Exam 1: Defining Public Administration

In the nineteenth century the "progressive movement" referred to a political and cultural movement that focused on reforming industrialized societies to provie for greater democratic participation and the application of science and specialized knowledge for improvement of lives of the citizens.

The government paying a contractor like Blackwater for services in a war zone would be an example of public administration.

Public policy "decides," and public administration "does", thus they are integrally connected.

Public administration is about implementing the public interest.

You have learned that public administration is a profession. Professions are characterized by specific criteria. To be defined as a profession, public administration must meet three criteria. Which of the following statements does NOT represent one of these criteria?

Your Instructor says that an example of public administration as idealism in action is the

The founding father of public administration who wrote the essay "The Study of Administration," which laid the foundation for science of public administration was

The presiding officer of a legislature such as the House of Representatives is known as:

Government regulation means that government creates:

This individual argued that was a need for a science of administration:

The philosophical icon of the current Tea Party Movement and its libertarian worldview is:

The author of the first introductory textbook in public administration, in 1926, was

The mystical "city upon a hill" reference that originated with John Winthrop in the 1630s and has been repeated in varied forms by Presidents Kennedy, Reagan, and Obama is an example of

The maximization of private gain does not necessarily maximize social benefit. This principle is explained in "The Tragedy of the Commons."

Based on his article "The Study of Administration" in the 1887 Political Science Quarterly, Leonard White is considered the founding father of public administration.

When some public administrators, have described public administration as being "Mickey Mouse," we are referring to the

That public administration is part of the executive function of government is a managerial definition of public administration.

Whatever government does or does not do can be seen as public policy.

The philosophy of Libertarianism promotes the idea of a strong visible hand of government into the lives of the people.

Which of the following is NOT among key assumptions for the study of public administration, according to Leonard White?