New cabinet departments or agencies can be created
A) by executive order of the president.
B) by a regulation from a preexisting cabinet department.
C) by congressional law.
D) by executive order of the president and by congressional law.
E) by executive order of the president and by a regulation from a preexisting cabinet department.
Committees can punish an agency by
A) cutting its budget.
B) deflecting interest to another issue.
C) confirming a nominee to a top agency post.
D) implementing one of the agency's programs.
E) asking for a pocket veto.
The bureaucracy may not be fully responsive to a president's wishes because
A) pluralist pressures may pull the agency in a direction other than that favored by the president.
B) the agency head may dislike the president.
C) the president may make unreasonable demands on the agency.
D) the role of government is to protect the people from the power used by elected officials.
E) Congress funds most agencies.
Presidential political appointees tend to be drawn from all of the following EXCEPT
A) business.
B) universities.
C) nonprofits.
D) government office.
E) campaign workers.
In recent years, morale of government employees has
A) declined, in part because workers see no chance to move up.
B) increased because of a sense of mission associated with the war on terror.
C) no longer been measured because of budget cuts in the Inspector General's office.
D) remained consistently high, in spite of additional pressure placed on employees.
E) remained consistently low due to the public's disdain for bureaucrats.
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