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1. A complementary function of public administration is that of informing the government about the ----------- of the people
a.behaviours
b.attitudes
c.priorities
d.society
2. Which of these is not the three levels of public administration ----
a.federal government administration
b.local government administration
c.Municipal government administration
d.state government administration
3. As late as the mid–nineteenth century, ----------- President of the United States, asserted that the tasks of government were sufficiently simple
a.Fredrick Taylor
b.Herri Fayol
c.Andrew Jackson
d.Woodrow Wilson
4. In the Comparison of Public and Private Organisation, Public administration could be seen as a -------
a.public enterprise
b.public management
c.decision making venture
d.public venture
5. the function of public administration in the Provision of Social Amenities to the Masses includes the following except:
a. dredging of rivers
b.planning of the nations economic life
c.public works
d.Sanitation, drainage facilities
6. Public administration is also very crucial in the organisation and provision ...
a. social welfare services
b.handling resources
c.economic development
d.managing public
7. Advising the government on how best to implement programmes: On the basis of its long tradition and experiences in -----------
a.handling resources
b. social welfare services
c.economic development
d.managing public
8. A------- is seen as a veritable tool for social, political and economic development of a state
a.public service
b.public sector
c.economic development
d.Public administration
9. Public administration can at times be referred to as -------
a.public enterprise
b.Public goods
c.public management
d.public venture
10. which of these is not what Woodrow Wilson stressed as part of the task of public administration.
a.perform the functions of modernising government
b.strengthen the paths of government
c.make its business less un–business–like
d.strengthen and purify its organisation
11. who arguments that laws also lack universality e.g. administration policy changes from country to country due to differences in political system in various countries.
a.James
b.Marx
c.Okigbo
d.Moore
12. wihich of this Other notable scholars that defended the scientific side of public administration by their principles of administration
a.Wilson
b.Willoughby
c.Fayol
d.Taylor
13. Public administration as a course of study emerged as a result of the deficiencies observed by ----- in the apparatus for performing the numerous tasks of government
a.Dahl
b.Weber Marx
c.Karl Marx
d.Woodrow Wilson
14. Whether monarchical, totalitarian, socialist, parliamentary or congressional, presidential, all countries of the world require a ----- to put into effect the policies of the government at all levels.
a.machinery
b.discipline
c.processes
d.Strategies
15. public administration is not a pure science like physics, chemistry and biology because of -------.
a.Technology scientific experiment
b.Human scientific experiment
c.scientific experiment Knwoledge
d.laboratory scientific experiment
16. From public administration as management, the discipline moved to what may be considered the present state of the discipline – the new public administration in-------
Question 5Answer
a.1972
b.1970
c.1973
d.1971
17. The ------ of organisation examines the informal work group at the assembly, that is, the line level
a.Public administration theory
b.Group theory
c.human relations theory
d.Scientific Theory
18. In the discurse of the the important of public administration, the vast needs of the public and the lean resources always at the disposal of governments is called----
a.Management of funds
b.technological change and communication
c.Management of finance
d.Management of funds
19. Who that public administration has a universal validity independent not only of moral and political?
a.Wilson
b.Karl
c.
Dahl
d.Weber
20. Public officials are chief executive as the president of ...::nation, the …
a.Librarian
b.Registrar
c.Bursar
d.vice chancellor