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Mercantilism as an International Political Economy perspective posits that economic activity should serve to increase:

AGlobal free market competition

BState power and wealth relative to other nations

CClassless international communism

DIndividual consumer sovereignty exclusively

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The Bretton Woods Conference of 1944 established which two major international financial institutions?

AInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)

BWorld Trade Organization (WTO) and League of Nations

CUnited Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Asian Development Bank (ADB)

DFederal Reserve and European Central Bank

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The ‘Minnowbrook Conference’ of 1968 led by Dwight Waldo gave birth to which movement in public administration?

ANew Public Management (NPM)

BScientific Management Movement

CClassical Administrative Theory

DNew Public Administration (NPA)

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Riggs’ ‘Prismatic Model’ of public administration is used to analyze administrative behavior in:

AHighly industrialized Western states

BAgrarian ancient empires

CDeveloping/Transitional societies

DTribal societies exclusively

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The ‘Good Governance’ paradigm popularized by the World Bank in the 1990s emphasizes eight characteristics, including:

ACentralized economic command

BAccountability, Transparency, and Rule of Law

CSecrecy in state budgeting

DArbitrary executive discretion

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The concept of ‘Span of Control’ in administration refers to:

AThe number of subordinates a manager can effectively supervise

BThe geographic radius covered by a public office

CThe budget allocated to a government department

DThe maximum years an official can serve in office

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Which principle of public administration dictates that a subordinate should receive orders from and report to ONE superior only?

ASpan of Control

BScalar Chain

CCentralization

DUnity of Command

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Chester Barnard’s work ‘The Functions of the Executive’ (1938) introduced the concept of:

ABureaucratic Imperative

BAdministrative Centralization

CAcceptance Theory of Authority

DScientific Piece-Rate System

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The ‘New Public Management’ (NPM) movement that emerged in the 1980s advocates for:

AExpanding the size and monopoly of state bureaucracies

BApplying market principles, privatization, and efficiency from the private sector to public governance

CEliminating performance evaluation metrics

DRestricting foreign direct investment

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Herbert Simon won the Nobel Prize in Economics (1978) for his concept of ‘Bounded Rationality’ in:

ADecision-Making Process

BBudgetary Allocation

CPersonnel Recruitment

DDiplomatic Negotiation

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