PAD final

If a bee keepers, honey production results, and improved pollination of crops on neighbors land, this is known as

positive externality

_________ policy alters the availability of money through the banking system through a number of mechanisms.

monetary

A block grant refers to...

none of these answers are correct

Charles Tiebout put forth the notion that people vote with their...

feet

which of the following is an example of a moral hazard?

When someone with a shellfish allergy eats lobster anyway, because their health insurance covers ER visits.

What allowed the imposition of an income taxed by the federal government?

The 16th amendment of the constitution

The great recession of 2007-2009 occurred largely due to

The collapse of the subprime mortgage market

Factors that lead to market failure include

All of these answers are correct

_________ is away for government to attempt to equalize the status quo between the haves and have nots.

Redistribution

diversification of revenue sources is desirable for stability. State and local governments typically depend on the "three legged stool" of taxes, compromised of taxes on

Income, sales, and property.

The free market economy generates winners, and promotes greater equality.

False

Natural monopolies result from ruthless business practices, intended to eliminate competition and secure market power.

False

Fiscal policy operates at different levels of government.

True

Horizontal quality refers to the notion that parties with greater levels of resources, should shoulder a higher tax burden than those with lesser resources.

False

The US tax code allows homeowners to deduct mortgage interest payments to encourage home ownership.

True

Adam Smith's wealth of nations popularized the notion that economies are self regulated and efficient due to the "invisible hand" of market forces.

True

Most Americans believe that the federal government should not play a major role in managing the US immigration system.

False

Natural monopolies occur when a single firm is the most efficient outcome due to high initial infrastructure investment in scale economy, stomach competition, wasteful.

True

Efficient operation of a free market depends on consumers, having accurate information on which to bass a buy or not buy decision.

True

The active government role in managing the economy is most popular Lee link to economist John Maynard Keynes, who argued that the public sector can intervene to smooth out that ebbs and flows of the economy.

True

The _______ basis of accounting records, financial transactions based on cash flows.

None of these answers are correct

A financial ratio that provides evidence of an organizations capacity to cover short term financial obligations is a measure of...

Liquidity

what is the name of the most widely recognized federal law that limits the political activity of government employees?

The hatch act

With a _______ endowment, only the earnings of the fund can be spent.

true

________ accounting is practice utilized by government in nonprofit organizations to bolster accounting control by divvying up organizational resources into separate funds.

fund

A Melissa Bull program, published by the national municipal league in 1900

Highlighted the need for financial accountability and local government

which of the following rights of donors are included in "A Donor Bill of Rights"?

All of these answers are correct

______ refers to a philanthropist's expectations for the use of donated funds, large or small, buy an organization.

Donor intent

Components of a CAFR include

All of these answers are correct

_________ is used for government, wide, financial statements and businesslike funds in state and local governments.

Accrual accounting

nonprofit organizations engage in more uniform, financial reporting than public organizations.

False

State and local government debt primarily takes the form of bonds.

True

nonprofits can make a profit, but they cannot distribute profits those in control.

True

Elected officials are common uses of nonprofit organizations financial reporting.

False

propriety funds are government phones that exist for the business like activities of government.

True

The revised IRS form 990 extended reporting requirements for nonprofit governance and expanded required disclosures.

True

A classification of 501 (c)(3) is used to refer to nonprofits that generally receive tax exempt donations

true

bequest are the most prominent types of donations, given to nonprofits, providing over 2/3 of giving.

False

The level of targeted reserves in a rainy day fund. It should reflect the validity of risk associated with the organizations revenue and expenses.

true

Individual taxpayers are examples of internal users of government in nonprofit financial reporting.

false

ranging from casual trips from unnamed government sources to systematic sharing of sensitive information for brought it discrimination,________ are an extreme, but prominent, form of public transparency.

None of these answers are correct

__________ transparency pertains to mandated disclosures of information, usually driven by government regulation, that are made to Alleviate potentially harmful information asymmetries.

Targeted

Which of the following does not relate to open meetings?

Privacy act

The _______ act allows individuals to request access to records maintained on them, selves by government, agencies, and address inaccuracies in those records.

Privacy

_______ oversight and tails, regular systematic monitoring of government activities.

Police patrol

which act amend the freedom of information act to modernize the FL I a process and compliance in response to technological advances?

Electronic freedom of information act

The definition of transparency extends to which type of information?

All of these answers are correct

Increase transparency is thought to affect government through

All of these answers are correct

_________ is an example of the federal FOIA exemption from disclosure.

Information related solar to the internal personal rules, and practices of an agency

The government in the sunshine act requires that

The executive branch agencies are required to hold open meetings

The public, a nonprofit sector's have similar legal requirements for transparency.

