QUESTION

Study Session One

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1. The term public administration originated from how many Latin words
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
2. The word ‘publicus’ means ____________
(a) public or the party
(b) person or the public
(c) people or the public
(d) none
3. ‘administration’ is derived from two Latin words which is ______ and _________
(a) ‘ad’ and ‘minister’
(b) ‘ad’ and ‘ministiare’
(c) ‘ad’ and ‘mission’
(d) all of the above
___________ means to serve or to govern.
(a) ‘ad’ and ‘minister’
(b) ‘ad’ and ‘mission’
(c) ‘ad’ and ‘ministiare’
(d) all of the above
4. Public administration is essentially culture bound and develops its own peculiar characteristics in
different cultural areas or ____________
(a) society
(b) environment
(c) party
(d) people
5. According to ________ view public administration as the organization and desired end
(a) Urwick (1937)
(b) Adamolekun (1983)
(c) Pfiffiner (1960)
(d) none
6. ____________________is the machinery as well as the integral process, through which the
government performs its functions.
(a) Public association
(b) Public administration
(c) Public opinion
(d) none of the above
7. ______________________ define public administration as the function that has to do with
getting thing done or the accomplishment of defined objectives.
(a) Gulick and Urwick (1937)
(b) Adamolekun (1983)
(c) Pfiffiner (1960)
(d) none
8. According to _______________ state that public administration is commonly used to refer to
both the activities concerned with the management of government business and study of these
activities.
 (a) Gulick and Urwick (1937)
(b) Adamolekun (1983)
(c) Pfiffiner (1960)
(d) none
9. _______________ define Public administration is the art and science of management as applied
to affairs of the state.
(a) Gulick and Urwick (1937)
(b) Adamolekun (1983)
(c) Pfiffiner (1960)
(d) Waldo (1955)
10. ________________, see public administration as the coordination of individual and group efforts
to carry out public policy
(a) Adamolekun (1983)
(b) Waldo (1955)
(c) Coker (1985)
(d) Pfiffiner (1960)
11. Balogun (1987) sees public administration as the marshalling of ___________and
______________resources in order to achieve the objectives of public policy.
(a) human and resources
(b) human and material
(c) human and power
(d) human and authority
12. Public administration can also be defined as an establishment that interacts with the general
public
(a) true
(b) false
(c) not true
(d) none of the above
13. Administration is therefore said to commence immediately ________or more people agree to co-
operate to undertake a task aimed at maximizing goal achievement by relating means to an end.
(a) five
(b) six
(c) two
(d) three
14. Administration is the proper ordering and organization of the collective activities of __________
(a) human ability
(b) human capacity
(c) human efforts
(d) human knowledge
15. ____________defines administration as the organisation and direction of person in order to
accomplish a specified end
(a) Augustine Adebayo (1999)
(b) Augustine Adebayo (2001)
(c) Augustine Adebayo (2003)
(d) Augustine Adebayo (2006)
16. _____________ involves the coordination of the men and materials deployed within the
organisations for the accomplishment of identifiable purpose
(a) public right
(b) politics
(c) administration
(d) public opinion
17. Administration can be seen as rational human activity, which is inherent in any organised social
life, public or private (a) false
 (b) true
(c) not sure
(d) none of the above
18. According to _______________ administration is an arm of management, although the term is
sometimes used interchangeably with management but mostly used for public institutions (a)
(Fatile, 2004)
(b) (Fatile, 2007)
(c) (Fatile, 2009)
(d) (Fatile, 2012)
19. Balogun (1983), defines_________________as any action that is directed towards the analysis of
policies, identification of option and to a substantial degree, the implementation of programme as
well as efficient allocation of resources. (a) administrative
(b) administrator
(c) administration
(d) administrate
20. According to_____________ Management on the other hand is seen as a process consisting of
planning, organizing, activating and controlling, performed to determine and accomplish the
objectives by the use of people and resources (a) Terry, 1971
(b) Nerry, 1975
(c) Lerry, 1974
(d) Herry, 1972
21. ________________ defines management as the art of getting thing done, through people, which
implies that management is an art, manager must have subordinates and that they do not do the
same thing as other employees. (a) Sollett (1940)
(b) Nollett (1960)
(c) Mollett (1970)
(d) Follett (1920)
22. ____________ tasks include making good use of the enterprises employees to perform whatever
task that may be necessary to achieve organizational goals.
(a) administrator
(b) officer’s
(c) manager’s
(d) none
23. __________ state that to manage is to forecast and to plan, to organize, to command to
coordinate and to control
(a) Tunde, 1930
(b) Ishola, 1930
(c) Fayol, 1930
(d) Femi, 1930
24. According to_________________ public administration means the most obvious part of
government or government in action (a) Tunde (1930)
(b) Ishola (1987)
(c) Fayol (1932)
(d) Woodrow (1887)

25. The following is Administration within the two categories and forms of public and private
organisation differ in a number of important aspect, except
(a) Uniform treatment
(b) Public responsibility
(c) Political order
(d) Nature of functions
26. ________ state that public administration should be consistent in procedure and uniform in
dealing with the public and private administration can and very often does practice
discrimination in selling its services. (a) Uniform treatment
 (b) Public responsibility
(c) Political order
(d) Nature of functions
27. _______ state that public administration is more complex than private administration. Private has
a narrow focus, in the fact that it concentrates attention and resources on one line of activity.
(a) Uniform treatment
(b) Public responsibility
(c) Organisational Procedure
(d) Nature of functions
28. ______ state that public administration provides essential service to the benefit of the people at
cheap rate while private administration engages in a business where public organisations are not
capable of establishing due to huge resource that is required (a) Uniform treatment
(b) Public responsibility
(c) Organisational Procedure
(d) Nature of functions

