Questions For Final Exam 1 According to the Revised Garbage Can Model the decision making process is Chaotic 2 According to the Revised Garbage Can Model the decision making process can be understood in the context of Three Separate Streams that operate independently 3 The three streams of the revised garbage can model of decision making operate interdependently False they are Independent 4 The three streams of the revised garbage can model of decision making are separate and operate independently True 5 The Problem stream refers to an understanding of how and why one set of problems rather than another comes to occupy officials attention 6 The Political stream represents the pulse of the nation as conveyed through public and 7 The Policy stream is where administrators technocrats researchers and political staffers special interest campaigns formulate policy proposals 8 Policy advocates increase their chances of influencing the agenda setting process given the convergence of Problem Political and Policy Streams 9 When a problem emerges and the political climate is ripe for certain policy preference a Policy Window widens 10 The Revised Garbage Can style of decision making assumes that a diverse group of individuals will act in consultative capacity False Participatory Model 11 The Participatory model is advantageous insofar as Interest Groups provide decision makers with a wealth of information 12 Organizations that are said to be more inclined to underemphasize organizational values and goals and overemphasize the values and goals of clientele groups are Captive Organizations 13 Consistent with European oligarchies the American system of government was founded on the principle of popular sovereignty the embodiment of which is the right to participate in the electoral process False Replace Consistent with Contrary 14 In contrast to participatory decision making and pluralism elite theory assumes that a selected few are afforded the privilege of making decisions True 15 From a decision making perspective being one of the elite may center on an individual s Knowledge level Education Status in a Public Organization 16 Public choice theory is a school of thought derived from Microeconomics 17 Public choice theorists underscore the importance of social equity False Efficiency 18 Public choice theorists underscore the importance of Efficiency 19 The primary goal of groupthink styled decision making group is to maintain Power 20 Groupthink is characterized by freewheeling something often observed and encouraged Cohesiveness in brainstorming False 21 Group think is characterized by Extreme Conformity 22 The circumstances under which groupthink occurs tend to coincide with the options listed below EXCEPT The correct answer will be anything but Directive Leadership Group Homogeneity Isolation from Outside Influences 23 Participatory decision making assumes A diverse group of individuals will act in a consultative capacity 24 Elite theory assumes A select few are afforded the privilege of making decisions 25 The political decision making model assumes Intra organizational coalitions compete for influence 26 Public choice theory is derived from Microeconomics Public choice theory assumes that Self interest determines how decisions are 27 made Bureaucrats make decisions that minimize risk and maximize rewards 28 Fundamental change is difficult to achieve via incrementalism because it Perpetuates and Condones the Status Quo 29 Which of the following is NOT one of the circumstances which tends to encourage groupthink There are three circumstances under which groupthink can occur 1 Directive leadership 2 Group homogeneity 3 Isolation 30 used to dismiss warning signs of the potential dangers of groupthink 31 Which of the following are NOT means of helping to avoid groupthink The following are ways of helping to avoid groupthink The leader must not state his or her preferences A Devil s Advocate should be assigned Must be a degree of anonymity Debate and Critical Analysis must be encouraged Rationalization is a symptom of groupthink because Shared rationalizations are 32 Taking risks is central to creative decision making True 33 Effective brainstorming entails quantity over quality True 34 In the revised garbage can model the problem political and public streams steer the decision making process False Problem Political and POLICY streams 35 The first step of decision making is setting an objective False Pinpointing the problem is the first step of decision making 36 To remain in the running a course of action should meet some of the must objective and it should meet all of the want objectives False All of the must objectives and some of the want objectives 37 When formulating alternative courses of action a decision maker should ask whether the problem has existed before True 38 Wilson champions that Public Administration must emerge as a profession that is all of the below EXCEPT PA should emerge as a profession that is Responsible Professional and Efficient 39 Consistent with the notions of nineteenth century reformers like Wilson and Goodnow twentieth century analysts acknowledged the reality that appointed administrative officials function in an apolitical environment False 40 The assumption that politics and administration could be separated was ultimately disregarded as utopian True Since they are endowed with great discretion public administrators fall victim to 41 policy preferences from all sorts of stakeholders most notably Interest Groups Legislators Media Groups and Rank and File Citizens 42 Massively dense documents filled with calculations and figures are Budgets 43 According to the incremental approach the best decisions are logical that is decision makers try to meticulously account for every possible consequence involved in choosing one course of action over another False Rational Comprehensive School 44 The rational comprehensive school of decision making argues that pressures resulting from crises and deadlines limit the amount of time available for detailed analysis False Incremental Approach 45 The Budget reflects the successes and failures of the various contenders agencies and departments fighting to avoid budget cuts through their relationships with powerful people and elected officials 46 Through their exercise of wide discretion street level bureaucrats essentially make 47 Management strives to lessen the autonomy of lower level bureaucrats 48 The relationship between
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