Question 1

What is partial preemption?

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A)  the decision of an individual to divulge details about the behavior of other members of his or her organization who might be in violation of the law 
B)  the decision by a higher level of government that, if a lower government does not meet predetermined standards, then the higher level of government will step in and administer that program itself 
C)  punishments incurred by a program that were caused by failures to meet another program's standards 
D)  refusal by the president to spend money appropriated by Congress

Question 2

Determining whether a program is working or not is sometimes difficult because ______.

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A)  legislators do not provide funding to find out 
B)  success does not matter as long as there is funding 
C)  program objectives and goals are not always clear 
D)  legislators provide more funding for simply creating new programs

Question 3

What three intergovernmental implementation strategies are discussed in the text?

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Question 4

Formal program evaluation and results-based management are examples what approach or method for management?

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A)  mandates 
B)  administration through regulation 
C)  administration through off-budget programs 
D)  methods to obtain feedback

Question 5

Governmental activities such as policymaking, budgeting, and military action are said to be ______.

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A)  inherently governmental 
B)  core activities 
C)  ancillary activities 
D)  the full Grassley

Question 6

Benefits of contracting out does NOT include which of the following?

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A)  specialized expertise 
B)  cost savings 
C)  increased spending 
D)  flexibility

Question 7

What is said to be the gold standard of program evaluation methods? Given the cost of government programs, is it feasible to require this evaluation for all programs?

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Question 8

Red tape is associated with which of the following?

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A)  a special language that appropriators use in the budget process 
B)  excessive rules that cause inefficiencies in government action 
C)  an obsolete term for government spending 
D)  the process for awarding government contracts

Question 9

Federally imposed regulations are also called ______.

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A)  formula-based programs 
B)  project-based programs 
C)  mandates 
D)  proxies

Question 10

Jeffrey L.Pressman and Aaron B.Wildavsky argued that often government programs commence with bold objectives that the administrative process fails to realize in practice.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What is results-based management?

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Question 12

Is contracting out always cheaper than performing the service in house?

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Question 13

What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of contracting out?

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Question 14

Describe the CitiStat program and explain what kind of strategy it represents.How does it do so?

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Question 15

According to the author, which one of the following organizational pathologies may NOT contribute to implementation performance problems?

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A)  mixing missions 
B)  budget under runs 
C)  unsympathetic staff 
D)  assigning similar programs to different agencies

Question 16

How does overregulation relate to contracting?

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Question 17

When Congress passes legislation that creates a new program, the laws always provide adequate money and staff to feasibly implement the program.

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