29. ______ state that Public administration operate within the political environment and under the
directions of the political leaders while private administration is marginally affected by political
factors (a) Political Direction
(b) Public responsibility
(c) Organisational Procedure
(d) Nature of functions
30. The word ______________could be used here in the connotation of a ‘social Science’
(a) Science
(b) Art
(c) Plan
(d) Society

QUESTION

Study Session Two

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1. ___________________ see public administration as the machinery, as well as the integral

processes, through which the government performs its functions.
(a) Urwick (1937)
(b) Nnoli (2001)
(c) Pfiffner (1960)
(d) Balogun (1987)
2. ___________________ view public administration as decision making, planning the work to be
done, formulating objectives and goals. (a) Corson and Harris (1969)
(b) Gulick and Urwick (1937)
(c) Pfiffner and Nnoli (2001)
(d) Urwick and Balogun (1987)
3. ________________ defines the concept of public administration as the process by which the
objective are defined, plan and policies formulated, institutions created and managed human
energies mobilized, resources utilized and change effected in the overall public interest.
(a) Urwick (1937)
(b) Nnoli (2001)
(c) Pfiffner (1960)
(d) Stone (1939)
4. ____________ see public administration as the co-operation among people using available
resources to achieve public policy and government objectives.
(a) Pfiffner (1960)
(b) Urwick (1937)
(c) Waldo (1978)
(d) Stone (1939)
5. _______________ states that, public administration is commonly used to refer to both the
activities concerned with the management of government business and the study of these
activities.
(a) Adamolekun (1983)
(b) Waldo (1955) (c) Coker (1985)
(d) Pfiffiner (1960)
6. Public administration is a specialised academic field, its nature is ___________ and __________
(a) broad and wide
(b) narrow and complex
(c) broad and complex
(d) none and above
7. The following are the conditions that led to the evolution of public administration except
(a) The need for central management of scare resources
(b) The rise of absolute power to control
(c) Lack of adequate communication
(d) The existence of extensive empires

8. The origin and growth of public administration in Nigeria are articulated from tracing the origin
of public administration to pre-colonial period and colonial period till date (a) true
(b) false
(c) none of the above
(d)all of the above
9. ______________ colonised Nigeria and established her public service system in the country
(a) British
(b) England
(c) Turkeys
(d) African

10. It all began in ________ till_________when regional government was introduced

(a) 1881 till 1957
(b) 1861 till 1954
(c) 1880 till 1944
(d) none of the above
11. Within this period, public administration in______________ was purely British pattern both in
term of ethics or values, culture and tradition as well a training and procedures
 (a) British
(b) England
(c) Turkeys
(d) Nigeria
12. The ____________ruled system was also successful. In the eastern part, it was more turbulent
than what was witnessed in the western province.
(a) direct rule
(b) indirect rule
(c) flexible rule
(d) rigid rule

13. The system of administration in the Yoruba land was __________________

(a) decentralized
(b) anarchy
(c) legislative
(d) centralized
14. In the___________ part, it was more turbulent than what was witnessed in the western province
(a) western
(b) northern
(c) eastern
(d) southern
15. What the British did was to appoint some individuals or troublesome people as chiefs that is
________________to assumed leadership position of the community
(a) warrant chiefs
(b) current chiefs
(c) emperor chiefs
(d) all of the above
16. In general, the amalgamation of Nigeria in ______________ was purely for economic purpose of
the colonial master, that is, it was not motivated to develop 23 the so called Nigeria (a) 1914
(b) 1915
(c) 1923
(d) 1917
17. The civil service commission both at the federal or state level are responsible for the appointment
of member of public service by the________________
(a) Ministerial Control
(b) Parliamentary Control
(c) Judicial Control
(d) Pressure Group Control
18. According to ____________ the legislature exercises general power of direction, supervision and
controls of public administration
(a) Ministerial Control
(b) Parliamentary Control
(c) Judicial Control
(d) Pressure Group Control
19. According to Judicial Control the courts have the __________and right as per the construction to
examine the legality and validity of act of the executive in order to safeguard the citizen’s right
(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) Pressure Group Control
(b) Parliamentary Control
(c) Authority
(d) Judicial Control
20. _______________ has considerable influence and control on government policy
(a) Ministerial Control
 (b) Parliamentary Control
(c) Judicial Control
(d) Pressure Group Control

21. The control of Ombudsman it is also known as a public compliant commission in _________
(a) USA
(b) Egypt
(c) Nigeria
(d) African
22. The complex nature of our modern society makes____________ to be more complex.
(a) public opinion
(b) public association
(c) public administration
(d) none
23. It is widely accepted that public administration is concerned with activities of all the three
_____________of government. (a) arm
(b) society
(c) state
(d) branch

24. The tremendous increase in the number of these public organisations has been due to the constant
restructuring of the federal administrative system, especially since independence in __________
(a) 1960
(b) 1980
(c) 1977
(d) 1914

25. Public administration as a discipline is no longer debatable that public administration now exists
as an important academic field of study
(a) false
(b) true
(c) none
(d) a & b

26. Public administration has gained added impetus as scientific methods are now employed to gather
and analyse data and reach logical deductions.
(a) false
(b) true
(c) none
(d) a & b