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CAPSTONE PAD 599 COMP TEST  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 ...

CAPSTONE PAD 599 COMP TEST  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: federalism Correct Answer: federalism  Question 5 0 out of 1 pointsWoodrow 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: undergovernment. Correct Answer: subgovernment.  Question 19 0 out of 1 points Which of the following is not a part of the policy environment in the systemsmodel? 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  Question 21 1 out of 1 points A way of insuring administrative responsiveness that focuses on strict legislative supervision and tightly drawn statutes is ______. Answer Selected Answer: objective responsibility Correct Answer: objective responsibility  Question 22 1 out of 1 points The tension between efficiency and responsiveness is rooted in Answer Selected Answer: issues of bureaucracy versus democracy. Correct Answer: issues of bureaucracy versus democracy.  Question 23 0 out of 1 points "Qualified immunity" refers to the situation in which Answer Selected Answer: public officials cannot be sued for damages incurred during the performance of duties associated with the office. Correct Answer: public officials may defend themselves in a liability damages suit byshowing they acted in “good faith.”  Question 24 0 out of 1 points The Pendleton Act of 1883 prohibited Answer Selected Answer: federal employees from serving as delegates to a party convention. Correct Answer: political contributions by any federal employee.  Question 25 0 out of 1 points When the administrator attempts to make a judgment concerning the desires of the public with respect to his/her tasks, this is an example of_____. Answer Selected Answer: representative bureaucracy Correct Answer: subjective responsibility  Question 26 0 out of 1 points Studying public problems in order to provide policymakers with information about the options for action available to them is part of Answer Selected Answer: [None Given] Correct Answer: policy analysis.  Question 27 0 out of 1 points Quality of the work performed Answer Selected Answer: has little to do with productivity improvement. Correct Answer: is an important part of evaluating a productivity improvement program.  Question 28 0 out of 1 points The statement that local governments are "creatures of the state" and have only those powers granted by the state is known as ______. Answer Selected Answer: the Garcia RuleCorrect Answer: Dillon's Rule  Question 29 1 out of 1 points A study of the degree to which pothole repairs last through the winter season would be an example of an evaluation concerned with Answer Selected Answer: effectiveness. Correct Answer: effectiveness.  Question 30 0 out of 1 points The cost-effectiveness approach involves Answer Selected Answer: avoiding the use of dollar values in assessing either the effectiveness or costs associated with a proposal. Correct Answer: a focus on identifying the impacts of alternative proposals.  Question 31 0 out of 1 points Which of the following is not a true statement regarding program evaluation? Answer Selected Answer: [None Given] Correct Answer: is conducted before the program is implemented d enhances administrative control of programs.  Question 32 1 out of 1 points Injunctive relief is: Answer Selected Answer: A court order that someone do or not do something Correct Answer: A court order that someone do or not do something  Question 33 1 out of 1 points The approach embodied in the U.S. Constitution to relationships among branches of government can best be described as: Answer Selected Answer:Separation of powers with each branch having some check on the others Correct Answer: Separation of powers with each branch having some check on the others  Question 34 0 out of 1 points Local government ordinances are published: Answer Selected Answer: By the state governments as part of the state code Correct Answer: By the local governments and often included in the Municode data base  Question 35 0 out of 1 points Section 1983 of the U.S. Code: Answer Selected Answer: Provides a right to challenge the constitutionality of an act of Congress Correct Answer: Provides a civil rights remedy for constitutional rights violations under color of law  Question 36 1 out of 1 points What must a document contain for it to satisfy the Statute of Frauds with respect to a transfer of an interest in real property? Answer Selected Answer: The signature of the person conveying the property and a property description sufficient to identify it Correct Answer: The signature of the person conveying the property and a property description sufficient to identify it  Question 37 0 out of 1 points Corpus Juris Secundum is: Answer Selected Answer: The principle that an opinion should be followed unless the law has changed CorrectAnswer: A legal encyclopedia with broad coverage of most legal subjects  Question 38 0 out of 1 points Financial disclosure laws typically apply: Answer Selected Answer: To all federal, state, and local government employees Correct Answer: To public officials with significant responsibility  Question 39 1 out of 1 points In recent years state and local merit systems in the personnel function Answer Selected Answer: have been strengthened as a result of expanding public employee due process protection provided by courts. Correct Answer: have been strengthened as a result of expanding public employee due process protection provided by courts.  Question 40 1 out of 1 points “Quid pro quo” sexual harassment is: Answer Selected Answer: Occurs when supervisors make adverse employment decisions against employees who deny unwelcome sexual demands Correct Answer: Occurs when supervisors make adverse employment decisions against employees who deny unwelcome sexual demands  Question 41 1 out of 1 points Merit selection, tenure, and responsiveness to political leaders are Answer Selected Answer: the three basic principles of the civil service system. Correct Answer: the three basic principles of the civil service system.  Question 42 0 out of 1 points Mediation in labor management negotiations Answer SelectedAnswer: uses a third party to investigate and issue specific recommendations concerning a settlement. Correct Answer: uses a neutral third party to negotiate a settlement.  Question 43 0 out of 1 points The traditional role of the personnel department of a public sector agency has been to Answer Selected Answer: conduct an independent personnel recruitment function reporting directly to top management. Correct Answer: provide for orderly hiring, retention, promotion, and compensation in the organization.  Question 44 0 out of 1 points Arbitration in labor-management negotiations Answer Selected Answer: uses a third party to investigate and issue specific recommendations concerning a settlement. Correct Answer: is a fact-finding process, normally followed by binding recommendations.  Question 45 0 out of 1 points One of the main criticisms of globalization is that it Answer Selected Answer: outsources jobs from developing to developed countries. Correct Answer: makes the powerful more powerful and wealthy.  Question 46 1 out of 1 points The European Union was established in order to Answer Selected Answer: promote peace by binding countries together economically. Correct Answer: promote peace by binding countries together economically.  Question 471 out of 1 points The International Court of Justice lists all of the following as sources of international law except Answer Selected Answer: resolutions of the United Nations. Correct Answer: resolutions of the United Nations.  Question 48 0 out of 1 points A zero-sum game refers to the situation in which Answer Selected Answer: both states can gain at the same time. Correct Answer: one state can gain only at the expense of another.  Question 49 0 out of 1 points A major objective of the United Nations is to Answer Selected Answer: solve global environmental problems. Correct Answer: promote peace and development.  Question 50 1 out of 1 points Sovereignty means that Answer Selected Answer: each state has complete authority over its territory. Correct Answer: each state has complete authority over its territory.