Canadian Public Administration Exam Preparation Guide
Course Introduction
Canadian Public Administration examines the structures, functions, and processes of government and public service in Canada. The course explores historical and contemporary developments in federal, provincial, and municipal administration, highlighting the relationship between elected officials, public servants, and the citizens they serve. Key topics include the role of the bureaucracy, public policy formulation and implementation, accountability and ethics, federalism, intergovernmental relations, and the ongoing challenges of equity, diversity, and innovation in the public sector. Through case studies and analysis, students gain a thorough understanding of the complexities and evolving nature of governance in the Canadian context.
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Public Administration in Canada 2nd Edition by Paul Barker
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Chapter 1: What Is Public Administration
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Q1) Which of the following best describes the "post-deficit" era?
A)the federal government's first fiscal surplus in nearly 30 years in the late 1990s
B)the global recession of 2008-2009
C)former Prime Minister Stephen Harper's attempt to re-balance the budget in 2014
D)the oil shocks of 1973
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the following represents the total value of goods and services in Canada?
A)Program Expenses Index
B)Gross Domestic Product
C)Canadian Population Index
D)Public Service Workforce Index
Answer: B
Q3) The first degree program in Canadian Public Administration was established at Carleton University.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Values and Ethics in Public Administration
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Q1) Who has the authority to appoint heads and members of agencies?
A)deputy ministers
B)departmental managers
C)the prime minister
D)the governor-general
Answer: C
Q2) Public servants have security of tenure during good behaviour and satisfactory performance.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) The anonymity of public servants depends on the doctrine of individual ministerial responsibility.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) In Ontario, the code for public servants takes the form of a regulation.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Public Administration and Organization Theory:
The Structural Foundation
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Q1) What are Public Health Nurses an example of?
A)line function
B)staff function
C)service function
D)control function
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the following is <b>NOT</b> an aspect of Fayol's Principle of Management?
A)technical
B)cultural
C)financial
D)commercial
Answer: D
Q3) What is the name of the organizational theory that is most associated with Frederick W.Taylor?
A)new public management
B)scientific management
C)new public service
D)principles of management
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Public Administration and Organization Theory:
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Q1) Which of the following is a Theory X assumption?
A)Employees dislike work and will make every attempt to avoid it.
B)Employees see work as being as natural as rest.
C)Employees can learn to take on and seek responsibility.
D)The capacity to solve organizational problem is widely dispersed.
Q2) Contingency Theory is a form of modern structural theory.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to Maslow, which is the highest level of need?
A)safety
B)belongingness
C)esteem
D)self-actualization
Q4) Which of the following is considered an output in the open systems approach to organizations?
A)human
B)capital
C)technology
D)goods
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Chapter 5: Public Administration and Organization Theory:
The New Public Management, Governance, and Beyond
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Q1) Managerialism leans on humanist thinking.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following theoretical propositions contends that the essence of any large organizational form is <b>NOT</b> based on a Weberian ideal-type bureaucracy?
A)Post-Bureaucratic Organization Theory
B)Managerialism
C)New Public Management
D)Public Choice Theory
Q3) Petro Canada is still a Crown corporation.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following theories centres on the promotion of the common good and emphasizes collaboration between multiple stakeholders?
A)Public Value Governance
B)Digital Era Governance
C)Managerial Reform
D)New Public Governance
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Chapter 6: Government Departments and Central Agencies
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Q1) Deputy ministers of departments usually change when governments change.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which prime minister had a major influence in the creation of central agencies and changes made to them?
A)Prime Minister Lester Pearson
B)Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau
C)Prime Minister Brian Mulroney
D)Prime Minister Joe Clark
Q3) What is the title of the individual who serves as the political head of a government department?
A)Chief Administrative Officer
B)Cabinet Minister
C)Chief Executive Officer
D)Deputy Minister
Q4) Who are known as the "superbureacrats"?
A)deputy ministers
B)retired bureaucrats
C)senior public servants
D)public servants working in central agencies
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Chapter 7: Crown Agencies
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Q1) What is the term for a type of Crown corporation in which the shares are held jointly by the government of Canada and another level of government?
A)partly owned subsidiary
B)parent corporation
C)mixed enterprise
D)joint enterprise
Q2) Which of the following is an example of a type of Crown corporation established through international agreements, whereby Canada either owns shares or has the ability to appoint or elect members to its governing body?
A)Calgary Airport Authority
B)International Monetary Fund
C)Canadian Security Intelligence Agency
D)Immigration and Refugee Board
Q3) Nation building and community development are two important reasons for the creation of public enterprises in Canada.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Alternative Service Delivery ASD
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Q1) Which of the following is also classified as a single-window service?
A)community enterprises
B)regulated monopolies
C)integrated service delivery
D)contracting out
Q2) Similar to public-private partnerships, which other type of service delivery shares decision-making authority with their private sector partners?
A)community enterprises
B)special operating agencies
C)statutory agencies
D)Crown corporations
Q3) Which term is synonymous with "joined-up government"?
