15 question assignment

UIU Public Administration DS Final 2015 NAME 1. The type of budget that forces agencies to justify each dollar at the beginning of the budget cycle is called what?

A. Program Budgeting B. Rational Decision Making C. Performance Based Budgeting D. Zero Based Budgeting

2. The stage of the budget cycle that takes place after the current year (CY) is complete is called what?

A. Budget Hearings B. Planning Phase C. Policy Formation D. Audit and Evaluation

3. The public budget process is open to many outside influences, name two and explain their roles. 4. Why is establishing goals and setting priorities important in Budgeting? 5. Incrementalism is a _______________ of Public Budgeting? Explain Incrementalism. Provide one advantage and disadvantage of it. 6. Privatization is the use of governmental agencies to provide goods and services

previously provided by non-governmental groups. T/F 7. Name one type of the four types of policy and give an example. 8. Define Block Grants 9. Name two principal aims of regulation in American government. 10. Because court cases are expensive, organizations are increasingly using ___________ to avoid court cases. 11. The public policy is inherently political. T/F 12. What are the five categories of action in the policy process? 13. Clientele groups are part of the merit system. T/F

14. What is an entitlement? 15. What are three principals built into the federal Constitution that set the core values for American governance?