Question FBQ1 : Performance budget is one of the classifications of budget.

True or
false _________?
Answer: True

Question FBQ2 : The foundation of personnel system does not includes _________ of
incumbency
Answer: Tenure

Question FBQ3 : Board excludes ________ Agency

Answer: Inter-governmental

Question FBQ4 : The need for principles of promotion arose because the
opportunities for it are _____
Answer: Limited

Question FBQ5 : The principle that stipulates that promotion would be made on the
basis of qualifications and achievements of the employee is known as ______
principle
Answer: Merit

Question FBQ6 : Public ______ is aimed at disseminating to the public information

about the government policies and acts of the government.
Answer: Relations

Question FBQ7 : The organizations which bring members of the same profession
together for the exchange of information and for the advancement of their
profession is called ______
Answer: Professional Associations

Question FBQ8 : Ministry of Finance is not a classic example of Public

_________Agencies in Nigeria.
Answer: Relations

Question FBQ9 : An employee who is equipped with in-depth knowledge of science

and technology in one particular sector is known as a________
Answer: Specialist

Question FBQ10 : According to Waldo, the prescribed or customary way of working

together with the conduct of an organization’s business is called
_________________
Answer: Procedure

Question FBQ11 : The determination of questions of a judicial or quasi-judicial nature

by an administrative agency is known as _______
Answer: Administrative Adjudication

Question FBQ12 : The process of making funds available for government activities
and for ensuring the lawful and efficient utilization of these funds is called Public
_________Management
Answer: Finance

Question FBQ13 : The permanency of tenure in the civil service is a product of the
________ Act
Answer: Pendleton

Question FBQ14 : The responsibility of _______ is to seek an improvement on the

wages and better service conditions of their members.
Answer: Trade Union

Question FBQ15 : The essential objective of public corporation is to serve _________

Answer: Public Benefit

Question FBQ16 : A company is established with the aim of maximizing _______

Answer: Profit

Question FBQ17 : Employees other than specialists in an organization are

called______
Answer: Bureaucrats

Question FBQ18 : According to Spires, ______ is nearly always voluntary in

organizations.
Answer: Membership

Question FBQ19 : The fact that organizations are treated as social and legal entities
derives from their ______
Answer: Corporate status

Question FBQ20 : The _______ concept refers to the emphasis on the formal design
of the administrative structure of organization.
Answer: Mechanistic

Question FBQ21 : The approach that conceives organization as a miniature society is

called the __________ approach
Answer: Functionalist

Question FBQ22 : The perspective that conceives organization as essentially a human

phenomenon is known as the __________conception
Answer: Humanistic

Question FBQ23 : An organization whereby leadership is prescribed is said to be

______________ in nature
Answer:

Question FBQ24 : The principle of organization which stresses technique or primary

skill of a specialized type is called _______
Answer: Process

Question FBQ25 : According to Mooney, a pyramidal structure of an organization

refers to ________
Answer: Scalar Chain

Question FBQ26 : The number of subordinates which a superior officer can

effectively supervise, direct and control is called _________
Answer: Span of control

Question FBQ27 : The principle of organization which stipulates that each employee
in a subordinate level should be accountable to the next higher level and only to one
superior is known as unity of _____
Answer: Command

Question FBQ28 : The agencies that are concerned with the implementation of
fulfillment of the primary objectives of the government and deal directly with the
people is called _______
Answer: Line Agencies

Question FBQ29 : The agencies that are concerned with the implementation of
fulfillment of the primary objectives of the government and deal directly with the
people is called _______
Answer: Line Agencies

Question FBQ30 : A system in which service is treated as an independent unit having

no direct relations to other services is known as ________ or Uncorrelated System
Answer: Independent

Question FBQ31 : An organization in which decision-making authority is vested in the

top level of the organization to which all matters pertaining to a particular problem
have to be referred is known as_________________
Answer: Centralized Organization

