This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Polity > Public Administration > Public Administration – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Public Administration Quiz 12 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Importance elements in New Public Management, Except? A) The government should pay more attention to job performance. B) Government should meet the needs of customers, not the need of bureaucracy. C) Government decentralization:from hierarchical to participation and collaboration. D) Attached great importance to the citizenship more than entrepreneurial spirit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Attached great importance to the citizenship more than entrepreneurial spirit. 2. Which of the following Central Ministry / Office / Commission publishes Economic Survey? A) Ministry of Finance. B) Ministry. Statistics and program implementation. C) Planning Commission. D) Cabinet Secretariat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ministry of Finance. 3. Federal tax revenue is derived from a variety of sources. Which of the following is NOT taxable by the federal government? A) Individual and corporate revenue. B) Inheritance and estate revenue. C) User fees. D) Social security wages. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Social security wages. 4. Which is the book of Frank J. Goodnow? 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: A) Politics and Administration. 5. Which pathway considers many factors, such as population and traffic patterns in order to determine how to best use an area's resources? A) Planning. B) Governance. C) Revenue & Taxation. D) Regulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Planning. 6. Public Management and Administration is ..... A) The government department concerned with the representation of a country abroad. B) Approach to government administration and non-profit administration that aim to maximize efficiency and effectiveness and provide improved customer service. C) A rule or directive made and maintained by an authority. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Approach to government administration and non-profit administration that aim to maximize efficiency and effectiveness and provide improved customer service. 7. All of the organisations listed are PPA EXCEPT A) Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). B) Employee Provident Fund (EPF). C) Malaysia Airlines System (MAS). D) Institut Tadbiran Awam Negara (INTAN). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Malaysia Airlines System (MAS). 8. The implementation of government policy and also an academic discipline that studies this implementation and prepares civil servants for working in the public service A) Mayor. B) Federal Government. C) Senate. D) Public Administration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Public Administration. 9. Which of the following revenue sources accounts for the smallest contribution to local government coffers? A) Property taxes. B) Individual income taxes. C) Intergovernmental transfers. D) User fees/charges. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Individual income taxes. 10. The Bush Administration developed and used the Program Assessment and Rating Tool (PART) as its principal means of tracking performance and assessing federal program effectiveness. Which of the following statements about PART's pragmatism is true? A) The performance measures apply to most agency programs. B) Program data collection/outcome planning supports budget planning processes. C) Budgetary caps are effective guidelines to shape program objectives. D) Program measures were not effective in both shaping program improvements and informing budget allocations. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Program measures were not effective in both shaping program improvements and informing budget allocations. 11. Extensive program planning systems gained popularity in the 1960s during the great society social programs associated with the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Which of the following best describes an important lesson for each succeeding administration? A) Program planning systems can be a time consuming process that does not translate easily from agency to agency. B) Only preliminary evaluation is possible, because change implementation requires five years. C) Program planning systems can be helpful in measuring how far objectives are achieved economically. D) Program planning systems provide regular procedures for reviewing goals and objectives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Program planning systems can be a time consuming process that does not translate easily from agency to agency. 12. Ethics are principles that guide decision-making, and there are a variety of ethical theories to help shape that decision-making process. Read the statement below, and then indicate which ethical theory was violated. "A governor borrowed a car from his local dealership to take it for a test drive. He kept the car for four years, during which the dealership won millions in state contracts." A) People should honor their obligations and duties. B) The choice that yields the greatest benefit to the most people is the ethically correct choice. C) The rights set forth by a society should be considered ethically correct and valid since the majority of the population endorses them. D) A person should be judged by his character rather than by an action that may deviate from his normal behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People should honor their obligations and duties. 13. What is vision of PSD? A) High performing, integrity dynamic and citizen centric public service. B) To be a wonderful public service firm in winding up its functions. C) Into higher grade. D) Responsible for the general administration of the public services. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) High performing, integrity dynamic and citizen centric public service. 14. 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 is the best title for this text? A) Collaborative Policymaking:How Everyone Can Benefit. B) The New Progressive Federalism. C) To Make Government Work, Go Local. D) Elevating the Role of the State. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To Make Government Work, Go Local. 15. Which of the following statements best describes the purpose of a budget in public agencies? A) Budgets reflect a rational decision-making process. B) Budgets reflect the political issues of the moment. C) Budgets are statements about management priorities. D) Budgets are a means of forecasting expenditures. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Budgets are a means of forecasting expenditures. 16. Which of the following articles of the Indian Constitution provides for creation of All India Service? A) .300 Clause. B) , Article 312. C) , Article 320. D) Article 321. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) , Article 312. 17. What is PSD? A) The commission have the authority to appoint and dismiss most members. B) Eating at MS. C) To ensure that all public service have an efficient and discipline staff. D) Made immediately on appointment or at the end of a short induction cost or a longer training programmed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To ensure that all public service have an efficient and discipline staff. 18. What was the major purpose of the PWA? A) The purpose was to employ young men to perform unskilled work in rural areas. B) The purpose was to employ people to build schools, ports, and aircraft carriers. This helped give jobs to people in the Great Depression, and it helped stimulate the economy. C) The purpose was to provide jobs and income to the unemployed during the Great Depression in the United States. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The purpose was to employ people to build schools, ports, and aircraft carriers. This helped give jobs to people in the Great Depression, and it helped stimulate the economy. 19. What is the purposes of PPA? A) Concern with acquisition, development, utilization and compensation. B) Employee who work in the public sector. C) To retain performing, intelligent and capable civil servants. D) Helps the government reach its goals and objectives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To retain performing, intelligent and capable civil servants. 20. The objectives of training are, EXCEPT A) To produce skillful workers. B) To prepare for change. C) To motivate. D) To increase turnover. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To increase turnover. ← 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