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Chapter 14 Test Bank
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 14 - Question 01
01) For Weber, efficiency was one of the main strengths of modern bureaucratic organization.
a. True
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b. False
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Title: Chapter 14 - Question 02
02) In democracies, the civil service consists only of professional, impartial officials who seek to implement the policy priorities of whichever party is in power.
a. True
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b. False
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Title: Chapter 14 - Question 03
03) In the US administration what is the nickname for the list of posts to be filled by political appointees?
a. The Blue Book.
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b. The Red Book.
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c. The Plum Book.
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d. The Black Book.
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Title: Chapter 14 - Question 04
04) The term Rechtsstaat means a right-wing regime.
a. True
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b. False
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Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 14 - Question 05
05) What does ‘embedded autonomy’ mean?
a. Officials are insulated from pressures from groups in society.
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b. Officials are isolated from pressures from groups in society.
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c. Officials are free to carry on extra-marital relations if they wish.
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Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 14 - Question 06
06) The difference between a developmental state and a coordinated market economy (CME) lies in the fact that in a CME the coordination of economic activity is primarily left to market forces.
a. True
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b. False
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Title: Chapter 14 - Question 07
07) What does the letter ‘O’ stand for in SOP? _______________
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a. Operating.
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Title: Chapter 14 - Question 08
08) A major problem in African public administration derives from corruption.
a. True
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b. False
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Title: Chapter 14 - Question 09
09) The main features of New Public Management are: quality and performance oriented approach; separation of institutions responsible for the demand and the supply of public services; emphasis on improved public service delivery; preference for markets and market-type regulation in seeking to determine how needs are met; ______-oriented approach to government; use of new contractual relations to improve quality.
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a. business.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 14 - Question 10
10) Which of the following is part of the ‘agencification’ in the UK?
a. The rise of the New Labour.
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b. The abolishment of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency.
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c. The establishment of the Child Support Agency.
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Type: matching question
Title: Chapter 14 - Question 11
11) The increased use of agencies strengthens whose power and weakens whose?
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a. Prime minister = Strengthens
b. Individual ministers = Weakens
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Title: Chapter 14 - Question 12
12) The following are key features of ‘good governance’ identified by UNESCAP: rule of law; equity and inclusiveness; consensus-orientation; participation; responsiveness; ________; effectiveness and efficiency; accountability. Which is the missing feature?
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a. transparency.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 14 - Question 13
13) The term ‘iron triangles’ refers to which meaning? Please select all that apply.
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a. Groups that determine policy for the iron and steel industry.
b. Groups of experts in the archaeology of the Iron Age.
c. Groups of officials, ministers, and outside experts in a policy area.
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Title: Chapter 14 - Question 14
14) ____ _______ consists of a large number of issue-skilled ‘policy activists’ drawn from conventional interest groups and sections of the government, together with academia and certain professions but also comprising expert individuals regardless of formal training. Participants are constantly changing, and their degree of mutual commitment and interdependence varies, although any direct material interest is often secondary to emotional or intellectual commitment.
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a. Issue network.
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 14 - Question 15
15) A ‘network state’ will consist entirely of loose networks of officials and non-governmental actors.
a. True
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b. False
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