This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Polity > Public Administration > Public Administration – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Public Administration Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is not a feature of good governance? A) Nepotism. B) Rule of law. C) Transparency. D) Accountability. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nepotism. 2. The prevailing view of public administration divides its scope into two parts, administrative theory and applied administration. Which of the following is a part of the administrative theory point of view? A) Social welfare. B) Public personnel administration. C) Legislative. D) Financial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Public personnel administration. 3. Agencies take different approaches to strategic planning, but some of the most universal features of the planning process include which of the following? A) Setting a vision for the future. B) Assessing where an organization is currently. C) Measuring to evaluate progress. D) All of these answers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these answers. 4. The process of personnel administration include in A) Personnel planning & job analysis. B) Recruitment. C) Selection. D) All as stated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All as stated. 5. What makes a plan "strategic" ? A) Having committed organizational leaders. B) Determining the most effective allocation and use of resources. C) Setting challenging goals. D) Setting a timeline for implementation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Determining the most effective allocation and use of resources. 6. According to political theorists, public administrators attempt to solve the problems of government through the use of the bureaucracy. Which of the following is best suited to accomplish this task? A) Judicial. B) Civil service. C) Congress. D) Executive branch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Executive branch. 7. Which of the following administrative thinkers defined administration as "the organization and direction of human and material resources to achieve desired goals" ? A) Ale. D. White. B) Ale. d. C) S. which. A. Velocity. D) H.S. A. Simon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) S. which. A. Velocity. 8. When was the U.S. Constitution written? A) 1492. B) 1667. C) 1779. D) 1787. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1787. 9. Public administrators ..... in many roles:ranging from "front-line" positions serving the public (e.g., parole officers and border guards); administrators (e.g., auditors); analysts (e.g., policy analysts); and managers and executives of government branches and agencies A) Leave. B) Serve. C) Put. D) Make. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Serve. 10. Among the challenges faced by the PPA are EXCEPT A) Globalisation. B) Technology. C) Cost. D) Laws. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Laws. 11. Complete the following sentence. Research shows that public and private managers have very few differences in overall measures of motivation. However, for some people, government employment appeals to their desire to: A) Earn lots of money. B) Serve the public interest. C) Be elected to public office. D) Influence market outcomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Serve the public interest. 12. When was PWA created and when did it end? A) The PWA was created by the National Industry Recovery Act in June 1933 and ended in July 1939. B) The PWA was created by the National Industry Recovery Act in June 1960 and ended in July 1970. C) The PWA was created by the National Industry Recovery Act in May 1899 and ended in July 1902. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The PWA was created by the National Industry Recovery Act in June 1933 and ended in July 1939. 13. Which of the following represents the correct sequence of the four basic steps in a status classification scheme? A) . Job Analysis-Validation of Posts-Allotment of Posts. B) Standardization-Job Analysis Allotment of posts. C) Grouping of posts-Job analysis-Allocation of posts-Standardization. D) Job analysis-grouping of post-location allocation-standardization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . Job Analysis-Validation of Posts-Allotment of Posts. 14. What is function of disciplinary control and action? A) For give the advice to the higher. B) For control the attitude. C) For appoint the public servant. D) For dismissal and demotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) For dismissal and demotion. 15. What was the PWA? A) Part of Roosevelts New Deal programs. Put people to work building or improving public buildings like schools, post offices, etc. B) Put people directly on the federal payroll to repair roads, paint schools, rake leaves, and build playgrounds. C) Massive work relief program funded projects ranging from construction to acting; disbanded by FDR during WWII. D) Relief that provided work for young men 18-25 years old in food control, planting, flood work, etc. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Part of Roosevelts New Deal programs. Put people to work building or improving public buildings like schools, post offices, etc. 16. Complete the following sentence. The Programming, Planning, and Budgeting System (PPBS) is a stronger model than performance-based budgeting if you are seeking: A) Greater operational control. B) Greater program accountability. C) Greater management control. D) Greater funding availability. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greater program accountability. 17. To encourage the public to register for Covid-19 vaccination is an example of a PPA A) Personal objective. B) Functional objective. C) Societal objective. D) Organisational objective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Societal objective. 18. Behaviorism is associated with: A) Socialism. B) Humanism. C) Rationalism. D) Communication. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Socialism. 19. The present constitution of the USA was adopted in A) 1786. B) 1787. C) 1788. D) 1789. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1787. 20. Globalisation means? A) Financial market system is centered in a single state. B) The growth of a single unified world market. C) Geographical location of a firm is of utmost importance. D) Foreign capitalist transactions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The growth of a single unified world market. Next →Related QuizzesPolity QuizzesPublic Administration Quiz 2Public Administration Quiz 3Public Administration Quiz 4Public Administration Quiz 5Public Administration Quiz 6Public Administration Quiz 7Public Administration Quiz 8Public Administration Quiz 9Public Administration Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books