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PLSC 3103 exam 1 study guide questions with complete solutions (14)
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Was PA discussed in the US Constitution? - correct answer ✔✔-there is an absence of "administration" in
the U.S. Constitution.
-didn't call for strong bureaucracy
Woodrow Wilson's 3 points about PA - correct answer ✔✔1. Gov should be run like a business
2. PA should be a separate field of study
3. politics & administration should be separate
PA involves what branch? - correct answer ✔✔-executive branch
-executes policy while removed from politics (serves neutrally)
What is PA? - correct answer ✔✔-when you use public resources to solve public problems
-ensures citizens get the best from gov. organizations
Adam Smith - correct answer ✔✔-began "Wealth of Nations"
-inspired industrial revolution & capitalism
-factory system was flawed; changed it to assembly lines where individuals worked on individual parts of
the product (worked on what they were best at)
-created "separation of labor"
-idea changed the world
Andrew Jackson - correct answer ✔✔-extended the spoils system
-wanted gov ran by "everyday" people who performed basic types of labor
-opened gov positions to many of his supporters
, The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act - correct answer ✔✔-federal law established in 1883 that
decided that gov jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political affliation
Spoils System/Patronage System - correct answer ✔✔-a practice in which a political party, after winning
an election, gives gov jobs to its supporters, friends, & relatives as a reward for working toward victory, &
as an incentive to keep working for the party.
Harris vs. Forklift Systems - correct answer ✔✔-established hostile work environment & made sure there
was no sexual harassment.
-defined sexual harassment
-Supreme Court case
Contemporary Theory of PA - correct answer ✔✔-legal
-managerial
-political
Frank Goodnow's 2 Primary/Ultimate Functions of gov: - correct answer ✔✔-the expression of the will of
the state
-the execution of the will
-argued that gov needed to adjust its very purpose & organization to accommodate modern necessities
-made contributions to the Progressive movement (19th century)
What does PA fit into the overall gov structure? - correct answer ✔✔-Popular Sovereignty
-Republicanism
-Federalism
-Separation of Powers
-Checks & Balances
-Limited gov
Popular Sovereignty - correct answer ✔✔-principle that the authority of a state & its gov is created &
sustained by the consent of its people, thorough elected representatives.
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