In What Ways Does the Bureaucracy Fall Short in Terms

question 15

Multiple Choice

In what ways does the bureaucracy fall short in terms of democracy?

• A) Bureaucrats enjoy substantial discretion in carrying out their missions.
• B) Bureaucrats carry out their mission in response to Congress.
• C) Civil servants are a lot like Americans demographically.
• D) Civil servants are a lot like Americans in terms of what they think government should be doing.
• E) Bureaucrats carry out their mission in response to the president.

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Definitions:

Reflexes

Automatic, involuntary responses to specific stimuli that are hardwired into the nervous system.

Sensory Stimuli

External factors or occurrences that are detected by the body's senses, leading to responses or reactions.

Ethogram

A catalog or inventory of all of the behaviors or actions exhibited by a particular animal species in a specific environment.

Fixed Action Pattern

A sequence of instinctual behaviors that once started, continue to completion without further external triggers.