Category: PAD202 0% PAD202 1 / 70 1. The Study of public administration was directed at the twin pursuits of reforming governmental instutition and training A. Civil Servants B. Christians C. Illiterates D. Student 2 / 70 2. Let X have a uniform distribution on the interval [A,B]. compute V(X) A. $$ \frac {4B-A} {\sqrt {3AB}}$$ B. $$ \frac {2B-A} {\sqrt {12B}}$$ C. $$ \frac {A-2B} {\sqrt {A}}$$ D. $$ \frac {B-A} {\sqrt {12}}$$ 3 / 70 3. If x is a normal variable with the mean u=5 and variance (sigma square)=16, what is the probability that x is less than or equal to 6? A. 0.5732 B. 0.5987 C. 0.3681 D. 0.4123 4 / 70 4. Administration is a cooperative human effort toward achieving some ___________ A. Common Goals B. Wealth C. Rigt D. Power 5 / 70 5. The development of the Human relation theory continued with the efforts of who? A. Eneanya A.N B. Abraham .H. Maslow C. Max .H. Weber D. None of the above 6 / 70 6. How many runs of L do your have in the following sequences WWWWWLLWLWWLLWWW Check 7 / 70 7. Which of these is not a characteristics of a classical theory A. Minimium Organizational Economy B. Basic Principles C. Productivity D. Preconcieved Plan 8 / 70 8. The dominated the upper and middle positions in the administration Check 9 / 70 9. Taylor was against Check 10 / 70 10. Politics are concerned with available Check 11 / 70 11. Public administration is a macinery for Check 12 / 70 12. Some of the factors that affect public administration in Nigeria includes the following except A. Economic B. Police C. Colonialism D. Legal Etcetral 13 / 70 13. Public Administration is the action part of the lifewire of any government in __________ A. Power B. Command C. The Military D. Force 14 / 70 14. Secondary data are subject to an inherent danger of accurancy A. Not Sure B. True C. False D. None of the above 15 / 70 15. dentify the expression for the moment generating function of a poisson random variable A. $$e^{\Gamma } (e^{t}-1)$$ B. $$e^{\beta } (e^{2t}-3)$$ C. $$e^{\lambda } (e^{t}-1)$$ D. $$e^{\alpha } (t^{e}-2)$$ 16 / 70 16. According to Taylor, scientific management is not a/an Check 17 / 70 17. The human relations approach is an attempt to improve some of the defects inherent in the classical Check 18 / 70 18. Accurate descriptions are imperative for making a wide range of Check 19 / 70 19. Nigeria inherited a ________ centralized administrative structure that was designed to serve the interest of the colonial masters A. Written B. Flexible C. All of the above D. Rigid 20 / 70 20. The methods is interested in the accurate assessment of the characteristics of whole populations of people Check 21 / 70 21. In managing public affairs, public administration focuses principally on the planning, organising, directing, coordinating and controlling of ______ A. Civil Responsibilities B. School Affairs C. State Problems D. Governmental operations 22 / 70 22. Public administrators cannot take account of only the technical and professional factors in their _________ A. Work B. Account C. Disregarded D. Firm 23 / 70 23. Public Administration operates in a _________ environment A. Simple B. Larger C. Complex D. Wide 24 / 70 24. out of 5 Mathematicians and 7 physicists, a committee consisting of 2 mathematicians and 3 physicists is to be formed. In how many ways can this be done if any mathematician and any physicist can be included? Check 25 / 70 25. For X a continuous random variable with pdf $$f(x)=lambda e^{-lambda x}$$, for x greater than zero and less than infinity, find the mean of A. $$\frac {1}{\beta}$$ B. $$\frac {1}{\lambda}$$ C. $$\frac {1}{\alpha}$$ D. $$\frac {1}{e}$$ 26 / 70 26. Evaluate (x-2)!(y-4) if x=6 and y=9 Check 27 / 70 27. The dominated the upper and middle positions in the administration Check 28 / 70 28. Which of these is a factor that have influence on public administration in Nigeria A. Time factor B. Human factor C. 1889 D. Language factor 29 / 70 29. Public Administration is the machinery as well as the ________ process through which the government perform its functions A. Government B. External C. Organization D. Internal 30 / 70 30. Which of the following is not the function of organization A. Human Activity B. Goals C. Environment Influence D. Militray Leadership 31 / 70 31. Human relations theory is another method of studying Check 32 / 70 32. Is historical method part of the method of inquiry in public administration A. Maybe B. Balance C. No D. Yes 33 / 70 33. According to classical thinkers people are to work because of Check 34 / 70 34. Who are who sees adminstration as the coordination of men and materials within organization for the accompliment of identified purposes A. MacRae & PiH B. PiH & Wilson C. Ezeani & Akpan D. Woodrow & Wilson 35 / 70 35. Private Administration or organization can be defined as all activities that are concerned with profit