Bureaucracy Quiz

All of the following are examples of governmental bureaucratic agencies EXCEPT:

• Cabinet

• Budget agencies

• government corporations

• independent executive agencies

What are the two biggest federal bureaucracy offices?

• EPA and US Postal Service

• US Postal Service and NASA

• NASA and Department of Defense

• Department of Defense and US Postal Service

Which of the following is not a indirect technique for interest groups to get votes?

• marches

• boycotts

• lobbying

• demonstrations

What is the term for using entrance exams and promotions ratings to get people with talent and skill?

• civil service

• government corporations

• merit principle

• shareholders

All of the following are examples of checks and balances for the executive branch EXCEPT:

• Supreme Court rules unconstitutional

• Congress has to approve president's budget

• judicial branch has to approve treaties

• congress makes the law and the president can veto or accept it

Who do the independent executive agencies report to?

• Congress

• President

• Supreme Court

• the Cabinet

What makes rules and regulations to affect and protect public interest?

• government corporations

• the Cabinet

• independent regulatory agencies

• departments

Independent regulatory agencies belong to which branch of government?

• Judicial

• Executive

• Legislative

• No branch

Which type of primary occurs when you can vote for both Democrat and Republican Party candidates?

• closed

• open

• blanket

• none

Government corporations are different than private corporations because...

• pick their employees by merit

• they have no shareholders

• money made in department goes to president

• has to get money from cabinet as they dont make enough