Deck 1: Public Service in the Twenty-First Century 1

Question 1

Which of the following statements about civil society is FALSE?

A) By the end of the 1990s, the concept of civil society had become popular with conservatives and liberals.
B) Civil society represents the part of society that exists outside the formal institutions of the government, commercial markets, and the legal system.
C) Civil society has an influence on the moral character of the nation.
D) All of the above statements are false.
E) None of the above statements are false.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The term that refers to the trust and relationships that people bring to the community and that keeps the community together is known as

A) civic engagement.
B) social capital.
C) community strength.
D) civil society.
E) voluntary associations.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Who maintained that voluntary associations known as factions were adverse to the rights of other citizens and the aggregate interests of the community?

A) Alexis de Tocqueville
B) Alexander Hamilton
C) James Madison
D) Paul Light
E) None of the above.

Answer 3

E

Question 4

Which of the following is TRUE about interest groups?

A) Interest groups can help agencies resist budget cuts and other adverse actions planned by the legislature.
B) The growth of administrative power has led to decreased interactions between interest groups and public administrators.
C) Departments like Agriculture, Veterans Affairs, and Commerce are sometimes referred to as special interests because they focus on a narrow segment of society.
D) The influence of interest groups on government departments is a recent subject of scholarly study.
E) None of the above is true about interest groups.

Question 5

The situation where agencies, interest groups, and congressional committees or subcommittees share a similar viewpoint and support the others on matters of mutual concern is called

A) an issue network.
B) a policy community.
C) social capital.
D) an iron triangle.
E) conformity-enhancing effects.

Question 6

Bowling alone refers to

A) the decline of civil society in America.
B) the trend of declining membership in organizations.
C) the plummeting membership in bowling leagues in America.
D) All of the above.
E) None of the above.

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT a possible reason for the decline of civil society?

A) movement of women into the paid labor force
B) busyness and time pressure
C) increasing influence of special interest groups
D) periods of economic trouble
E) breakdown of marriage and family ties

Question 8

A competent community is one in which the diverse parts of the community

A) come together to identify community problems and needs.
B) reach consensus over important goals and priorities.
C) decide on actions to reach its goals.
D) All of the above.
E) None of the above.

Question 9

Neighborhood watch programs giving local residents a greater sense of control over their personal security and lessening the need for police patrols is an example of

A) co-production.
B) exclusionary effects.
C) factions.
D) issue networks.
E) iron triangles.

Question 10

Which of the following is a trend among recent public administration graduates?

A) Increasingly, government service is the chief occupational choice of public administration students.
B) Among recent graduates there is a continued deep commitment to making a difference in the world.
C) Public service is becoming less diverse in terms of race and gender.
D) All of the above.
E) None of the above.

Question 11

Politicians commonly use criticism of government and bureaucrats to score points with voters to win elections.

Question 12

A non-profit organization whose main purpose is to provide a service to the public as opposed to making a profit is called a 501 (c) 3.

Question 13

Due to the increase of capacity in civil society, the scale and importance of public administration in our society has decreased slightly in recent years.

Question 14

Many, but not all, graduates of public administration programs work for government agencies.

Question 15

Public administration is limited to the study of the executive branch of government.

Question 16

Public administration students obtain the benefits of a diversified education through the application of an interdisciplinary approach to the study of administration.

Question 17

The politics-administration dichotomy remains an accurate and practical theory of administration.

Question 18

Fairness and equity are often more important values than efficiency in the public sector.

Question 19

The political system tends to decentralize and diffuse political authority to prevent the concentration of power by a single group or institution in society.

Question 20

The path of accountability in government is more clear and direct than in business due to the electoral process.

Question 21

Matching Exercise
Match the concepts in the left-hand column to their counterparts in the right-hand column.
-Alexis de Tocqueville

A) Any decision making done on behalf or affecting the public, especially that which is done by government.
B) The federal government's management of the economy by themanipulation of the money supply, interest rates, and credit.
C) The belief that government and administration should be separated from politics and policy making.
D) The managerial and political processes that occur in the executive legislative, and judicial branches for the purposes of creating, implementing, an assessing public policy.
E) Using the budget to manage the economy.
F) Responsibility to a higher authority for one's actions.
G) An administrator's freedom to act or decide on his or her own.
H) Famous French author who wrote on Americans' propensity to form voluntary associations that provided community services in the early nineteenth century.
I) An organization whose main purpose is to provide a service to the public as opposed to making a profit.
J) The domain of social life independent of government and private markets, consisting of voluntary and civic associations, necessary for the proper functioning of society.

