AP Government ChAPters 14-16
- 1.Policies for which Congress has obligated itself to pay a certain level of benefits based on a certain number of recipients are known as
- A.
Entitlements.
- B.
Welfare.
- C.
Earmarks.
- D.
Pork.
- E.
Incremental expenditures.
- 2.Which federal agency was created in order to collect the federal income tax?
- A.
The Internal Revenue Service
- B.
The Auditors General
- C.
The Treasury Department
- D.
The Congressional Budget Office
- E.
The General Accounting Office
- 3.Spending bills in Congress originate in
- A.
The House Ways and Means Committee and its subcommittees.
- B.
The Commerce Committees and their subcommittees.
- C.
The Appropriations Committees and their subcommittees.
- D.
The Expenditures Committees and their subcommittees.
- E.
The Senate Finance Committee and its subcommittees.
- 4.Once a policy decision has been made, such as by passing a legislative act or issuing an executive order, the bureaucracy is responsible for
- A.
Judging its merits.
- B.
Its deregulation.
- C.
Its implementation.
- D.
Funding it.
- E.
Its ratification.
- 5.Which of the following is not one of the major sources of federal revenues?
- A.
Social insurance taxes
- B.
Personal income taxes
- C.
Sales taxes
- D.
Corporate income taxes
- E.
Borrowing
- 6.The Voting Rights Act of 1965
- A.
Failed to achieve its policy goals because of the outright hostility of street-level bureaucrats.
- B.
Was impossible to implement because of a lack of clarity in the legislation.
- C.
Was successfully implemented thanks to its clear goal, its clear methods to achieve the goal, and its lack of bureaucratic fragmentation.
- D.
Was very difficult to implement because of the fragmentation of responsibility for implementing it.
- E.
All but D are true.
- 7.The government borrows money principally by
- A.
Obtaining loans from the Federal Reserve.
- B.
Maintaining numerous credit card accounts.
- C.
Selling bonds.
- D.
Obtaining loans from foreign governments.
- E.
Printing more currency.
- 8.Once the Office of Management and Budget has prepared the federal budget,
- A.
It becomes law.
- B.
Congress must vote it up or down as a package within ten days.
- C.
The president makes revisions and submits it to Congress.
- D.
It is sent to the Treasury Department for implementation.
- E.
It is either signed into law or vetoed by the president.
- 9.Studies have found that most Americans
- A.
Are indifferent about bureaucracies and bureaucrats.
- B.
Dislike bureaucrats.
- C.
Actually like bureaucracies.
- D.
Are satisfied with help received from bureaucrats.
- E.
Want the government bureaucracy dismantled.
- 10.An "iron triangle" consists of
- A.
Those favoring regulation X, those opposing regulation X, and the regulatory agency in charge of overseeing X.
- B.
The president, the head of a relevant congressional committee, and the head of any regulatory agency.
- C.
A bureaucratic agency, an interest group, and a congressional committee or subcommittee.
- D.
The metal stamp used to certify that the president has approved a new regulation and it now takes legal effect.
- E.
Representatives of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government.
- 11.According to Government in America, which of the following is a legitimate criticism of the federal civil service?
- A.
It does not operate on the merit principle.
- B.
Firing incompetents is extremely difficult.
- C.
Workers are not protected against political firings.
- D.
Too many federal civil servants are actively involved in partisan politics.
- E.
All of the above
- 12.Forty years ago, the most expensive part of the federal budget was
- A.
Military spending.
- B.
Education.
- C.
Roads and bridges.
- D.
Social services.
- E.
Health care.
- 13.The General Services Administration and the National Aeronautical and Space administration are examples of
- A.
Government corporations.
- B.
Presidential administrative agencies.
- C.
Cabinet departments.
- D.
Independent executive agencies.
- E.
Independent regulatory agencies.
- 14.The Office of Management and Budget parcels out money to government agencies and is accountable to
- A.
The Secretary of the Treasury.
- B.
Congress.
- C.
The Internal Revenue Services.
- D.
The Congressional Budget Office.
- E.
The president.
- 15.The ________ Act was passed partly as a memorial to the memory of President James Garfield, who was assassinated in 1881.
- A.
Interstate Commerce
- B.
Hatch
- C.
Treason
- D.
Pendleton Civil Service
- E.
Voting Rights
- 16.Which of the following statements about President Reagan's 1981 tax cut is TRUE?
- A.
It led to a major reduction in federal deficits.
- B.
It spread the tax burden more fairly among taxpayers.
- C.
It reduced the federal government's tax expenditures.
- D.
It led to a major reduction in government spending.
- E.
It provided new tax incentives for personal savings and investment.
- 17.The Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act was adopted in order to
- A.
Permit the president to cut any spending that exceeded deficit limits.
- B.
Change the way Congress enacted budgets.
- C.
Control deficit spending with the goal of balancing the federal budget.
- D.
All of the above
- E.
None of the above
- 18.What government agency has been established to assist Congress in making budgeting decisions?
- A.
The Congressional Budget Office
- B.
The Internal Revenue Service
- C.
The Commerce Department
- D.
The Office of Management and Budget
- E.
The Treasury Department
- 19.The Weberian model views bureaucracies as
- A.
Promoting good monopolies.
- B.
Efficient and necessary.
- C.
Largely self-serving.
- D.
Loosely organized and loosely run.
- E.
Hindering democracy.
- 20.According to Hugh Heclo, the plum book system of recruiting federal employees tends to result in the appointment of
- A.
Talented experts with proven party loyalty.
- B.
Administrators who do not stay long enough in their appointed position to be effective.
- C.
People with access to the Internet, but not necessarily the most qualified people.
- D.
Large numbers of women and minorities, just as it was intended to.
- E.
Senior civil servants to sensitive posts.
- 21.A major problem for presidents and Congress in controlling bureaucracies is the existence of
- A.
Standard operating procedures.
- B.
Supreme Court rulings curbing the scope of their oversight.
- C.
"iron triangles."
- D.
The plum book.
- E.
The incentive system.
- 22.The use of governmental authority to control or change some practice in the private sector is called
- A.
Policy implementation.
- B.
Regulation.
- C.
Administrative discretion.
- D.
Public administration.
- E.
Patronage.
- 23.As a whole, the permanent federal bureaucracy is
- A.
Composed of an American elite.
- B.
More broadly representative of the American people than the rest of the federal government.
- C.
Now employing 15 percent of the American workforce.
- D.
Less diverse in terms of the types of jobs than the private sector.
- E.
Dominated by white males.
- 24.A budget deficit occurs when expenditures exceed
- A.
Appropriations.
- B.
Revenues.
- C.
Borrowing.
- D.
Inflation.
- E.
Authorizations.
- 25.The schedule for federal employees ranging from GS 1 to GS 18, by which salaries are keyed to rating and experience is called the
- A.
Spoils System.
- B.
General Schedule.
- C.
Merit Schedule.
- D.
Federal Register.
- E.
Hatch Register.
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