This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Polity > Public Administration > Public Administration – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Public Administration Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In France, the term of the President is A) 6 years. B) 4 years. C) 2 years. D) 8 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4 years. 2. Which of the following rules was known as Depreciation Rules during the British rule in India? A) Council of India Act, 1909. B) Government of India Act, 1892. C) Government of India Act, 1935. D) Government Act, 1919. 19. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Government of India Act, 1935. 3. How many career pathways are there in Government and Public Administration? A) 2. B) 7. C) 10. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 7. 4. Over the years, there have been many attempts to reform the federal budget. Which of the following reflects the most recent effort in this regard? A) New performance budgeting. B) A balanced budget amendment. C) Supply side economics. D) A planning-programming-budgeting system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A balanced budget amendment. 5. What is the work of Frederick W. Taylor? A) Politics and Administration. B) Introduction to the Study of Public Administration. C) The Principles of Scientific Management. D) The Study of Administration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Principles of Scientific Management. 6. Complete the following sentence. To date, 18 states and the District of Columbia have passed laws that exempt qualified users of medicinal marijuana from state legal penalties. The Supremacy Clause of the US Constitution elevates federal statutes and regulations above the laws of the states, and as a result, where federal and state laws are in conflict, the state law is generally preempted. Also under the supremacy clause, Congress may require the enforcement of federal laws in both state and federal court. State legalized medical marijuana use means that: A) Individuals and businesses may engage in marijuana-related activities that are authorized by the state in which they live. B) The passage of medicinal marijuana laws affirm the states' right to pursue policies that deviate from those advanced by the federal government. C) Compliance with state medical marijuana law does not provide a defense against prosecution brought under federal law. D) Recreational marijuana use is also decriminalized. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compliance with state medical marijuana law does not provide a defense against prosecution brought under federal law. 7. What is Public Administration? A) The formal and informal arrangements that determine how public decisions are made. B) The process by which governments translate their political vision into programs and actions to deliver outcome. C) Implementation of government policy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Implementation of government policy. 8. What is the definition of personnel? A) Refers to people who work in an organization. B) Legitimate power. C) People who work in public sector. D) A public servant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refers to people who work in an organization. 9. Public Administration overlaps in many areas and can include areas such as? A) Health Administration. B) High Level Social Work. C) Political Lobbyist. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 10. How many career pathways are there in the Human Services Cluster? A) 4. B) 2. C) 5. D) 10+. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 10+. 11. IT MEANS EMPOWERMENT A) GOVERNANCE. B) PRIVATIZATION. C) GIRL POWER. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) GOVERNANCE. 12. A book that looks like the first textbook on public administration named Introduction to the Study of Public Administration. Whose work is it? A) Frank J. Goodnow. B) Max Weber. C) Leonard D. White. D) Woodrow Wilson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frank J. Goodnow. 13. New public management claims to address such issues as low public confidence in bureaucracy, waste, poor program design, and performance deficit. Which of the following would be an example of new public management reforms in action? A) Redevelopment of former military bases to create residential and commercial mixed-use communities. B) A local tax-payer funded program that provides a $ 500 monthly housing voucher for teachers, police, and firefighters to help them live in the city. C) Investing in capital improvements to maintain roads, bridges, sewers, etc. D) Tax credits to encourage a big-box store to relocate to the local area. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Redevelopment of former military bases to create residential and commercial mixed-use communities. 14. A constituent is defined as: A) Individual who lives and votes in their area. B) A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives. C) The executive head of a state. D) A public official authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Individual who lives and votes in their area. 15. The public resources are below; except A) Land. B) Recreation. C) Taxes. D) Owner money and loans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Owner money and loans. 16. A periodic and official count of a country's population is known as a ..... A) Census. B) Diplomat. C) Lobbyist. D) Congress. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Census. 17. Roles of Public Service Commission (PSC), EXCEPT A) To appoint. B) To confirm. C) To circulate policies. D) To promote, transfer and exercise disciplinary control. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To circulate policies. 18. The merit system is different from the patronage system in terms of their emphases. Which of the following can be viewed as a prominent characteristic of the merit system? A) Nepotism. B) Job requirements. C) Political loyalty. D) Equal pay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Job requirements. 