory commission.
B) government corporation.
C) clientele agency.
D) executive agency.
E) pluralistic agency.

2) An example of a government corporation is
A) the United Parcel Service.
B) Federal Express.
C) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
D) Amtrak.
E) the National Science Foundation.

3) The Tennessee Valley Authority was established to
A) promote economic development in Tennessee.
B) provide electricity to a part of the country that had not been served by private utilities.
C) ensure the continued provision of rail transportation.
D) help the South recover from reconstruction.
E) provide jobs to displaced Appalachian coal miners.

4) The Environmental Protection Agency is a(n)
A) independent regulatory agency.
B) independent executive agency.
C) government corporation.
D) Cabinet department.
E) clientele agency.

5) The law enacted in 1939 to prohibit federal employees from becoming directly involved in
political campaigns was called the
A) Campaign Reform Act.
B) Federal Employees Political Activities Act.
C) Pendleton Act.
D) Help America Vote Act.
E) Hatch Act.

6) Federal employees are prohibited from engaging in which of the following election-related
activities?
A) running for office in a nonpartisan election
B) voting
C) contributing money to a campaign
D) campaigning for a person in a partisan election
E) engaging in political activity while on duty

7) The process by which a law or policy is put into operation by the bureaucracy is known as
A) implementation.
B) adjudication.
C) supplementation.
D) sequestration.
E) fertilization.

8) The loose and informal relationships that exist among a large number of actors who work in
broad policy areas are known as
A) iron triangles.
B) interagency councils.
C) cooperative back scratching.
D) issue networks.
E) interagency substructures.

9) Most bureaucrats have some leeway in their ability to make choices regarding the best way to
implement policies. This is called
A) rule-making.
B) administrative discretion.
C) adjudication.
D) selective extrapolation.
E) elasticity.

10) As established by the Administrative Procedures Act, bureaucratic rule-making requires all of
the following EXCEPT
A) a thirty-day period before the rules take effect.
B) publication in the Federal Register.
C) an opportunity for written public input.
D) that the statutory purpose and basis of the proposed rule be stated.
E) that Congress submit a written statement that the proposed rule complies with federal
law.