Question 22

Matching Exercise
Match the concepts in the left-hand column to their counterparts in the right-hand column.
-Administrative discretion

A) Any decision making done on behalf or affecting the public, especially that which is done by government.
B) The federal government's management of the economy by themanipulation of the money supply, interest rates, and credit.
C) The belief that government and administration should be separated from politics and policy making.
D) The managerial and political processes that occur in the executive legislative, and judicial branches for the purposes of creating, implementing, an assessing public policy.
E) Using the budget to manage the economy.
F) Responsibility to a higher authority for one's actions.
G) An administrator's freedom to act or decide on his or her own.
H) Famous French author who wrote on Americans' propensity to form voluntary associations that provided community services in the early nineteenth century.
I) An organization whose main purpose is to provide a service to the public as opposed to making a profit.
J) The domain of social life independent of government and private markets, consisting of voluntary and civic associations, necessary for the proper functioning of society.

Question 23

Matching Exercise
Match the concepts in the left-hand column to their counterparts in the right-hand column.
-Accountability

A) Any decision making done on behalf or affecting the public, especially that which is done by government.
B) The federal government's management of the economy by themanipulation of the money supply, interest rates, and credit.
C) The belief that government and administration should be separated from politics and policy making.
D) The managerial and political processes that occur in the executive legislative, and judicial branches for the purposes of creating, implementing, an assessing public policy.
E) Using the budget to manage the economy.
F) Responsibility to a higher authority for one's actions.
G) An administrator's freedom to act or decide on his or her own.
H) Famous French author who wrote on Americans' propensity to form voluntary associations that provided community services in the early nineteenth century.
I) An organization whose main purpose is to provide a service to the public as opposed to making a profit.
J) The domain of social life independent of government and private markets, consisting of voluntary and civic associations, necessary for the proper functioning of society.

Question 24

Matching Exercise
Match the concepts in the left-hand column to their counterparts in the right-hand column.
-Politics-administration dichotomy

A) Any decision making done on behalf or affecting the public, especially that which is done by government.
B) The federal government's management of the economy by themanipulation of the money supply, interest rates, and credit.
C) The belief that government and administration should be separated from politics and policy making.
D) The managerial and political processes that occur in the executive legislative, and judicial branches for the purposes of creating, implementing, an assessing public policy.
E) Using the budget to manage the economy.
F) Responsibility to a higher authority for one's actions.
G) An administrator's freedom to act or decide on his or her own.
H) Famous French author who wrote on Americans' propensity to form voluntary associations that provided community services in the early nineteenth century.
I) An organization whose main purpose is to provide a service to the public as opposed to making a profit.
J) The domain of social life independent of government and private markets, consisting of voluntary and civic associations, necessary for the proper functioning of society.

Question 25

Matching Exercise
Match the concepts in the left-hand column to their counterparts in the right-hand column.
-Public Administration

A) Any decision making done on behalf or affecting the public, especially that which is done by government.
B) The federal government's management of the economy by themanipulation of the money supply, interest rates, and credit.
C) The belief that government and administration should be separated from politics and policy making.
D) The managerial and political processes that occur in the executive legislative, and judicial branches for the purposes of creating, implementing, an assessing public policy.
E) Using the budget to manage the economy.
F) Responsibility to a higher authority for one's actions.
G) An administrator's freedom to act or decide on his or her own.
H) Famous French author who wrote on Americans' propensity to form voluntary associations that provided community services in the early nineteenth century.
I) An organization whose main purpose is to provide a service to the public as opposed to making a profit.
J) The domain of social life independent of government and private markets, consisting of voluntary and civic associations, necessary for the proper functioning of society.

