Public Administration Bureaucracy and corruption Past Questions and Likely exams questions and Answers
1. Which one of the following principles cannot be attributed to Public Administration?
a. Clientelism
b. Professionalism
c. Transparency
d. Efficiency
ANSWER : A
2. An organisation which successfully achieves its set goals would be described as:
a. Systemic
b. Effective
c. Efficient
d. Reasonable
ANSWER : C
3. Which of the following define the study of Public Administration? :
a. Maintenance of law and order
b. Control of trade and commerce
c. Public policy implementation
d. Politico-administration dynamics
ANSWER : C
4. The form of leadership in the Weberian bureaucracy is :
a. Democracy
b. Autocracy
c. Dictatorial
d. Paternalistic
ANSWER : A
5. Who is a bureaucrat? :
a. Full-time employee of large public organization, receives salary and whose employment and promotion are merit base
b. An elected official of state paid from the consolidated fund
c. A person appointed by the government to perform specific task
d. An agent of the executive arm of government
ANSWER : A
6. Subject to the Constitution of Ghana, what is the minimum age a public servant can retire from the service with full pension? :
a. 45
b. 60
c. 65
d. 55
ANSWER : B
7. An organisation using its resources wisely and in cost-effective way could be described as :
a. Conservative
b. Modern
c. Effective
d. Efficient
ANSWER : D
8. Which of the following organisational characteristics was envisaged in Max Webber Theory of Bureaucracy?:
a. Competency based employee recruitment and retention system
b. Human Resource Management driven by network and relationships
c. Outsourcing of non-essential tasks.
d. Organisation employing large number of casual employees
ANSWER : A
9. If the administrative authority within a large department is vested in a single individual, then that system is known as:
a. Commission
b. Bureau
c. Council
d. Board
ANSWER : B
10. Public goods differ from private goods on the basis of :
a. Price
b. Delivery
c. Public interest
d. Exclusion
ANSWER : A
11. What is public Administration, according to Woodrow Wilson?:
a. An organisation responsible to the direction of Government
b. A detailed and systematic execution of public law
c. The use of local resource for promotion of democracy
d. Not for profit system for political mobilization
ANSWER : B
12. Which of the following is responsible for policy direction of the public services of Ghana? :
a. Legislature
b. Judiciary
c. Cabinet
d. Electoral Commission
ANSWER : C
13. Legal-rational authority is a core concept of :
a. The Institutional Economics Theory
b. Maslow’s Theory of Motivation
c. Theory of Bureaucracy
d. Public Choice Theory
ANSWER : C
14. In comparison to managers in private organisations, public bureaucrats must:
a. Spend more time on both external environment and internal management
b. Spend less time on external environment and more time on internal management
c. Spend less time on both external environment and internal management
d. Spend more time on external environment and less time on internal management
ANSWER : A
15. Personnel management in public administration is based on the principle of :
a. Lineage
b. Spoils
c. Patronage
d. Merit
ANSWER : D
16. Relationship in a Weberian bureaucracy is based on :
a. Rules and regulations
b. Authority on subordinates
c. Peer groups
d. Friendship
ANSWER : A
17. Which of the following is not a component of Ghana’s Government Machinery? :
a. District Assemblies
b. Cabinet
c. Civil Service
d. Trade Union Congress
ANSWER : D
18. Who is a bureaucrat?
a. An elected official of state paid from the consolidated fund
b. A person appointed by the government to perform specific task
c. A full-time employee of large public organization, receives salary and whose employment and promotion are merit base.
d. An agent of the executive arm of government
ANSWER : C
19. Which of the following is not a function of the Civil Service? :
a. Formulate policies
b. Design new institutions
c. Approve legislations
d. Enforce and interpret laws,
ANSWER : C
20. The theory of Bureaucracy is based on :
a. Corporate authority
b. Personal authority
c. Traditional authority
d. Charismatic authority
ANSWER : A
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