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1
According to Bourgon, public administrators are currently:
A)overpaid
B)in a state of transition
C)overworked
D)more powerful than legislators
2
Which of the following is not a core value of public administration according to Kaufman?
A)representativeness
B)neutral competence
C)executive leadership
D)discretion
3
According to Wilson, much can be gained by looking at the experiences of what continent:
A)Asia
B)South America
C)Africa
D)Europe
4
Peters finds that the comparative study of public bureaucracy stopped having a central place in development studies in the:
A)1950s
B)1960s
C)1970s
D)1980s
5
Goodsell discusses this sociologist's ideal type of bureaucracy.
A)Weber
B)Mills
C)Wilson
D)Diamond
6
Which of the following is not a case study used by Hummel?
A)firefighters
B)welfare managers
C)corporate executives
D)both a and b
E)all of the above
7
Which of the following is not one of the 4 Es of public administration?
A)economy
B)equity
C)efficiency
D)equality
8
Le Grand identifies efficiency with:
A)economic growth
B)equity
C)equality
D)education
9
What Cabinet-level agency receives much of the criticism for not being prepared for Hurricane Katrina?
A)Department of Homeland Security
B)Department of Transportation
C)Department of Commerce
D)National Guard
10
What is the first bureaucratic myth discussed by Amy?
A)Bureaucracy has caused government growth
B)We want government to act like a business
C)Business is always better than bureaucracy
D)Bureaucracies are wasteful
11
According to Bednar, attempts to develop a general theory of federalism and its potential flourished in the:
A)1980s
B)1970s
C)1960s
D)1950s
12
According to Birkland, the type of federalism that emerged during Katrina could be referred to as:
A)cooperative
B)competitive
C)dual
D)coercive
13
Lewis' analysis focuses on the administration of which president?
A)Clinton
B)Bush
C)Carter
D)Nixon
14
West concentrates his analysis on what agency?
A)OMB
B)FEMA
C)FBI
D)DOT
15
Which type of business is not investigated by Beckett?
A)partnership
B)sole proprietor
C)corporation
D)limited liability corporation
16
According to Powell, what is the most costly government-run business in the United States?
A)Medicare
B)Postal Service
C)Nationalized Health Insurance
D)Social Security
17
Gilroy's analysis of privatization in municipalities focuses on a city in what state?
A)Ohio
B)Missouri
C)Georgia
D)Louisiana
18
Outsourcing has been accepted as a necessary part of governing, especially in what context?
A)military
B)economic
C)political
D)none of the above
19
The Government Performance Results Act was passed in what year?
A)1982
B)1993
C)1998
D)2001
20
Which of the following is not a possible type of explanation for the failure of performance management?
A)practical
B)political
C)managerial
D)budgetary
21
Executive Order 10925 was created in what year?
A)1961
B)1964
C)1967
D)1958
22
Ricci v. DiStefano focused on workers in what occupation?
A)police officers
B)firemen
C)teachers
D)steel workers
23
Which of the following is not a motivational technique discussed by Perry and Porter?
A)goal setting
B)monetary incentives
C)intrinsic nature of human beings
D)participation
24
According to Oh and Lewis, which of the following factors most motivate an employee to do a good job?
A)personal pride
B)monetary award
C)supervisor's encouragement
D)duty as public employee
25
According to Wildavsky and Caiden, the best predictor of a budget is:
A)economic health
B)tax revenues
C)last year's budget
D)politician attitudes
26
Kelly compares incremental budgeting with what other budgeting strategy?
A)rational
B)zero-based
C)flat
D)peaked
27
Which of the following is not a reason why some thought SCHIP was largely immune to budget cuts in 2004?
A)low federal matching rate
B)inexpensive
C)highly popular
D)successful
28
President Johnson delivered his Great Society speech at a university in what state?
A)Ohio
B)Kansas
C)Missouri
D)Michigan
29
Which of the following was not a Time Person of the Year for their whistleblowing?
A)Cynthia Cooper
B)Sherron Watkins
C)Coleen Rowley
D)Linda Tripp
30
Laframboise compares what two countries with regards to whistleblowing?
A)United States and Canada
B)United States and France
C)France and Canada
D)England and France
31
Which of the following is not a potential solution examined by Thompson?
A)personnel administration
B)organization development
C)creating an ombudsman
D)larger units
32
Fredrickson reminds us that standards of right and wrong vary according to:
A)context
B)religion
C)gender
D)location
33
The public union debate centers on what state?
A)Ohio
B)Wisconsin
C)Texas
D)Minnesota
34
When first becoming governor of this state, Chris Christie banned public union members from making political donations.
A)New Mexico
B)Georgia
C)New Jersey
D)Iowa
35
Which of the following is the most complex, seamlessly integrated stage of e-government development?
A)horizontal integration
B)vertical integration
C)transaction
D)catalogue
36
Which of the following countries is not a case study for Bekkers and Homburg?
A)Canada
B)Denmark
C)Australia
D)United States
37
Which of the following is not a third-party application general requirement?
A)embedded applications
B)external links
C)information collecting
D)information dissemination
38
Which of the following is not proposed as a possible problem with social media usage by the federal government?
A)cultural issues
B)employee access to online tools
C)advertising
D)network shutdowns







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