Public Administration MCQs 2002
Test your understanding of organizational management with the solved MCQs from the CSS Public Administration 2002 paper. This collection focuses on key concepts like efficiency vs. effectiveness, the principles of Scientific Management by F. W. Taylor, and the Human Relations approach by Elton Mayo. It also includes questions on the contingency approach and strategic goals, making it a perfect tool for reviewing the core principles of management within a public sector context.
A condition in which the availability of each alternative and its potential payoff and costs are all associated with probability estimates is:
A. State of risk
B. State of certainty
C. State of mild certainty
D. State of high certainty
A theory suggesting that people are motivated by a hierarchy of needs was advanced by:
A. Douglas Mc Gregor
B. Arthur D. Little
C. Abraham Maslow
D. F. W. Riggs
An organization which successfully achieves the goals will be considered as:
A. Efficient
B. Systemic
C. Effective
D. Reasonable
The extent to which an organization complies with local, state and Federal Laws is:
A. Social Compliance
B. Philanthropic Awarding
C. Ethical Compliance
D. Legal Compliance
An organization using its resources wisely and in a cost-effective way is considered:
A. Conservative
B. Modern
C. Effective
D. Efficient
The process by which a manager assigns some of his total work load to others is:
A. Decentralization
B. Delegation
C. Division of work
D. Centralization
Grouping activities and resources in an organization is a function of:
A. Leading
B. Organizing
C. Coordination
D. Monitoring
Power that has been legitimized by the state is:
A. Political authority
B. Charismatic authority
C. Traditional authority
D. Legal authority
The dominant role in developing Scientific Management was played by:
A. Henri Fayol
B. F. W. Taylor
C. Harrington Emerson
D. Frank Gilbreth
The most articulate spokesperson of Administrative Management was:
A. Max Weber
B. Chester Barnard
C. Lyndall Urwick
D. Henri Fayol