PAD 599 Competency Exam 2 with Answers [Graded A]

Question 1 0 out of 1 points The idea that a bureaucracy of professionals, who follow the mandates of a legislature, can meet the administrative requirements of a democracy is called the doctrine of Answer Selected ...

Question 1 0 out of 1 points The idea that a bureaucracy of professionals, who follow the mandates of a legislature, can meet the administrative requirements of a democracy is called the doctrine of Answer Selected Answer: hierarchical organization. Correct Answer: neutral competency.  Question 2 0 out of 1 points The unusual visibility of the public administrator Answer Selected Answer: is similar to the business administrator's visibility. Correct Answer: is rooted in the public purposes that are pursued.  Question 3 0 out of 1 points Benchmarking performance improvement programs means Answer Selected Answer: attempted to combine reduction of costs with increases in quality and timeliness. Correct Answer: using standards and points of comparisons  Question 4 1 out of 1 points The development of a complex intergovernmental system in the United States is rooted primarily in ________________. Answer Selected Answer: federali sm Correct Answer: federali sm  Question 5 0 out of 1 points Woodrow Wilson, and other early writers, thought of public administration as Answer Selected Answer: decentralizing administrative authority Correct Answer: government administration.  Question 6 0 out of 1 points The "New Public Administration" argues that Answer Selected Answer: organizational survival depends upon development of strong hierarchical structures. Correct Answer: an important element in organizational survival is the capacity to adapt to rapid social change.  Question 7 0 out of 1 points The Office of Management and Budget is Answer Selected Answer: a feature of each state's budget-making apparatus. Correct Answer: the White House office charged with the actual preparation of the executive budget proposal that is conveyed to Congress.  Question 8 0 out of 1 points A program that provides an established set of benefits to persons who meet eligibility requirements is called Answer Selected Answer: a regressive program. Correct Answer: an entitlement program.  Question 9 0 out of 1 points The line-item budget Answer Selected Answer: is oriented toward the funding of programs. Correct Answer: is part of the gubernatorial approval process  Question 10 0 out of 1 points A grant from the national government that could be used only for a specific, limited purpose, is called a Answer Selected Answer: capital grant. Correct Answer: categorical grant.  Question 11 1 out of 1 points Fiscal policy is concerned principally with Answer Selected Answer: the impact of government taxation and expenditures of the economy. Correct Answer: the impact of government taxation and expenditures of the economy.  Question 12 0 out of 1 points An example of the application of Keynesian economic theory is when the national government Answer Selected Answer: reduces taxes when economic times are good. Correct Answer: raises taxes when economic times are good.  Question 13 0 out of 1 points Court involvement in the specifics of administrative policy making and implementation does NOT include Answer Selected Answer: evaluation of the health conditions in prisons. Correct Answer: changes in administrative procedures  Question 14 0 out of 1 points An important source of bureaucratic power in the national government Answer Selected Answer: is not in the phenomenon of clientele groups. Correct Answer: lies in the discretionary power of administrators.  Question 15 1 out of 1 points The strong mayor system of city government Answer Selected Answer: provides for the mayor to have a great deal of administrative and budgetary authority. Correct Answer: provides for the mayor to have a great deal of administrative and budgetary authority.  Question 16 1 out of 1 points The policy most likely to generate intense conflicts is Answer Selected Answer: redistributive policy. Correct Answer: redistributive policy.  Question 17 1 out of 1 points Public policies are Answer Selected Answer: authoritative statements by legitimate governmental actors about public problems. Correct Answer: authoritative statements by legitimate governmental actors about public problems.  Question 18 0 out of 1 points The policy network that has the most influence in setting a particular policy is known as a _________ Answer Selected Answer: undergovern ment. Correct Answer: subgovernme nt.  Question 19 0 out of 1 points Which of the following is not a part of the policy environment in the systems model? Answer Selected Answer: political environment Correct Answer: public environment  Question 20 1 out of 1 points An attempt to see to it that a public-sector office has employees whose gender, ethnicity, age and other demographic characteristics reflect the characteristics of the population the office serves, would be an example of______. Answer Selected Answer: representative bureaucracy Correct Answer: representative bureaucracy