(Solved): PAF 300 Qiuz #2...

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Submitted Feb 8 at 12:07am
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Question 1
Public administration is the process of translating public policies into results.

•  True   
•  False

 
Question 2
There are ___________ fundamental differences between public and private organizational processes.

•   Eight
•   Nine
•   Five
•   Seven

 
Question 3
Neutrality doctrine: the principle that public administrators ought to manage programs without political favoritism.   

•  True   
•  False

 
Question 4
The __________approach notes that government shares power with other governments, private organizations, and mixed public-private enterprises, as well as within its own organizational structure, and so develops a mixed model.
 

•  Formal   
•  Pluralist 
•  Government-by-proxy
•  Humanist

  
Question 5
Chain of command is the line of authority from top policymakers through the hierarchy, which is used to define who is responsible for doing what.

•  True   
•  False

 
Question 6
The prime goal of the Classical Theory of organization is:

•  Humanizing the bureaucracy   
•  Effectiveness
•  Cost Control   
•  Efficiency   

Question 7
According to Max Weber, there are three “pure” models of authority. _____________ authority rests on the belief in the sacredness of traditions, while _______________ authority rests on personal devotion to an individual because of the exceptional sanctity, heroism, or exemplary character of this person.   

•  Rational-legal; charismatic
•  Traditional; charismatic   
•  Traditional; rational-legal   
•  Charismatic; traditional   

 
Question 8
Systems theory sees organizational work as a set of related parts, and it seeks to generalize about all organizations, public and private, large and small.

•  True   
•  False

  
Question 9
The Office of Management and Budget is the agency charged with implementing most government-wide policies, so its role takes it into every nook and cranny of the federal government’s operations.

•  True   
•  False 

 
Question 10
The theory that outlines the relationship between superiors and subordinates within organizations as stipulated through negotiated contracts.  

•  Classical theory
•  Contract theory 
•  Network theory   
•  Principal - agent theory