Deck 2: Public Management and Administrative Law: Functions, Organizations, and Accountability

Question 1

The functions of public management are described in PODSCORB by:

A) Henry Fayol
B) Luther Gullick
C) Frederick Taylor
D) none of these

Answer 1

Luther Gullick

Question 2

Which of the following is not a part of the departmental organisation?

A) Line agency
B) voluntary agency
C) staff agency
D) auxiliary agency

Answer 2

voluntary agency

Question 3

Which is the most widely prevalent form of governmental organisation

A) Public corporation
B) Independent regulatory commission
C) Department
D) Public limited company

Answer 3

Department

Question 4

Which of the following functions is not performed by a staff agency?

A) To do research and to provide information
B) To take decisions
C) Contact and liaison
D) Assisting the line.

Question 5

Which of the following is a true statement about staff agencies?

A) They stand outside the main line of administrative hierarchy.
B) They are an expansion of the personality of the chief executive
C) They are a help or reinforcement.
D) All the above

Question 6

Which of the following is not an advantage of the auxiliary agencies?

A) they secure economy in the administration
B) they ensure specialisation of functions
C) they help save the time of line agencies
D) helpful to all organisations ,even small ones

Question 7

Which of the following is not a staff agency in India?

A) Cabinet secretariat
B) planning commission
C) union public service commission
D) Monopolies and restricted trade practices commission

Question 8

The establishment of Independent Regulatory Commissions is a feature of the system of administration?

A) British
B) Chinese
C) American
D) Indian

Question 9

The Independent Regulatory Commissions perform

A) regulatory functions
B) administrative functions
C) quasi-judicial functions
D) all the above

Question 10

Public corporations are created to perform:

A) Economic functions
B) civil functions
C) regulatory functions
D) police functions

Question 11

The creation of public corporations was necessitated due to :

A) governments undertaking commercial and financial functions
B) increasing demand made by the public
C) inability of the governments to levy more and more taxes
D) historical reasons

Question 12

Bureau type or single-head agency is not suitable because:

A) It can lead to one man's despotism
B) It cannot resist political pressure
C) It cannot avoid political partiality
D) All the three above

Question 13

Span of control is concerned with

A) Number of field establishments which can be controlled by the head quarters
B) Number of levels of authority which can be created in an organisation.
C) Determining the number of subordinates to be supervised by each manager
D) None of the above

Question 14

It is recognised that the span of control varies with:

A) Function ,personality, time, space
B) Personality and function
C) Time and space
D) All the four above

Question 15

Administrative accountability is enforced through such means as;

A) Legislative surveillance
B) Judicial review
C) Ministerial responsibility
D) All the three above

Question 16

Which of the following help establish accountability in the administration

A) Decentralisation
B) Delegation of authority
C) Devolution or deconcentration
D) All the above

Question 17

Which of the following is not a principle of effective delegation?

A) Responsibility is absolute and cannot be delegated
B) Authority to have parity with responsibility
C) Limits of authority to be well defined
D) No need to delegate in small organisation

Question 18

In delegation of authority,where no third person or intermediate link intervenes between the two parties to the delegation it is called :

A) Direct or immediate delegation
B) Indirect or mediate delegation
C) Full delegation
D) Partial delegation

Question 19

Which of the following does not influence decentralisation in an organisation?

A) Nature of growth of an organisation
B) Extent of diversification
C) Outlook of top management
D) Nearness to the head quarters

Question 20

Which of the following powers cannot be delegated?

A) Power to sanction new policies and plans
B) Supervision of the work of the first line or immediate subordinates
C) General financial supervision
D) All the above

Question 21

Some of the technique of coordination are mentioned below. Which of them is not a technique of voluntary coordination?

A) prior reference, consultation and clearance
B) organisational hierarchy
C) conference
D) standardization of procedure

Question 22

Dicey's name is associated with:

A) ecological study of public administration
B) organisational hierarchy
C) Rule of Law
D) scientific theory of management

Question 23

Administrative law is a legal concept prevailing in:

A) U K
B) USA
C) China
D) France

Question 24

The system Rule of Law as adopted many countries, developed in:

A) USA
B) UK
C) Switzerland
D) Germany

Question 25

Which of the following is an attribute of the Rule of Law?

A) all the persons are equal before law
B) all the persons whether officials or non-officials are responsible to the ordinary court of
C) right and liberties of the citizens emanate from the rule of law rather than constitutional guarantees
D) all the above