False

Compensation at nonprofits is the leading topic of complaints that charity navigator receives about organizations.

True

when an organization engages a nominal, transparency it disclose as useful information

false

President Lyndon Johnson was an enthusiastic supporter of the freedom of information act

false

Information that is classified to protect national security, is exempt from FOIA requirements.

true

Taking public information has green easier with advancements in information, technology, particularly the ability to copy, transfer, and it disseminate information through online venues

true

En route transparency catchers the ability of the individuals within an organization to view and receive outside information

false

Open meeting requirement Texas at all levels of government are intended to ensure that dialogue in decisions about public policies are indeed public

true

One issue with transparency is that it can impeach thoughtful policy, making a decision makers are less likely to speak freely under public scrutiny

true

And his 2000 report or nonprofit management, Paul light suggest that the availability of information, alone, will improve trust.

false

in the basic contracting process, the step during which decision makers consider whether to produce in house, or to contract out, is referred to as the_______ decision

Make or buy

The document that formally solicits proposals/beds from potential contractors is known as the_________,or RFP

Request for proposal

Which of the following is responsible for handling contract award protest for the federal government?

None of these answers are correct

which of the following is not one of Kelman's goals of public contracting?

Pay more for higher quality

With a(n)______ contract, the contractor is paid he sent him out for delivering the products or services.

Fixed price

The term_______ refers to a government who is bureaus, are dependent on networks of private parties, to enable it to function.

Hollow state

In a principal agent, conflict, the contractor

is the agent who is in a position to make decisions that take it vantage of the government (the principal)

The handshake deal is a classic example of which type of contracting?

Relational contracting

A continuum of public sector contracting activities from the most basic purchases of simple goods and services to complete privatization is as follows:

Simple purchases, contracting out/outsourcing, relational, contracting, public private partnership, and privatization

Steps to choosing a contractor include

All of these answers are correct

simple, outsourcing grants, greater authority to third parties, then relational contracting.

False

Contracting for material goods that are common, and do not require any customization is referred to as buying off the shelf

True

With regard to public goods and services, public provision, and public production are indistinguishable.

false

Privatization represents the relationship between the government in a third party, in which the two share risk.

false

Modern performance contracts are often used to shift risk to contractors

true

in 2002, Paul, I reported that 8 million jobs are supported by federal contracts in grants while the total federal personnel included less than 4.2 million employees.

true

The purpose of a contract is to align interest of two or more parties, and increase principal act conflict

false

The principal agent problem occurs for reasons related to information, asymmetries between the principle (the government) and the agent (the contractor)

True

Energy performance contracting, is used by governments to find infrastructure improvements in public facilities instead of depending on reserves, capital, budget, appropriations, or general borrowing

true

The level of contract administration oversight decreases with the complexity of the contracted tasks

false

as optimism over performance base budgeted was warrant, professor Phil Joyce, suggest that_______ Budgeting, is more useful label for injecting performance information into the budgeting process

performance informed

To communicate performance to the public is a simpler manner, some organizations he's a smaller collection of

Mini measures

The Clinton administrations _______, overseen by Vice President, Al Gore, launched in March 1993, with a goal of a government that works better and cost less.

national performance review

The_____ process is inherently about guiding organizational performance, and should include a consideration of performance measures

strategic planning

when an organization looks externally to care organizations to determine what represents average and/or aspirational performance it is referred to as

Benchmarking

Which act requires performance management plans for reporting from federal agencies?

The government performance and results act

How can I insure that my subordinates are doing the right thing? Is it question is answered by which purpose of performance measurement?

Control

Which of the following are included as part of the national Academy of public administration, pillars of public administration?

All of these answers are correct

A basic program logic model that is used in evaluation includes

inputs - activities - outputs - initial outcomes - intermediate outcomes - long term outcomes

Department spending, including time, and materials for hiring function, is an example of what type of measure component?

input

Nonprofit organizations experience a push in the early 1990s for outcome based performance measurement

true

performance measures merely needed to be understandable to elected officials, as they are the only users of this information

false

in the public sector and pets are the good/services delivered, are produced by an organization or program

false

Performance measurement is considered a one time act, rather than a reoccurring process

false

one approach to measuring efficiency focuses on the time needed to perform a given activity

true

performance management helps public service managers use performance started to make decisions that improve services to their customers.

true

outcomes produce results which are called outputs

false

validity means that the indicator measures what it is intended to measure. Reliability refers to accuracy of the measure, and its ability to be consistent over repeated measurement.

true

Determining performance goals for specific measures is an objective process where only achievable goals are selected

false

The balanced scoreboard, incorporates, financial, and non-financial performance measures of an organization.

true