This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Polity > Public Administration > Public Administration – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Public Administration Quiz 14 (13 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Complete the following sentence. Prior to the Civil War, the Constitution focused primarily on establishing the limitations of the federal government. Passage of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments immediately after the Civil War shifted the focus in the balance of power to: A) Divert funds from local government to the federal government. B) Subject a state's control over its own citizens to oversight by either the federal judiciary or Congress. C) Expand the powers of local governments. D) Focus of the rights of the individual. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject a state's control over its own citizens to oversight by either the federal judiciary or Congress. 2. The timeline for a typical state budget includes at least seven stages, from an agency's budget request to the day the budget year begins. Which of the following would be the most important step in this process? A) Public hearings. B) Governor's budget request. C) Legislature adoption. D) Governor signs or vetoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Legislature adoption. 3. Who ruled the thirteen colonies? A) Greek kings. B) The Chinese government. C) The British government. D) Ancient pharaohs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The British government. 4. Rajya Sabha in India consists of A) 238 members. B) 250 members. C) 254 members. D) 256 members. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 250 members. 5. Professionals working in the Foreign Service pathway serve as ..... of the United States in its embassies, consulates and diplomatic missions around the world. A) Management. B) Governor. C) Representatives. D) Legislators. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Representatives. 6. The term bureaucracy could be used to describe which of the following? A) The organizational structure and set of regulations that control the activities of people who work in large organizations. B) The division of responsibilities, hierarchy, and informal networks that connect organizations. C) The intricate distribution of authority and patterns of cooperation present in interpreting and executing policies. D) All of these answers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these answers. 7. Which of the following defines a strategic plan? A) Assessing the results of previous activities compared to expectations. B) Planning that relies heavily on an organization's "capacity". C) Both A and B. D) None of these answers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both A and B. 8. Which pathway of Government and Public Administration includes workers who ensure that governments obtain revenues from businesses and citizens by collecting tax dollars, reviewing tax returns, conducting audits, monitoring taxes payable and collecting overdue tax dollars. A) Regulation. B) Public Management and Administration. C) Governance. D) National Security. E) Revenue and Taxation. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Revenue and Taxation. 9. Ethics and accountability in government operations are essential in preventing a corrupt system. To ensure an unbiased system, which of the following bridges the gap between public perception and the performance of public service? A) Partiality. B) Honesty. C) Transparency. D) A system to monitor and control the quality of government activities. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transparency. 10. Public Administration Refers To: A) A Process. B) A study. C) A Dicipline. D) All Of These. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All Of These. 11. Discrimination in the workplace has led to many legal challenges. The US Supreme Court decision in the 1971 Griggs et al. v. Duke Power Company case led to which major finding? A) Acknowledgement that the company openly discriminated prior to 1964. B) No law prohibits an employer's use of testing or measuring procedures. C) An employee with minority origins should receive preferential treatment. D) Any test used must measure the person for the job and not the person in the abstract. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Any test used must measure the person for the job and not the person in the abstract. 12. How might an organization interpret a narrow view of public administration? A) Public administration is a part of the political process. B) Public administration covers all branches of government. C) Public administration covers the administrative functions related to the executive branch. D) Public administration is associated with numerous public sector groups. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Public administration covers the administrative functions related to the executive branch. 13. Complete the following sentence with a logical clause. In the American political system, the advantages of federalism include: A) More measured public policies created through compromise and public debate. B) The inclusion of dissenting and different ethnic, cultural, and racial minority viewpoints in policy decisions. C) Uniformity in policy making processes across states. D) A cohesive system of checks and balances. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The inclusion of dissenting and different ethnic, cultural, and racial minority viewpoints in policy decisions. ← PreviousRelated 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