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POL123
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1. Who defined bureaucracy
in terms of its structural
characteristics?
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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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The study of the administrative system of any country is dependent upon its ----- background.
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4. The following constitute the
principles of coordination:
Direct contact, Early
Beginning, Continuity and
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5. Nigeria became a social
_state after the
inauguration of the
independent Constitution in
1960.
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6. The
_regime in Nigeria can be
described as not only an
aberration but an
abnormality in public
administration.
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7. The apex administrative
position of each of both the
Federal and States Civil
Service Structure in
Nigeria, is the
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8. This is a process of
achieving a desired goal in
public administration: -----
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According to Pfiffners the following features distinquish political from administrative officers except: -----
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This ensures the adjustment and ordering of human relations in the society: ------
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The Ecology of Administration was developed by ------
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12. Public Administration is the
science which deals with
getting things done in the
most efficient way in the
sector.
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13. The activities undertaken
by the government to fulfill
its desired ends means
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The second basic element between public and private adminstration is the ------
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15. The cultivation of ------ is
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16. A
_leader is said to be
participatory and employee
centred
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The ------ system pyramidically arranges the administrative groups or units in a scale.
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18. _cannot be completely
divorced from policymaking.
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19. _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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20. The scalar system is
essential in administration
because of its unity of
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21. The true goals of
management according to
Gullick include: to make the
conduct of affairs
technically sound, politically
responsible, publicly
acceptable, progressively
approved, and
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A valuable material necessary for the study of public administration is -----
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23. The force of ------ is a
strategy used to correct the
inherent defects of
bureaucracy.
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24. In the words of ------,
“Management is the
accomplishing of
predetermined objective
through the efforts of other
people”.
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Which aspect of administration is recent: ---- --
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26. The administration of an
organisation can be
internally controlled through
------ managemen
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27. The concept of power and
_has common relationship
in public administration
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28. _negatively relates to the
removal of conflicts and
overlapping in
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29. The principal concern of
management is
_in the operation of an
enterprise.
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The ------ occupies a central position in public administration.
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The general task of laying down detailed rules which is the prerogative of the executive is known as ------
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32. 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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The coordinating feature in public administration apart from inter-relating various parts of work also aims at -- ----eliminating__ .
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The Administrative responsibility consists of the sum total of the following except -----
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This defined administration as'the field of business outside the proper sphere of politics' -----
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36. The full meaning of the
acronym ASCON is
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37. The transference of
administrative authority
from a lower to a higher
level of government is
known as
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38. The devolution of power
from a higher to a lower
authority, and between
equal authorities is known
as
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39. Delegation is said to be
_when embodied in written
rules, by laws or orders.
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40. Efficiency is measured in
terms of output in
proportion to
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41. Modern scientific
developments and
industrial civilization have
created several
administrative problems,
such as health problems,
housing problems and
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42. A
is “a professional body of
officials, permanent, paid
and skilled'’.
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43. Which type of leadership
takes into consideration the
welfare of employees
before productivity?
_.
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44. The success or failure of
public administration
depends largely on the ------
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45. Waldo posited that
economy and
_are the twin beacons
which should guide
administrative reformers
and writers.
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This administration is concerned primarily with the tasks and process of formulating and implementing the four P’s of administering an organisation: -----
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The ----- function of management is focused on addressing the peculiar problems of the organization.
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48. Millet is of the opinion that
“Public Administration is an
instrument for the exercise
of ------"
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In 1973 Negro and Negro pointed out four basic elements of similarity between public and private administration, of which the first was the ------ element
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50. The audit report of an
organization outside the
home country is submitted
to the
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