Quiz 15 The Bureaucracy

During George Washington’s administration, there were ________ cabinet positions

four

The “spoils system” allocated political appointments on the basis of ________.

party loyalty

Two recent periods of large-scale bureaucratic expansion were ________

the 1930s and the 1960s

Which of the following is the best explanation of the underlying reason for the emergence of the spoils system:

The rise of mass politics and powerful political parties in the U.S.

The Civil Service Commission was created by the ________.

Pendleton Act of 1883

The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 created the Office of Personnel Management and the ________.

Merit Systems Protection Board

Briefly explain the benefits and drawbacks of a merit system.

It helps the most qualified applicants get positions, but is less responsive to the will of elected leaders than the patronage system.

Which describes the ideal bureaucracy according to Max Weber?

an apolitical, hierarchically organized agency

Which of the following models of bureaucracy best accounts for the way bureaucracies tend to push Congress for more funding each year?

the acquisitive model

An example of a government corporation is ________

Amtrak

Why might government create a government corporation?

To provide services that respond to market forces but are too important to the public to be allowed to fail.

The Freedom of Information Act of 1966 helps citizens exercise oversight over the bureaucracy by ________

opening government records to citizen scrutiny

When reformers speak of bureaucratic privatization, they mean all the following processes except ________

whistleblowing

What are the advantages of negotiated rulemaking?

It’s less adversarial and encourages quicker consensus.