This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Polity > Public Administration > Public Administration – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Public Administration Quiz 11 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Functions and Role of Public Administration? A) Maintaining public order, social security, welfare and economic infrastructure and enforcement of contractual. B) Public Adminitration is the art and science of management as applied to the affairs of the state. C) Public Administration is meant the activities of the executive branches of the national, state, & local governments. D) Administration refers to the activity of administrating, leading, directing, as well as to the total of administrative organs in a country or section of an institution encharged with administrating that institution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maintaining public order, social security, welfare and economic infrastructure and enforcement of contractual. 2. Which vocabulary term is a rule or directive made and maintained by an authority A) Government. B) Public Administration. C) Foreign. D) Revenue. E) Regulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Regulation. 3. One of the objectives of personnel administration is A) Personnel objective. B) Employee objective. C) Personal objective. D) Persona objective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personal objective. 4. The government is responsible for carrying out, or executing, the laws. A) Executive Branch. B) Governor. C) House of Representatives. D) Mayor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Executive Branch. 5. In which of the following countries the Central Civil Service Commission is not responsible for recruitment to higher civil services? A) .Canada. B) Great Britain. C) , usa. D) France. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Great Britain. 6. The core mission of the Office of Management and Budget is to serve the President of the United States in implementing his vision across the executive branch. Which of the following is incompatible with the Office of Management and Budget's implementation and enforcement of presidential policy government wide? A) The Office of Management and Budget reviews and approves all agency communications with Congress, including testimony and draft bills. B) The Office of Management and Budget oversees agency performance and procurement. C) The Office of Management and Budget controls the activities involved in filling key administrative positions. D) The Office of Management and Budget issues executive orders and presidential memoranda to agency heads and other officials. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Office of Management and Budget controls the activities involved in filling key administrative positions. 7. Article II of the US Constitution outlines presidential powers, and over time, the executive branch has assumed additional powers. The term "imperial presidency, " meaning a US presidency that is characterized by greater power than the Constitution allows, has been used to characterize the Nixon and Reagan presidencies. Which of the following arguments supports the premise of the imperial nature of the US presidency? A) The president has great leeway in reorganizing the federal government. B) The president has created new advisory bodies and appointed staff people who are personally loyal to the person holding the office of president. C) The president has expansive authorities in dictating federal spending. D) Personnel in the executive office of the president may act independent of, without regard for, and without accountability to Congress. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personnel in the executive office of the president may act independent of, without regard for, and without accountability to Congress. 8. A form of public administration which, in a majority of contexts, exists as the lowest tier of administration within a given state. A) Federal Government. B) Local Government. C) Senate. D) Governor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Local Government. 9. Most policies affecting k-12 education traditionally fall under state authority. However, President Bush's signature domestic policy initiative, "No Child Left Behind, " mandated certain local procedures, including student testing, curriculum and teacher standards, and the imposition of penalties on nonperforming schools. Implementation of this law is an example of which of the following? A) Centralization. B) Dual federalism. C) Devolution. D) Cooperative federalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cooperative federalism. 10. The Chamber of Commerce is: A) A local or regional public economic development organization that helps promote local businesses. B) The supreme legislative body of a nation. C) The formal process by which voters make their political choices on public issues or candidates for public office. D) Campaigns by the common or ordinary people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A local or regional public economic development organization that helps promote local businesses. 11. The smaller upper assembly in the US Congress, most US states, France, and other countries. A) Senate. B) Governor. C) Mayor. D) Legislator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Senate. 12. The implementation of Public Policy is known as ..... A) Public Administration. B) Citizenship. C) Revenue. D) Census. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Public Administration. 13. "..to regulate and implement personnel policies toensure that all public service have an efficient and discipline staff.." refers to the responsibility of the A) Public Service Commission. B) Department of Manpower. C) Ministry of Human Resource. D) Public Service Department. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Public Service Department. 14. ROLE OF BUREAUCRACY IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, EXCEPT? A) Formulating and implementing government policies. B) Monitoring the overall policy implementation. C) Response to all segments of the country's population. D) Produce and deliver goods and services to private agency-private agency delivery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Produce and deliver goods and services to private agency-private agency delivery. 15. Which is the MOST true about careers in Government & Public Administration? A) They typically involve completing the same task each day, involve problem solving and critical thinking skills, often require long hours including weekends, and use a variety of technology. B) They typically involve a variety of tasks that are different each day, involve problem solving but not critical thinking skills, often require long hours including weekends, and use a variety of technology. C) They typically involve a variety of tasks that are different each day, involve problem solving and critical thinking skills, and are typically regular Monday through Friday work week hours. D) They typically involve a variety of tasks that are different each day, involve problem solving and critical thinking skills, often require long hours including weekends, and use a variety of technology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They typically involve a variety of tasks that are different each day, involve problem solving and critical thinking skills, often require long hours including weekends, and use a variety of technology. 16. Which vocabulary term is income, especially when of a company or organization and of a substantial nature A) Government. B) Public Administration. C) Foreign. D) Revenue. E) Regulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Revenue. 17. Even though there are differences between collective bargaining in the public and private sectors, there are certain concepts and legal factors that should be present in both arenas. Which of the following is NOT a bargaining issue within either sphere? A) Inalienable rights given to management, employees, and the union. B) The creation of an agency or office to supervise the process. C) Equal rights for women and minorities. D) Determination as to who will be included on the bargaining unit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Equal rights for women and minorities. 18. Who has analyzed leadership in terms of 'circular response'? A) A. C.I. bernard. B) B. M. P. Follett. C) C. millet. D) Dee Taylor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. M. P. Follett. 19. Which of the following statements about shaping your strategic plan is effectively instructive? A) Ambiguous plan goals may lead to misinterpretation of the desired outcomes. B) Focus your strategic plan goals to avoid overloading your plan with more than you can accomplish. C) Strategic plans break down when they fail to identify who will be responsible for executing specific tasks. D) Your strategic plan should be integrated into your operational plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Strategic plans break down when they fail to identify who will be responsible for executing specific tasks. 20. Which form of evaluation assesses the extent to which a program is operating as intended and typically assesses program activities' conformance to statutory and regulatory requirements, program design, and customer expectations? A) Impact evaluation. B) Process/implementation evaluation. C) Outcome evaluation. D) Cost-benefit/cost effectiveness analyses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Process/implementation evaluation. ← 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