If Bureaucrats Regularly Sabotage the Actions of Political Bosses with Whom

question 77

Multiple Choice

If bureaucrats regularly sabotage the actions of political bosses with whom they disagree, one would expect Republicans to be hurt more than Democrats because

• A) Republican programs are more vulnerable to sabotage.
• B) bureaucrats tend to be liberal.
• C) more government money is spent on Republican programs.
• D) the federal bureaucracy, at the moment, is overwhelmingly conservative.
• E) Republicans rarely take an interest in the complexities of the federal bureaucracy.

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Definitions:

Attention

The mental process of concentrating on specific stimuli while ignoring others, enabling processing of relevant information.

Easy Distraction

The tendency to lose focus or attention with minimal external stimuli.

Impulsiveness

A tendency to act on a whim, displaying behavior characterized by little or no forethought, reflection, or consideration of the consequences.

Stroop Effect

A phenomenon demonstrating the delay in reaction time when the color of a word and its meaning do not match.