Quiz 1_ 23SP PA2170-852_Introduction To Public Admin
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Quiz 1
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Feb 12 at 11:59pm
Points
50
Questions
13
Available
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Time Limit
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Hello, this is the summary quiz about Week 2 and Week 3. This quiz can help students review the
previous chapters that we learned. This quiz has multiple-choice
, true/false
, and short-answer
questions
based on the two chapters we learned. All quizzes must be completed in one sitting within
one hour. You are allowed to answer the questions at multiple attempts (two attempts).
Please select the best answers. Good luck !!
2 / 2 pts
Question 1
1. Red tape is generally considered a positive characteristic of public
administration because it helps to ensure efficient execution of public
provisions.
True
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False Correct!
Correct!
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Question 2
2. Bureaucracy is considered inefficient and at the same time too quick to
get much done.
True False Correct!
Correct!
2 / 2 pts
Question 3
3. Policy formulation and policy execution are so similar that public
administration scholars have often argued that the two concepts should
be combined.
True False Correct!
Correct!
Policy execution and formation have different concepts. The purpose of policy execution is to carry out political decisions.
On the other hand, policy formation is related to the task to help
decision-makers form policy. 2 / 2 pts
Question 4
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4. Public administrators must answer not only to their superiors but also to
legislators and the courts.
True Correct!
Correct!
Administrators are required to appear before legislative committees
to explain their activities and must answer complaints raised in
courts. False 2 / 2 pts
Question 5
5. Implementing the law is more important to public organizations than to
private organizations.
True Correct!
Correct!
Review the critical role of public authority (p. 63)
False 5 / 5 pts
Question 6
6. Which of the following statements is true?
Since the 1960s the growth of government employees at the state and
local level has shrunk rapidly
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Local government spends the most on defense, space, and veterans’
services.
State government spends the most on elementary and secondary
education, and health and welfare.
Police and fire protection, food safety inspection and air traffic control are
all examples of direct administration.
Correct!
Correct!
Please review p. 38 and 39.
5 / 5 pts
Question 7
7. Which of the following statements is true?
Tax Expenditure are the way one level of government can provide financial
assistance to another level.
Government by democracy uses third-party agents to deliver programs
that the government funds.
Any real organizational system, including a public organization, is
extremely complex and therefore difficult to describe fully with a simple
model.
Correct!
Correct!
The use of third-party agents to deliver programs that the government
funds is called direct delivery of services
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Question 8
8. Which of the following statements is true?
Since the 1950s, the number of individual local governments has
decreased; most of these local governments are considered special
districts
Correct!
Correct!
The growth of transfer functions emphasizes that different kinds of
governmental programs require overlapping administrative approaches.
Since the 1950s, trust in government has stayed about the same. Regulation is considered to be a direct tool of government action. 5 / 5 pts
Question 9
9. What is administrative responsibility?
The process of pursuing the goals that public organizations are charged
with seeking
The process of holding specific individuals ultimately responsible within the
bureaucracy for specific actions
Correct!
Correct!
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The process of holding agencies responsible within the bureaucracy for
specific actions
The process of holding only cabinet members ultimately responsible within
the bureaucracy for specific actions
5 / 5 pts
Question 10
10. What term best describes the process of translating public policies
into results?
Policy formation Public administration Correct!
Correct!
Policy execution Policymaking 5 / 5 pts
Question 11
11. All of the following are complicating factors that must be taken into
account when studying large-scale organizations EXCEPT
relationship and power top-down and bottom-up coordination
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simple models Correct!
Correct!
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Question 12
12. The rule of law differentiates public organizations from _______ more
than oversight and performance management.
Private Organizations
Correct!
Correct!
orrect Answers
orrect Answers
Private organization private organizations The private organizations the private organizations Private organizations 5 / 5 pts
Question 13
13. The most fundamental difference between public and private
organizations, more than oversight and performance measurement, is
______.
Rule of Law
Correct!
Correct!
orrect Answers
orrect Answers
rule of authority Rule of authority rules of law rules of authority rule of law Rule of law
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