Question 1

Bureaucratic discretion

Accepted Answer

A) prevents administrators from having to deal with political pressures. 
B) is the ability of public employees to make decisions interpreting law and administrative regulations. 
C) ensures that outcomes of policy will be precisely as intended by the legislation. 
D) ensures that the legislature, rather than agencies, will make public policy. 
A) prevents administrators from having to deal with political pressures. 
B) is the ability of public employees to make decisions interpreting law and administrative regulations. 
C) ensures that outcomes of policy will be precisely as intended by the legislation. 
D) ensures that the legislature, rather than agencies, will make public policy. B

Question 2

Ten percent of all working Americans are employed by government.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

The concept of neutral competence holds that employees should perform their duties competently without influence from political pressures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

If you were an agency head, what type of approach to budgeting would you pursue? Be sure to describe the various options for constructing a budget and the pros and cons related to each as you present your response.

Accepted Answer

As an agency head, there are several app

Question 5

Strikes, the legal weapon of last resort in the procedures employed by unions in the private sector, are, for government employees at the state and local level,

Accepted Answer

A) permitted in only thirteen states and only for nonessential services. 
B) legal in all states and commonly used by public employees to get higher wages and better working conditions. 
C) legal under the National Labor Relations Act and legal under most public-union collective bargaining agreements. 
D) illegal in only twelve states. 
A) permitted in only thirteen states and only for nonessential services. 
B) legal in all states and commonly used by public employees to get higher wages and better working conditions. 
C) legal under the National Labor Relations Act and legal under most public-union collective bargaining agreements. 
D) illegal in only twelve states.

Question 6

The policy of affirmative action is grounded in the related concept of representative bureaucracy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Many practical problems are associated with implementing policies to create a representative bureaucracy and protect merit principles, cope with sexual harassment in the workplace, and deal with the effects of collective bargaining. Discuss the difficulties of implementing a program to achieve a representative bureaucracy.

Accepted Answer

Implementing a program to achieve a repr

Question 8

If a police department tracks arrests, clearance rates, crime rates, and citizen satisfaction surveys to evaluate how well they meet their objectives and these results are utilized in determining budget priorities, it is an example of which type of budgeting?

Accepted Answer

A) Line item budgeting 
B) Performance budgeting 
C) Incremental budgeting 
D) Capital budgeting 
A) Line item budgeting 
B) Performance budgeting 
C) Incremental budgeting 
D) Capital budgeting

Question 9

Collective bargaining in state and local governments is

Accepted Answer

A) exactly the same process as that found in the private sector, where supply and demand govern the process. 
B) permitted in all states and by most local governments. 
C) complicated by the fact that the results of the negotiations affect the political allocation of public resources. 
D) a very successful process, as shown by the successful wage and salary increases in the public sector as compared with the private sector. 
A) exactly the same process as that found in the private sector, where supply and demand govern the process. 
B) permitted in all states and by most local governments. 
C) complicated by the fact that the results of the negotiations affect the political allocation of public resources. 
D) a very successful process, as shown by the successful wage and salary increases in the public sector as compared with the private sector.

Question 10

The concept of privatization

Accepted Answer

A) is an alternative method for providing public services through private firms. 
B) often elicits strong opposition from public-employee unions, who fear that their members will lose their jobs. 
C) is an alternative method for providing public services that can often lower the cost of government operations. 
D) All of these choices. 
A) is an alternative method for providing public services through private firms. 
B) often elicits strong opposition from public-employee unions, who fear that their members will lose their jobs. 
C) is an alternative method for providing public services that can often lower the cost of government operations. 
D) All of these choices.

Question 11

Contractors and construction firms that benefit from programs included a state highway department's expenditures are best described as

Accepted Answer

A) clientele groups. 
B) political action committees. 
C) interest groups. 
D) government partners. 
A) clientele groups. 
B) political action committees. 
C) interest groups. 
D) government partners.

