Question 1

In terms of the clients each serves, how do public and private management differ?

Accepted Answer

A) While public management serves citizens, legislatures, chief executives and interests groups, private management focuses on customers who purchase products or services. 
B) While private management serves citizens, legislatures, chief executives and interests groups, public management focuses on customers who purchase products or services. 
C) While public management serves only a single entity, private management focuses on a variety of different customers. 
D) There are no differences between public and private management in terms of the clients they serve. 
A) While public management serves citizens, legislatures, chief executives and interests groups, private management focuses on customers who purchase products or services. 
B) While private management serves citizens, legislatures, chief executives and interests groups, public management focuses on customers who purchase products or services. 
C) While public management serves only a single entity, private management focuses on a variety of different customers. 
D) There are no differences between public and private management in terms of the clients they serve.

Question 2

More than 40 percent of local workers belong to unions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Official activity to cope with sexual harassment in the workplace has

Accepted Answer

A) been concentrated in the states and every state now has statewide policies designed to cope with the problem. 
B) begun in the private sector, spread to local government, and then been taken up by individual state agencies in six states. 
C) been ignored at the national level but aggressively dealt with at the state level. 
D) yet to be proven a matter requiring public attention, given its private nature. 
A) been concentrated in the states and every state now has statewide policies designed to cope with the problem. 
B) begun in the private sector, spread to local government, and then been taken up by individual state agencies in six states. 
C) been ignored at the national level but aggressively dealt with at the state level. 
D) yet to be proven a matter requiring public attention, given its private nature.

Question 4

Regarding representative bureaucracy, empirical research indicates that the specific agency a person works for and the profession that person belongs to are better predictors of public policy preferences than racial, sexual, and other personal characteristics.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Line item budgets show where the money was spent, but they do not tell us how effectively the money was spent.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

If a state employee performs her work in a way that is motivated primarily by political considerations, is unqualified for the position, and thus tends to perform poorly in that position, she is violating which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) Neutral competence 
B) Patronage 
C) Performance evaluation 
D) Representative bureaucracy 
A) Neutral competence 
B) Patronage 
C) Performance evaluation 
D) Representative bureaucracy

Question 7

Criticisms of bureaucrats are widespread. To what do you attribute this phenomenon? Is it fully deserved? Should citizens be concerned by it? In your opinion, do bureaucrats serve the public interest? How do you define the public interest?

Accepted Answer

The widespread criticisms of bureaucrats

Question 8

Which of the following terms are not considered formal stages of the budgeting cycle?

Accepted Answer

A) Fiscal audit 
B) Formulation 
C) Budget execution 
D) Adjudication 
A) Fiscal audit 
B) Formulation 
C) Budget execution 
D) Adjudication

Question 9

Rewarding campaign and other supporters with government jobs began in earnest with the presidency of Andrew Jackson, spreading to state and local governments shortly thereafter. It is generally referred to as

Accepted Answer

A) the merit principle. 
B) veterans' preferences. 
C) the spoils system. 
D) patronage. 
A) the merit principle. 
B) veterans' preferences. 
C) the spoils system. 
D) patronage.

Question 10

The Pendleton Act of 1883 established the first merit system in the state of Massachusetts.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The outcomes of the public budget process represents the results of a zero-sum game-for every winner there are no losers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

General obligation bonds are

Accepted Answer

A) forbidden in most states. 
B) paid off with user fees collected from the use of a specific facility, such as a toll road. 
C) paid off with the jurisdiction's regular revenues. 
D) paid off with special revenues secured through off-budget investments. 
A) forbidden in most states. 
B) paid off with user fees collected from the use of a specific facility, such as a toll road. 
C) paid off with the jurisdiction's regular revenues. 
D) paid off with special revenues secured through off-budget investments.

Question 13

More often than not, good government workers are the scapegoats for vague and poorly designed statutes and policies, failed political and corporate leadership, and other factors beyond the control of civil servants.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Bowman and Kearney describe bureaucracy as a "paradox," which is both problematic and beautiful. Describe the major components of this paradox and provide at least two specific illustrations of each side of the paradox. In summary, discuss if it is possible to overcome this paradox.

Accepted Answer

The paradox of bureaucracy, as described

Question 15

There are less than 19.1 million state and local government employees.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The concept of representative bureaucracy suggests that the employee composition of public agencies should resemble the composition of the general population in terms of gender, racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and other related characteristics of society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Under federal law, all states are required to establish merit systems for a sizable portion of their workers, and comprehensive merit systems currently exist in

Accepted Answer

A) forty-eight states. 
B) about half the states. 
C) only a few states. 
D) most of the states. 
A) forty-eight states. 
B) about half the states. 
C) only a few states. 
D) most of the states.

