UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA
PAST (SEMESTER) EXAMINATION QUESTION
PAPERS
(2010- 2013)
PAD 190: Principles of Public
Administration
SEPTEMBER
2013
The question
paper consists of eight (8) questions. Answer any FOUR
(4) questions.
QUESTION 1
a) List the components of the
state administrative machinery.
(5 marks)
b)
Explain the functions of TWO (2) components of the state
administrative machinery ( 20 marks)
QUESTION 2
Summarise the group Model in public
policy making. (25 marks)
QUESTION 3
Elaborate on any FOUR (4)
characteristics of Public Administration.
(25
marks)
QUESTION
4
Explain
any FOUR (4) objectives of the Economic Planning Unit (EPU).
(25
marks)
QUESTION
5
a) Define ‘tribunal administration.’ (5 marks)
b) Explain the conditions of claim that can be
made to Tribunal for
Homebuyer Claims Malaysia. (20 marks)
QUESTION 6
Describe any FOUR (4) importance of public financial administration. (25
marks)
QUESTION 7
Elaborate on the development of Malaysian Public Administration before
Independence. (25 marks)
QUESTION 8
Explain
any TWO (2) of the following:
a) THREE roles of Public
Financial Administration (12.5 marks)
b) THREE (3)
differences between statutory and non-statutory bodies
in relation to Malaysian government agency
structure. (12.5 marks)
c) THREE (3) issues
in Public Administration in Malaysia
(12.5 marks)
d) THREE (3)
characteristics of Bureaucracy.
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MARCH 2013
Answer any FOUR (4) questions.
QUESTION 1
Explain
the three branches of the government administrative machinery
in Malaysia. (25
marks)
QUESTION 2
a) Explain ‘representative
bureaucracy’. (5 marks)
b) Elaborate on any FOUR (4)
limitations of the bureaucratic model.
(20 marks)
QUESTION 3
a) Describe any THREE (3) types of training given to a public servant. (15 marks)
b) Explain any FOUR (4) factors that enhance the performance of the civil service.
(10 marks)
QUESTION 4
Explain any FOUR (4) reasons why administrative tribunals are important. (25 marks)
QUESTION 5
Distinguish public and private sector administration. (25 marks)
QUESTION 6
Describe any FOUR (4) importance of having an effective financial administration in the
public sector. (25 marks)
QUESTION 7
Elaborate on any FOUR (4) roles of the Malaysian Institute of Integrity. (25 marks)
QUESTION 8
Explain any TWO (2) of the following:
a) The characteristics of Legal Rational Model (12.5 marks)
b) The functions of human resources department in the public sector (12.5 marks)
c) National Integrity Plan (12.5 marks)
d) The roles of public administration (12.5 marks)
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OCTOBER 2012
Answer any FOUR (4) questions.
QUESTION 1
a) Define 'public administration.' (5 marks)
b) Describe FOUR (4) characteristics of public administration. (20 marks)
QUESTION 2
Explain the development of Malaysian public administration during post-independence.
(25 marks)
QUESTION 3
a) Define 'bureaucracy.' (5 marks)
b) Explain any FOUR (4) criticisms towards Weber's Bureaucratic Model. (20 marks)
QUESTION 4
a) Describe any TWO (2) that support the importance of public financial administration.
( 10 marks)
b) Select any THREE (3) roles of financial administration. (15 marks)
QUESTION 5
a) Identify any TWO (2) functions of the Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and
Management planning Unit (MAMPU). (10 marks)
b) Explain the THREE (3) administrative bodies under operational agency. (15 marks)
QUESTION 6
a) Identify any TWO (2) functions of Public Service Commission (PSC) (10 marks)
b) Explain any THREE (3) roles of public personnel administration. (15 marks)
QUESTION 7
Elaborate on the System Model in the policy-making process. (25 marks)
QUESTION 8
Explain any TWO (2) of the following:
a) E-Government (12.5 marks)
b) TWO (2) strategies to improve public service (12.5 marks)
c) TWO (2) state government administrative machinery (12.5 marks)
d) The concept of policy and administration (12.5 marks)
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MARCH 2012
QUESTION 1
Rewrite the important phases in the development of Malaysian public
administration after independence. (25 marks)
QUESTION 2
a) Explain the principle of Politics-Administration Dichotomy. (10 marks)
b) Distinguish between public and private administration. (15 marks)
QUESTION 3
a) Describe the concept of neutral bureaucracy. (5 marks)
b) Identify any FOUR (4) demerits of Weber's bureaucratic model (20 marks)
QUESTION 4
Explain any FIVE (5) roles of the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong (YDPA) at the Federal level.