Question 12

The basic strategy of agency heads in the normal budget process is to

Accepted Answer

A) defend the base amount received the previous year and to seek funds for new or expanded programs. 
B) get funds for new or expanded programs. 
C) build a new budget request from scratch; a process known as zero-based budgeting. 
D) defend the base amount received the previous year. 
A) defend the base amount received the previous year and to seek funds for new or expanded programs. 
B) get funds for new or expanded programs. 
C) build a new budget request from scratch; a process known as zero-based budgeting. 
D) defend the base amount received the previous year.

Question 13

The quality and capacity of public administration have improved markedly in the vast majority of the country's states, municipalities, and counties in terms of the characteristics of employees and the efficiency, effectiveness, and professionalism with which they perform their duties.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Strikes by public employees are illegal in most jurisdictions, although thirteen states permit work stoppages by nonessential workers under strictly regulated conditions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

State enactment of legislation parallel to federal merit system legislation

Accepted Answer

A) established comprehensive merit systems in all fifty states by 1980. 
B) established comprehensive merit systems in forty-nine states by 1949. 
C) set the pace for perfection of the federal civil service system. 
D) was encouraged by conditions set by 1939 amendments to federal Social Security legislation of 1935. 
A) established comprehensive merit systems in all fifty states by 1980. 
B) established comprehensive merit systems in forty-nine states by 1949. 
C) set the pace for perfection of the federal civil service system. 
D) was encouraged by conditions set by 1939 amendments to federal Social Security legislation of 1935.

Question 16

The budget is important because it is

Accepted Answer

A) put together through an incremental process. 
B) the end product of a long political struggle. 
C) a document published annually. 
D) an authoritative statement of policy priorities and plans. 
A) put together through an incremental process. 
B) the end product of a long political struggle. 
C) a document published annually. 
D) an authoritative statement of policy priorities and plans.

Question 17

Bureaucrats have broad discretion in interpreting law and administrative regulations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

New Public Management is an approach to government in which

Accepted Answer

A) governments cannot meet similar standards as the private sector, due to financial and accountability constraints. 
B) governments must abide by much more detailed ethics, performance rules, and procedures compared to those of private firms. 
C) legislatures are reluctant to grant agencies flexibility to make decisions because they do not want to give up power. 
D) government should manage for results through entrepreneurial activity, privatization, and improvements in efficiency and effectiveness. 
A) governments cannot meet similar standards as the private sector, due to financial and accountability constraints. 
B) governments must abide by much more detailed ethics, performance rules, and procedures compared to those of private firms. 
C) legislatures are reluctant to grant agencies flexibility to make decisions because they do not want to give up power. 
D) government should manage for results through entrepreneurial activity, privatization, and improvements in efficiency and effectiveness.

Question 19

Which of the following is not an assumption behind the concept of representative bureaucracy?

Accepted Answer

A) Bureaucrats have discretion. 
B) A workforce representative of the values, points of view, and interests of the people it governs will be responsive to their special problems and concerns. 
C) Bureaucrats do not have discretion given the hierarchical nature of administrative agencies that constrains their behavior. 
D) A representative bureaucracy provides strong symbolic evidence of a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people." 
A) Bureaucrats have discretion. 
B) A workforce representative of the values, points of view, and interests of the people it governs will be responsive to their special problems and concerns. 
C) Bureaucrats do not have discretion given the hierarchical nature of administrative agencies that constrains their behavior. 
D) A representative bureaucracy provides strong symbolic evidence of a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people."

Question 20

Long-term investments, such as buildings, highways, bridges, etc. are funded through a capital budget.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Bureaucratic discretion

Ten percent of all working Americans are employed by government.

The concept of neutral competence holds that employees should perform their duties competently without influence from political pressures.

If you were an agency head, what type of approach to budgeting would you pursue? Be sure to describe the various options for constructing a budget and the pros and cons related to each as you present your response.

Strikes, the legal weapon of last resort in the procedures employed by unions in the private sector, are, for government employees at the state and local level,

The policy of affirmative action is grounded in the related concept of representative bureaucracy.

