View Single Post
  #10  
Old Friday, March 02, 2012
Last Island's Avatar
Last Island Last Island is offline
Royal Queen of Literature
Medal of Appreciation: Awarded to appreciate member's contribution on forum. (Academic and professional achievements do not make you eligible for this medal) - Issue reason: AppreciationModerator: Ribbon awarded to moderators of the forum - Issue reason: Best Moderator Award: Awarded for censoring all swearing and keeping posts in order. - Issue reason: Best ModMember of the Year: Awarded to those community members who have made invaluable contributions to the Community in the particular year - Issue reason: 2008Gold Medal: Awarded to those members with  maximum number of  reputation points. - Issue reason: For the year 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011Diligent Service Medal: Awarded upon completion of 5 years of dedicated services and contribution to the community. - Issue reason: More than 5 years of dedicated services
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Forest of Fallen Stars
Posts: 7,585
Thanks: 2,427
Thanked 15,848 Times in 5,006 Posts
Last Island is headed toward stardomLast Island is headed toward stardomLast Island is headed toward stardomLast Island is headed toward stardomLast Island is headed toward stardomLast Island is headed toward stardomLast Island is headed toward stardomLast Island is headed toward stardomLast Island is headed toward stardomLast Island is headed toward stardomLast Island is headed toward stardom
Default

COMPULSORY QUESTION 2010

Q1. Select the best option / answer and fill in the appropriate box on the Answer Sheet. (20).

(i). The difference between public administration and business administration is :
(a) amount of political and legal constraints on decision making
(b) the emphasis on efficiency
(c) management structure and processes
(d) no difference between public administration and business administration
(e) None of these

(ii) The emphasis of the politics-administration dichotomy is on:
(a) the focus or "what" of public administration
(b) the actors or "who" of public administration
(c) the span or "when" of public administration
(d) the locus or "where" of public administration
(e) None of these

(iii) Gulick and Urwick's POSDCORB anagram was:
(a) reference to the locus of public administration
(b) a listing of when to utilize public administration
(c) an expression of administrative principles to follow
(d) a means of identifying the problem associate with bureaucracy
(e) None of these

(iv) The three components that compromise publicness and privateness in society are:
(a) bureaucracy, consistancy and budget
(b) administration, management and organization
(c) execution, regulation and structure
(d) agency, access, interest
(e) None of these

(v) Simon refuted the administrative
(a) revealing the administrative principles
(b) showing that for every principle there is a counter-principle
(c) explaining that administrative principles can only be used in complex organization
(d) relating that administrative principles always allowed for rational descisions
(e) None of these

(vi) The New Public Management can be best described as:
(a) public administration in 21st century
(b) bureaucratic model of public administration
(c) application of business practices in public management
(d) a mechanism for improving service delivery
(e) None of these

(vii) The open model for organization is referred to as:
(a) hierarchical and militaristic
(b) technological and anti-humanistic
(c) restrictive and rigid
(d) collegial and competitive
(e) None of these

(viii) The aim of Taylor's scientific management was to:
(a) stress individual accomplishment over organizational yield
(b) reduce production and increase morale
(c) improve organizational efficiency and production'
(d) alter machinery to lessen burden on the labour force
(e) None of these

(xi) In comparison to managers of private organizations, public bureaucrats must:
(a) spend less time on external environment and more time on internal management
(b) spend more time on external environment and less time on internal management
(c) spend less time on both external environment and internal management
(d) spend more time on both external environment and internal management
(e) None of these

(x) Supervision as a mechanism of control over subordinates has been founded to be:
(a) the most effective mechanism of control
(b) as effective as input control
(c) the less effective mechanism of control
(d) more effective than behavior control
(e) None of these

(xi) According to Weber, the three types of leadership are:
(a) charismatic, traditional, legal/rational
(b) titular, controllers, organizers
(c) institutionalists, specialists, hybrids
(d) charismatic, institutionalists, specialists
(e) None of these

(xii) In terms of public administration, one defines a system:
(a) according to the organizational structure
(b) according to the administrative effectiveness
(c) according to problem one wishes to resolve
(d) according to the amount of resource available
(e) None of these

(xiii) The advantage of systems approach is:
(a) it allows us to disregard the differences in world views
(b) it allows means and ends to remain ambiguous
(c) it forces us to delineate the differences and similarities in world views and improves efficiency and effectiveness
(d) it allows for new and fresh solutions to old and distressing problems
(e) None of these

(xiv) According to humanists approach, the management scientist's system is incomplete because:
(a) it fails to factor in the variable of environment and instability
(b) it fails to account for the variable of uniquely human qualities such as genius and despair
(c) it gives too much emphasis to the variable of uniquely human qualities
(d) it does not consider quantifiable and measureable variables
(e) None of these

(xv) The purpose of decision tree is:
(a) decision alternatives
(b) cost analysis
(c) project coordination
(d) time analysis
(e) None of these

(xvi) the line-item budget covers:
(a) inputs only
(b) outputs only
(c) inputs and outputs
(d) neither inputs nor outputs
(e) None of these

(xvii) Performance budget covers:
(a) inputs only
(b) outputs only
(c) neither inputs nor outputs
(d) inputs and outputs
(e) None of these

(xviii) The essential difference between management-by-objectives and planning-programming-budgeting is that:
(a) MBO does not necessarily focus on inputs
(b) MBO does not necessarily focus on outputs
(b) MBO does not necessarily focus on alternatives
(b) MBO necessarily focus on alternatives
(e) None of these

(xix) one of the salient feature of civil service system of Pakistan is:
(a) preference for contract appointments
(b) preference for professionals
(c) preference for generalists
(d) preference for doctors
(e) None of these

(xx) Public goods differ from private goods on the basis of:
(a) price
(b) delivery
(c) exclusion
(d) public interest
(e) None of these
__________________
The Me you have always known, the Me that's a stranger still.
Reply With Quote
The Following 17 Users Say Thank You to Last Island For This Useful Post:
Alina Khadim (Wednesday, September 23, 2015), alirazakh (Sunday, August 17, 2014), Dilrauf (Saturday, October 10, 2015), ehsankkhan (Saturday, January 13, 2018), iamAliButt (Friday, November 07, 2014), LLMMUSLIMFAMILYLAW (Tuesday, June 14, 2016), mehrisharshi (Friday, January 11, 2013), mmawaqar (Thursday, January 26, 2017), MoonSaghar (Monday, January 14, 2013), MorningLark (Saturday, February 21, 2015), multithinker (Monday, November 19, 2012), Mustafa Noor (Sunday, February 22, 2015), Nosheen Malik (Friday, June 02, 2017), salmanubaid (Friday, February 20, 2015), Suhairaziz (Tuesday, March 05, 2013), syeda naqvi (Sunday, January 13, 2013), zoheb (Sunday, June 28, 2015)