Public Administration || QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
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David H. Rosenbloom correct answers leading authority of the constitutional aspects of
public employment
- paradigm of public administration: intersection of management, politics, and law has
become a standard way to analyze and teach the subject
chief of state correct answers the ceremonial head of a government, such as a king, queen, or
president
food stamps correct answers a welfare program designed to improve the nutrition of the poor
amnesty international correct answers worldwide organization that seeks to gain the release
of political and religious prisoners by publicizing their plights and by lobbying governments
dwight wade correct answers the preeminent historian of the academic field of public
administration
NASA correct answers The federal agency created by the NASA act of 1958 to conduct
research on problems of flight and to explore outer space
privatization correct answers the process of returning to the private sector property(such as
public lands) or functions(such as trash collection, fire protection) previously owned or
performed by government
implementation correct answers putting a government program into effect
- the total process of translating a legal mandate into appropriate program directives and
structures that provide services or public goods
lobby correct answers any individual, group, or organization that seeks to influence
legislation or administrative action
Walter Lippmann correct answers a journalist who went beyond being the preeminent
political pundit of his time to being a political philosopher who wrote pioneering analyses of
public opinion and foreign policy
E. Pendleton Herring correct answers one of the most influential of the pre WWII scholars of
public administration
edmund burke correct answers the British political philosopher and member of Parliament
who is often referred to as the father of conservative thought
tragedy of the commons correct answers A parable that illustrates why common resources are
used more than is desirable from the standpoint of society as a whole
GI Bill correct answers American Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944. It provided low-
interest, no-down-payment home mortgages and education benefits that allowed a whole
generation of working class veterans to go to college and advance into the middle class
, who is the father of public administration correct answers Woodrow Wilson
executive functions of government correct answers - managing existing programs
- managing the managers
- managing conflict
- red tape
characteristics of policymaking in the US correct answers - interest groups/lobbying
- separation of powers
- federal v. unitary
- fragmented: complex, layered
prerogative theory correct answers appropriate in times for executive to take leadership role
stewardship theory correct answers based on president being dually elected by constituents as
well envisions much more active executive
expanding powers of the executive correct answers - executive orders
- delegation
- budget powers
- cabinet appointments
phases of policymaking correct answers 1. problem recognition and definition
2. agenda setting
3. decision making and policy formulation
4. Adoption
5. Budgeting
6. Implementation
7. Evaluation
Issue Attention Cycle correct answers 1. pre-problem
2. alarmed discovery
3. recognition of cost
4. lose interest
5. post-problem phase
rational comprehensive model correct answers
incrementalism correct answers inch worm
gradual slow changes
iron triangle correct answers A close relationship between an agency, a congressional
committee, and an interest group
--exacerbated by revolving door
how many cabinets are there today correct answers 15
what drives the reinvention of government correct answers efficiency
VERIFIED 100% CORRECT!!
David H. Rosenbloom correct answers leading authority of the constitutional aspects of
public employment
- paradigm of public administration: intersection of management, politics, and law has
become a standard way to analyze and teach the subject
chief of state correct answers the ceremonial head of a government, such as a king, queen, or
president
food stamps correct answers a welfare program designed to improve the nutrition of the poor
amnesty international correct answers worldwide organization that seeks to gain the release
of political and religious prisoners by publicizing their plights and by lobbying governments
dwight wade correct answers the preeminent historian of the academic field of public
administration
NASA correct answers The federal agency created by the NASA act of 1958 to conduct
research on problems of flight and to explore outer space
privatization correct answers the process of returning to the private sector property(such as
public lands) or functions(such as trash collection, fire protection) previously owned or
performed by government
implementation correct answers putting a government program into effect
- the total process of translating a legal mandate into appropriate program directives and
structures that provide services or public goods
lobby correct answers any individual, group, or organization that seeks to influence
legislation or administrative action
Walter Lippmann correct answers a journalist who went beyond being the preeminent
political pundit of his time to being a political philosopher who wrote pioneering analyses of
public opinion and foreign policy
E. Pendleton Herring correct answers one of the most influential of the pre WWII scholars of
public administration
edmund burke correct answers the British political philosopher and member of Parliament
who is often referred to as the father of conservative thought
tragedy of the commons correct answers A parable that illustrates why common resources are
used more than is desirable from the standpoint of society as a whole
GI Bill correct answers American Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944. It provided low-
interest, no-down-payment home mortgages and education benefits that allowed a whole
generation of working class veterans to go to college and advance into the middle class
, who is the father of public administration correct answers Woodrow Wilson
executive functions of government correct answers - managing existing programs
- managing the managers
- managing conflict
- red tape
characteristics of policymaking in the US correct answers - interest groups/lobbying
- separation of powers
- federal v. unitary
- fragmented: complex, layered
prerogative theory correct answers appropriate in times for executive to take leadership role
stewardship theory correct answers based on president being dually elected by constituents as
well envisions much more active executive
expanding powers of the executive correct answers - executive orders
- delegation
- budget powers
- cabinet appointments
phases of policymaking correct answers 1. problem recognition and definition
2. agenda setting
3. decision making and policy formulation
4. Adoption
5. Budgeting
6. Implementation
7. Evaluation
Issue Attention Cycle correct answers 1. pre-problem
2. alarmed discovery
3. recognition of cost
4. lose interest
5. post-problem phase
rational comprehensive model correct answers
incrementalism correct answers inch worm
gradual slow changes
iron triangle correct answers A close relationship between an agency, a congressional
committee, and an interest group
--exacerbated by revolving door
how many cabinets are there today correct answers 15
what drives the reinvention of government correct answers efficiency
