Public Administration Test Preparation
Course Introduction
Public Administration is the study of how government policies are implemented and managed by public officials and institutions. This course explores the principles, structures, and processes that underpin the organization and functioning of public sector agencies. Students will examine the roles and responsibilities of public administrators, policy formulation and analysis, budgeting, leadership, ethics, and the challenges of delivering public services in diverse and changing environments. Emphasis is placed on understanding the relationship between government agencies and the public, fostering accountability, transparency, and the effective management of public resources.
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Administrative Law Bureaucracy in a Democracy 6th Edition by Daniel E. Hall
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Chapter 1: Introduction
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Q1) The Federal Communications Commission is a federal agency that determineswho may hold a license to broadcast communications.What type of agency is the Communications Commission?
A) Regulatory agency
B) Public service agency
C) Social welfare agency
Answer: A
Q2) Agencies exist at all levels of the government.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Which U.S.President initiated the creation of many new agencies as part of his New Deal efforts to revive the economy during the Great Depression?
A) Theodore Roosevelt
B) Franklin D. Roosevelt
C) Woodrow Wilson
D) Harry S. Truman
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Bureaucracy and Democracy
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Q1) Which clause in the U.S.Constitution provides the president with a limited and qualified power to nullify proposed legislation by veto?
A) Necessary and Proper Clause
B) Supremacy Clause
C) Presentment Clause
D) Commerce Clause
Answer: C
Q2) The decision in INS v.Chadha established that:
A) only the House of Representatives may invalidate a decision of an executive agency
B) only the Senate may invalidate a decision of an executive agency
C) only a bicameral legislative decision may invalidate a decision of an executive agency
D) decisions of an executive agency may not be invalidated by anyone except the president
Answer: C
Q3) A written law enacted by a legislative body is called a(n)_____. Answer: statute
Q4) The concept of separation of powers is based on a _____ division of power. Answer: horizontal
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Chapter 3: Agency Discretion
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Q1) What is an opinion issued by an agency,upon request,that offers the agency'sinterpretation of law or asserts the agency's policy,practices,or procedures?
A) Declaratory order
B) Judicial opinion
C) Executive order
D) Advisory opinion
Answer: D
Q2) The Department of Justice is responsible for enforcing criminal and civil statutes.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Which term describes a situation where an agency exceeds its statutory mandate and acts outside of the scope or legal limits?
A) Ultra vires
B) Advisory opinion
C) The Chevron Doctrine
D) Agency immunity
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: The Requirement of Fairness
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Q1) The cost of an additional procedure is a factor in due process cost-benefit analysis.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is violative of equal protection?
A) A law requiring a person to be 21 years old to buy or consume beer or liquor
B) A rule requiring a person applying for a bar examination to have graduated law
C) A law requiring a person to be 17 years old to obtain a driver's license
D) A law requiring a city police force to be at least 40% female
Q3) A gender-based classification in a state law preferring men as executors of estates was found to violate equal protection under the _____ test.
Q4) Affirmative action programs encourage the use of quotas to attain hiring goalsdesigned to provide advantages to historically disadvantaged groups.
A)True
B)False
Q5) If a law encroaches upon civil liberties or classifies individuals using certain criteria,itis held to a higher standard under _____ due process.
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Chapter 5: Delegation
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Q1) Most authority delegated by Congress is quasi-legislative authority.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Delegations of criminal rulemaking to private agencies are generally found to beunconstitutional.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In the U.S.Supreme Court case _____ decided in 1825,the U.S.Supreme Court upheld a congressional delegation to the courts to make certain rules of operation.
Q4) The nondelegation doctrine has less applicability in matters of ____ affairs than it does in domestic affairs.
Q5) Public agencies are never authorized to:
A) arrest
B) imprison
C) detain
D) all of the above
E) none of the above
Q6) Private agencies that perform governmental _____ may be treated as government agencies by the courts.
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Chapter 6: Agency Rulemaking
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Q1) Formal rulemaking procedures require a public hearing conducted before a jury.
A)True
B)False
Q2) When is formal rulemaking required? Explain whether formal or informal rulemaking is used more frequently.
Q3) The Federal Register Act was amended in 1937 to include the _____,a compilation of federal administrative regulations.
Q4) Negotiated rulemaking is a presidentially created hybrid.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The process whereby agencies establish law to implement or perform a statutory duty is known as _____.
