This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Polity > Public Administration > Public Administration – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Public Administration Quiz 8 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In which of the following are public and private administrations not common? A) FILING. B) ACCOUNTING. C) SCOPE AND COMPLEXITY. D) MANAGERIAL TECHNIQUES. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) SCOPE AND COMPLEXITY. 2. Complete the following sentence. The passage of the Pendleton Civil Service Act led to: A) The creation of a grievance system for prospective public employees. B) More public support for patronage jobs. C) Employee recruitment and hiring based upon merit. D) A stable federal, state, and local government workforce. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Employee recruitment and hiring based upon merit. 3. TYPES OF BUREAUCRATS, EXCEPT? A) Partisan. B) Civic. C) Neutral. D) Representative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Civic. 4. Santhanam Committee did not identify which of the following as a major cause of corruption? A) Administrative delay. B) Relying on employee's discretion in exercise of authority. C) . A cumbersome process. D) Absence of regulatory functions of government. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Absence of regulatory functions of government. 5. One choice theory is economic explanation of: A) Religion. B) Psychology. C) Political decision making. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Psychology. 6. The history of evolution of the Public Administration is generally divided into A) One phase. B) Five phases. C) Seven phases. D) Eleven phases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Five phases. 7. List the 3 roles of PSD. A) Training, con and disciplinary control. B) Planning, development and management. C) Promotion, appointment and transfer of service. D) Pension, placement and recruitment emplacement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Planning, development and management. 8. When did the first signs of government appear? A) 10th and 9th century B.C. B) 8th and 7th century B.C. C) 5th and 4th century B.C. D) 3rd and 2nd century B.C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8th and 7th century B.C. 9. Which pathway of Government and Public Administration includes workers involved in making and executing public policy by working with other officials, constituents, and interest groups. Includes officials elected or appointed to government positions and support staff. A) Governance. B) National Security. C) Foreign Service. D) Planning. E) Revenue and Taxation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Governance. 10. What is appointment? A) Commission manages the appointment of personnel in the public service on permanent, temporary, contractual. B) Meeting with a doctor at hospital. C) Dating with your boyfriend at MS. D) Trial period and personnel confirmation status. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Commission manages the appointment of personnel in the public service on permanent, temporary, contractual. 11. Based on surveys taken by executive branch federal employees in 1992 and 2010, the most frequently cited wrongdoing that survey respondents reported having observed in the previous 12 months was "waste caused by a badly managed program." Employees were reluctant to report this wasteful activity because of: A) The belief that nothing would be done to correct the activity. B) The fear of reprisals. C) The fear of being labeled a traitor. D) The fear of being accused of stepping outside of the internal chain of command. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The belief that nothing would be done to correct the activity. 12. The phases in the evolution of intergovernmental relations have overlapping dates and carryover effects, but specific elements highlight each phase. The descriptor used for which phase stands for "the specific, functional, and highly focused nature of intergovernmental interaction" ? A) Dual federalism phase (1865-1901). B) Cooperative federalism phase (1901-1960). C) Creative phase (1960-1968). D) Contemporary phase (1970-present). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cooperative federalism phase (1901-1960). 13. Which pathway of Government and Public Administration includes workers who combine technical or industry knowledge with knowledge of related laws, rules and regulatory systems to monitor or influence regulations that protect public health, safety or the environment. Includes regulation of financial, transportation and public utility industries. A) Regulation. B) Public Management and Administration. C) Governance. D) National Security. E) Foreign Service. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Regulation. 14. Who among the following focuses on the politics of the budget process? A) Robert golembiewski. B) Aaron Wildewski. C) Jesse Burkhead. D) A Premchand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aaron Wildewski. 15. The 15th Amendment of the Constitution provides that, "The right of US citizens to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." The Amendment gives Congress the authority to enforce those rights and regulate the voting process. With the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the federal government established extensive federal oversight of elections administration in covered state and local jurisdictions with long histories of voting discrimination. Through judicial interpretation, the Supreme Court has historically forced state and local governments to meet certain demands that they were otherwise unwilling or unable to meet. Which of the following is the most accurate statement with regard to the 2013 Supreme Court decision on voting rights? A) Pre-clearance unjustifiably violates state and local governments' constitutional prerogative to regulate elections within their borders. B) Times change, and the law has run its course. C) Current conditions, not history alone, must justify continuing application of the law. D) The Supreme Court has become more of a political agent as evidenced by both its selection of issues to review and decisions of cases along ideologically predictable lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Current conditions, not history alone, must justify continuing application of the law. 16. Which of the following is an example of whistleblowing? A) A newspaper columnist writes a story reporting accounting fraud committed by city contractor. B) An office administrator inflates the numbers in her official monthly reports. C) An employee notifies OSHA that a trucking company requires its employees to drive in excess of OSHA's hours-of-service regulations. D) After having exhausted all internal reporting options, a former employee drops the issue once he switches jobs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An employee notifies OSHA that a trucking company requires its employees to drive in excess of OSHA's hours-of-service regulations. 17. 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 does the author seem to believe about US federalism? A) It needs re-tooling. B) Citizens are not happy with the policies imposed at the federal level. C) Local governments can be effective in enacting policies that protect national interests. D) Citizen-enacted policies may be more responsive to citizens' needs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Citizen-enacted policies may be more responsive to citizens' needs. 18. A system that divides up power between a strong national government and smaller local governments. A) Executive Branch. B) Legislative branch. C) Federal government. D) Judicial branch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Federal government. 19. What is public service commission? A) Prerogative of the head of department who normally places and officer. B) To regulate and implement personnel policies to ensure that all public service have an efficient and discipline staff. C) It responsible to administer all matters related to staff since the first day until retirement. D) It is responsible for the general administration of the public services of Malaysia's federal government. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is responsible for the general administration of the public services of Malaysia's federal government. 20. Career Examples:Business ManagerAgency DirectorFederal Aid CoordinatorCensus ClerkCity PlannerEmergency PlannerCommissionerCounty Service Director A) Regulation. B) Public Management and Administration. C) Governance. D) Planning. E) Revenue and Taxation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Planning. ← 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 9Public Administration Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books