Question FBQ32 : An agency of the government through which the government

manages its commercial and economic activities is called as ______
Answer: Public Enterprise

Question FBQ33 : The actions of public employees through refusal to work in order
to further their objectives and get their demands fulfilled is referred to as
___________
Answer: Strike

Question FBQ34 : That which is well accepted to achieve desired ends in an

organization is called ______
Answer: Good procedure
Question FBQ35 : _____ has been widely acknowledged as the fuel for the engine of
public administration.
Answer: Finance

Question FBQ36 : The organ of government that is responsible for the formulation of
the financial policy of the government and preparation of the estimates of
expenditure and revenue for the ensuing financial year is _________
Answer: Executive

Question FBQ37 : The financial plan which contains estimates of revenue and
expenditure of a country, or an organization is called ______
Answer: Budget

Question FBQ38 : The Human Relations theory is mostly associated with _______
Answer: Henri Fayol

Question FBQ39 : The late 1930s marked the emergence of a revolt against _______
in organizational theory.
Answer: Traditionalism

Question FBQ40 : The solid foundations of administration lie within the _______
Answer: Departments

Question FBQ41 : A group of members who are required to act collectively upon all
matters falling within their jurisdiction is called _________
Answer: Board

Question FBQ42 : _____ are created to satisfy the needs of the people locally and
globally.
Answer: Field – stations

Question FBQ43 : _____ is concerned with the economic welfare of the people.
Answer: Public Enterprises

Question FBQ44 : The traditional unit of public administration is known as ______

Answer: Department
Question FBQ45 : A systematic analysis of bureaucracy was given by _______
Answer: Max Weber

Question FBQ46 : The grouping together of persons or things in some common basis
is known as ________
Answer: Classification

Question FBQ47 : The basic unit of an administrative organization is called _______

Answer: Position

Question FBQ48 : The duration which civil servants will hold office is referred to as
_________
Answer: Tenure

Question FBQ49 : _______ means that public office constitutes a spoil to be enjoyed
by the political party victorious at the polls
Answer: Spoils System

Question FBQ50 : A system in which the appointment and conditions of service of an

employee are determined solely by his educational and technical qualifications and
personal capacities is known as ____
Answer: The Merit System

Question MCQ1 : The foundations of the modern personnel system

includes_____________
Answer: Tenure system

Question MCQ2 : ___________is not among the obstacles to good public relations
Answer: The influence of diplomacy

Question MCQ3 : The various objectives of the unions exclude________

Answer: To insist on the spoils system

Question MCQ4 : _____ does not include the legal rights of employees
Answer: Right to absence without leave
Question MCQ5 : The advantages of strikes do not include one of the following
Answer: It exposes the weakness of labour unions

Question MCQ6 : The conception of procedure as “the prescribed or sustaining way

of working together with the conduct of an organization’s business” was by
________
Answer: Waldo

Question MCQ7 : The day-to-day work of the government is done through

the________
Answer: Procedure

Question MCQ8 : All but _____ include the functions of O and M

Answer: Demonstration

Question MCQ9 : _____ is not associated with Administrative Law

Answer: Waldo

Question MCQ10 : The criticism of Dicey’s views include all with the exception of
_______
Answer: Supremacy of the Law

Question MCQ11 : The following justify the imperative of delegated legislation

except ________
Answer: Need to check abuse of powers

Question MCQ12 : The following is excluded from the causes of the growth of
Administrative Adjudication
Answer: Violation of the rule of law

Question MCQ13 : One of the advantages of Administrative Adjudication is ______

Answer: Cheapness

Question MCQ14 : _____ is an agency of financial administration

Answer: Complementary budget
Question MCQ15 : The characteristics of organizations exclude _________
Answer: Partisanship

Question MCQ16 : The organization of administrative work on the basis of the class
or classes of people for whom it is meant is known as __________
Answer: Max Weber