Q6) The FDA does not have the authority to regulate tobacco and tobacco products. A)True B)False
Q7) With rulemaking,the agency must publish a notice of proposed rulemaking,normally in the Federal ____.
Q8) Explain the differences between formal and informal rulemaking.
Q9) Explain the difference between rulemaking and adjudication.
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Chapter 7: Agency Investigations and Information Collection
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Q1) In Skinner v.Railway Labor Executive Ass'n,the court determined that: A) drug and alcohol testing was not subject to Fourth Amendment requirements because B) any time that a test is invasive of a person's privacy, the Fourth Amendment C) if testing is being conducted by a private party, the government is said not to be D) the Fourth Amendment imposes probable cause requirements on searches whether they
Q2) The Fourth Amendment requires that a ____ authorizing a search be obtained before the search is conducted.
Q3) In the U.S.Supreme Court case _____,the court held that suspicionless drug testing ofstudent athletes was consistent with the Fourth Amendment.
Q4) Faye has sold illegal drugs.On her personal home computer,she has kept records ofthe sales along with a detailed accounting of her profits.When she doesn't complete herincome taxes on time,her home is raided and the computer is seized pursuant to a validsearch warrant.The information on her computer is privileged under the FifthAmendment and may not be used against her.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Formal Adjudications
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Q1) Which of the following is considered a nondiscovery device?
A) Requests for admissions
B) Bills of particulars
C) Subpoenas
D) Stipulations
Q2) The rule established by the U.S Supreme Court ,which mandates that an agency haveone consolidated comparative hearing whenever two or more parties are competingfor one license,is known as the ____ doctrine.
Q3) Recusal is the disqualification of a judge or administrative hearing officer because ofbias or interest regarding the case.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following automatically becomes final unless appealed?
A) Initial decisions
B) Recommended decisions
C) Preliminary decisions
D) All of the above
E) None of the above
Q5) There is no findings requirement for ____adjudications (hearings).
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Chapter 9: Accountability Through Reviewability
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Q1) For an organization to maintain a lawsuit:
A) at least one member must satisfy the requisites of standing
B) at least 10% of the members must satisfy the requisites of standing
C) at least 25% of the members must satisfy the requisites of standing
D) at least 51% of the members must satisfy the requisites of standing
Q2) The primary jurisdiction doctrine is applied only to closely regulated industries.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Mixed questions of law and fact decided upon by an agency are required under theAPA to be subject to a substantial evidence standard of review.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Application of the rule in Lichten v.Eastern Air Lines:
A) is followed in all federal and state courts
B) is followed in all federal courts and some state courts
C) is followed in some federal courts and all state courts
D) is followed in some federal courts and some state courts
Q5) Time limitations established by Congress are _____enforced by federal courts.
Q6) In the federal system,most review authority is derived from _____.
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Chapter 10: Accountability Through Accessibility
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Q1) FOIA §552(a)(1),which requires that agencies make certain information available forinspection and copying,is sometimes referred to as the _____ requirement becauseit is satisfied by providing a location for people to inspect and copy documents.
Q2) Megan's Law and other sexual predator laws are statutes promulgated in most states that require sex offenders to register with police authorities when they move into a neighborhood.Furthermore,many such statutes require that specific notice be given to occupants in the neighborhood naming the offender and providing his or her picture and address.Discuss the legality of these mandatory disclosure laws with regard to the FOIA and the Privacy Act.
Q3) The Privacy Act prohibits agencies from collecting information about people. A)True
B)False
Q4) An agency's current index of materials required to be made available or publishedmust be published in the Federal Register.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe the three modalities of providing public access to information under theFreedom of Information Act (FOIA).
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Chapter 11: Accountability Through Liability
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Q1) State immunity occurs because:
A) a state is not a person as defined under § 1983
B) of the Eleventh Amendment
C) a state is not a person as defined under § 1983 and because of the Eleventh Amendment
D) none of the above
Q2) Most government programs are provided with a clear profit motive.
A)True
B)False
Q3) When the government institutes regulations that prohibit a property owner from using his or her property as he or she intended,the property owner can argue that the government action constitutes a _____ taking.
Q4) The Tucker Act gives the U.S._____Court jurisdiction over any claim for damages against the United States that is founded on the Constitution,statutes,or regulations of the United States.
Q5) With exceptions,the Eleventh Amendment generally provides immunity for states from liability in federal courts.
A)True
B)False
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