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POL123
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1. The administrative role of
the Queen/King in the
parliamentary system of
government is
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2. Delegation is conditional
when the action of a
subordinate is subject to
_and
_by the superior.
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To ------- bureaucracy is 'a social structure meant to propel community action into a rationally ordered social action'.
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S.B Chrines work titled, An Introduction to the Administrative History of Medieval England, is an example of a ------
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5. Policy differs from rule
because the former is
dynamic and flexible while
the latter is
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6. The devolution of power
from a higher to a lower
authority, and between
equal authorities is known
as
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7. Bureaucracy is basic to ----
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Public administration is essentially -----
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9. The test of management
efficiency include the
following: satisfactory
service, Timely Service,
Ample Service, Continued
Service, Progressive
Service,
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10. Any policy that emanates
either from the legislature
or administration must be
based on factual data and
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11. A
is “a professional body of
officials, permanent, paid
and skilled'’.
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12. Bureaucracy is basic to
society.
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13. Which leader is concerned
with higher productivity
rather than the welfare of
his/her employees?
_.
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14. Judicial control over
administration means the
powers of the courts to
examine the
_of official acts and the
safeguard of citizens rights.
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15. The public
_committee of the
legislature scrutinizes the
report submitted by the
Auditor-General
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16. One of the attributes of a
Policy is that it may be in
the form of an explicit
_in writing or may be
interpreted from the
behaviour of top level
members.
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Public administrative techniques as well as terminology are borrowed from ------
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The quantity of men, money and material applied in the working of an organisation is an aggregate of ----
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The ministers as well executives exercise control over administration through all of these methods except ------
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20. The
_regime in Nigeria can be
described as not only an
aberration but an
abnormality in public
administration.
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21. The administration of an
organisation can be
internally controlled through
------ managemen
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The earliest advocate of public Administration was -- ----
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The study of the administrative system of any country is dependent upon its ----- background.
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24. The concept of power and
_has common relationship
in public administration
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The organisation of public administration is determined by the -----
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26. _is regarded as the
collective utilization of
human resources and
material in an effort to
reach the known goal.
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27. P in the acronym
PODCORB stands for
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Staffing in public administration presupposes ------
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29. _is the systematic and
continuous process of
telling, listening and
understanding.
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30. The
_hour in parliament is very
important because it serves
as a check on
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Fayol in 1949 defined management neither as a particular responsibility of the head of senior members of the ------ business through __
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32. Nigeria became a social
_state after the
inauguration of the
independent Constitution in
1960.
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A bureaucrat is known as -- ----
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34. _positively means to secure
co-operation and teamwork
amongst the numerous
employees of an
organization.
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35. The principal concern of
management is
_in the operation of an
enterprise.
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36. Administrators participate in
the making of policy for the
future through formulating
and recommending actions
for
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37. The force of ------ is a
strategy used to correct the
inherent defects of
bureaucracy.
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In all democratic countries, the ----- determines the amount of money which is to be made available for expenditure to the executive.
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39. The cultivation of ------ is
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Public Adminstration is known for its -----
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When an electorate calls for the dismissal of an official before the expiry of his/her term is known as -----
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The first person who pointed out in 1887 that politics and administration disciplines were separate fields was ------
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43. The success or failure of
public administration
depends largely on the ------
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Public Adminstration deals with the science of getting things done efficiently in the ------
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45. _was the first person who
pointed out in 1887 that
Public Administration and
Political Science are
separate from each other
with their own specialized
fields.
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46. Managerial, technical,
manual and
_are activities adopted in
administration in pursuit of
and in fulfillment of public
policy.
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Bureaucracy is uniquely impersonal, neutrally passive, and instrumental with behavioural characteristics that bother on -------
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48. _defined bureaucracy as “a
system of government, the
control of which is in the
hands of officials whose
power jeopardizes the
liberties of the ordinary
citizens”.
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49. Appointments into positions
in the ministerial
organization of the state
civil service is made by the
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50. Delegation is conditional
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