Name: Class: Date:
CHAPTER 1 APPROACHING THE STUDY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
1. Which of the following describes how many presidents, such as Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton,
and George W. Bush, have dealt with the bureaucracy during their presidential runs?
a. Focused on supporting the expansion of bureaucracy.
b. Argued for increased oversight on military bureaucracy
c. Expressed desire to see bureaucracy take on more technology to be more efficient.
d. Ran against bureaucracy, arguing to clean up government.
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Introduction, p. 6
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: L.O. 1-1 - Identify and describe the various factors that seem to account for the public’s
holding government bureaucracy in low esteem. Then describe the factors that seem to
explain the public’s higher regard for government bureaucracy, when levels of confidence in
government have been higher.
DATE CREATED: 1/17/2022 11:22 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 1/18/2022 12:12 AM
2. What factor most directly explains increased confidence in government and the bureaucracy?
a. Popularity of Congress
b. Popularity of health care programs.
c. Good or improving economic conditions
d. Decreases in bureaucratic discretionary authority.
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Introduction, p. 9-10
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: L.O. 1-1 - Identify and describe the various factors that seem to account for the public’s
holding government bureaucracy in low esteem. Then describe the factors that seem to
explain the public’s higher regard for government bureaucracy, when levels of confidence in
government have been higher.
DATE CREATED: 1/18/2022 12:08 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 1/18/2022 12:12 AM
3. Among the most important differences in the respective working environments of public and private
managers are, first, the “goldfish bowl” of publicity facing the public manager and what other difference?
a. ability to control subordinates’ careers.
b. ability to employ precise evaluation measures.
c. exclusive power to set agency goals.
d. having to operate under much tighter time constraints.
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
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CHAPTER 1 APPROACHING THE STUDY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
1. Which of the following describes how many presidents, such as Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton,
and George W. Bush, have dealt with the bureaucracy during their presidential runs?
a. Focused on supporting the expansion of bureaucracy.
b. Argued for increased oversight on military bureaucracy
c. Expressed desire to see bureaucracy take on more technology to be more efficient.
d. Ran against bureaucracy, arguing to clean up government.
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Introduction, p. 6
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: L.O. 1-1 - Identify and describe the various factors that seem to account for the public’s
holding government bureaucracy in low esteem. Then describe the factors that seem to
explain the public’s higher regard for government bureaucracy, when levels of confidence in
government have been higher.
DATE CREATED: 1/17/2022 11:22 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 1/18/2022 12:12 AM
2. What factor most directly explains increased confidence in government and the bureaucracy?
a. Popularity of Congress
b. Popularity of health care programs.
c. Good or improving economic conditions
d. Decreases in bureaucratic discretionary authority.
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Introduction, p. 9-10
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: L.O. 1-1 - Identify and describe the various factors that seem to account for the public’s
holding government bureaucracy in low esteem. Then describe the factors that seem to
explain the public’s higher regard for government bureaucracy, when levels of confidence in
government have been higher.
DATE CREATED: 1/18/2022 12:08 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 1/18/2022 12:12 AM
3. Among the most important differences in the respective working environments of public and private
managers are, first, the “goldfish bowl” of publicity facing the public manager and what other difference?
a. ability to control subordinates’ careers.
b. ability to employ precise evaluation measures.
c. exclusive power to set agency goals.
d. having to operate under much tighter time constraints.
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
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