Public Administration MCQs 2020
Excel in your exam preparation by practicing with the solved Public Administration MCQs from the CSS 2020 paper. This collection is a vital tool for understanding the conceptual depth required for a high score. The questions cover a wide range of theories, including the humanist approach, systems theory, and Frederick Taylor’s scientific management. You’ll also find questions on critical governance concepts like iron triangles, administrative reforms like reengineering and downsizing, and the core definition of bureaucracy. This solved past paper is perfect for testing your grasp of both classical and modern administrative paradigms.
Network analysis assumes that ______ help one another because they believe that cooperation advances their goals.
A. Organizations
B. Employees
C. Interest groups
D. Bureaucrats
Executive restructuring efforts that focus on enhancing symmetry and improving the logical grouping of activities are associated with:
A. Clearance procedures
B. Executive leadership
C. Representativeness
D. Neutral competence
Iron triangles align congressional committees with departments or bureaus and _________.
A. Pure-staff
B. State representatives
C. Interest groups
D. Auxiliary staff
The recent approaches to public management reform question the bureaucratic orthodoxy based on __________.
A. Downsizing
B. Authority and hierarchy
C. Continuous improvement
D. Reengineering
Delegation of authority on the basis of expertise and accountability through hierarchical control are the principles found in _______.
A. Traditional public administration
B. Continuous improvement
C. Reengineering
D. Downsizing
The fundamental building block of reengineering is __________.
A. Total quality management
B. Shrinking government
C. Process
D. Interpersonal relationships
The three approaches to administrative reform that government officials are using at the present time are all of the following EXCEPT:
A. Downsizing
B. Reengineering
C. Continuous improvement
D. Convergence
The fundamental goal of downsizing is to _______.
A. Shrink government
B. Shrink state, not federal government
C. Shrink federal, not state government
D. Build interpersonal relationships
Although elected officials authorize, direct and provide resources towards policy, _________ entrusted to administrators is what translates the intent of the laws into reality.
A. Oversight
B. Policy execution
C. Nonprofit management
D. Public scrutiny
Which of the following is considered too inefficient to accomplish much of anything but at the same time so powerful that decisions can be made arbitrarily without due process?
A. International organizations
B. Private organizations
C. Bureaucracy
D. Public charities