Question 18

In most states and localities the governor, mayor, or city manager is responsible for developing and leading the lobbying for the annual budget.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

In public budgeting, incrementalism refers to using last year's expenditures as a base for this year's budget figures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

In 1883, New York became the first state to enact a merit system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

In terms of the clients each serves, how do public and private management differ?

More than 40 percent of local workers belong to unions.

Official activity to cope with sexual harassment in the workplace has

Regarding representative bureaucracy, empirical research indicates that the specific agency a person works for and the profession that person belongs to are better predictors of public policy preferences than racial, sexual, and other personal characteristics.

Line item budgets show where the money was spent, but they do not tell us how effectively the money was spent.

If a state employee performs her work in a way that is motivated primarily by political considerations, is unqualified for the position, and thus tends to perform poorly in that position, she is violating which of the following?

Criticisms of bureaucrats are widespread. To what do you attribute this phenomenon? Is it fully deserved? Should citizens be concerned by it? In your opinion, do bureaucrats serve the public interest? How do you define the public interest?

Which of the following terms are not considered formal stages of the budgeting cycle?

Rewarding campaign and other supporters with government jobs began in earnest with the presidency of Andrew Jackson, spreading to state and local governments shortly thereafter. It is generally referred to as

The Pendleton Act of 1883 established the first merit system in the state of Massachusetts.

The outcomes of the public budget process represents the results of a zero-sum game-for every winner there are no losers.

General obligation bonds are

More often than not, good government workers are the scapegoats for vague and poorly designed statutes and policies, failed political and corporate leadership, and other factors beyond the control of civil servants.

Bowman and Kearney describe bureaucracy as a "paradox," which is both problematic and beautiful. Describe the major components of this paradox and provide at least two specific illustrations of each side of the paradox. In summary, discuss if it is possible to overcome this paradox.

There are less than 19.1 million state and local government employees.

The concept of representative bureaucracy suggests that the employee composition of public agencies should resemble the composition of the general population in terms of gender, racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and other related characteristics of society.

Under federal law, all states are required to establish merit systems for a sizable portion of their workers, and comprehensive merit systems currently exist in

In most states and localities the governor, mayor, or city manager is responsible for developing and leading the lobbying for the annual budget.

In public budgeting, incrementalism refers to using last year's expenditures as a base for this year's budget figures.

In 1883, New York became the first state to enact a merit system.

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State Constitutions: the Fundamental Rules of State Government

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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

In terms of the clients each serves, how do public and private management differ?

More than 40 percent of local workers belong to unions.

Official activity to cope with sexual harassment in the workplace has

Regarding representative bureaucracy, empirical research indicates that the specific agency a person works for and the profession that person belongs to are better predictors of public policy preferences than racial, sexual, and other personal characteristics.

Line item budgets show where the money was spent, but they do not tell us how effectively the money was spent.

If a state employee performs her work in a way that is motivated primarily by political considerations, is unqualified for the position, and thus tends to perform poorly in that position, she is violating which of the following?

Criticisms of bureaucrats are widespread. To what do you attribute this phenomenon? Is it fully deserved? Should citizens be concerned by it? In your opinion, do bureaucrats serve the public interest? How do you define the public interest?

Which of the following terms are not considered formal stages of the budgeting cycle?

Rewarding campaign and other supporters with government jobs began in earnest with the presidency of Andrew Jackson, spreading to state and local governments shortly thereafter. It is generally referred to as

The Pendleton Act of 1883 established the first merit system in the state of Massachusetts.

The outcomes of the public budget process represents the results of a zero-sum game-for every winner there are no losers.

General obligation bonds are

More often than not, good government workers are the scapegoats for vague and poorly designed statutes and policies, failed political and corporate leadership, and other factors beyond the control of civil servants.

Bowman and Kearney describe bureaucracy as a "paradox," which is both problematic and beautiful. Describe the major components of this paradox and provide at least two specific illustrations of each side of the paradox. In summary, discuss if it is possible to overcome this paradox.

There are less than 19.1 million state and local government employees.

The concept of representative bureaucracy suggests that the employee composition of public agencies should resemble the composition of the general population in terms of gender, racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and other related characteristics of society.

Under federal law, all states are required to establish merit systems for a sizable portion of their workers, and comprehensive merit systems currently exist in

In most states and localities the governor, mayor, or city manager is responsible for developing and leading the lobbying for the annual budget.

In public budgeting, incrementalism refers to using last year's expenditures as a base for this year's budget figures.

In 1883, New York became the first state to enact a merit system.

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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