19. What is Luther Gulick and Lyndall Urwick's Principle of Management? A) Dichotomy. B) Bureaucracy. C) POSDCoRB. D) POCCC. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) POSDCoRB. 20. Which of the following best describes government money used for general purposes? A) Bock grants. B) Formula grants. C) Neighborhood grants. D) Mandated grants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bock grants. 21. In which of the following are public and private administrations not common? A) FILING. B) ACCOUNTING. C) SCOPE AND COMPLEXITY. D) MANAGERIAL TECHNIQUES. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) SCOPE AND COMPLEXITY. 22. Complete the following sentence. The passage of the Pendleton Civil Service Act led to: A) The creation of a grievance system for prospective public employees. B) More public support for patronage jobs. C) Employee recruitment and hiring based upon merit. D) A stable federal, state, and local government workforce. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Employee recruitment and hiring based upon merit. 23. TYPES OF BUREAUCRATS, EXCEPT? A) Civic. B) Representative. C) Neutral. D) Partisan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Civic. 24. Santhanam Committee did not identify which of the following as a major cause of corruption? A) Administrative delay. B) Absence of regulatory functions of government. C) . A cumbersome process. D) Relying on employee's discretion in exercise of authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Absence of regulatory functions of government. 25. One choice theory is economic explanation of: A) Religion. B) Psychology. C) Political decision making. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Psychology. 26. The history of evolution of the Public Administration is generally divided into A) Seven phases. B) One phase. C) Eleven phases. D) Five phases. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Five phases. 27. List the 3 roles of PSD. A) Training, con and disciplinary control. B) Planning, development and management. C) Promotion, appointment and transfer of service. D) Pension, placement and recruitment emplacement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Planning, development and management. 28. When did the first signs of government appear? A) 10th and 9th century B.C. B) 8th and 7th century B.C. C) 5th and 4th century B.C. D) 3rd and 2nd century B.C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8th and 7th century B.C. 29. Which pathway of Government and Public Administration includes workers involved in making and executing public policy by working with other officials, constituents, and interest groups. Includes officials elected or appointed to government positions and support staff. A) Governance. B) National Security. C) Foreign Service. D) Planning. E) Revenue and Taxation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Governance. 30. What is appointment? A) Commission manages the appointment of personnel in the public service on permanent, temporary, contractual. B) Meeting with a doctor at hospital. C) Dating with your boyfriend at MS. D) Trial period and personnel confirmation status. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Commission manages the appointment of personnel in the public service on permanent, temporary, contractual. 31. Based on surveys taken by executive branch federal employees in 1992 and 2010, the most frequently cited wrongdoing that survey respondents reported having observed in the previous 12 months was "waste caused by a badly managed program." Employees were reluctant to report this wasteful activity because of: A) The belief that nothing would be done to correct the activity. B) The fear of reprisals. C) The fear of being labeled a traitor. D) The fear of being accused of stepping outside of the internal chain of command. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The belief that nothing would be done to correct the activity. 32. The phases in the evolution of intergovernmental relations have overlapping dates and carryover effects, but specific elements highlight each phase. The descriptor used for which phase stands for "the specific, functional, and highly focused nature of intergovernmental interaction" ? A) Creative phase (1960-1968). B) Contemporary phase (1970-present). C) Cooperative federalism phase (1901-1960). D) Dual federalism phase (1865-1901). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cooperative federalism phase (1901-1960). 33. Which pathway of Government and Public Administration includes workers who combine technical or industry knowledge with knowledge of related laws, rules and regulatory systems to monitor or influence regulations that protect public health, safety or the environment. Includes regulation of financial, transportation and public utility industries. A) Regulation. B) Public Management and Administration. C) Governance. D) National Security. E) Foreign Service. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Regulation. 34. Who among the following focuses on the politics of the budget process? A) Robert golembiewski. B) Aaron Wildewski. C) Jesse Burkhead. D) A Premchand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aaron Wildewski. 