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Part Two
What do democracies ensure regarding decision making.
A.Process of transparency
B.Decisions taken by the head of the country
C.Decision by the Council of Ministers
D.Restricted popular participation in decision making
ANSWER: A

Which of the following is not true about democracy.

A.It always worries about majorities and public opinion
B.It improves the quality of decision making
C.Decision making is faster and quicker
D.It allows a room to correct mistakes
ANSWER: C

Which of the following forms of government has support in genial.

A.Democracy
B.Monarchy rule
C.Military rule
D.Rule of religious leaders
ANSWER: C

The most important outcome of democracy is.

A.Accountable government
B.Responsive government
C.Both of them
D.None of them
ANSWER: A

Democracy is based on the idea of.

A.Majority
B.Minority
C.Deliberation and negotiation
D.None of these
ANSWER: C

In a democratic government, a citizen has the right and the means to examine the decisions taken by
the government. It is known as.
A.Transparency
B.Legitimacy
C.Democracy
D.Monarchy
ANSWER: A

When the decisions in democracy are taken with the help of proper procedure then it is known as .
A.Democracy
B.Dictatorship
C.Transparency
D.Fair deal
ANSWER: B

The use of strategies and tactics to generate public and government

Support for a proposed public policy.
A.Agenda setting
B.Implementation
C.Formulation
D.Adoption
ANSWER: A

A government document released to explore policy options, without any commitment to the outcome.
A.White paper
B.Green paper
C.Formulation
D.Adoption
Answer: B

The concept of “democratic policy science", proposed by.

A.Harold D Lasswell
B.Helen Ingram
C.Anne l. schneidernswer A
D.Abraham Lincon
ANSWER: A

_______involves seeing how similar conflict are actually enact with and resolved in practice.
A.Cycling
B.Casuistry
C.The art of separation
D.Formulation

ANSWER: B

_______is a mechanism whose importance has long been recognized in the administration of
professional program is many domains.
A.Offloading
B.Creaming
C.Idealization

D.All of above
ANSWER: B

The mechanism of _____ can be seen as an opposite one to that involved in the earlier example of
prisons as temporary guardians of the mentally ill.
A.Shedding
B.Diversion
C.Creaming

D.All of above
ANSWER: B

The difference between offloading and diversion may be ______ to distinguish in the complicated world
of practice, with its demand for a quick decision.
A.Easy
B.Complicated
C.Difficult

D.All of above
ANSWER: C

The challenge we may now face is how to secondary reframing and the problems is create by
permitting creaming
A.Increase
B.Reduce
C.Same

D.All of above
ANSWER: B

Describe policy shaped by practitioners struggling to cope with moral dilemmas raised by their efforts
to act a policy goals.
A.Lip sky
B.Pressman and wild a sky
C.Maris and rein

D.All of above
ANSWER: C

____ emphasizes first one value and then other, and.

A.Lip sky
B.Wenger
C.Maris and rein

D.All of above
ANSWER: B

Diversion and shedding are types of.

A.Offloading
B.Creaming
C.Idealization

D.All of above
ANSWER: A

______are the ultimate ends of public policy.

A.Ambiguity
B.Values
C.Vagueness

D.Communication apprehension
ANSWER: B

Assigns responsibilities for each value to different institutional structure.

A.Casuistry
B.Art of separation
C.Cycling

D.All channel
ANSWER: B

Lopsided attention to instrumental knowledge is the ---- of instrumental conception of policy

knowledge.
A.Weakness
B.Strength
C.Nothing

D.Controlling
ANSWER: A

_____describe the formidable challenge presented by the Robbins report on higher education in the
UK.
A.Vickers
B.Arrow. K
C.Runic

D.Assertivenes
ANSWER: A

Public policy are often problematic because the ____ they seek are themselves problematic.
A.Start
B.Ends
C.Nothing

D.Kinesthetic Intelligence
ANSWER: B

The principal of ______ is common practice among legal scholar. Following this approach they ask,
what is the case of.
A.Art of separation
B.Separation
C.Casuistry
D.The behavioral theory
ANSWER: C

Community action programs were designed to _____ the apathy of the poor by encouraging
participation that challenged the performance of local public institution.
A.Increase
B.Reduce
C.Constant
D.None of these
ANSWER: B

______ are ones that are imposed on an organization, requiring that the organization pursue goals that
extend beyond the original mandate of the organization
A.Abstract ends
B.Unwanted precarious ends
C.Unattainable objection
D.None of these
ANSWER: B

_____Argument is that the shift from Keynesianism to monetarism was not made on rational or
scientific grounds alone.
A.Rein’s
B.Hall’s
C.Vickers’s
D.None of these
ANSWER: B

A belief systems is organization in ____ tires.

