Chapter 15 The Federal
Bureaucracy Test Bank
Each bureaucratic agency is created initially by
D) congress
Which of the following statements about bureaucracies is FALSE?
D) Each bureaucratic agency is created by the president.
Which of the following is TRUE about the federal bureaucracy?
B) The state and local governments have far more employees than the federal
bureaucracy.
Studies have found that most Americans
C) are satisfied with the help received from bureaucrats.
Which of the following statements about the size of bureaucracies is FALSE?
B) As a percentage of Americaʹs total work force, federal government employment has
been growing.
As a percentage of the total work force, federal government employment is
D) declining.
The classic conception of a bureaucracy was advanced by ________, who argued that
the bureaucracy was a ʺrationalʺ way for a modern society to conduct its business.
A) Max Weber
In addition to a hierarchical authority structure, Max Weber argued that a bureaucracy
involves all of the following EXCEPT
B) an incentive system.
The Weberian theory of bureaucracies views them in the most positive light as
D) hierarchical.
The Weberian model depicts a bureaucracy as
D) a well-organized machine with plenty of working but hierarchical parts.
The Weberian model views bureaucracies as
D) efficient and necessary.
Which of the following would NOT be considered part of the Weberian model of
bureaucracy?
B) decentralized authority structure
Which of the following statements about bureaucracies is FALSE?
D) Government bureaucracies have been shown to be less efficient and effective than
private bureaucracies.
The ________ employs about one-fourth of all federal civilian workers, more than any
other department or agency.
C) Department of Defense
There are roughly ________ civilian and military federal government employees
D) 4,000,000
As a whole, the permanent bureaucracy is
C) more broadly representative of the American people than legislators, judges, or
presidential appointees.
, As a whole, the permanent federal bureaucracy is
C) more broadly representative of the American people than the rest of the federal
government.
________ is a hiring and promotion system based on knowing the right people, working
in an election campaign, making large political donations, and/or having the right
connections to win jobs with the government.
A) The patronage system
Patronage is a hiring and promotion system based on
A) knowing the right people.
Until the late-nineteenth century, most government employees got their jobs through
A) the patronage system.
The ________ Act was passed partly as a memorial to the memory of President James
Garfield, who was assassinated in 1881.
A) Pendleton Civil Service
The Pendleton Act established the
B) federal civil service.
The rationale for all civil service systems is based on
B) the merit principle.
The Hatch Act, passed in 1940,
C) prohibits federal civil service employees from active participation in partisan politics.
Once hired into the federal bureaucracy, a person is assigned a ________ rating, which
determines oneʹs salary range.
C) General Schedule
The federal civil service was created by
E) The Pendleton Act
The rationale for the civil service rests on the
B) desire to create a nonpartisan government service and promotion on the basis of
merit
Federal employees are prohibited from active participation in partisan politics through
the
D) Hatch Act
Which of the following is a legitimate criticism of the federal civil service?
A) Firing incompetents is extremely difficult
Which of the following would be included in a plum book?
E) Cabinet secretaries
Which of the following statements about the hiring and firing of civil servants is FALSE?
D) Due to the merit system, it is easy to fire incompetent civil servants
The plum book lists
B) Top federal jobs available by Presidential appointment
Which of the following statements about plum book appointees is FALSE?
C) Plum book appointees are often instrumental in changing and reforming their
agencies
Which of the following is NOT true about presidential appointees to bureaucracies?
B) They must be recommended by the Office of Personnel Managementʹs ʺrule of
three.ʺ
Bureaucracy Test Bank
Each bureaucratic agency is created initially by
D) congress
Which of the following statements about bureaucracies is FALSE?
D) Each bureaucratic agency is created by the president.
Which of the following is TRUE about the federal bureaucracy?
B) The state and local governments have far more employees than the federal
bureaucracy.
Studies have found that most Americans
C) are satisfied with the help received from bureaucrats.
Which of the following statements about the size of bureaucracies is FALSE?
B) As a percentage of Americaʹs total work force, federal government employment has
been growing.
As a percentage of the total work force, federal government employment is
D) declining.
The classic conception of a bureaucracy was advanced by ________, who argued that
the bureaucracy was a ʺrationalʺ way for a modern society to conduct its business.
A) Max Weber
In addition to a hierarchical authority structure, Max Weber argued that a bureaucracy
involves all of the following EXCEPT
B) an incentive system.
The Weberian theory of bureaucracies views them in the most positive light as
D) hierarchical.
The Weberian model depicts a bureaucracy as
D) a well-organized machine with plenty of working but hierarchical parts.
The Weberian model views bureaucracies as
D) efficient and necessary.
Which of the following would NOT be considered part of the Weberian model of
bureaucracy?
B) decentralized authority structure
Which of the following statements about bureaucracies is FALSE?
D) Government bureaucracies have been shown to be less efficient and effective than
private bureaucracies.
The ________ employs about one-fourth of all federal civilian workers, more than any
other department or agency.
C) Department of Defense
There are roughly ________ civilian and military federal government employees
D) 4,000,000
As a whole, the permanent bureaucracy is
C) more broadly representative of the American people than legislators, judges, or
presidential appointees.
, As a whole, the permanent federal bureaucracy is
C) more broadly representative of the American people than the rest of the federal
government.
________ is a hiring and promotion system based on knowing the right people, working
in an election campaign, making large political donations, and/or having the right
connections to win jobs with the government.
A) The patronage system
Patronage is a hiring and promotion system based on
A) knowing the right people.
Until the late-nineteenth century, most government employees got their jobs through
A) the patronage system.
The ________ Act was passed partly as a memorial to the memory of President James
Garfield, who was assassinated in 1881.
A) Pendleton Civil Service
The Pendleton Act established the
B) federal civil service.
The rationale for all civil service systems is based on
B) the merit principle.
The Hatch Act, passed in 1940,
C) prohibits federal civil service employees from active participation in partisan politics.
Once hired into the federal bureaucracy, a person is assigned a ________ rating, which
determines oneʹs salary range.
C) General Schedule
The federal civil service was created by
E) The Pendleton Act
The rationale for the civil service rests on the
B) desire to create a nonpartisan government service and promotion on the basis of
merit
Federal employees are prohibited from active participation in partisan politics through
the
D) Hatch Act
Which of the following is a legitimate criticism of the federal civil service?
A) Firing incompetents is extremely difficult
Which of the following would be included in a plum book?
E) Cabinet secretaries
Which of the following statements about the hiring and firing of civil servants is FALSE?
D) Due to the merit system, it is easy to fire incompetent civil servants
The plum book lists
B) Top federal jobs available by Presidential appointment
Which of the following statements about plum book appointees is FALSE?
C) Plum book appointees are often instrumental in changing and reforming their
agencies
Which of the following is NOT true about presidential appointees to bureaucracies?
B) They must be recommended by the Office of Personnel Managementʹs ʺrule of
three.ʺ
