POLS 2311 EXAM 6 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+
Bureaucracy Ans✓✓✓the complex structure of offices, tasks, rules, and
principles of organization that are employed by all large-scale
institutions to coordinate the work of their personnel
Implementation Ans✓✓✓the efforts of departments and agencies to
translate laws into specific bureaucratic rules and actions and to play a
key role in enforcing the laws
why does congress need the bureaucracy to engage in rule making and
implementation Ans✓✓✓1. they employ people who have much more
specialized expertise in specific policy areas than do members of
congress
2. bureaucratic flexibility can enusure that laws are administered in ways
that take new conditions into acct
in addition to rule making what does bureacracies also do
Ans✓✓✓enforcing laws
merit system Ans✓✓✓created by the civil service act of 1883
a product of civil service reform, in which appointees to positions in
public bureaucracies must objectively be deemed qualified for those
positions
, Spoils System Ans✓✓✓The awarding of government jobs to political
supporters and friends.
department Ans✓✓✓the largest subunit of the executive branch; the
secretaries of the 15 departments form the Cabinet
independent agencies Ans✓✓✓agency that is not part of a cabinet
department; although the president appoints and directs the head of these
agencies
provides publci services that are too expensive or too important to be left
to private initiatives
(NASA, CIA)
government corporation Ans✓✓✓agency that performs a service
normally provided by the private sector
(AMTRAK)
Regulatory Agencies Ans✓✓✓departments, bureaus, or independent
agencies whose primary mission is to impose limits, restrictions, or other
obligations on the conduct of individuals or companies in the private
sector
(FDA, OSHA)
Iron Triangle Ans✓✓✓the stable, cooperative relationship that often
develops among a congressional committee, an administrative agency,
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+
Bureaucracy Ans✓✓✓the complex structure of offices, tasks, rules, and
principles of organization that are employed by all large-scale
institutions to coordinate the work of their personnel
Implementation Ans✓✓✓the efforts of departments and agencies to
translate laws into specific bureaucratic rules and actions and to play a
key role in enforcing the laws
why does congress need the bureaucracy to engage in rule making and
implementation Ans✓✓✓1. they employ people who have much more
specialized expertise in specific policy areas than do members of
congress
2. bureaucratic flexibility can enusure that laws are administered in ways
that take new conditions into acct
in addition to rule making what does bureacracies also do
Ans✓✓✓enforcing laws
merit system Ans✓✓✓created by the civil service act of 1883
a product of civil service reform, in which appointees to positions in
public bureaucracies must objectively be deemed qualified for those
positions
, Spoils System Ans✓✓✓The awarding of government jobs to political
supporters and friends.
department Ans✓✓✓the largest subunit of the executive branch; the
secretaries of the 15 departments form the Cabinet
independent agencies Ans✓✓✓agency that is not part of a cabinet
department; although the president appoints and directs the head of these
agencies
provides publci services that are too expensive or too important to be left
to private initiatives
(NASA, CIA)
government corporation Ans✓✓✓agency that performs a service
normally provided by the private sector
(AMTRAK)
Regulatory Agencies Ans✓✓✓departments, bureaus, or independent
agencies whose primary mission is to impose limits, restrictions, or other
obligations on the conduct of individuals or companies in the private
sector
(FDA, OSHA)
Iron Triangle Ans✓✓✓the stable, cooperative relationship that often
develops among a congressional committee, an administrative agency,
