Test Bank for Public Administration An Introduction, 2e

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Test Bank for Public Administration An Introduction, 2e Marc Holzer, Richard Schwester Test Questions

Chapter 1 Multiple Choice

1. Government funding usually comes from all of the following, EXCEPT:

• Sales tax
• Employment tax
• Donations
• Fees (licenses, permits, etc.)

2. We define public administration primarily as:

• A science
• A management-based strategy
• Forming and implementing public policy
• All of the above

• Bureaucracy is
• A characteristic of large, private firms
• A structure within all governments
• Associated with negative stereotypes
• All of the above

• The federal government is
• The smallest government employer
• Larger than all state governments combined
• Smaller than all local governments combined
• The largest government employer
• None of the above

• As a percentage of the US workforce, federal government represents
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• 15%
• 20%
• 3%

• GDP refers to
• Greatest developing program
• Gross domestic product
• Government dependent programs
• None of the above

• 501(c)(3) refers to
• Federal tax status for profit organizations
• State tax exemptions for non-profit organizations
• Federal designation for lobbyists
• Federal tax exemption for non-profit organizations

• The most often used indicator for gauging the nation’s economy is
• Total revenue
• Total taxes
• Total profit
• Gross domestic product

• The term “bureaucrat” is most commonly associated with
• Politicians
• Elected officials
• Government administrators
• Non-profit executives

• Common negative stereotypes of bureaucracy are
• Often true
• Often untrue
• Neither true/false
• None of the above

Chapter 1 True/False 2 / 4

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• T/F—Non-profit organizations are exempt from paying federal income tax.
• T/F—A bureaucracy is reliant on written documents (or the preservation of files).
• T/F—Thomas Jefferson said that the “care of human life and happiness is the first and

only legitimate object of good government.”

• T/F—The single largest source of federal government revenue is the corporate income

tax.

• T/F—The constitution authorizes four branches of government.
• T/F—The president serves as the chief executive officer in the executive branch.
• T/F—Federal payments to individuals, including Social Security and Medicare, are the

single largest use of federal government revenues.

• T/F—The owners of our governments are citizens.
• T/F—Bill Clinton addressed Rutgers University students regarding the value of public

service.

• T/F—Government should just leave business to fix itself.
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Test Questions

Chapter 2 Multiple Choice

• Of the following, which is NOT considered to be one of the most important of Fayol’s 14

Principles?

• Authority
• Discipline
• Unity of command
• Specialization

• According to Robert Merton, the Weberian model is predicated on …
• Secrecy
• Citizen participation
• Legal order
• Transparency

• Theory X states that individuals
• Enjoy work
• Are motivated by economic factors, threats and punishment
• Are capable of self-direction
• Embrace responsibility

• POSDCORB was developed by
• Taylor
• Weber
• Fayol
• Gulick

• Principle agent theory describes
• Relationship between owners and managers
• Relationship between agency bureaucrats and chief executive officers
• All of the above
• None of the above
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