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Regarding the educational background of bureaucrats,high-ranking civil servants in continental Europe tend to have a college major specializing in


A) natural sciences and engineering.
B) law or the humanities.
C) social sciences and the humanities.
D) business management.
E) journalism.

F) A) and E)
G) None of the above

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The special interests that benefit directly from a bureaucratic agency's programs are called


A) clientele groups.
B) pressure groups.
C) entitlement groups.
D) programmatic groups.
E) recipient groups.

F) None of the above
G) A) and E)

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Discuss three major sources of bureaucratic power.

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What is the chief way administrative agencies exercise control over policy?


A) through the budget
B) by forming an iron triangle
C) rule-making for legislation
D) promoting an agency point of view
E) whistleblowing

F) All of the above
G) B) and D)

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Bureaucracy is based on which of the following principles?


A) hierarchical authority
B) job specialization
C) formalized rules
D) hierarchical authority,job specialization,and formalized rules
E) None of these answers is correct.

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

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How has the Government Accountability Office's role changed?


A) It has acquired wide judicial and adjudication powers to deal with inter-agency disputes.
B) It has changed from a presidential-executive support agency to largely a congressional support agency.
C) It has been given broader powers over time to actually grant additional funds or take away funds directly from agencies.
D) It has its broad powers limited from general oversight down to keeping track of agency spending.
E) It has moved from a limited role of keeping track of agency spending to also monitoring whether the agency is implementing policies in the way Congress intended.

F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

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