PUB1501 - SEMESTER 1 - ASSIGNMENT 1 - 2017 - Q+A

1. What does the word ‘citizens’ in public administration refer to? (1) Inhabitants of a particular geographical area. (2) Members of a specific state. (3) Loose collections of individuals. (4) All of the above. 2. “Cultural and educational services are services aimed at …” (1) Activities of a public institution. (2) Improving the imbalance in circumstances. (3) Promoting opportunities for self-actualisation and good citizenship. (4) Meeting the intellectual and moral needs of a society. 3. Poverty is a pressing problems in the South. Of what is it an example? (1) A high crime rate. (2) An imbalance in circumstances. (3) An environment in equilibrium. (4) An equilibrium of circumstances. 4. Public administration is mainly guided by the … (1) Political needs of the citizens. (2) Homogeneous needs of a specific community. (3) Various needs of society as a whole. (4) Official needs of the state. 5. What are the three spheres of government? (1) National, regional and provincial government. (2) National, provincial and local government. (3) Banks, public institutions and municipal departments. (4) Provincial, local government and traditional leaders. 6. How does Loxton (1993) explains good life? (1) Good citizenship and right of ownership. (2) Material, moral and intellectual welfare. (3) To be free of any higher or legislative authority on earth. (4) The product of the ideology of the government of the particular state. 7. What best option out of the following, describes the features of the South African society? (1) Age, education, household income, language and population composition. (2) The product of ideology of the government of the particular state. (3) Apartheid and democracy. (4) Tribes, provinces and race. 8. What is the meaning of a ‘need’? (1) Lack of something. (2) Necessity. (3) An imbalance in circumstances. (4) All of the above. 9. “A service that is aimed at safeguarding society and the property of its members against external threats outside the national borders and against any form of loss of life or property within the national borders is ..." (1) Justice. (2) Defence services.