Public Administration MCQs 2010

The open model for organization is referred to as:
A. hierarchical and militaristic
B. technological and anti-humanistic
C. restrictive and rigid
D. collegial and competitive

The aim of Taylor’s scientific management was to:
A. stress individual accomplishment over organizational yield
B. reduce production and increase morale
C. improve organizational efficiency and production
D. alter machinery to lessen burden on the labour force

In comparison to managers of private organizations, public bureaucrats must:
A. spend less time on external environment and more time on internal management
B. spend more time on external environment and less time on internal management
C. spend less time on both external environment and internal management
D. spend more time on both external environment and internal management

Supervision as a mechanism of control over subordinates has been founded to be:
A. the most effective mechanism of control
B. as effective as input control
C. the less effective mechanism of control
D. more effective than behavior control

According to Weber, the three types of leadership are:
A. Charismatic, Traditional, Legal/Rational
B. Titular, Controllers, Organizers
C. Institutionalists, Specialists, hybrids
D. Charismatic, Institutionalists, specialists

In terms of public administration, one defines a system:
A. According to the organizational structure
B. According to the administrative effectiveness
C. According to problem one wishes to resolve
D. According to the amount of resource available

The advantage of systems approach is:
A. It allows us to disregard the differences in world views
B. It allows means and ends to remain ambiguous
C. It forces us to delineate the differences and similarities in world views and improves efficiency and effectiveness
D. It allows for new and fresh solutions to old and distressing problems

According to humanists approach, the management scientist’s system is incomplete because:
A. It fails to factor in the variable of environment and instability
B. It fails to account for the variable of uniquely human qualities such as genius and despair
C. It gives too much emphasis to the variable of uniquely human qualities
D. It does not consider quantifiable and measurable variables

The purpose of decision tree is:
A. decision alternatives
B. cost analysis
C. project coordination
D. time analysis

The difference between public administration and business administration is:
A. amount of political and legal constraints on decision making
B. the emphasis on efficiency
C. management structure and processes
D. no difference between public administration and business administration