The managerial view restricts the definition of public administration to the activities of_________?

a.Few persons at the top

b.Private managers

C.Civil servants

d.Government

The army of civil servants in a polity is known as __

a.Public servants

b.Civil servants

c.Workers

d.Bureaucracy

Under a parliamentary system of government, members of the executive are usually selected from the ————–

a.Legislature

b.Ruling party

c.Population

d.Civil service

The following thinkers have criticized the role of bureaucracy as an agent of socio-economic change except ———

a.Warren Bennis

b.Alvin Gouldner

c.Woodrow Wilson

d.Robert K. Merton,

The New Public Administration advocates ___?

a.Decentrization approach

b.Client centered approach

c.People\’s centered approach

d.Privatization

The authoritative direction and superintending of the work of others is refered to as ______?

a.Organisation

b.Mentoring

c.Supervision

d.Administration

The following describes the general principles of delegation except ____________

a.It should be properly planned and systematized

b.Display of favouritism

c.Policies, regulations and procedures should be well defined

d.It should be written and specific

Public administration is a sum total of all the activities undertaken in pursuit of __

a.Public Policy

b.Laws

c.Government

d.Duties

The study of human behaviour in a group is known as ___

a.Sociology

b.Political Science

c.psychology

d.Political psychology

The synchronisation of efforts for a common purpose is known as __

a.Coordination

b.Development

c.Planning

d.Organization

If an officer acts beyond his/her authority or outside the geographical limits of his/her powers acts will be declared by the courts as__________?

a.unspecified

b.unauthorize

c.malfeasance

d.ultra vires

A basic decision of any government minister is ___

a.Law execution

b.Law making

c.Decisions taking

d.Decision making

The socio-psychological approach in public administration is also known as ___?

a.The behavioural approach.

b.Philosophical Approach

c.Functional approach

d.Structural approach

According to Bernard, a leader performs functions that exclude___________?

a.determination of objectives

b.control of the instrumentality of action

c.stimulation of coordinated action

d.contempulation of means

If an officer acts beyond his/her authority or outside the geographical limits of his/her powers acts will be declared by the courts as……..?

a.malfeasance

b.ultra vires

c.unauthorize

d.unspecified

POSDCORB techniques of administration is an example of ___ approach in administration ?

a.Legal Approach

b.Structural Approach

c.Behavioural Approach

d.Functional approach

In democracies, the third principle common to the administrative set-up is __?

a.Principle of hierarchy

b.Principle of administration

c.principle of Organizations

d.Principle of structure

The systematic study and recording of new methods in administration is ___

a.Research Methods

b.Study methods

c.administrative methods

d.Systematic methods

The study of human behaviour in a group is known as ___

a.Sociology

b.Political Science

c.psychology

d.Political psychology

The activities that cover the whole of personnel management is called____

a.staffing

b.recruitment

c.human resources

d.personnel administration

Which one of the following is not a criticism against the New Public Administration?

a.a cruel reminder of the gap in the field between aspiration and performance

b.a partial success in the field of public administration

c.a vague explanation of social equity

d.a response to different set of societal problems

Administration simply means activities undertaken by the _________________ to fulfil its desired ends

a.government

b.association

c.individual

d.company

Federation is a____________ form of administration.

a.decentralised

b.unitary

c.centralized.

d.provincial

One of the following is not a violation of administrative responsibility in Nigeria ___

a.Bribery and Corruptio

b.Component

c.Dishonesty

d.Denial of Rights

The ………………approach to the study of public administration grew out of the criticism against the traditional approaches which laid emphasis on descriptive analysis rather than substantive one?

a.Behaviourial

b.Juridical/Legal Approach

c.Structural

d.Philosophical Approach

the public administrators are expected to act under the wishes and aspiration of the people expressed through their representatives who constitute the ?

a.adjudicators

b.executive

c.legislature,

d.authorities

In Presidential type of government, all executive power is vested in the hand of……?

a.speaker

b.cabinet

c.president

d.prime minister

The principle of …………..holds that all administrative organisations follow the pattern of the superior-subordinate relationships through a number of levels of responsibility reaching from the top to the bottom of the structure.

a.Hierarchy

b.Permanency

c.Specialisation

d.Integration

The manifestation of low productivity in most public organisations in Nigeria is as a result of ___

a.administrative inefficiency

b.administrative insufficiency

c.administrative redtapism

d.administrative indeciplines