¶ … value of the traditional managerial approach to public administration? Accountability

Economy

Effectiveness

Providing for political representation in public administration

Which of the following best describes "externalities"?

They are profits

They are always in the public interests

They are costs absorbed by the manufacturers of products

They are created by economic activities but not accounted for in market transactions

The judiciary's power to dispense with the harsh application of law is known as:

Adjudication

Equal protection

Equity

Constitution:

Comprehensively provides for federal and state administration

Comprehensively provides for federal administration

c. Contains no provisions for public administration

None of the above

Which of the following is not associated with the traditional managerial approach to public administration?

a. Max Weber

b. Paul Appleby

c. Woodrow Wilson

d. Frederick Taylor

6. Public Administration resembles private management in that:

a. It is profit-seeking

b. It regulates the public at large

c. It provides services

d. None of the above

7. The legal approach to public administration is derived from

a. Administrative law

b. Judicialization of public administration

c. Constitutional law

d. All of the above

8. Which of the following is not generally considered a feature of bureaucratic organizations?

a. Specialization

b. Impersonality

c. Hierarchy

d. Adjudication

9. The Administrative Procedure Act (1946) was passed to:

a. Give agencies greater access to judicial review

b. Regulate rulemaking, adjudication, enforcement, and transparency

c. Force agencies to establish advisory committees

d. None of the above

10. The constitutional separation of powers:

a. Prevents the courts from influencing public administration

b. Places Congress outside of the realm of public administration

c. Gives the President authority to create the national budget

d. None of the above

11. In recent years the federal judiciary has held that:

a. Most public employees are absolutely liable for everything they do

b. Public employees may be liable for exercising legislative vetoes

c. Public employees are absolutely immune from civil suits

d. Public employees have qualified immunity from civil suits

12. Congressional oversight is:

a. Failure to pay attention to policy details

b. A check on public administrative activity

c. Making sure that agencies follow presidential directives

d. Assuring that federal agencies will have as much funding as they require

13. James Q. Wilson points to regulatory activity as:

a. A source of administrative growth in the United States

b. A source of administrative decline in the United States

c. Having no relevance to public administration in the United States

d. Having no relevance to politics...

The number of subordinates directly reporting to a superior is referred to as:
a. Dual federalism

b. The span of control

c. Administrative decentralization

d. None of the above

15. constitutional basis for the concept of state sovereignty is:

a. The establishment of the House of Representatives

b. The Ninth Amendment

c. The Tenth Amendment

d. The Fourteenth Amendment

16. Administrative decentralization in the U.S.:

a. Is the same as federalism

b. Allows local government to do whatever they want

c. Helps increase the "span of control"

d. None of the above

17. The Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause:

a. Is of importance to interstate relations

b. Is of no importance to interstate relations

c. Helps decrease the "span of control"

d. None of the above

18. Federalism promotes:

a. National unity

b. Administrative simplification

c. Administrative centralization

d. Political representation

19. Pluralism within the federal bureaucracy promotes:

a. Representation

b. Delay and fragmentation

c. Overlapping missions

d. All of the above

20. According to Max Weber, bureaucracy's "special virtue" was its

a. Rationality

b. Power

c. Ability to take on new tasks

d. Dehumanization

21. The Human Relations approach seeks to:

a. Advertise the positive aspects of organizations

b. Pay workers according to their individual output

c. Satisfy worker's social needs

d. Restrict output so there will be more work to go around

22. The Hawthorne studies purported to show that:

a. Workers adapted to adversity

b. Productivity was related to social factors

c. Physical factors were irrelevant in terms of productivity

d. None of the above

23. "Theory X" assumes that workers are:

a. Lacking in ambition

b. Too well paid

c. Highly motivated

d. None of the above

24. Abraham Maslow is best known for:

a. Scientific Management

b. Organizational Hierarchy

c. His critique of Max Weber

d. None of the above

25. Of the choices below, which needs occupy the highest position in Maslow's hierarchy?

a. Self-esteem

b. Safety

c. Social

d. Physiological

Q26. Essay

A frequent problem for government agencies today is the combination of declining financial resources and an increased need for services. Congress may make political capital out of the need to cut the 'fat' from government and reduce the national debt, but agencies are still subject to demands that they serve their functions. The recent recession has seen a sharp drop in available funds through taxes and increased demand for social services for the unemployed.

When administrative agencies are not watchful, it is very easy for their purpose to be lost, and the focus to shift to processes rather than to results. "Public sector safety professionals must be relevant, results-oriented and…