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1. Whiсh of the following describes how many presidents, such as Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton,
and George W. Bush, have dealt with thе 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 OBJE L.O. 1-1 - Identify and describe the various factors that seem to account for the public’s holding
CTIVES: 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 OBJE L.O. 1-1 - Identify and describe the various factors that seem to account for the public’s holding
CTIVES: 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
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POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Public and Private Administration: Similarities and Differences, p 44.
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVE L.O. 1-11 - Identify the key similarities, and key differences, between public and private
S: administration.
DATE CREATED: 1/18/2022 12:13 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 1/18/2022 12:17 AM
4. Which of the following best describes the nature of action for public manаgers?
a. Actions taken are expected and necessary.
b. Actions taken are always advisable.
c. Actions taken are convenient.
d. Actions taken are politically acceptable.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: The Managerial Role, p. 16
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJE L.O. 1-2 - Recognize the key concerns of public managers and the major objectives that managers, in
CTIVES: general terms, must seek to achieve in their organizations.
DATE CREATED: 1/18/2022 12:18 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 1/18/2022 12:19 AM
5. Public management, unlike public administration, is focused entirely on what concept?
a. Emphasizing a broader range of civic, electoral, and social concerns
b. Organizing for internal control and direction
c. Focusing on problems and decreasing confidence gaps
d. Decreasing distrust of the political process
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: The Managerial Role, p. 15
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJE L.O. 1-2 - Recognize the key concerns of public managers and the major objectives that managers, in
CTIVES: general terms, must seek to achieve in their organizations.
DATE CREATED: 1/18/2022 12:19 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 1/18/2022 12:21 AM
6. Which of the following organizations falls under the Executive Office of the President?
a. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
b. General Services Administration (GSA)
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c. Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
d. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Executive Office of the President (EOP) p. 23
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJE L.O. 1-3 - Identify the five major types of agencies, four formal bases (or foundations) of
CTIVES: organization, and four broad categories of administrative employees that are found in U.S. public
administration.
DATE CREATED: 1/18/2022 12:21 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 1/18/2022 12:23 AM
7. What is the most common organizational foundation within government agencies?
a. function
b. geographic area
c. clientele
d. work process
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Foundations of Organization, p. 24
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJE L.O. 1-3 - Identify the five major types of agencies, four formal bases (or foundations) of
CTIVES: organization, and four broad categories of administrative employees that are found in U.S. public
administration.
DATE CREATED: 1/18/2022 12:23 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 1/18/2022 12:24 AM
8. Which of the following is not a difference between Independent Regulatory entities, relative to оther
government bodies?
a. Focus on duties in a detached and objective manner
b. Independence from institutional and political forces
c. Singular leadership
d. Oversight of the economic sector
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Independent Regulatory Boards and Commissions, p. 21-22
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: L.O. 1-4 - Explain how independent regulatory agencies differ from cabinet-level
departments.
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DATE MODIFIED: 1/18/2022 12:26 AM
9. Which of the following is an example of an Independent Regulatory entity?
a. Department of Agriculture
b. Federal Reserve Board
c. Amtrak
d. Office of Personnel Management
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Independent Regulatory Boards and Commissions, p. 21
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: L.O. 1-4 - Explain how independent regulatory agencies differ from cabinet-level
departments.
DATE CREATED: 1/18/2022 12:26 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 1/18/2022 12:28 AM
10. What actor in government has particularly used organizational structure to maximize political outcomes?
a. Cabinet secretaries
b. The President
c. The Speaker of the House
d. Senate Committee Chairs
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Politics, Policies, and Organizational Structure, p. 29
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJE L.O. 1-5 - Describe, with some examples, why organizational structure, in general, is politically
CTIVES: significant. Then identify the assumptions underlying efforts aimed specifically at municipal reform in
the early twentieth century.