A.4
B.3
C.2
D.None of these
ANSWER: B

The relationship of policy practice to knowledge has become more .

A.Easy
B.Complex
C.Difficult
D.both a and b
ANSWER: B

Which of the following characteristics is NOT part of Weber’s model of a functioning government.
A.There are rules within civil society.
B.Government must employ skilled experts.
C.Skilled experts do not necessarily have to operate within an organized hierarchy.
D.People must be treated equally.
ANSWER: B

During which part of the public policy cycle does the government explore potential policy responses
A.Agenda Setting
B.Policy Formulation
C.Policy Implementation
D.Decision-Making
ANSWER: C

When a relevant minister holds a news conference to announce the government’s intent to introduce
new policy, what is it known as.
A.Decision-making
B.Policy Evaluation
C.Policy Implementation
D.Policy Change
ANSWER: C

Which concepts best describes Medicare governing over health services to prevent private services
from responding to public needs.
A.Natural Monopoly
B.Elite Theory
C.Rational Choice
D.Derived Externalities
ANSWER: A

Which of the following is considered to be the “Red Zone.

A.The final 6 months of the election cycle, when the government announces popular government initiatives
B.The time period when the government takes steps to fix remaining policy problems before the next
elections
C.The time period that begins with the government’s second budget, when the government addresses many
of its election promises and initiates any tough or potentially unpopular policies
D.When ministers receive direction from PM or premier; public servants brief ministers on the top issues in
their portfolios
ANSWER: C

What or who governs over the federal government’s finances and financial decisions.
A.Public Service Act
B.Constitution Act 1867
C.Financial Administration Act
D.Department of Finance
ANSWER: C

In times of a budget deficit, which of the following is more indicative of a right-wing approach to
budgeting.
A.Increasing spending
B.Increasing borrowing
C.Maintaining taxes
D.Increasing taxes
ANSWER: D

Which of the following is a principle of the provincial health services

A.Universal
B.Comprehensive
C.Accessible
D.All of the above
ANSWER: A

Which one is the cause of market failure.

A.A locative activities
B.Distributional activities
C.To avoid monopoly
D.Accommodative activities
ANSWER: C

Which action is taken by the government by the following.

A.To meet externalities
B.Efficiency in resource utilities
C.To maintain prize mechanism
D.None
ANSWER: B

In public fiancé steps are taken by.

A.General public
B.senate
C.government
D.both B&C
ANSWER: C

Planning machinery in Pakistan is:

A.Centralized
B.Decentralized
C.Departmentalized
D.None of these
ANSWER: A

Which one of the following scholar have not laid any marked emphasis on policy ethics A.Paul Appleby
B.Fredrick Mosher
C.David Osborne and ted Gaeblear
D.None of these
ANSWER: C

Emphasis the social character of human enterprise

A.lip sky
B.wenger
C.Maris and rein
D.none
ANSWER: B

Name the country in which there is committed judiciary.

A.Poland
B.u.s.s.r
C.Pakistan
D.none
ANSWER: B

A person who tries to influence lawmakers to support a caue is called

A.Media
B.President
C.congressman
D.Lobbyist
ANSWER: D

In which of the following statement relates to the Decentralization.

A.Environment is stable
B.Decisions are relatively minor
C.Environment is complex,uncertain
D.Company is large
ANSWER: C

Duplication of activities and recourses increases costs and reduces efficiency is.
A.Strength of Functional structure
B.Weakness of Functional structure
C.Strength of Divisional structure
D.Weakness of Divisional structure
ANSWER: D

A structure in which the entire organization is made up of workgroups or teams is called.

A.Team Structure
B.Matrix Structure
C.Project Structure
D.None of these
ANSWER: A

In which of the following is not a characteristic of learning organization.

A.An open team-based organization design that empowers employees
B.Uses empowered teams rather than departments
C.Extensive and open information sharing
D.Leadership that provides a shared vision of the organizations future
ANSWER: B

In which of the following relates to Mechanistic organization.

A.Narrow spans of control
B.Cross-functional teams
C.Wide spans of control
D.Low formalization
ANSWER: A