Public Administration MCQs 2012

To American citizens the term “bureaucracy” most often means something _____.
A. efficient
B. positive
C. negative
D. simple

The most fundamental difference between public and private organizations, more than oversight and performance measurement is _____.
A. public scrutiny
B. rule of law
C. long-term staff
D. emphasis on good for society

__________emphasize equity, efficiency, and managing by persuasion.
A. Nonprofits
B. Private organizations
C. Public organizations
D. Small corporations

Public administration involves:
A. policy execution
B. policy formation, but not policy execution
C. policy execution, but not policy formation
D. neither policy formation nor policy execution

One of the core issues of public administration is the inevitably fuzzy line between _______.
A. public and private organizations
B. national versus international government
C. power and inefficiency
D. politics and administration

Woodrow Wilson’s view on _______has created a lasting scholarly debate.
A. organizational theory
B. the difference between public and private management
C. policy execution and policy formation
D. the neutrality of public administration

American citizens began to demand far more of government ________.
A. since World War II
B. since World War I
C. since the time of Woodrow Wilson
D. since the time of The Federalist Papers

Process, product, organization, leadership, and commitment are the tenets of ________.
A. re-engineering
B. total quality management
C. downsizing
D. e-government

Which movement drove Gore’s Reinventing Government efforts more than any other effort?
A. Re-engineering
B. Downsizing
C. Continuous improvement
D. E-government

The government risks sacrificing control, responsiveness, and sometimes quality when it relies on _________ for program implementation.
A. backward mapping
B. whistle-blowers
C. proxies
D. congressional staff