Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The organization of authority within the federal bureaucracy and the tasks they undertake have little impact on how well a bureaucracy functions.
2. Bureaucrats can often act as representatives of the American public.
3. Images of bureaucrats who mindlessly follow rules and operating procedures whether or not they actually get things done have historically been given the term “red tape.”
4. When bureaucrats in regulatory agencies undermine effective regulation in order to promote their own interests at the expense of the agency’s mission, it can be described as bureaucratic drift.

1. False
2. True
3. True
4. False

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