Ch.7 Vocab

Question 1

the department and agencies within the executive brand that carry out the laws of the nation

Answer 1

federal bureacracy

Question 2

an official employed within a government bureacracy

Answer 2

bureaucrat

Question 3

filling of administrative positions as a reward for support, rather than solely on merit

Answer 3

political patronage

Question 4

an act of Congress that created the first United State Civil Service Commission to draw up and enforce rules on hiring, promotion, and tenure of office within the civil service (aka. Civil Service Reform Act of 1883)

Answer 4

Pendleton Act

Question 5

the merit-based bureaucracy, excluding the armed forces and political appointments

Answer 5

federal civil service

Question 6

a system of hiring and promotion based on competitive testing results, education, and other qualifications rather than politics and personal connections

Answer 6

merit system

Question 7

coordinated and mutually beneficial activities of the bureaucracy, Congress, and interest groups to achieve shared policy goal

Answer 7

iron triangle

Question 8

webs of influence between interest groups, policymakers, and policy advocates

Answer 8

issue networks

Question 9

the bureaucracy’s role in putting the laws that Congress has bassped

Answer 9

implementation

Question 10

the power to decide how a law is implemented and to decide what Congress meant when it passed a law

Answer 10

bureaucratic discretion

Question 11

when the federal bureaucracy settles disputes between parties that arise over the implementation of a federal laws or determines which individuals or groups are covered under a regulation or program

Answer 11

bureaucratic adjudication