making by minimizing cost of production and maximizing ________ A. Cost B. Capital C. Money D. Profit 36 / 70 36. is much harsher in private than in public administration Check 37 / 70 37. is an acquired skill used in doing things Check 38 / 70 38. Two fair dies are rolled once. Find the probability that the sum of the numbers on the two faces is greater than Ten A. 2 /5 B. 3 / 4 C. 1 / 6 D. 1/ 12 39 / 70 39. The challenges to the study of public administration are except A. Poor funding for research B. The scope of public administration is wide C. Few Universities offering the course D. The knowledge as to the real status of public administration 40 / 70 40. Two petrol station are located in a street at Victoria island, each of the petrol station has 5 pumps, an experiment was carry out to determine the number of pumps in use at a particular time of the day at each of the petrol station, assume an experimental outcome is (x,y), where x specified the number of pumps in use at the 1st station and y the number of pumps in use at the second station. How many of such outcome will you have in this experiment? Check 41 / 70 41. The study of management should be centered on relations Check 42 / 70 42. Consists of setting the human resources into activity toward the organization's objective Check 43 / 70 43. The human relation theory is called the _______ theory because it accepts efficiency, economic, and productivity of an organization A. Sio-classical B. Anti-classical C. Bi-classical D. Neoclassical 44 / 70 44. The 3rd and 7th term of a G.P. are 81 and16 respectively, find the 1st and 5th term A. 120 and 24 B. 729/4 and 36 C. 402/5 and 53 D. 250 and 43 45 / 70 45. Public Administration also perform the function of informing the ____ at large about government programs and what progress is being made to realize the A. State B. People C. Citizens D. Public 46 / 70 46. Public administrators are under constant _________ A. Civil Service B. Public pressure C. Proper diet D. Good health 47 / 70 47. As the amount of lighting was increased for the experimental group, and improved Check 48 / 70 48. implies that employees obey orders of management Check 49 / 70 49. What eliminate conflicting lines of command A. Unity of command B. Unity of direction C. Discipline D. Order 50 / 70 50. According to _____, Mayo's contributiion to management thinking was seminal A. Nesta Gallas B. Carol Kennedy C. Henri Fayol D. Mayol Mayo 51 / 70 51. According to Taylor, scientific management is not a/an Check 52 / 70 52. Public Bureaucracy is also known as Check 53 / 70 53. propounded the classical theory of organization Check 54 / 70 54. A student is to answer all the nine questions in an examination. It is believed that the sequence in which the questions are answered may have a considerable effect on the performance of the student. In how many different order can the question be answered A. 362880 B. 360 C. 480 D. 120200 55 / 70 55. Drucker argued that the central theme of Taylor's work was not inefficiency but the need to substitute industrial warfare by Check 56 / 70 56. When P(AnB) = P(A) . P(B), events A and B are said to be Check 57 / 70 57. propounded the classical theory of organization Check 58 / 70 58. Work is a Check 59 / 70 59. if a man purchases a rafle ticket, he can win a first prize of N5000 or a second prize of N2000 with probabilities 0.001 and 0.003. what should be a fair price to pay for the ticket? N Check 60 / 70 60. Lagos colony was merged with Southern Nigeria in what year? A. 1960 B. 1906 C. 1990 D. 1951 61 / 70 61. Administration has a universal application and present in every human endeavour be it social, cultural, religious group and _________ A. Communities B. Public C. Problems D. Differences 62 / 70 62. Workers are essentially social being is the basic principles of ________ theory A. Classical B. Discriptive C. Human relation D. Scientific management 63 / 70 63. The scientific management theory was propounded by Check 64 / 70 64. _____ is the machinery, as well as the integral processes through which the government performs its functions A. Civil Service B. Leadership C. Public Administration D. Social Development 65 / 70 65. The classical theory of organisation is also known as the Check 66 / 70 66. Systems theories have contended that organization are constructed by their Check 67 / 70 67. Akpan (1982) contends that public administration is the organ that carries out the programmes and manifestos of ________ in power A. An influential person B. Teacher C. Student D. Politicians 68 / 70 68. Which of these is not among Fayol's fourteen principles A. Indiscipline B. Order C. Division of work D. Equity 69 / 70 69. How many scope are there in public administration A. 4 B. 2 C. 5 D. 3 70 / 70 70. Workers are essentially beings Check Restart quiz Rate this quiz Send feedback