The National Performance Review, led by Vice President Al Gore, argued that the problem with ...

The National Performance Review, led by Vice President Al Gore, argued that the problem with bureaucracy was all of the following EXCEPT that
 
  A) bureaucracy had become too centralized.
  B) bureaucracy was too rule-bound.
  C) bureaucracy was too unconcerned with making programs work.
  D) bureaucracy was too concerned with avoiding scandal.
  E) bureaucracy had become too decentralized.

Question -2-

To reduce waste in government, one will probably have to increase
 
  A) synergism.
  B) duplication.
  C) taxes.
  D) imperialism.
  E) red tape.

Question -3-

Bureaucratic imperialism means the tendency of agencies to
 
  A) work at cross-purposes with one another.
  B) spend more than is necessary to buy some product or service.
  C) grow, irrespective of the benefits and costs of their programs.
  D) generate complex and sometimes conflicting rules.
  E) complicate matters that are better left to common-sense solutions.

Question -4-

One bureaucratic pathology described by the text is conflict, meaning the tendency of agencies to
 
  A) grow, irrespective of the benefits and costs of their programs.
  B) work at cross-purposes with one another.
  C) spend more than is necessary to buy some product or service.
  D) generate complex and sometimes overlapping rules.
  E) complicate matters that are better left to common-sense solutions.

Question -5-

Among the pathologies commonly attributed to bureaucracies are all of the following EXCEPT
 
  A) conflict.
  B) synergism.
  C) duplication.
  D) imperialism.
  E) waste.

Question -6-

Congressional supervision is most visible in its ability to
 
  A) appropriate.
  B) create trust funds.
  C) authorize legislation.
  D) investigate.
  E) issue legislative vetoes.