35. The 15th Amendment of the Constitution provides that, "The right of US citizens to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." The Amendment gives Congress the authority to enforce those rights and regulate the voting process. With the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the federal government established extensive federal oversight of elections administration in covered state and local jurisdictions with long histories of voting discrimination. Through judicial interpretation, the Supreme Court has historically forced state and local governments to meet certain demands that they were otherwise unwilling or unable to meet. Which of the following is the most accurate statement with regard to the 2013 Supreme Court decision on voting rights? A) Pre-clearance unjustifiably violates state and local governments' constitutional prerogative to regulate elections within their borders. B) Times change, and the law has run its course. C) Current conditions, not history alone, must justify continuing application of the law. D) The Supreme Court has become more of a political agent as evidenced by both its selection of issues to review and decisions of cases along ideologically predictable lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Current conditions, not history alone, must justify continuing application of the law. 36. Which of the following is an example of whistleblowing? A) A newspaper columnist writes a story reporting accounting fraud committed by city contractor. B) An office administrator inflates the numbers in her official monthly reports. C) An employee notifies OSHA that a trucking company requires its employees to drive in excess of OSHA's hours-of-service regulations. D) After having exhausted all internal reporting options, a former employee drops the issue once he switches jobs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An employee notifies OSHA that a trucking company requires its employees to drive in excess of OSHA's hours-of-service regulations. 37. Refer to the following text, and then answer the question. "Federalism is simply the best political system ever conceived of for maximizing human happiness. A one-size-fits-all policy imposed at the national level has the potential to make very large numbers of citizens unhappy, even if it was arrived at democratically. Pushing political questions and government decisions down to the lowest democratic level possible-to states, counties, cities, school boards-while protecting basic civil rights, guarantees that more people will have a say in how they live their lives. More people will be happy, and the moral legitimacy of political decisions will be greater." What does the author seem to believe about US federalism? A) Citizen-enacted policies may be more responsive to citizens' needs. B) Local governments can be effective in enacting policies that protect national interests. C) It needs re-tooling. D) Citizens are not happy with the policies imposed at the federal level. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Citizen-enacted policies may be more responsive to citizens' needs. 38. A system that divides up power between a strong national government and smaller local governments. A) Executive Branch. B) Judicial branch. C) Federal government. D) Legislative branch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Federal government. 39. What is public service commission? A) Prerogative of the head of department who normally places and officer. B) To regulate and implement personnel policies to ensure that all public service have an efficient and discipline staff. C) It responsible to administer all matters related to staff since the first day until retirement. D) It is responsible for the general administration of the public services of Malaysia's federal government. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is responsible for the general administration of the public services of Malaysia's federal government. 40. Career Examples:Business ManagerAgency DirectorFederal Aid CoordinatorCensus ClerkCity PlannerEmergency PlannerCommissionerCounty Service Director A) Regulation. B) Public Management and Administration. C) Governance. D) Planning. E) Revenue and Taxation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Planning. 41. The Cooper model of ethical decision-making includes which of the following steps? A) The descriptive task. B) Identifying alternative courses of action. C) Projecting the possible consequences. D) All of these answers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these answers. 42. Which pathway of Government and Public Administration includes occupations related to the developing of long-and short-term land use plans for residential, commercial, institutional and recreational purposes in urban, suburban and rural communities. A) Regulation. B) Public Management and Administration. C) Governance. D) Planning. E) Revenue and Taxation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Planning. 43. There are at least four major classes of public expenditures included in the budget. Which of the following tends to be the largest class of public expenditures? A) Capital expenditures. B) Debt servicing. C) Public program expenditures. D) Capital gains. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Debt servicing. 44. A state university suspended its chief diversity officer after it was discovered that he had signed a petition to put same-sex marriage on the state ballot for a referendum vote. The university is home to a large contingent of gay and lesbian students, and the university's position is that the diversity officer is a public employee, and by signing the petition, the diversity officer may have alienated a large portion of the student body and may not be as effective in carrying out the university's mission. Which of the following statements best justifies whether or not the university was correct or incorrect in making this decision? A) The university was correct in questioning the diversity officer's ability to perform his job. B) The university was incorrect, because its actions infringed upon the diversity officer's First Amendment right to free speech. C) The university was incorrect, because it failed to provide the proper training on university policies and the consequences of employee violations. D) The university was correct in disciplining a public employee for engaging in political activities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The university was incorrect, because its actions infringed upon the diversity officer's First Amendment right to free speech. 