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Question 61

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The Department of Justice was recently involved in a scandal for secretly obtaining the phone records of reporters from the Associated Press.Which of the following options is NOT available to Congress if they decide to investigate the scandal?

A) Members of the House Judiciary Committee may investigate as part of their normal oversight duties.
B) The House Judiciary Committee has the authority to fire employees of the Department of Justice who were involved in the scandal.
C) The House Judiciary Committee could decide to hold public hearings and call individuals from the Department of Justice to defend themselves publicly.
D) Congress may decide to punish the Department of Justice in future budget appropriations.
E) Individual members of Congress may choose to investigate potential wrongdoing,especially if the affected reporters are their constituents.

F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,which is not part of a cabinet department,is most accurately classified as a(n) :

A) distinct bureau
B) multinational corporation
C) government corporation
D) independent regulatory commission
E) independent agency

F) C) and E)
G) A) and E)

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Despite attempts to control the growth of bureaucracy,the number of federal employees in the civil service has grown exponentially over the past thirty years.

The Food Stamp program,which is only given to individuals who can demonstrate that they meet the needs-based criteria for the program,is an example of a program that is:

The Departments of Agriculture,Interior,Labor,and Commerce,each designed to serve or represent a particular set of interests,are most accurately classified together as:

What is the core of bureaucracy?

Which choice is an example of a welfare agency?

Elections have negligible effect on the conditions for employment of bureaucrats in the United States.

The bureau level of the executive agency is higher in the federal hierarchy than a cabinet department.

Which term defines the frequent phenomenon of bureaucratic implementation that produces policy more to the liking of the bureaucracy than originally legislated,but not so much as to trigger a political reaction from elected officials?

In August 1996,virtually all of the means-tested public assistance programs were abolished as a national program and were devolved to the states.

By definition,bureaucrats work exclusively in government.

A situation in which an entity chooses to rely on another entity to perform a task or service for it but risks not having the task done according to its wishes is sometimes called a(n) :

Most clientele agencies locate a relatively large proportion of their total personnel in:

Due to the power of public unions,far more constraints are imposed on private employees than public bureaucrats.

As bureaucracies develop,these organizations often approximate the shape of a: