PSC 522 Final Exam questions with
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Which forces affect rule content (Kerwin) pg 263 - correct answer ✔✔Some combination of law,
information, politics, and management
Horowitz case - correct answer ✔✔See printout
What influences agency priorities - correct answer ✔✔Politics determines the content of the
law, it heavily influences the interpretation and significance afforded information developed
during the course or rulemaking
When was regulatory growth most (and least) explosive - correct answer ✔✔More growth took
place in the 1930's than any other
Regulatory reforms and the problems they have created - correct answer ✔✔Increased
bureaucracy in the size and complexity of government made bureaucratic accountability and
performance more valuable commodities than in previous era of policy making. Together with
divided government, these internal and external changes made it exceedingly difficult to create
new legislation and therefore put a premium on influencing policy by overseeing already
existing programs.
Judicial review under the APA - correct answer ✔✔The courts sometimes overturn bureaucratic
actions because agencies have failed to provide adequate notice of a proposed rulemaking.
Likewise, an agency that fails to provide interested parties with an adequate opportunity to
comment on a proposed rule or fails to adequately explain the reasoning behind a final rule may
find itself prohibited from completing or implementing the action at hand.
Understand the Merrill case - correct answer ✔✔see printout
verified answers already passed
Which forces affect rule content (Kerwin) pg 263 - correct answer ✔✔Some combination of law,
information, politics, and management
Horowitz case - correct answer ✔✔See printout
What influences agency priorities - correct answer ✔✔Politics determines the content of the
law, it heavily influences the interpretation and significance afforded information developed
during the course or rulemaking
When was regulatory growth most (and least) explosive - correct answer ✔✔More growth took
place in the 1930's than any other
Regulatory reforms and the problems they have created - correct answer ✔✔Increased
bureaucracy in the size and complexity of government made bureaucratic accountability and
performance more valuable commodities than in previous era of policy making. Together with
divided government, these internal and external changes made it exceedingly difficult to create
new legislation and therefore put a premium on influencing policy by overseeing already
existing programs.
Judicial review under the APA - correct answer ✔✔The courts sometimes overturn bureaucratic
actions because agencies have failed to provide adequate notice of a proposed rulemaking.
Likewise, an agency that fails to provide interested parties with an adequate opportunity to
comment on a proposed rule or fails to adequately explain the reasoning behind a final rule may
find itself prohibited from completing or implementing the action at hand.
Understand the Merrill case - correct answer ✔✔see printout
