Multiple Choice: Enter the letter of the correct answer in the space next to each question. 1. The bureaucracy makes policy through or applying general policies to given cases. a. frustration b. procrastination c. specialization d. vacation e. implementation 2. The National Labor Board adjudicates disputes involving workers who complain about unfair labor practices. a. Relations Approval c. Corruption d. Admissions . Injury 3. Presidents select bureaucratic agency heads and make numerous other political appointees to direct and control them. But political appointees have short careers in their offices, where they average just over years. a. two b. three c. four d. five e. 4. Which president appointed deeply conservative agency managers to enact welfare reform and to slow federal outlays? a. Abraham Lincoln b. Franklin Roosevelt C. Harry Truman d. Richard Nixon e. Ronald Reagan 5. The ideas used by the Homeland Security Secretary to reassure the anxious public after the 9/11 attacks, such as a color-coded system of terrorism alerts, were mocked in the media. a. Paul O'Neill Spencer Abraham C. Tom Ridge d. Andrew Card e. Colin Powell6. When faced with extinction, an agency can alter its policies to affect more congressional constituencies. One example is when the shifted funding away from artists in trendy urban centers and toward community-sponsored arts in a number of districts and states. a. EPA b. CIA C. FBI d. NAACP e. NEA 7. To meet the media's never ending appetite for news, readily accessible scattered through the bureaucracy serve as official spokespersons for their agencies. a. interns b. lobbyists c. press officers d. corporate executives e. none of the above 8. Hollywood directors shooting a war movie routinely contact the for assistance, ranging from technical advice to the use of military equipment. a. Treasury Department b. Defense Department c. Supreme Court d. Environmental Protection Agency e. Federal Communications Commission 9. Agency press officers communicate intemally by searching for news stories about the agency and reproducing them in compilations circulated through the agency called "the clips b. highlights c. best of the best d. news of the day e. moments 10. Which of the following is not part of the "inner Cabinet"? a. Department of State b. Department of Defense c. Department of Gambling d. Department of Treasury e. Department of Justice 11. Peter Jennings's early reporting of Iraq's 1990 invasion of revealed the division between State Department correspondents and Pentagon reporters, who often sound like spokespersons for the agencies they cover. a. Iran b. Kuwait c. Pakistan d. Qatar e. Egypt 12. On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of exploded, killing eleven workers. This caused the media to seek out the government agency most responsible for the disaster. a. Tonkin b. Alaska C. California d. Suez e. Mexico13. During the government shutdown caused by a congressional deadlock over the federal budget, the news media prominently featured images of closed goverment facilities like the Washington Monument and many national parks. These reminders of what the federal bureaucracy provides led public opinion to pressure the Republicans to back down. a. 1995-96 b. 1929-1933 C. 1979-1982 d. 1863-65 e. 2001-03 14. When the news media spotlight a particular agency, this attention often makes the wheels of bureaucracy a. stop b. move slow c. run fast d. be less responsive to public opinion e. grind to a halt 15. Which statement about agencies is correct? a. Agencies need the media only for internal communication. b. They welcome decisions by Congress to cut budgets. :. Agencies seek negative depictions by the media. d. They try to maintain and enhance their independence and power. e. all of the above Chapter 15 Multiple Choice: Enter the letter of the correct answer in the space next to each question. 16. Who nominates all federal judges? a. state governors b. the president the Senate d. the house e. appeals court judges 17. Which of the following is typically one of the factors influencing presidents' choices of Supreme Court nominees? a. composition of the Senate b. timing--relative to upcoming presidential elections c. public approval of the president d. acceptability to interest groups e. all of the above 18. In 1991, President Bush nominated for the seat of retiring Justice Thurgood Marshall. It divided the civil rights community, which wanted an African American justice, but not one so conservative. a. John Marshall b. Horace Gray . Clarence Thomas d. William Rehnquist e. Sandra Day O'Connor19. When Justice Souter resigned from the Court, President making his first nomination, picked Sonia Sotomayor to replace him. a. Lincoln b. Hoover C. Obama d. Nixon . Reagan 20. The term "murder boards" relates to which action? a. impeachment of Supreme Court justices . nominations of Supreme Court justices c. judicial review d. writ of mandamus e. briefing 21. Which Supreme Court justice is known for voicing controversial opinions and appeared on 60 Minutes to promote a book he coauthored on how to persuade judges? a. Antonin Scalia b. Stephen Breyer c. Sonia Sotomayor d. William Rehnquist e. Thurgood Marshall 22. Which of these is an example of the "majesty" of the Supreme Court? a. the court building itself b. the justices presiding in their robes C. the justices seated on high-backed chairs d. the official photograph of the nine justices e. all of the above 23. Which of the following are reporters allowed to see relating to the Supreme Court? a. the justices' discussions on granting review b. conference proceedings c. the justices' written opinions d. the process of creating a majority through opinion writing e. all of the above 24. What is prohibited in the Supreme Court during public sessions? a. cameras b. wearing shorts c. notepads d. calculators . baseball caps 25. The media usually depict the Supreme Court as being meaning above and beyond politics and partisanship. . incompetent b. infallible C. liberal d. apolitical e. conservative 26. Media coverage of the Supreme Court is limited, as leading news magazines focus on only of the cases. a. 1% 10% C. 25% d. 50% e. 75%27. A few Supreme Court cases receive extensive coverage, often those involving Amendment rights such as freedom of speech. a. First b. Second C. Third d. Fourth e. Fifth 28. The fact that the Supreme Court's official website contains transcript of oral arguments on the same day they are made reveals that the Court has entered the Age. a. Stone b. Renaissance C. Information d. Atomic e. Progressive 29. In a survey conducted after the highly publicized cases involving O. J. Simpson, almost everyone knew that a defendant found not guilty in a criminal trial can again be sued in a trial a. secret b. political c. military d. civil e. mock 30. Reporters perceive the Supreme Court primarily as a/an institution. a. international b. legal c. corporate d. separatist e. all of the above