A)public-private partnerships
B)public-public partnerships
C)special operating agencies
D)community enterprises
Q4) Aside from Crown corporations, non-profit entities can also be privatized.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: The Executive and the Bureaucracy
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Q1) No one can influence a minister's proposal.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Whose government was the first to set up an ad-hoc committee on defence procurement?
A)Stephen Harper
B)Pierre Elliott Trudeau
C)Brian Mulroney
D)Justin Trudeau
Q3) What is the maximum number of pages allowed for a memorandum of cabinet?
A)10!
B)20!
C)50!
D)There is no page limit!
Q4) Central agencies are not allowed to intervene or influence a minister's proposal.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Interdepartmental and Intradepartmental Relations
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Q1) Currently, only ministerial staff can enter into internal job competitions within the federal public service for up to one year after leaving their position.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The number of ministerial assistants decreased between 2005 and 2015.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What is the Local Health Integration Network an example of?
A)horizontal management
B)horizontal initiative
C)network governance
D)vertical governance
Q4) Which of the following Acts enables the deputy minister to manage allocated resources?
A)<i>Financial Administration Act</i>
B)<i>Public Sector Labour Relations Act</i>
C)<i>Public Service Employment Act</i>
D)<i>Civil Service Act</i>
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Chapter 11: The Legislature and the Bureaucracy
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Q1) Which committee examines both the public accounts and the auditor-general's report as a basis for making recommendations to the House of Commons?
A)Government Operations and Estimates committee
B)Public Accounts committee
C)Privacy and Ethics committee
D)Scrutiny of Regulations committee
Q2) Currently, how many standing committees exist?
A)2!
B)10!
C)12!
D)24!
Q3) The Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food deals only with the Department of Agriculture.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following are joint committees?
A)Library of Parliament committee
B)Environmental and Sustainable Development committee
C)Canadian Heritage committee
D)Public Accounts committee
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Chapter 12: The Judiciary and the Bureaucracy
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Q1) What type of law is derived from custom and judicial precedent?
A)civil law
B)common law
C)constitutional law
D)administrative law
Q2) Which type of law deals with relations between the government and individual citizens, including dealing with legal limitation on the actions of government officials?
A)common law
B)administrative law
C)civil law
D)constitutional law
Q3) Section 35 of the <i>Constitution Act</i> 1982 recognizes treaty rights of Aboriginal Peoples of Canada.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The remedy of awarding damages is only available for administrative functions.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Intergovernmental Administrative Relations
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Q1) What is quasi-federalism?
A)a term used to describe the early decades of Canadian federation when the federal government dominated the provincial governments
B)a concept according to which the powers of government are divided so that general and regional governments are each independent
C)a term used to describe federal-provincial relations during the two world wars and the Depression
D)a term used to describe highly conflictual federal-provincial relations during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s when provinces challenged the federal government on major issues
Q2) Emergency federalism was only applied during the Depression era.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The very first period of federalism is known as classical federalism.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The "federal principle" is a concept associated with classical federalism.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Non-Governmental Actors and the Bureaucracy
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Q1) At which level of public involvement does social media play a significant role?
A)Level 4!
B)Level 3!
C)Level 2!
D)Level 1!
Q2) Which level of public involvement has the purpose to inform and educate the public on an issue of importance?
A)Level 1!
B)Level 2!
C)Level 3!
D)Level 4!
Q3) Who is the most influential during the pre- and post-legislative stages in the public policy process?
A)prime minister
B)cabinet
C)legislators
D)public servants
Q4) Contesting is an interest group tactic.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: The Management of Human Resources
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Q1) Who has the exclusive authority to make appointments for separate agencies?
A)Public Service Commission
B)Treasury Board
C)Office of the Auditor-General
D)Civil Service Commission
Q2) What body was set up to oversee the introduction of the <i>Public Service Modernization Act</i>?
A)Deputy Ministers Human Resource Management Advisory Committee (MAC)
B)Human Resources Council
C)Privy Council Office
D)External Advisory Committee on Senior Level Retention and Compensation
Q3) Even though cuts were made to the public service in the 1990s, there was annual growth in the size of the public service until 2011.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Casual employees can only be part-time employees.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Representative Bureaucracy and Employment Equity
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Q1) Which province does <b>NOT</b> have any pay equity law or framework?
A)Ontario
B)Alberta
C)Prince Edward Island
D)Manitoba
Q2) Pay Equity stands for " equal pay for equal work."
A)True
B)False
Q3) Employment equity means something completely different than affirmative action.
A)True
B)False
Q4) As of 2015, which of the following groups make up the lowest percentage of workforce availability?
A)women
B)members of a visible minority group
C)persons with a disability
D)aboriginal peoples
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Chapter 17: The Budgetary Process
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Q1) The "totals" in the budget only includes revenues and expenditures.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is best described as a style of budgeting that emphasizes the object of the expenditure rather than the purpose of the expenditure?
A)line-item budgeting
B)performance budgeting
C)program budgeting
D)incremental budgeting
Q3) What type of budgeting involves "shift points"?
A)incremental budgeting
B)performance budgeting
C)program budgeting
D)line-item budgeting
Q4) Who makes the final decisions on the contents of the budget?
A)Minister of Finance
B)Treasury Board Secretariat
C)Cabinet Committees
D)Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
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