Question 26

Matching Exercise
Match the concepts in the left-hand column to their counterparts in the right-hand column.
-Public Policy

A) Any decision making done on behalf or affecting the public, especially that which is done by government.
B) The federal government's management of the economy by themanipulation of the money supply, interest rates, and credit.
C) The belief that government and administration should be separated from politics and policy making.
D) The managerial and political processes that occur in the executive legislative, and judicial branches for the purposes of creating, implementing, an assessing public policy.
E) Using the budget to manage the economy.
F) Responsibility to a higher authority for one's actions.
G) An administrator's freedom to act or decide on his or her own.
H) Famous French author who wrote on Americans' propensity to form voluntary associations that provided community services in the early nineteenth century.
I) An organization whose main purpose is to provide a service to the public as opposed to making a profit.
J) The domain of social life independent of government and private markets, consisting of voluntary and civic associations, necessary for the proper functioning of society.

Question 27

Matching Exercise
Match the concepts in the left-hand column to their counterparts in the right-hand column.
-Fiscal Policy

A) Any decision making done on behalf or affecting the public, especially that which is done by government.
B) The federal government's management of the economy by themanipulation of the money supply, interest rates, and credit.
C) The belief that government and administration should be separated from politics and policy making.
D) The managerial and political processes that occur in the executive legislative, and judicial branches for the purposes of creating, implementing, an assessing public policy.
E) Using the budget to manage the economy.
F) Responsibility to a higher authority for one's actions.
G) An administrator's freedom to act or decide on his or her own.
H) Famous French author who wrote on Americans' propensity to form voluntary associations that provided community services in the early nineteenth century.
I) An organization whose main purpose is to provide a service to the public as opposed to making a profit.
J) The domain of social life independent of government and private markets, consisting of voluntary and civic associations, necessary for the proper functioning of society.

Question 28

Matching Exercise
Match the concepts in the left-hand column to their counterparts in the right-hand column.
-Civil society

A) Any decision making done on behalf or affecting the public, especially that which is done by government.
B) The federal government's management of the economy by themanipulation of the money supply, interest rates, and credit.
C) The belief that government and administration should be separated from politics and policy making.
D) The managerial and political processes that occur in the executive legislative, and judicial branches for the purposes of creating, implementing, an assessing public policy.
E) Using the budget to manage the economy.
F) Responsibility to a higher authority for one's actions.
G) An administrator's freedom to act or decide on his or her own.
H) Famous French author who wrote on Americans' propensity to form voluntary associations that provided community services in the early nineteenth century.
I) An organization whose main purpose is to provide a service to the public as opposed to making a profit.
J) The domain of social life independent of government and private markets, consisting of voluntary and civic associations, necessary for the proper functioning of society.

Question 29

Matching Exercise
Match the concepts in the left-hand column to their counterparts in the right-hand column.
-Non-profit organization

A) Any decision making done on behalf or affecting the public, especially that which is done by government.
B) The federal government's management of the economy by themanipulation of the money supply, interest rates, and credit.
C) The belief that government and administration should be separated from politics and policy making.
D) The managerial and political processes that occur in the executive legislative, and judicial branches for the purposes of creating, implementing, an assessing public policy.
E) Using the budget to manage the economy.
F) Responsibility to a higher authority for one's actions.
G) An administrator's freedom to act or decide on his or her own.
H) Famous French author who wrote on Americans' propensity to form voluntary associations that provided community services in the early nineteenth century.
I) An organization whose main purpose is to provide a service to the public as opposed to making a profit.
J) The domain of social life independent of government and private markets, consisting of voluntary and civic associations, necessary for the proper functioning of society.

Question 30

Matching Exercise
Match the concepts in the left-hand column to their counterparts in the right-hand column.
-Monetary policy

A) Any decision making done on behalf or affecting the public, especially that which is done by government.
B) The federal government's management of the economy by themanipulation of the money supply, interest rates, and credit.
C) The belief that government and administration should be separated from politics and policy making.
D) The managerial and political processes that occur in the executive legislative, and judicial branches for the purposes of creating, implementing, an assessing public policy.
E) Using the budget to manage the economy.
F) Responsibility to a higher authority for one's actions.
G) An administrator's freedom to act or decide on his or her own.
H) Famous French author who wrote on Americans' propensity to form voluntary associations that provided community services in the early nineteenth century.
I) An organization whose main purpose is to provide a service to the public as opposed to making a profit.
J) The domain of social life independent of government and private markets, consisting of voluntary and civic associations, necessary for the proper functioning of society.