Public Policy Analysis Exam Questions
Course Introduction
Public Policy Analysis is an interdisciplinary course that introduces students to the systematic evaluation of government policies and programs. It explores the tools and methodologies used to assess policy problems, formulate alternatives, and predict the potential impacts of various policy options. Emphasizing both qualitative and quantitative approaches, the course helps students develop skills in critical thinking, evidence-based decision-making, and effective communication of policy recommendations. Key topics include problem definition, policy design, cost-benefit analysis, stakeholder analysis, and the evaluation of policy implementation and outcomes.
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Managing the Public Sector 9th Edition by Grover Starling
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Chapter 1: The Nature of Public Administration
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Q1) Official records underestimate the true size of government because they ignore people working for the federal government on contracts and grants.If we include these people, along with uniformed military services and Postal Service workers, the real size of government is about
A) 3 million
B) 5 million
C) 8 million
D) 12 million
E) 25 million
Answer: D
Q2) The basic division of nonprofits is
A) small, medium, and large
B) member-serving organizations and public-serving organizations
C) focused organizations and umbrella organizations
D) professional organizations and nonprofessional organizations
E) independent organizations and quasi-independent organizations
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: The Political-Legal Environment of Administration
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Q1) In the Chevron case, the Supreme Court prescribed two steps that a reviewing court should take when reviewing an agency's construction of a statute.These two steps are most relevant to which of the following administrative law concepts?
A) administrative reconstruction
B) judicial review
C) delegation
D) deference
E) due process
Answer: D
Q2) Which of the following statements about administrative rulemaking is INCORRECT?
A) The most common rulemaking procedure is notice-and-comment rulemaking
B) The rules and regulations of all federal agencies are compiled in the Code of Federal Regulations.
C) Interpretive rules are legally binding on the public.
D) An agency need not respond to all comments.
E) Rulemaking is a continual national activity for more than 100 agencies.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Intergovernmental Relations
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Q1) Although there is no straightforward, universally accepted method for negotiating disputes between governments and organizations, some strategies do consistently seem to work better than others.Which of the following would experts LEAST likely recommend?
A)Conceive of interest narrowly
B)Change the parties involved in the bargaining
C)Change the existing organizational structure
D)If a memorandum of understanding needs to be prepared, you be the one to do it
E)Use objective criteria
Answer: A
Q2) According to the text, the era of cooperative federalism was
A) 1789-1933
B) 1933-1960
C) 1960-1968
D) 1968-1980
E) 1980-1993
Answer: B
Q3) How do categorical grants differ from block grants?
Answer: not answered
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Chapter 4: Administrative Responsibility and Ethics
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Q1) Why should an administrator study ethics?
Q2) The concept of due process is stated for the state courts in
A)the Fifth Amendment.
B)the Tenth Amendment.
C)the Fourteenth Amendment.
D)the Charter of the National Conference of State Attorneys General.
E)the Olmstead decision (1928).
Q3) How might utilitarianism be made a little less theoretical so that the general ideas behind it could be incorporated into practical management decision making?
Q4) The text uses Lincoln's position on slavery to illustrate which of the following virtues public officials can exhibit in performing their duties?
A) prudence
B) fidelity to the public interest
C) civility
D) respect for citizens as responsible agents
E) social architecture
Q5) Discuss some of the reasons some public officials deceive.
Q6) What is administrative responsibility?
Q7) What is the difference between malfeasance, misfeasance, and nonfeasance?
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Chapter 5: Planning
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Q1) Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the rational planning model.
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a type of program evaluation?
A)Performance measurement
B)Process (or implementation) evaluation
C)Outcome evaluation
D)Impact evaluation
E)Cost-benefit analysis
Q3) Discuss the barriers to public sector planning.How might these be overcome?
Q4) Trustees of nonprofit organizations have all the following responsibilities EXCEPT
A)establishing fiscal policy and boundaries, with budgets and financial controls.
B)providing adequate resources for the activities of the organization through direct financial contribution and a commitment to fund-raising.
C)hiring a chief financial officer.
D)selecting, evaluating, and if necessary, terminating the appointment of a chief executive.
E)develop and maintain a communications link to the community, promoting the work of the organization.
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Chapter 6: Decision Making
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Q1) Over a two-year period after Operation Cease-Fire began in Boston, not a single juvenile in that city was killed by firearms.What concept does this project best illustrate?
A)Public-private cooperation
B)Incrementalism
C)Strategic factor
D)Systems analysis
E)Multiobjective model
Q2) Which of the following tools is most likely to help public administrators cope with uncertain futures?
A)Utility analysis
B)Decision trees
C)Linear programming models
D)Gantt charts
E)Differential equations
Q3) Explain how the following pair of concepts might be helpful to an administrator framing a decision: (a) upper and lower limits of a decision and (b)limiting or strategic factors in decision making.Be specific.