DATE CREATED: 1/18/2022 12:47 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 1/18/2022 12:49 AM
11. Which of the following is not a way organizational form can signify governmental priorities?
a. Demonstrating commitment to issues.
b. Promoting some issues over others
c. Creating new substructures within agencies
d. Providing greater access to influence for some interests over others
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
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1. Whiсh of the following describes how many presidents, such as Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton,
and George W. Bush, have dealt with thе 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 OBJE L.O. 1-1 - Identify and describe the various factors that seem to account for the public’s holding
CTIVES: 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 OBJE L.O. 1-1 - Identify and describe the various factors that seem to account for the public’s holding
CTIVES: 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
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POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Public and Private Administration: Similarities and Differences, p 44.
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVE L.O. 1-11 - Identify the key similarities, and key differences, between public and private
S: administration.
DATE CREATED: 1/18/2022 12:13 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 1/18/2022 12:17 AM
4. Which of the following best describes the nature of action for public manаgers?
a. Actions taken are expected and necessary.
b. Actions taken are always advisable.
c. Actions taken are convenient.
d. Actions taken are politically acceptable.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: The Managerial Role, p. 16
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJE L.O. 1-2 - Recognize the key concerns of public managers and the major objectives that managers, in
CTIVES: general terms, must seek to achieve in their organizations.
DATE CREATED: 1/18/2022 12:18 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 1/18/2022 12:19 AM
5. Public management, unlike public administration, is focused entirely on what concept?
a. Emphasizing a broader range of civic, electoral, and social concerns
b. Organizing for internal control and direction
c. Focusing on problems and decreasing confidence gaps
d. Decreasing distrust of the political process
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: The Managerial Role, p. 15
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJE L.O. 1-2 - Recognize the key concerns of public managers and the major objectives that managers, in
CTIVES: general terms, must seek to achieve in their organizations.
DATE CREATED: 1/18/2022 12:19 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 1/18/2022 12:21 AM
6. Which of the following organizations falls under the Executive Office of the President?
a. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
b. General Services Administration (GSA)
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c. Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
d. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Executive Office of the President (EOP) p. 23
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJE L.O. 1-3 - Identify the five major types of agencies, four formal bases (or foundations) of
CTIVES: organization, and four broad categories of administrative employees that are found in U.S. public
administration.
DATE CREATED: 1/18/2022 12:21 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 1/18/2022 12:23 AM
7. What is the most common organizational foundation within government agencies?
a. function
b. geographic area
c. clientele
d. work process
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Foundations of Organization, p. 24
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJE L.O. 1-3 - Identify the five major types of agencies, four formal bases (or foundations) of
CTIVES: organization, and four broad categories of administrative employees that are found in U.S. public
administration.
DATE CREATED: 1/18/2022 12:23 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 1/18/2022 12:24 AM
8. Which of the following is not a difference between Independent Regulatory entities, relative to оther
government bodies?
a. Focus on duties in a detached and objective manner
b. Independence from institutional and political forces
c. Singular leadership
d. Oversight of the economic sector
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Independent Regulatory Boards and Commissions, p. 21-22
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: L.O. 1-4 - Explain how independent regulatory agencies differ from cabinet-level
departments.
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DATE CREATED: 1/18/2022 12:24 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 1/18/2022 12:26 AM
9. Which of the following is an example of an Independent Regulatory entity?
a. Department of Agriculture
b. Federal Reserve Board
c. Amtrak
d. Office of Personnel Management
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Independent Regulatory Boards and Commissions, p. 21
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: L.O. 1-4 - Explain how independent regulatory agencies differ from cabinet-level
departments.
DATE CREATED: 1/18/2022 12:26 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 1/18/2022 12:28 AM
10. What actor in government has particularly used organizational structure to maximize political outcomes?
a. Cabinet secretaries
b. The President
c. The Speaker of the House
d. Senate Committee Chairs
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Politics, Policies, and Organizational Structure, p. 29
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJE L.O. 1-5 - Describe, with some examples, why organizational structure, in general, is politically
CTIVES: significant. Then identify the assumptions underlying efforts aimed specifically at municipal reform in
the early twentieth century.
DATE CREATED: 1/18/2022 12:47 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 1/18/2022 12:49 AM
11. Which of the following is not a way organizational form can signify governmental priorities?
a. Demonstrating commitment to issues.
b. Promoting some issues over others
c. Creating new substructures within agencies
d. Providing greater access to influence for some interests over others
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
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