PAD 3003 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026

PAD 3003 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026 which of the following is NOT true regarding appointed and elected officials? - Answers While elected officials are responsible for designing and creating policies, appointed officials generally have discretion over policy implementation Elected officials oversee appointed officials to ensure political accountability Elected officials, unlike appointed officials, obtain political control through public election *Appointed officials, such as public managers, are typically only responsive to elected officials Which of the following is a fallacy? - Answers The infusion of public values legitimizes public policy and decision-making processes Conflict is a necessary component of the public value creation process Public policies are usually ineffective when they are contested, party-specific, or self serving *Bureaucrats are usually too self serving and busy to care about the public or its politics Politics cannot be divorced from public administration According to Holzer & Schwester, administrative accountability is a political construction that deals with (1) what administrators are accountable for and (2) for whom - Answers True What was the main problem with New Public Management (NPM)? - Answers The quick motive to decentralize government led to a weakened administrative state, jeopardizing political and economic stability NPM proliferated the effort to contract public services out to private companies, posing a threat to government accountability and responsiveness NPM aimed to make government more business-like, focusing more on outputs and market values than on public values and social equity *All the above Which three of the following did Wilson articulate as being necessary for advancing a practical science of administration? - Answers *To take some account of what others have done and understand the history of the study *To ascertain and understand fully the subject matter *To determine the best methods to develop the study To consider its relevance in political reality According to Wilson (1887), what is public administration purportedly divorced from? - Answers Business *Politics Economics Law What is "taxation" as defined by Holzer & Schwester (Ch.1)? - Answers A policy leverage with fixed, unchangeable amount A policy tool for legislative bodies *A federal constitutional right of government to support the three branches of government A discretionary tool for decision-making According to Holzer & Schwester, which taxes primarily comprise government revenue? - Answers Payroll tax Corporate income tax Individual income tax None of the above Excise tax *All the above Cooper (2004) asserts that in order to treat others fairly, they must be treated the same - Answers False Wilson (1887) said that if he saw a murderous fellow cleverly sharpening a knife, he can barrow his way of sharpening a knife without the intention to kill - Answers True According to Rousseau (1998), which three of the following are conditions of a psychological contract? - Answers Psychological contracts must exist in writing to be legally enforceable *A psychological contract must have reciprocal obligations that are mutually agreed upon *Psychological contracts only exist at the individual level *Individual beliefs regarding the terms of a relationship form a psychological contract What does Luther Gulick's "POSDCORB" acronym stand for? - Answers *Planning, organizing, staffing, directing, coordinating, reporting, and budgeting Who is responsible for introducing a theory explaining how some individuals require micromanagemnt because they avoid responsibility at all costs and are incapable of solving issues, whereas other who enjoy work do not require micromanagement because they are capable of solving complex problems? - Answers Edwards Deming (Total Quality Control) Rensis Likert (Systems Theory) Abraham Maslow (Hierarchy of Needs) *Douglas McGergor (Theory X & Theory Y) Which of the following is true regarding the identification of relevant stakeholders? - Answers Players are considered stakeholders with high power and high interest Which two of the following are not considered protections under existing systems of public human resource management? - Answers *Protections for at-will employees from being arbitrarily removed from office Protections for union agreements under collective bargaining laws Protections from discrimination and harrassement in the work place *Protections for civil service employees to participate in political campaigns Wicked problems are a system of targeting issues that arise through public policy and are legitimized in the policymaking process. Specifically, they intend to either directly or indirectly inflict harm, pain, or suffering upon target populations - Answers False Which of the following is not an example of good public policy - Answers Good polices advance social equity and justice