Policy Implementation and Regulation
Quiz objective:
Understand the implemenation stage of the policy process and its importance; different components within the bureaucracy; delgation of power; bureaucratic discretion and accountability.
1.
One of the most important offices that is part of the Executive Office of the President that is responsible for overseeing the bureaucracy as well as budgetary issues is called the
A) Bureau of the Budget
B) General Accounting Office
C) Office of Management and Budget
D) National Security Council
E) White House Chief of Staff
2.
Independent regulatory commissions (IRCs) are distinctive from executive departments in that IRCs
A) are headed by a number of people rather than one department secretary
B) appointees serve fixed terms
C) typically deal with regulating different aspects of the economy
D) all of the above
E) a and b only
3.
The __________________ are made up of Secretaries from various federal departments that provide advice on particular policy areas.
A) Executive Office of the President
B) Office of Management and Budget
C) Chief of Staff
D) Cabinet
E) Independent Regulatory Commissions
4.
Policymaking within the executive branch often occurs through a process called
A) legislation
B) litigation
C) regulation
D) oversight
E) delegation
5.
One theory of regulation states that regulation occurs because the regulated parties wants it. This is called
A) interest group theory
B) bureaucratic theory
C) iron triangle theory
D) capture theory
E) pluralist theory
6.
Congress has passed a law telling the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to make policy to protect the health and safety of the workers to the fullest extent possible. This situation best represents
A) congressional oversight
B) presidential power
C) capture theory
D) rulemaking
E) delegation of power
7.
The ______________________________ is the statute Congress passed to provide minimum standards that all agencies must follow when developing regulations.
A) Administrative Procedure Act
B) Regulation Writing Act
C) Rulemaking Development Act
D) Agency Procedure Act
E) Congressional Oversight and Accountability Act
8.
The Supreme Court ruled the legislative veto unconstitutional in the case
A) Bowsher v. Synar
B) I.N.S. v. Chadha
C) U.S. v. Nixon
D) Brown v. Board of Education
E) N.R.D.C. v. Chevron
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