Question 1

Briefly describe how the Antideficiency Act limits federal administrators.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. The act pro

Question 2

Policy formulation and policy execution are so similar that public administration scholars have often argued that the two concepts should be combined.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

What is administrative responsibility?

Accepted Answer

A)  the process of holding only cabinet members ultimately responsible within the bureaucracy for specific actions 
B)  the process of holding specific individuals ultimately responsible within the bureaucracy for specific actions 
C)  the process of holding agencies responsible within the bureaucracy for specific actions 
D)  the process of pursuing the goals that public organizations are charged with seeking 
A)  the process of holding only cabinet members ultimately responsible within the bureaucracy for specific actions 
B)  the process of holding specific individuals ultimately responsible within the bureaucracy for specific actions 
C)  the process of holding agencies responsible within the bureaucracy for specific actions 
D)  the process of pursuing the goals that public organizations are charged with seeking

Question 4

American citizens began to demand far more of government ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  since World War II 
B)  since World War I 
C)  since the time of Woodrow Wilson 
D)  since the time of The Federalist Papers 
A)  since World War II 
B)  since World War I 
C)  since the time of Woodrow Wilson 
D)  since the time of The Federalist Papers

Question 5

Efficiency and equity are ____________ competing concepts that should be ___________.

Accepted Answer

A)  sometimes; ignored 
B)  rarely; given little attention 
C)  sometimes; balanced 
D)  never; ignored 
A)  sometimes; ignored 
B)  rarely; given little attention 
C)  sometimes; balanced 
D)  never; ignored

Question 6

The rule of law differentiates ______ from ______ more than oversight and performance management.

Accepted Answer

A)  public organizations; private organizations 
B)  bureaucracy; public administration 
C)  national government; international government 
D)  policy formation; policy execution 
A)  public organizations; private organizations 
B)  bureaucracy; public administration 
C)  national government; international government 
D)  policy formation; policy execution

Question 7

What forbids government officials from spending money on any purpose not explicitly authorized by law?

Accepted Answer

A)  Antideficiency Act 
B)  neutrality doctrine 
C)  Pendleton Civil Service Act 
D)  oversight doctrine 
A)  Antideficiency Act 
B)  neutrality doctrine 
C)  Pendleton Civil Service Act 
D)  oversight doctrine

Question 8

Which concept ties all administrative action to specific authority?

Accepted Answer

A)  politics-administration dichotomy 
B)  rule of law 
C)  law of unintended consequences 
D)  rule of antideficiency 
A)  politics-administration dichotomy 
B)  rule of law 
C)  law of unintended consequences 
D)  rule of antideficiency

Question 9

Over time, how have members of the field of public administration examined the subject of politics and administration?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. Woodrow Wilson,Frank

Briefly describe how the Antideficiency Act limits federal administrators.

Policy formulation and policy execution are so similar that public administration scholars have often argued that the two concepts should be combined.

What is administrative responsibility?

American citizens began to demand far more of government ______.

Efficiency and equity are __ competing concepts that should be _.

The rule of law differentiates from more than oversight and performance management.

What forbids government officials from spending money on any purpose not explicitly authorized by law?

Which concept ties all administrative action to specific authority?

Over time, how have members of the field of public administration examined the subject of politics and administration?

Accountability

What Government Does And How It Does It

Organizational Theory

The Executive Branch

Organization Problems

Administrative Reform

The Civil Service

Human Capital

Decision Making: Rationality and Risk

Budgeting

Implementation and Performance

Regulation and the Courts

Accountability and Politics

Filters

Exam 3: What Is Public Administration?

Briefly describe how the Antideficiency Act limits federal administrators.

Policy formulation and policy execution are so similar that public administration scholars have often argued that the two concepts should be combined.

What is administrative responsibility?

American citizens began to demand far more of government ______.

Efficiency and equity are ____________ competing concepts that should be ___________.

The rule of law differentiates ______ from ______ more than oversight and performance management.

What forbids government officials from spending money on any purpose not explicitly authorized by law?

Which concept ties all administrative action to specific authority?

Over time, how have members of the field of public administration examined the subject of politics and administration?

Accountability

What Government Does And How It Does It

Organizational Theory

The Executive Branch

Organization Problems

Administrative Reform

The Civil Service

Human Capital

Decision Making: Rationality and Risk

Budgeting

Implementation and Performance

Regulation and the Courts

Accountability and Politics

Filters

Efficiency and equity are __ competing concepts that should be _.

The rule of law differentiates from more than oversight and performance management.