PAD 3003 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026

PAD 3003 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026 T/F Woodrow Wilson proclaims that administrative questions are political questions. - Answers false T/F Wilson and Goodnow have NOT explained politics-administration dichotomy discipline. - Answers false true - Answers T/F Under the spoils system, inefficiency was widespread, profiteering was common, and scandals were recurrent. true - Answers T/F To limit the spoils system, merit system and tenure were adopted. true - Answers T/F Goodnow (1900) argued that politics is of the will of the state while administration is related to the execution. true - Answers T/F Jane Adams led the settlement movement, founding the Hall House in Chicago. true - Answers T/F Scientific management seeks one best way to increase efficiency based on the assumption of the economic man. true - Answers T/F Max Weber defined the main characteristics of bureaucracy as official jurisdictional areas, hierarchy, administration based on written document, division of labor, and general rule in the office management. true - Answers T/F Mary Parker Follet emphasized the importance of reciprocal relationship, which is based on "power with" not "power over". true - Answers T/F Elton Mayo's human relations approach, particularly Hawthorne experiment, contributed to enhancing our understanding of how the feelings, thoughts and behavior of work-group members and managers affect performance. false - Answers T/F decisions based on convenience and efficiency -"means to ends" - or on the basis of economics may be at the heart of ethical behavior. true - Answers T/F Among decision making theories, the 'rational model' is grounded in economic principles such as sacristy of resources, perfect information, full knowledge of alternatives, and opportunity cost. true - Answers T/F elite theory assumes that decision making is done by a few powerful individuals as opposed to the pluralism model. false - Answers T/F Public goods have two distinct aspects: excludability and rivalrous consumption. non-excludable, non-rival - Answers T/F Where can public goods be placed in the matrix? true - Answers T/F The rational-comprehensive school of decision-making argues that the best decisions are logical; that is, decision makers try to meticulously account for every possible consequence of choosing one course of action over another. true - Answers T/F The incrementalist school argues that as pressures resulting from crises and deadlines limit the amount of time available for making decisions, it would be better for decision makers to find a "good enough" alternative until a better one presents itself. This is called "muddling through." true - Answers T/F According to Bozeman (2007), publicness is best defined not on the basis of the legal status of institutions or their ownership (i.e, government or business) but according to the degree of political authority constraints, and endowments affecting the institution. false - Answers T/F In the organizational theories in public administration, the classic school was primarily concerned with improving social equity and fairness; it was characterized by democratic values, informal organizations, and non-monetary incentives in management. true - Answers T/F In the organizational theories, Theory X assumes that workers dislike work and avoid it whenever possible while Theory Y assumes individuals enjoy working and embrace responsibility. true - Answers T/F The federal organization 'Government Accountability Office' (GAO) is responsible for auditing the federal budget. false - Answers T/F Outcomes are typically units produced or the quantity of services provide; outputs reflect how well the department is meeting its mission and goals. carrying out laws - Answers What is the job of the Executive branch? d) air - Answers What is a public good among the below goods? a) iPod b) fish c) electricity d) air d) legislators - Answers These are street-level bureaucrats, EXCEPT: a) public school teachers b) police officers c) firefighters d) legislators c) individualism - Answers In the Cooper (2004)'s article 'Big Question in Administrative Ethics, he introduces five normative foundations. What is NOT included in the five normative foundations? a) regime values b) citizenship theory c) individualism d) social equity e) the public interest efficiency - Answers In the article Principles of Scientific Management (1916), Frederick Taylor emphasizes... Heirarchy, Technical expertise, Centralized authority - Answers Max Weber championed a bureaucratic model that uses these to produce greater organizational output ... Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Directing, Coordinating, Reporting, and Budgeting - Answers POSDCoRB stands for: d) greater opportunity for employee/client participation - Answers These are the characteristics of centralization EXCEPT: a) accountability may be less complicated b) less flexibility and adaptability c) organizations may deviate less from top-management goals d) greater opportunity for employ/client participation social and psychological factors - Answers The human relations theory focused on the... Woodrow Wilson - Answers Who was the originator of Politics-administration dichotomy? Luther Gulick and Lyndall Urwick - Answers The word "POSDCORB" was coined by: d) permanent tenure - Answers Which of the following is NOT the consequence of spoils system recruitment? a) inefficiency b) political corruption c) no relation between job and fitness of the candidate d) permanent tenure Simple feedback rules - Answers In the bounded rational model, decision have 3 characteristics. What is NOT included in the three characteristics? a) simple search rules b) simple stopping rules c) simple decision rules d) simple feedback rules c) process stream - Answers In Kingdom's streams model, decision-making proceses involves 3 separate independent streams. What is NOT included in the 3 streams? a) political stream b) problem stream c) process stream d) policy stream a) leader should state his/her preferences - Answers These are the strategies for avoiding poor decisions, EXCEPT, a) leader should state his/her preferences b) leader should designate a "devil's advocate" c) outside experts can also serve as devil's advocates d) leader should create and foster a culture where debate, criticism , and creativity are encouraged Congress, Bureaucracy, Interest Groups - Answers The "iron triangle" consists of... d) power - Answers In the article "Hierarchy, virtue, and the practice of public administration (cooper 1987)", the author explains that internal goods are achieved through practice and dedication to excellence; share by the community. These are the examples of Internal Goods that public administrators should have, EXCEPT, a) public interest b) accountability c) justice d) power d) economic resources - Answers The normative foundations of administrative ethics are, EXCEPT, a) regime values, constitutional theory, and founding thought b) citizenship theory c) virtue or character based ethics d) economic resources street-level bureaucrats - Answers According to Lipsky (1980), ___________ are those that provide public benefits and maintain public order. They include police officers, teachers, social workers, etc- basically any public administrator who regularly comes in direct contact with clients (citizens). They make policies with discretionary power (e.g., police officers make decisions about whom to arrest). f) budgeting - Answers According to Harold Lasswell, policy processes are, EXCEPT, a) agenda setting b) policy formulation c) decision-making d) implementation e) evaluation f) budgeting PIS FECA - Answers What is the right process of decision-making? Number the seven steps of decision-making properly. 1) Pinpointing the problem 7) Assess potential consequences