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CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT OF NIGERIA
PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATIONS
AUGUST 2017
CIPM/INT2/002: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (Regular)

Instructions to Candidates: Answer Question 1 (Part I & II) in Section A,

and any other four complete questions of your choice in Section B.

Time Allowed: 3 hours

Question 1 (Part I & II)

PART I (MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS)

1. Which of the following administration thinkers has defined administration as ‘the

organization and direction of human and material resources to achieve desire end’
(A) L. D. White
(B) J. M. Pfeiffner
(C) J. A. Veig
(D) H. A. Simon

2. Which one of the following statements is not correct in respect of new Public
Management?
(A) It has market orientation
(B) It upholds public interest
(C) It advocates managerial autonomy
(D) It focuses on performance appraisal.

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3. “Good Governance” and ‘Participating civil society for Development’ were stressed in
World Bank Report of
(A) 1992
(B) 1997
(C) 2000
(D) 2003

4. If the administrative authority within a department is vested in a single individual, then

that system is known as

(A) Board
(B) Bureau
(C) Commission
(D) Council

5. Globalization means

(A) Financial market system is centred in a single state

(B) The growth of a single unified world market
(C) Geographical location of a firm is of utmost importance
(D) Foreign capitalist transactions

6. By whom was the ‘Management Grid’ developed?

(A) Blake and White
(B) Bake and Schmidt
(C) Blake and Mouton
(D) Mouton and Shophan

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7. The theory of ‘Prismatic Society’ in Public Administration is based on

(A) Study of public services in developed and developing countries
(B) Institutional comparison of public administration in developed countries
(C) Structural functional analysis of public administration in developing countries
(D) Historical studies of public administration in different societies

8. In which of the following are public and private administrations not common?

(A) Filling
(B) Managerial techniques
(C) Scope and complex
(D) Accounting

9. Which of these is not a function of staff agency?

(A) Planning
(B) Advising
(C) Consultation
(D) Achieving goals

10. In hierarchy, the scalar means

(A) Step
(B) Ladder
(C) Position
(D) Process

[10 marks]

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PART II (SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS)

Fill in the gaps with the appropriate words.

11. The system of ‘Rule of Law’ was propounded ……………….

12. A virtual organization is ………………………..

13. Habeas corpus literally means ………………….

14. The concept of the ‘zone of indifference’ is associated with ……………………

15. Negative motivation is based on ……………………

16. The classical theory of administration is also known as the …………………

17. The history of evolution of Public Administration is generally divided into ……………

18. Henry Fayol’s General theory of Administration is applicable to …………………

19. The ‘Gang-Plank’ refers to ……………………

20. Delegation of authority by a sales manager to his salesman is an example of ……………

[10 marks]
[Total = 20 marks]

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SECTION B

Answer any four complete questions of your choice from this section.

QUESTION 2

PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS

A doctor discharged a staff member who had been working for him for nine months. She then
claimed that her civil rights were violated and that she was discriminated against because of her
age. She was 46 years old. During an investigation, the doctor was asked to provide copies of her
performance evaluations to justify the contention that the discharge was based on her
performance, not her age. No performance evaluations had been given to any employees. This
claim led to an out-of-court settlement.

Considerations

The employee had been with the doctor for nine months and had not received a performance
appraisal. She claimed that she was not aware that her performance was not satisfactory and was
surprised when she was terminated. She alleged that the sole reason for her discharge was her
age- that the doctor wanted to hire a younger person. The doctor said she had been warned on
several occasions, but nothing had been documented.

This is not an isolated incident; such claims are made against doctors every day what can you do
to prevent this from happening? [20 marks]

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QUESTION 3

Private sector pension scheme was managed effectively, there were problems associated with
public sector pension schemes. The public sector pension scheme was practically collapsing due
to dwindling revenue of the government and the fact that the scheme is not funded and non
contributory coupled with the habitual recklessness on the part of some government
functionaries by the way of mismanagement.

(a) What are the peculiar problems associated with public service pension scheme? [10 marks]

(b) State the functions of Pension Fund Administrator (PFA) [10 marks]

[Total = 20 marks]

QUESTION 4

State in this sense refers to what in common parlance is called country, and not a component unit
of a federation like Lagos or the state of Texas in the united state of America. The word “State”
means many things to different people. A common way of defining the state is through her major
characteristics.

Required:

(a) Explain four essential characteristics of a state. [16 marks]

(b) State four functions of Ideology. [4 marks]

[Total = 20 marks]

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QUESTION 5

The establishment and management of Public Corporations in Nigeria was dated back to 1897
when the Lagos Colonial Administration by Ordinance, established the Lagos Race Course
Management Board to run, regulate, manage and develop the race-course in Lagos Island. After
independence, many public corporations have been established by government.

Required:

(a) What are the reasons for the establishment of public corporations [12 marks]

(b) Discuss the problems of public corporation. [4 marks]

[Total = 20 marks]

QUESTION 6

The study of Administration should start form the base of management rather than the
foundation of law. Explain. [20 marks]

QUESTION 7

Budget in government can be seen as comprising two main aims. This is the budgetary
procedure which consists of the practices, processes, institutional arrangements, documentation,
norm and conventions governing budget preparation, approval, implementation, appraisal and
review. The other is budgeting system which refers to the managements process that provides
the framework for the acquisition, allocation and utilization of resources by presetting decision
and other operational criteria which govern the entire allocation procedure.

Required:

(a) State the purpose of government budget. [10 marks]

(b) Outline the principles of budgeting. [7 marks]

(c) What is surplus budgeting? [10 marks]

[Total =20 marks]

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