The federal bureaucracy consists of the departments, agencies, and offices within the __________ that perform the functions of government.
a. Senate
b. executive branch
c. Cabinet
d. legislative branch
Question -2-According to the text, which of the following exercises the closest oversight of bureaucracy?
a. the cabinet
b. Congress
c. the courts
d. interest groups
Question -3-Under what circumstance are bureaucrats most likely to exercise discretion?
a. when an agency is creating environmental regulations
b. when an agency is under congressional investigation
c. when an agency is implementing a law that contains ambiguity
d. when an agency is elevated to the status of a Cabinet department
Question -4-What event served as a catalyst for the creation of the Pendleton Act?
a. the growth of the Republican party in the 1880s
b. the expansion of the federal bureaucracy in the 1880s
c. the assassination of James Garfield in 1881
d. the election of Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876
Question -5-Judicial oversight in the bureaucracy tends to focus on __________.
a. budgetary matters that involve the president's cabinet
b. presidential appointments to agencies and commissions
c. responding to injunctions against executive agencies
d. whether agencies are acting beyond the authority granted them by Congress
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