This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Polity > Public Administration > Public Administration – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Public Administration Quiz 10 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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) 6 year period; 3 years. B) 5 year period; 1 year. C) 2 year period; 1 year. D) 10 year period; 2 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6 year period; 3 years. 2. Public administration is carried out by public servants ..... work in public departments and agencies, at all levels of government, and perform a wide range of tasks A) Why. B) Of whom. C) By where. D) Who. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Who. 3. Which of the following is the minimum educational and service requirements necessary to be appointed as a diplomatic officer within the Foreign Services Pathway? A) Must be a U.S. citizen between the ages of 21 to 37, have bachelor's degree and meet many other qualifications. B) Must be U.S. citizen between the ages of 18 to 25. C) Must have a Ph.D. D) Must be a U.S. citizen with an associate's degree. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Must be a U.S. citizen between the ages of 21 to 37, have bachelor's degree and meet many other qualifications. 4. The prevailing view of public administration divides the subject into two parts, administrative theory and applied administration. Which of the following is included in applied administration? A) Public personnel management. B) Political functions. C) Organizational theory. D) Behavioral theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Political functions. 5. Employees are the most valuable asset that agencies have in their efforts to reduce fraud, waste, and abuse. Ultimately, the best way to ensure that employees will report wrongdoing is to do which of the following? A) Create agency cultures that make it clear that management wants to stop wrongdoing. B) Provide legal protections for whistleblowers that experience actual retaliation or threats of retaliation. C) Expand efforts to create transparency in program activities. D) Avoid agency cultures that make it clear that management wants to stop wrongdoing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Create agency cultures that make it clear that management wants to stop wrongdoing. 6. The presence of unions and collective bargaining units has receded in many sectors over the past decade but are pretty prominent for public employees. Which of the following statements regarding collective bargaining between management and labor in a bilateral decision-making process is false? A) Management and labor should meet and, in good faith, negotiate such matters as wages, hours, etc. B) Management and labor should agree to share responsibility for administering the provisions of a contract. C) Local governments determine bargaining in some states. D) Management should produce a contract without a specified duration, because government managers can still act unilaterally on behalf of employees. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Management should produce a contract without a specified duration, because government managers can still act unilaterally on behalf of employees. 7. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, an agency of the US government under the Department of Labor with the responsibility of ensuring safety at work and a healthful work environment A) Judge. B) OSHA. C) Judicial Branch. D) Legislator. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) OSHA. 8. Malaysian Political and Administrative structure are divided into three branches, except A) Judiciary. B) Executive. C) Bureaucracy. D) Legislative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bureaucracy. 9. Complete the following sentence. Beginning with the Nixon administration, the primary focus of new federalism was on: A) Federal and state government relations. B) Federal, state, and local government relations. C) State and local government relations. D) Interstate government relations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Federal, state, and local government relations. 10. The five E's of public administration affect elements like the need for good governance, transparency, and accountability in public administration in the US. Which of these E's is compatible with managing public resources to provide the most products at the lowest cost? A) Equity. B) Economy. C) Effectiveness. D) Efficiency. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Economy. 11. Which pathway of Government and Public Administration includes occupations related to the regulations and policies that manage the stewardship of public resources used by government agencies, public corporations, and trusts. Includes budgeting, personnel management, and procurement. A) Planning. B) Public Management and Administration. C) Governance. D) National Security. E) Foreign Service. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Public Management and Administration. 12. The characteristics of the traditional model of public administration include which of the following? A) An apolitical civil service. B) Hierarchy and rules. C) Permanence and stability. D) All of these answers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these answers. 13. There are two general categories of spending in the US federal budget:discretionary and mandatory. Which of the following line items falls into the category of discretionary? A) Defense spending. B) Social security. C) Home mortgage deduction. D) GI bill. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Defense spending. 14. Phase II in the evolution of public administration, from 1927-1937, established the discipline of public administration as an independent science. The succeeding Phase III, from 1939-1947, brought changes in the nature of the discipline. Which of the following should be included in Phase III? A) Inclusion of the visible side of government. B) Inclusion of the functions of the executive-planning, organizing, staffing, directing, coordinating, reporting, and budgeting (POSDCORB). C) An emphasis on the effects of the environment on administrative behavior. D) A focus on the dynamics of administration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An emphasis on the effects of the environment on administrative behavior. 15. Max Weber's legal-rational model of bureaucracy has which of the following elements? A) Impersonal order. B) Rationality in decision-making. C) Bounded rationality. D) Empiricism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Impersonal order. 16. Which of the following experiments was not involved in the Hawthorne experiment? A) Bank wire monitoring room. B) Relay Assembly Test Chamber. C) . metal cutting. D) Greg lights. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) . metal cutting. 17. Which of the following statements is the most relevant criticism of the zero-based budgeting approach? A) Zero-based budgeting greatly hinders program consistency. B) Zero-based budgeting may increase the time and expense of preparing a budget. C) Zero-based budgeting makes budget discussions more substantive during review sessions. D) Zero-based budgeting will reduce the entitlement mentality with respect to cost increases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zero-based budgeting may increase the time and expense of preparing a budget. 18. The national performance review conducted during the Clinton administration resulted in which of the following changes to the budget development process? A) Biannual budgets. B) Zero-based budgeting. C) Civil service reform. D) A planning-programming-budgeting system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biannual budgets. 19. Which of the following best describes an advantage of hiring individuals based on the patronage system? A) Subordinates' loyalty. B) Merit principles. C) Individuals' expertise. D) Employee competence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subordinates' loyalty. 20. How many principles of organization did Henry Fioll mention? A) 10. B) 14. C) 5. D) 9. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 14. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPolity QuizzesPublic Administration Quiz 1Public Administration Quiz 2Public Administration Quiz 3Public Administration Quiz 4Public Administration Quiz 5Public Administration Quiz 6Public Administration Quiz 7Public Administration Quiz 8Public Administration Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books