45. According to various laws regarding workplace diversity, which of the following is prohibited in the workplace? A) Ethnic slurs. B) Offhand comments. C) Physical conduct. D) Derogatory comments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Offhand comments. 46. Public Personnel Administration A) Is about how machineries are handled. B) Is about how workforce in the public sector are managed. C) Is about how workforce in the private sector are managed. D) Is about how students are managed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is about how workforce in the public sector are managed. 47. Which of the following scholars did not lay any emphasis on administrative ethics? A) Paul ApplePalby. B) Frederick Mosher. C) Chanakya. D) David Osborne and Ted Gabler. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chanakya. 48. The Terms of Bureaucracy, Except? A) Administrative agencies function as organizations within a governmental system a bureaucracy is an administrative group of nonelected officials charged with carrying out functions connected to a series of policies and programs. B) Is an organisationalstructure that is characterisedby many rules, standardisedprocesses, procedures and requirements, number of desks, meticulous division of labourand responsibility, clear hierarchies and professional, almost impersonal interactions between employees. C) Is a form of private sectors and organization. D) Also known as the bureaucratic theory of management, bureaucratic management theory or the max weber theory. For Weber bureaucracy was the most efficient way to set up an organisation, administration and organizations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is a form of private sectors and organization. 49. Phase IV in the evolution of public administration, from 1938-1937, is known as the "behavioral challenge" period. Which of the following best describes the dynamics of public administration during that period? A) The discipline was widened to include policy issues and decision-making processes. B) There was a crisis of identity in public administration as a discipline. C) There was a specific focus on the dynamics that were unique to administration. D) The "science" of administration gained greater credibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The discipline was widened to include policy issues and decision-making processes. 50. Hawthorne Experiment/study? A) Informal group within formal organisation has potential in controlling employee habits and attitudes. B) Cooperate with the workers so as to ensure that all work is done in accordance with the principles of the science that has been developed. C) Rationality Recruitment and selection of personnel should be impartial. D) Democracy Responsibility and authority should be recognized by designations and not by persons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Informal group within formal organisation has potential in controlling employee habits and attitudes. 51. Dichotomy of Politician, Except? A) Motivated by internal, external and intrinsic motive. B) Behaviour should be characterised by passion and a willingness to fight for one's beliefs. C) Voters heart and political party. D) Make policies (acts, rules, procedures, program, project and others). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motivated by internal, external and intrinsic motive. 52. Which one is right? A) Mini Ratna PSE may have wholly owned subsidiaries. B) Mini Ratna PSEs cannot raise capital from international markets. C) Mini Ratna may include PSE-authorized directors. D) There are two types of Mini Ratna Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There are two types of Mini Ratna Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs). 53. Fill in the blank. Several arbitrators influence how public finances are ultimately dispersed. The public has designated ..... to determine how public money should be spent. A) Judges. B) Politicians. C) Bureaucrats. D) Corporate leaders. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Politicians. 54. Which of the following statements regarding New Public Management is not correct? A) :Market orientation. B) . It supports public interest. C) Advocates managerial autonomy. D) . Focuses on performance appraisal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) . It supports public interest. 55. Which of the following is NOT a career within the Regulation Pathway? A) Investigator. B) Economic development coordinator. C) Aviation safety officer. D) Child support officer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Economic development coordinator. 56. What is the minimum educational requirement necessary to work as an investigator within the Regulation Pathway? A) Master's degree. B) No formal educational requirements are necessary. C) Doctoral degree. D) Bachelor's degree. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No formal educational requirements are necessary. 57. In The Narrow Sense Public Administration Includes A) Executive Function. B) Legislative Function. C) Both 1 & 2. D) None Of These Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Legislative Function. 58. IT IS THE CONCERN FOR THE ECOSYSTEM. A) PLANTITA. B) NATURE-LOVER. C) ENVIRONMETALISM. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ENVIRONMETALISM. 59. What was not a result of the PWA A) Reduced unemployment. B) It was successful. It benefited construction. C) Increased purchasing power through the construction of highways and public buildings. D) Contributed to a revival of American industry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was successful. It benefited construction. 60. Fill in the blanks. According to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), a typical federal agency strategic plan should span a minimum ..... but is considered current for only ..... A) 2 year period; 1 year. B) 6 year period; 3 years. C) 5 year period; 1 year. D) 10 year period; 2 years. 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