PAD 3003 FSU FINAL
Who is the founder of public administration?
Max Weber
Woodrow Wilson
Dorman Eaton
Frederick Taylor - ✔✔Woodrow Wilson
"__________," the task force on Inequality in America of the American Politi
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PAD 3003 FSU FINAL
Who is the founder of public administration?
Max Weber
Woodrow Wilson
Dorman Eaton
Frederick Taylor - ✔✔Woodrow Wilson
"__________," the task force on Inequality in America of the American Political Science
Association goes on to say, "mean that the concerns of lower- or moderate-income Americans,
racial and ethnic minorities, and legal immigrants are systematically less likely to be heard by
government officials.
Distributive justice
Disparities in participation
Social equity
Representative democracy - ✔✔disparities in participation
In Building Consensus for a Sustainable Future (Cormick et al. 1996), the core of consensus is
_______________________, which is the agreement upon shared values, interests, and
priorities. This is distinct from ___________________, which is the concession of shared values,
interests, and priorities. The former considers the specific positions and desires of every party,
rather than forcing them to settle for a general solution.
groupthink / deferment
acceptance / compromisation
team collaboration / individual authority
common ground / middle ground - ✔✔common ground / middle ground
Which variable is NOT included in the Model of Collaborative Governance by Ansell and Gash
(2007)?
Collaborative process
Institutional design
Competition
Starting conditions - ✔✔competition
In Hierarchy, Virtue, and the Practice of Public Administration (Cooper, 1987), the difference
between practices and professions is rooted in the difference between internal and external
goods. Identify the difference:
Internal goods are physical items that can be exchanged, whereas external goods are concepts
that can be taught
Internal goods are invented and created, whereas external goods are obtained from outside
sources
Internal goods deal exclusively with a specific practice or profession, whereas external goods
transcend boundaries into other disciplines
Internal goods are learned and benefit the community, whereas external goods are acquired and
advance the individual - ✔✔Internal goods are learned and benefit the community, whereas
external goods are acquired and advance the individual
There are two types of federal grants: categorical grants and block grants. Which point is right
about block grants?
Popular under the Johnson administration's Great Society programs
Designed to give states and local governments more autonomy
Federal funds that are to be used for specific purposes
Clearly defined for how funds are used - ✔✔Designed to give states and local governments more
autonomy
According to Holzer and Schwester (2011), which of the following is NOT among three broad
trends facing public managers in the rapidly emerging connected society by Information and
communication technologies?
Regionalism and Shared services
Broadband development mobility and applications
Correct! Centralization and Formalization
Social networking (Web 2.0) beyond e-government - ✔✔centralization and formalization
According to Lyon (2014), which of the following is NOT one of ethical issues relating to Big
Data surveillance?
Social Sorting
Preemption
Privacy
Transparency - ✔✔transparency
What of following is NOT the positive sides of major sport events in terms of sustainability in a
host city (Smith, 2009)?
Source of Hope
A New Way of Living
Social Control
Symbols of Change - ✔✔social control
Which of following is NOT included in the six principles to walk the social equity talk suggested
by Fredrickson (2005)?
Remember that it isn't necessary good ideas that win the war of ideas.
Be engaged in the war of ideas
Treat everyone the same without any exception.
Think globally and act locally - ✔✔Treat everyone the same without any exception.
A consensus process for decision making is when the stakeholders involved in the policy issue
work together to find a mutually acceptable solution. Which of the following are guiding
principles for a consensus process? Choose all that apply.
Commitment to Implementation
Accountability
Groupthink - ✔✔commitment to implementation
accountability
What of following is NOT the factors suggested by Smith (2009) as the criteria of the triplebottom line used for measuring progress towards sustainable development?
Economic efficiency
Social equity
Economic effectiveness
Environmental integrity - ✔✔economic effectiveness
Which of the following is the most accurate description of a logic model, as used in program
evaluations?
A conceptual representation of the program's theory and how it plans to unfold
A graph of the "black box" that a program represents for managers to follow.
A picture of the steps needed to carry out the goals and objectives of the program
A graph of how the program spends its money and operates - ✔✔A conceptual representation of
the program's theory and how it plans to unfold
Which factor is NOT in Moore's Strategic Triangle?
Legitimacy and support
Public value
Operational capabilities
Personal self-interest - ✔✔personal self-interest
Herzberg (1966) argued that two sets of factors affect performance. Which of the following is
from "satisfiers"?
Supervision
Responsibility
Job security
Salary - ✔✔responsibility
Which most accurately describes the premise of Systems Theory?
That an organization is comprised of several interconnected parts.
That an organization should collect and organize data.
That an organization is only as powerful as its resources.
Organizations follow the most 'appropriate' form of organization - ✔✔That an organization is
comprised of several interconnected parts.
According to the Garbage Can Model, decision-making processes involve three separate, and
independent streams, which one is NOT among these streams?
Problem stream
Agency stream
Political stream
Policy stream - ✔✔agency stream
According to McGuire and Silvia (2009), leadership behaviors have been grouped into four
distinct categories in terms of their operational differences: activation, framing, mobilization, and
synthesizing. Which one is defined as the behaviors used to arrange and integrate a network
structure by facilitating agreement on participants' roles, operating rules, and network values.
Mobilization
Synthesizing
Activation
Framing - ✔✔framing
"While defense would still fall under the domain of the national government, education could
potentially involve all three layers of government." What type of Federalism does the example
describe?
No answer text provided.
Layer cake
Marble cake
Picket fence - ✔✔marble cake
Holzer and Schwester (2011) introduced three approaches to competitive government. Which
approach refers to the situation in which governmental units compete to provide services
appropriate only to the public sector.
Public versus private competition
No answer text provided.
Public versus public competition
Competitive federalism - ✔✔public versus pubic competition
In the model of collaborative governance, Ansell and Gash (2007) talked about five components
in the collaborative process. Which of the following is not among these components?
Trust building
Commitment to process
Shared understanding
Institutional design - ✔✔institutional design
What of following is NOT the key elements of TQM?
Give discretion to employees
Eliminate numerical quotas for work
Teach leadership
Continuously improve systems of production - ✔✔Give discretion to employees
Developed by Norton and Kaplan (1992), "__________" is a balanced method that accounts for
financial management, customer focus, internal busi
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