PS 202 - Exam 2
- Administration is ordered by rules and regulations
- There is a well defined hierarchy of command
- Records are maintained in writing
- Staff employ specialized knowledge
- The organization operates from a set of highly formalized internal rules
- Employee compensation is based on technical skills and ability - correct answer-Weber's
Bureaucracy
- Created a bicameral legislature
- Members of both houses elected by the people
- The senate was composed from each country and one from each designated city
- The house two members each county and one from each designated city
- To offset the growing power of western counties, large eastern counties divided into smaller
and more numerous ones - correct answer-NC Constitution of 1776
- Fiscal Research : staff for fiscal analysis and policy development
- Bill drafting : technical staffing for formal bill development
- Evaluation : engage in program and policy review and effectiveness evaluation
- Legislative analysis : provides legal research relative to salient legislative agenda items -
correct answer-North Carolina General Assembly Administrative Divisions
- Preparing the budget
- Chairing the Council of State
- Serving as Commander in chief of NC National Guard
- Convening the legislature to special session
- Granting pardons and commute prison sentences
- Reorganizing state agencies under direct executive control
- Exercising authority over state expenditures and
, - Delivering the annual State of the State message - correct answer-The office of the
governor responsibilities
- This governmental organization structure we see today was set in 1868
- The legislative branch equal and independent from executive and judicial branches
- The constitution gives the GA responsibility for making laws - correct answer-Impact of the
constitution of 1868
1. Chief administrator
2. Chief legislator
3. Party leader
4. Ceremonial head
5. Chief Negotiator
6. Opinion leader
7. Crisis manager - correct answer-Roles of the governor
1972 reorganization - correct answer-the office of governor is recognized as one of the 19
independent agencies
administrative discretion - correct answer-The use of personal and professional judgment
and values by a public administrator in the execution of their job
apellate court - correct answer-a court with the authority to review lower court decisions and
hand down new decisions when appropriate.
Baker v. Carr - correct answer-case that est. one man one vote. this decision created
guidelines for drawing up congresional districts and guaranteed a more equitable system of
representation to the citizens of each state
Beuracracy - correct answer-a system of government in which most of the important
decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.
Bills - correct answer-committee's main function is to consider ______
Civil Service - correct answer-A system of hiring and promotion based on the merit principle
and the desire to create a nonpartisan government service.
Common Law - correct answer-Unwritten law based on tradition, custom or court decisions.
This form of law represents legal rules and expectations developed through historical
precedent.
Conference Committee - correct answer-Committee appointed by the presiding officers of
each chamber to adjust differences on a particular bill passed by each in different form.
Divided government - correct answer-occurs when one party controls one or both chambers
of the legislature and other party controls the governor's office
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