ch. 15 exam Flashcards
All of the following are characteristics of bureaucracies EXCEPT:
Lack of formal organization
Staff agencies are created to:
Aid other agencies in completing their goals
All of the following are correct about the Executive Office of the President (the EOP) EXCEPT that the EOP:
Acts as a body of equal powers to the President
The National Security Council serves as:
The President’s advisory board on all matters of national security
All heads of the executive departments are known as secretaries except for the:
Head of the Department of Justice - the attorney general
Members of the Cabinet act as heads of their departments as well as:
Advisors to the President
Independent agencies are formed for all the following reasons EXCEPT:
To create an agency immune from the system of checks and balances
The U.S. Postal Service is an example of:
A government corporation
The Pendleton Act established:
merit as the basis for hiring and other personnel actions in the civil service
The function of the Office of Personnel Management is to:
Aid in the standing of civil service positions through civil service tests and other means
President Andrew Jackson was known as the Father of the:
Spoils System
What is responsible for running the Federal Government’s day-to-day buisness?
Federal Bureaucracy
In their names, (Congressional) regulating groups usually have the word:
Quasi-
Today, the cabinet departments in the executive branch number
15 Executive Departments
The list of viable job candidates maintained by the Office of Personnel Management is known as the:
Federal Register