Question MCQ17 : _______ has officially prescribed goals and relationship

Answer: Formal organization

Question MCQ18 : Auxiliary agencies perform various important functions which

exclude _____
Answer: Expel workers from organization

Question MCQ19 : All except ________ are types of Budget

Answer: Complementary budget

Question MCQ20 : Auxiliary agencies perform various important functions which

exclude _____
Answer: Render useful services to the departments

Question MCQ21 : The pitfalls of procedures exclude______

Answer: Efficiency

Question MCQ22 : The agencies which do not serve the public but the line agencies
is known as ______
Answer: Auxiliary Agencies

Question MCQ23 : ______ refers to an agency of the government through which the
government manages its commercial and economic activities
Answer: Administration

Question MCQ24 : A collaborative effort by people to accomplish certain goals is

referred to as ________
Answer: Administration
Question MCQ25 : _____ is not associated with public corporation.
Answer: Political Autocracy

Question MCQ26 : The main functions of the staff as summarized by L.D. White
include___________
Answer: All the under mentioned

Question MCQ27 : With the exception of _______, bureaucracy has the following
essential characteristics
Answer: Personalization of office

Question MCQ28 : The process of attracting the proper and suitable type of
candidates for particular jobs in administration is referred to as _______
Answer: Recruitment

Question MCQ29 : The problems of securing the right and competent persons for
administration exclude ______
Answer: Methods of remuneration

Question MCQ30 : In public administration, the conscious effort made to improve or

increase an employee’s skill, powers or intelligence and to develop his attitudes and
schemes of values in desired direction is called ______
Answer: Training

Question MCQ31 : The activities directed towards improving the performance of

individuals who are actually at work is known as _______
Answer: In-Service training

Question MCQ32 : The process that is aimed at acquainting an employee with the
basic concept of his job, new work environments, organization and its goals is
called________
Answer: Orientation Training

Question MCQ33 : The redeployment of an employee from one place of work to

another in the same grade and on the same position is known as _______
Answer: Transfer

Question MCQ34 : The upgrading of an employee to a higher position saddled with

heavier and greater responsibilities is referred to as ______
Answer: Promotion

Question MCQ35 : Transfer is usually based on the request of the employee and on
_________
Answer: Routine ground

Question MCQ36 : The importance of promotion includes the following except

______________
Answer: It helps in demoralizing employees

Question MCQ37 : The principle which favours promotion on the basis of

qualifications and achievements of the employee irrespective of length of service is
known as _________
Answer: Merit Principle

Question MCQ38 : ________ is not among the three methods of judging the merits
of the candidates
Answer: State of origin

Question MCQ39 : ________ is excluded from the many methods adopted by the
unions to achieve their objectives
Answer: Support of the government

Question MCQ40 : ________ is not a career person within the executive branch
Answer: A Specialist

Question MCQ41 : The main advantages of O and M exclude _________

Answer: Aura of technicality not avoided

Question MCQ42 : All except _______ are some of the major defects of delegated
legislation.
Answer: Avoidance of legislation
Question MCQ43 : The agencies of administrative adjudication may not compose
_______
Answer: A legislative council

Question MCQ44 : The organization of a department on the basis of the nature of

function or purpose is known as _______
Answer: The Functional Principle

Question MCQ45 : An attempt to group all services whose operations fall in the same
general field into departments presided over by officers having general oversight of
them all is called _______
Answer: Integrated or Departmental System

Question MCQ46 : The Bureau type runs the following risks except _______
Answer: It leads to a unity of purpose

Question MCQ47 : Centralization and decentralization are products of the following

except_______
Answer: Financial crisis

Question MCQ48 : The techniques of ascertaining public opinion do not include

_______
Answer: Proclamation

Question MCQ49 : _____ does not fall into the features of formal organization
Answer: Control based on fulfillment of groups needs

Question MCQ50 : An employee who is equipped with in-depth knowledge of science

and technology in one particular branch or sector is known as ________
Answer: A Specialist