Test Yourself About Bureaucracy
Bureaucracies are large administrative agencies reflecting a hierarchical authority, job specialization, and rules and regulations that drive them. Do you have good knowledge of bureaucracies? Take this quiz and test your knowledge on them.
- 1.
Which president lost his life over the issue of patronage in the federal bureaucracy?- A.
Reagan
- B.
Garfield
- C.
Trump
- D.
Obama
- 2.
How many cabinet departments were established at the founding of the nation?
- A.
1
- B.
3
- C.
4
- D.
None
- 3.
Giving jobs to your friends in government because they supported your election efforts is know as:
- A.
Meritocracy
- B.
Pendleton Act
- C.
Bureaucracy
- D.
Patronage
- 4.
What is the Constitutional protection against unfair government laws called?
- A.
Due Process
- B.
Judicial Review
- C.
Checks and Balances
- D.
Probable Cause
- 5.
What is a judicial review?
- A.
Judges serve for a term of "good behavior" (life)
- B.
Higher courts can hear the cases of lower courts
- C.
The president can remove federal judges from the bench
- D.
The ability of the Supreme Court to declare laws unconstitutional
- 6.
What type of law settles disagreements between two parties?
- A.
Common Law
- B.
Civil Law
- C.
Compensatory Law
- D.
Criminal Law
- 7.
Who was the first African-American appointed to the Supreme Court?
- A.
Sandra Day O'Connor
- B.
John Roberts Jr.
- C.
Thurgood Marshall
- D.
John Marshall
- 8.
The bureaucracy is mostly made up of...
- A.
Special interests
- B.
Civil servants
- C.
Wasteful spending
- D.
Political appointees
- 9.
Which of the following has oversight and can check and balance the bureaucracy?
- A.
Judicial branch
- B.
Legislative branch
- C.
Executive branch
- D.
All of the above
- 10.
The Post Office provides services for the American people and tries to sustain their existence by raising their profits. This type of bureaucratic organization is best described as:
- A.
Government corporation
- B.
Independent commission
- C.
Regulatory agency
- D.
None of the above
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