The __________ is a form of organization that delivers goods and services at the lowest cost through specialization of jobs, close supervision of employees, and uniform regulations and procedures
a. administration
b. bureaucracy
c. cabinet
d. civil service
Answer: b
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The policy in admissions or hiring that gives special consideration to traditionally disadvantaged groups to overcome the present effects of past discrimination is known as
A. affirmative action. B. legislative mandate. C. civil liberties. D. civil rights. E. the Lincoln dilemma.
Keeping an issue off a government's decision-making agenda exemplifies:
A. pluralist power. B. unitary interests. C. non-decisions. D. growth machine theory.
In cost benefit analysis, the value of human life
a) is infinite. b) needs to be quantified in order to yield meaningful results. c) is a religious question and, hence, politically irrelevant. d) has been relatively easy to estimate using non-controversial methods.
In some cases, such as that of O.J. Simpson in the 1990s, the defendant may be acquitted of a murder charge but may also be required in a separate court action to pay a large fine for “wrongful death.” Under what type of law is this action generated?
a. criminal law b. civil law c. constitutional law d. common law e. appeal