PUB4861 ASSESSMENT 1 SEMESTER 1 2025 Question 1 Question text The awarding of contracts to companies of which the official is a shareholder, or the appointing of close relatives is referred to as … Choose the most correct option. a. Conflict of interes

PUB4861 ASSESSMENT 1 SEMESTER 1 2025 Question 1 Question text The awarding of contracts to companies of which the official is a shareholder, or the appointing of close relatives is referred to as … Choose the most correct option. a. Conflict of interest b. Blue-collar crime c. White-collar crime d. Weak control Question 2 Question text Which of the following alternatives is not characteristic of aspects that are dealt with in Advanced Public Financial Administration? a. Policies that require critical evaluations b. Principles that require critical evaluations c. Issues that have not been settled d. Issues that are obvious Question 3 Question text The payment of money owing to the state, dishonestly redirected to another party is referred to as …. Choose the correct option. a. Diversion of revenue b. Kick-backs c. Patronage d. Extortion Question 4 Question text The feature of the property tax structure that brings relief in meritorious cases where governments are statutorily authorised to grant some form of relief to pensioners and other indigent property owners in order to neutralise the regressive effect of a proportional property tax rate is called…. Choose the correct option. a. Remissions b. Rebates c. Reciprocal tax immunity d. Exemptions Question 5 Question text Select the correct alternative to complete the sentence. According to the treasury regulations for departments, constitutional institutions and public entities issued in terms of the …. every institution tot which the act applies mist have a chief financial officer. a. Fiscal Powers and functions Act 12 od 2007 b.Public Finance Management Act 1 of 1999 c. Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000 d.Municipal Financial Management Act 56 of 2003 Question 6 Question text Honesty, probity, impartiality and transparency are … of the corporate culture of the public sector. Choose the most correct option. a. Motives b. Opportunities c. Core values d. Behavioural indicators Question 7 Question text Which of the following is not a main philosophical approach to ethics? Choose the most correct option. a. Rule-oriented approach b. Cultural diversity c. Virtue ethics d. Utilitarianism Question 8 Question text Which of the following concerns the morel requirements of public servants in the services that they are paid for and expected to offer the People? a. All of these options. b. The theory of what is permissible and not permissible in public life c. The personal morality of officials d. Codes of conduct Question 9 Question text Which of the following is not a general attribute of corruption and fraud in the public sector? a. A conversion of public benefit to private ends b. An intentional or unintentional application of public resources c. A violation of public trust d. A perversion of authority and the commission of an unacceptable act Question 10 Question text Which of the following professional bodies was the rename of the Institute of Muncipal Accountants and Treasurer (IMTA) since 1990? a. IMFO b. CIPFA c. SAQA d. CIGFARO Question 11 Question text Which of the following sciences focusses primarily on the how-to issues? a. Economics b. Public Administration c. Business management d. Geography Question 12 Question text When an official causes a payment to be issued in favour of a person or business which has, in fact, not given government the required value for that payment, it is referred to as … Choose the correct option. a. Bribery b. Conflict of interest c. Fraudulent payments d. Kick-back payments Question 13 Question text To which characteristic of the uniqueness of municipal financial administration does the idea that politics has failed democracy feeds into? Choose the correct option. a. Municipal loans b. Receiving of revenue c. Intergovernmental transfers d. Community participation Question 14 Question text Which of the following is not an essential prerequisite for acts of corruption to take place? a. Motive b. Dishonesty c. Morality d. Opportunity Question 15 Question text Which approach to ethics agrees that an action is good or right depending on its consequences? a. Rule-oriented approach b. Utilitarianism approach c. Systems approach d. Virtue ethics approach Question 16 Question text Which of the following is not characteristic of intangible personal property? a. Property valued because it represents an ownership claim on something of value. b. Personal property easily valued but difficult to locate. c. Property such as equities, bonds and other financial assets. d. Property held for its own sake, including machinery and finished products. Question 17 Question text An agreed-upon view of what is permissible for the practitioners of a profession is a concept represented by which of the following? a. Diversity management b. Morality c. Systematic thinking d. Ethics Question 18 Question text Which of the following is not part of the public sector’s ‘pro-ethics and anti-corruption’ regime? a. Institutions b. Pathologies c. Legal and regulatory frameworks d. Systems Question 19 Question text Select the correct alternative. Which of the following does not form part of the six generic public administrative processes that are carried out by all bureaucracies in the course of their activities? a. Financing b. Policy- making c. Control d. Accounting Question 20 Question text What is the primary weakness of property taxations? a. Assessment procedures as they are not based on values from current transactions b. They add an element of redistribution from rich to poor c. Omission of individually owned personal property d. Being applied to gross and not to net wealth