POS1041 EXAM 4 PART 1 UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

POS1041 EXAM 4 PART 1 UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS

Question:
1. 1. What is a bureaucrat?
Answer:
a career government employee

Question:
2. 2. How does a bureaucracy operate?
Answer:
through impersonal, uniform rules and procedures

Question:
3. 3. How does an independent regulatory commission differ from a government department?
Answer:
Government departments have the broadest missions andare the most visible organizations in government
and are generally known to the public. independent regulatory commissions are created to insulate the
agency from congressional and presidential control through the appointment of commissioners who cant
be fired by the president.

Question:
4. 4. Which government agency has the largest budget?
Answer:
the department of health and human services

Question:
5. 5. What are independent agencies?
Answer:
agencies that are outside presidential control and separate from a traditional department. independent
regulatory commissions do not report to the president, independent agencies do.

Question:
6. 6. What are the major agencies of the executive branch called?
Answer:
Government corporations, cabinet, commissions, independent

Question:
7. 7. Who appoints member to independent regulatory commissions?
Answer:
the president with senate confirmation

Question:
8. 8. What is a government corporation?