**Which movement drove Gore’s Reinventing Government efforts more than any other effort?**A. Re-engineeringB. DownsizingC. Continuous improvementD. E-government Show Answer Correct Answer: C. Continuous improvement
**The government risks sacrificing control, responsiveness, and sometimes quality when it relies on _________ for program implementation.**A. backward mappingB. whistle-blowersC. proxiesD. congressional staff Show Answer Correct Answer: C. proxies
**Which movement began at the state level in the mid-1970s?**A. E-governmentB. Continuous improvementC. ReengineeringD. Downsizing Show Answer Correct Answer: D. Downsizing
**All of the following are considered implementation problems EXCEPT:**A. fragmentationB. whistle-blowingC. inequityD. lax federal control Show Answer Correct Answer: B. whistle-blowing
**“Reinventing government” was a term taken from the best-selling book by ________.**A. Osborne and GaeblerB. Kettl and FeslerC. Gore and FredericksonD. Hammer and Champy Show Answer Correct Answer: A. Osborne and Gaebler
**The central elements of bureaucratic accountability are _____ and _______.**A. Congress; the courtsB. the president; fragmentationC. Congress; the presidentD. the Constitution; the law Show Answer Correct Answer: D. the Constitution; the law
**What is considered to be the basic building block of large administrative enterprises?**A. pluralismB. organizationC. structureD. bureaucracy Show Answer Correct Answer: C. structure
**Of the following are approaches to accountability:**A. legal boundariesB. political challengesC. evolving policy problemsD. All of these Show Answer Correct Answer: D. All of these
**The traditional and dominant model of organizational theory is the _________.**A. hierarchical approachB. pluralist approachC. government-by-proxy approachD. humanist approach Show Answer Correct Answer: A. hierarchical approach
**The politics-administration dichotomy maintains democratic accountability by _______.**A. allowing politicians to be free to act as they see fit.B. separating political decision making from administrative policy responsibilityC. shifting from lawmakers to citizensD. revealing a clear chain of command Show Answer Correct Answer: B. separating political decision making from administrative policy responsibility
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