If a police department tracks arrests, clearance rates, crime rates, and citizen satisfaction surveys to evaluate how well they meet their objectives and these results are utilized in determining budget priorities, it is an example of which type of budgeting?

Collective bargaining in state and local governments is

The concept of privatization

Contractors and construction firms that benefit from programs included a state highway department's expenditures are best described as

The basic strategy of agency heads in the normal budget process is to

The quality and capacity of public administration have improved markedly in the vast majority of the country's states, municipalities, and counties in terms of the characteristics of employees and the efficiency, effectiveness, and professionalism with which they perform their duties.

Strikes by public employees are illegal in most jurisdictions, although thirteen states permit work stoppages by nonessential workers under strictly regulated conditions.

State enactment of legislation parallel to federal merit system legislation

The budget is important because it is

Bureaucrats have broad discretion in interpreting law and administrative regulations.

New Public Management is an approach to government in which

Which of the following is not an assumption behind the concept of representative bureaucracy?

Long-term investments, such as buildings, highways, bridges, etc. are funded through a capital budget.

New Directions for State and Local Governments

Federalism and the States: Sorting Out Roles and Responsibilities

State Constitutions: the Fundamental Rules of State Government

Citizen Participation and Elections

Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Campaigns

State Legislatures

Governors: Power, Politics and Executive Leadership

The Judiciary: Independence Vs Accountability

The Structure of Local Government

Local Leadership and Governance

State Local Relations

Taxing and Spending

Economic Development

Education Policy: Reading, Writing and Reform

Criminal Justice: Cops and Corrections

Social Welfare and Health Care Policy: Addressing Poverty and Sickness

Environmental Policy

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Exam 8: Public Administration: Budgeting and Service Delivery

Bureaucratic discretion

Ten percent of all working Americans are employed by government.

The concept of neutral competence holds that employees should perform their duties competently without influence from political pressures.

If you were an agency head, what type of approach to budgeting would you pursue? Be sure to describe the various options for constructing a budget and the pros and cons related to each as you present your response.

Strikes, the legal weapon of last resort in the procedures employed by unions in the private sector, are, for government employees at the state and local level,

The policy of affirmative action is grounded in the related concept of representative bureaucracy.

If a police department tracks arrests, clearance rates, crime rates, and citizen satisfaction surveys to evaluate how well they meet their objectives and these results are utilized in determining budget priorities, it is an example of which type of budgeting?

Collective bargaining in state and local governments is

The concept of privatization

Contractors and construction firms that benefit from programs included a state highway department's expenditures are best described as

The basic strategy of agency heads in the normal budget process is to

The quality and capacity of public administration have improved markedly in the vast majority of the country's states, municipalities, and counties in terms of the characteristics of employees and the efficiency, effectiveness, and professionalism with which they perform their duties.

Strikes by public employees are illegal in most jurisdictions, although thirteen states permit work stoppages by nonessential workers under strictly regulated conditions.

State enactment of legislation parallel to federal merit system legislation

The budget is important because it is

Bureaucrats have broad discretion in interpreting law and administrative regulations.

New Public Management is an approach to government in which

Which of the following is not an assumption behind the concept of representative bureaucracy?

Long-term investments, such as buildings, highways, bridges, etc. are funded through a capital budget.

New Directions for State and Local Governments

Federalism and the States: Sorting Out Roles and Responsibilities

State Constitutions: the Fundamental Rules of State Government

Citizen Participation and Elections

Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Campaigns

State Legislatures

Governors: Power, Politics and Executive Leadership

The Judiciary: Independence Vs Accountability

The Structure of Local Government

Local Leadership and Governance

State Local Relations

Taxing and Spending

Economic Development

Education Policy: Reading, Writing and Reform

Criminal Justice: Cops and Corrections

Social Welfare and Health Care Policy: Addressing Poverty and Sickness

Environmental Policy

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