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Power & Choice, 8/e
W. Phillips Shively, University of Minnesota---Minneapolis
Bureaucracy and the Public Sector
True or False
1
The idea of the "ombudsman" originated in Switzerland.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
2
The tradition of "detached service" in the French bureaucracy refers to the practice of sending top civil servants to run state-level political offices.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
3
An example of an agency which gets little political pressure from its client group is the US Immigration Service.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
4
Bureaucracy's major advantage is in its flexibility to meet the varying needs of people.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
5
A significant part of the governmental power of any state is in the hands of the public administration, not political leaders.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
6
The French have attempted to achieve a degree of "representative bureaucracy" in their higher civil service.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
7
A study of the values and attitudes of middle-range Saudi bureaucrats reveals a group of people who are cautious, wedded to routine, and not very ambitious.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
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