Question 1

Elements of promotion are:

Accepted Answer

A)  change of position and duties
B)  change of responsibility and title
C)  change of pay
D)  all the above D

Question 2

The second phase in the history of public administration was known for:

Accepted Answer

A)  rejection of the claim of public administration to be regarded as a science
B)  search for finding the principles of administration
C)  interdisciplinary approach
D)  rejection of politics -administration dichotomy B

Question 3

"Toward a New Public Administration" was written by:

Accepted Answer

A)  dwight waldo
B)  frank marini
C)  george frederickson
D)  none of the above B

Question 4

Exception principle relates with:

Accepted Answer

A)  scientific management theory
B)  bureaucratic theory
C)  human relations theory
D)  none of the above

Question 5

Promotion can also be called:

Accepted Answer

A)  indirect recruitment
B)  direct recruitment
C)  negative recruitment
D)  none of the above

Question 6

Which of the following statements is correct about " New Public Administration"?

Accepted Answer

A)  its literature is anti-positivist
B)  its ant technical
C)  it is antibureaucratic and antihierarchical
D)  all the above

Question 7

Illumination experiment relates with:

Accepted Answer

A)  human relations theory
B)  bureaucratic theory
C)  scientific management theory
D)  none of the above

Question 8

------------implies the degradation of an employee from higher position to a lower position.

Accepted Answer

A)  recruitment from within
B)  indirect recruitment
C)  demotion
D)  none of the above

Question 9

------------is the oldest technique of training.

Accepted Answer

A)  lecture method
B)  syndicate method
C)  role play
D)  management games

Question 10

Select the principles of promotion

Accepted Answer

A)  seniority principle
B)  merit principle
C)  seniority cum merit principle
D)  all the above

Question 11

"Sensitivity training" was suggested by:

Accepted Answer

A)  woodrow wilson
B)  chris argyris
C)  elton mayo
D)  none of the above

Question 12

Relay assembly test room experiment relates with:

Accepted Answer

A)  human relations theory
B)  bureaucratic theory
C)  scientific management theory
D)  none of the above

Question 13

Who defines "morale as the capacity of a group of people to pull together persistently in pursuit of a common purpose"?

Accepted Answer

A)  leighton
B)  frank marini
C)  herbert simon
D)  none of the above

Question 14

The " new public administration" regarded-----------as the centre of all administrative activity:

Accepted Answer

A)  efficiency
B)  economy
C)  man
D)  all the above

Question 15

The administrative staff under the legal-rational authority system consists of:

Accepted Answer

A)  bureaucracy
B)  servants and relatives of the ruler
C)  feudal lords
D)  none of the above

Question 16

Who advocates the theory of "Dual Supervision"?

Accepted Answer

A)  j.d millet
B)  f.w taylor
C)  max weber
D)  none of the above

Question 17

The study of public administration became interdisciplinary in approach in

Accepted Answer

A)  first phase
B)  second phase
C)  fifth phase
D)  fourth phase

Question 18

Who among the following supported the concept of " politics and public administration dichotomy" ?

Accepted Answer

A)  albert stickney
B)  j.goodnow
C)  john m pfiffner
D)  all the above

Exam 4: Public Administration and Personnel Management