Q4) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of group decision making techniques.
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Chapter 7: Organizing
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Q1) Define each of the following principles of organization and then discuss their strengths and weaknesses: division of labor, hierarchy, span of control, and line and staff.
Q2) List the key features of a bureaucracy.
Q3) Besides the United States, which three countries were cited in the textbook for their efforts in reinventing government?
A)Norway, Sweden, and Denmark
B)Argentina, Brazil, and Chile
C)South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan
D)New Zealand, United Kingdom, and Australia
E)Germany, France, and Switzerland
Q4) Which of the following does an organization chart clarify LEAST well?
A) how work is divided into components
B) the levels of management
C) who is whose supervisor
D) the nature of work performed by each component
E) line and staff positions
Q5) The text identified two types of teams: cross-functional and permanent.Given example of each.
Q6) Defined a network organization and give an example.
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Chapter 8: Leading
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Q1) Research on communication suggests all the following EXCEPT
A)consistency of messages by leaders is crucial.
B)style influences the effectiveness of managers.
C)memorable messages tend to he brief.
D)those who state their opinion early in a discussion are better able to have their opinion accepted than those who state their opinion in the middle.
E)stationery and signatures have more impact than electronic mail and faxes.
Q2) The slacker sees others as lazy; the selfish person complains that others do not share; the administrator with low concern for people complains that no one seems to take an interest in him.These are all examples of
A) reversion
B) projection
C) reification
D) misinterpretation
E) syncretism
Q3) Explained the significance of the Hawthorne studies.
Q4) The text identified two ways to produce to organizational change: planned organizational change and organizational development.Compare and contrast these two approaches.
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Chapter 9: Implementation
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Q1) What is privatization?
Q2) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of government contracting.
Q3) "Instead of inspecting for defects, improve the processes.End the practice of awarding contracts on price tag alone.Seek the best quality and work to achieve it with a single supplier.Lower-level managers must believe that they can, without fear, ask questions.Eliminate slogans, exhortations, numerical goals, and targets for the work force.Eliminate work standards and quotas." These ideas are most closely associated with
A)George S.Odiorne.
B)Shoshana Zuboff.
C)J.M.Juran.
D)W.Edward Fleming
E)Rosabeth Moss Kanter.
Q4) Streamlining refers to
A)a method for doing "quick and dirty" evaluations.
B)the Rule of 72.
C)reorganizing around outcomes-customers, products, and process-not functions.
D)a method of enhancing the feedback process during implementation.
E)an innovative approach to contracting in which there are only very general procedures for directing employees.
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Chapter 10: Human Resources Management
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Q1) The two situations in which sexual harassment is illegal are:
A) radix malorum and adverse surroundings
B) quid pro quo and antagonistic conditions
C) quantum sufficit and adverse surroundings
D) quid pro quo and hostile environment
E) radix malorum and hostile environment
Q2) What are the four steps that normally constitute the formal grievance process?
Q3) In public sector collective bargaining, what do management and labor bargain about?
Q4) Murray R.Barrick and Michael K.Mount investigated the relation of these factors to job performance for five occupational groups (professionals, police, managers, sales, and skilled).Results indicated which dimension of personality showed consistent relations with all job performance criteria for all occupational groups?
A)Extraversion
B)Agreeableness
C)Conscientiousness
D) Neuroticism
E) Openness to experience
Q5) Should public employees be allowed to strike?
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Chapter 11: Public Financial Management
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Q1) Type A tax is
A)property tax.
B)sales tax.
C)user charges.
D)corporate income tax.
E)personal income tax.
Q2) Which of the following is NOT generally recognized as one of the pragmatic concepts with which a financial manager in the public sector should be acquainted when developing a tax system?
A) horizontal equity
B) vertical equity
C) tax efficiency
D) tax effectiveness
E) tax overlapping
Q3) What is the capital budget?
Q4) Distinguish between the following terms: budget authority, obligations, outlay, and cost.
Q5) Among other things, auditing seeks to determine whether accounting controls prevent fraud.What are some of the more popular methods that have been used to steal from the government?
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Chapter 12: Information Management
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Q1) Which of the following authors thinks there is a close analogy between what takes place in the mind of a leader planning an action and what happens to the artist at the moment of conception?
A) Charles de Gaulle
B) Dwight Eisenhower
C) Ernest Hemingway
D) Winston Churchill
E) Tom Clancy
Q2) The examples of Virtual City System in Boston, Optical Imaging Project in Miami-Dade County, and smart e-mail serve to illustrate how new technology can contribute to which phase of the information management process?
A) acquiring
B) processing
C) securing
D) accessing
E) presenting
Q3) "Reason and instinct do not represent rival views of leadership." Explain.
Q4) Define knowledge management.What are the key features of a knowledge management program?
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