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PAF 300 Quiz 5  2020 

Question 1
1 / 1 pts
Every approach to administrative decision making must tackle two issues. First, what ____________ can decision makers use in reaching their judgments? Second, how do political __________ affect decisions?

• information; opinions
• conclusions; opinions
• policy; values
• information; values

 
Question 2
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Rational approach seeks to maximize:

• political support
• process improvements through stakeholders
• market-like forces for incentives that may distort decisions
• efficiency

 
Question 3
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The public-choice theory has fueled an important reform movement.

• True
• False

Question 4
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According to the text, which of the following proved a lack of transparency in risk management?

• the Challenger disaster
• Hurricane Katrina
• 9/11
• the Waco raid on the Branch Davidians

 
Question 5
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Nondecision - the decision no to decide or the avoidance of an issue altogether, whether conscious or unconscious - often has consequences as great as those of a decision itself.

• True
• False

  
Question 6
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Governments can run a __________ (where revenues exceed expenditures) or a _________ (where expenditures exceed revenues).

• surplus; deficit
• deficit; fiscal policy
• surplus; debt
• deficit; surplus

 
Question 7
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Fiscal policy: decisions about government spending and taxing, and their effect on the economy's performance

• True
• False

  
Question 8
1 / 1 pts
Monetary policy: decisions by the Federal Reserve on interest rates and the money supply, and their effect on the economy's performance
True
False
 
Question 9
1 / 1 pts
______________ create programs; ______________ provide the money to fund those programs.

• authorizations; appropriations
• appropriations; outlays
• appropriations; authorizations
• authorizations; budget authority

  
Question 10
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State and local government budgets have two fundamental distinctions between their ____________ budget (covering day-to-day functions) and their ___________ budget (to cover the cost of long-term expenses for equipment and facilities).

• operating; capital
• capital; operating
• capital; enterprise
• operating; enterprise