(25 marks)
QUESTION 5
Explain the Incremental Model in the study of public policy. (25 marks)
QUESTION 6
a) Describe any TWO (2) roles of the government budget. (10 marks)
b) Elaborate on the budgeting process in Malaysia. (15 marks)
QUESTION 7
a) Explain any THREE (3) advantages of administrative tribunals in Malaysia.
(10 marks)
b) Describe any THREE (3) characteristics of administrative tribunals in Malaysia
(15 marks)
QUESTION 8
Explain any TWO (2) of the following:
a) TWO (2) functions of public personnel administration (12.5 marks)
b) TWO (2) pilot projects implemented under e-Government programme in
Malaysia (12.5 marks)
c) The process of formulating public policy. (12.5 marks)
d) TWO (2) differences between statutory and non-statutory bodies (12.5 marks)
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SEPTEMBER 2011
Answer any FOUR (4) questions.
QUESTION 1
a) Explain any TWO (2) reasons that support the importance of public personnel
administration. (10 marks)
b) Elaborate on any THREE (3) roles played by the Public Service Department (PSD)
in Malaysia. (15 marks)
QUESTION 2
a) Explain the concept of representative bureaucracy. (5 marks)
b) Describe any FIVE (5) advantages of Max Weber's bureaucracy. (20 marks)
QUESTION 3
a) Explain the concept of public administration. (5 marks)
b) Elaborate on any FOUR (4) characteristics of public administration. (20 marks)
QUESTION 4
Describe the FOUR (4) main functions of the Malaysian Administrative Modernisation
and Planning Unit (MAMPU). (25 marks)
QUESTION 5
Elaborate on any FOUR (4) components of Malaysian Federal Government. (25 marks)
QUESTION 6
a) Explain any TWO (2) reasons that support the importance of public financial
administration. (10 marks)
b) Describe the processes involved in public financial administration. (15 marks)
QUESTION 7
a) Explain the concept of tribunal administration. (5 marks)
b) Elaborate on the stages of handling cases in the administrative tribunal. (20 marks)
QUESTION 8
Explain any TWO (2) of the following:
a) TWO (2) ways of reinventing the public service in Malaysia (12.5 marks)
b) Post-independence development of Malaysian Public Administration (12.5 marks)
c) TWO (2) functions of Economic Planning Unit (EPU) (12.5 marks)
d) TWO (2) differences between public and private administration (12.5 marks)
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APRIL 2011
Answer any FOUR (4) questions.
QUESTION 1
a) Describe the concept of public policy. (5 marks)
b) Elaborate on the Elite Model. (20 marks)
QUESTION 2
a) Elaborate on any FOUR (4) roles of Cabinet ministers. (20 marks)
b) Explain any TWO (2) functions of local government. (5 marks)
QUESTION 3
Describe any FIVE (5) characteristics of Weber's Bureaucratic Model. (25 marks)
QUESTION 4
a) Explain any TWO (2) reasons that support the importance of personnel administration.
(10 marks)
b) Elaborate on any THREE (3) activities conducted by personnel department. (15 marks)
QUESTION 5
a) Explain any TWO (2) roles of public administration. (10 marks)
b) Elaborate on any THREE (3) factors that support the significance of public administration.
(15 marks)
QUESTION 6
a) Explain any TWO (2) administrative bodies in an operational agency. (10 marks)
b) Describe any THREE (3) differences between statutory and non-statutory bodies. (15 marks)
QUESTION 7
a) Explain the concept of financial administration. (5 marks)
b) Elaborate on any FOUR (4) roles of financial administration. (20 marks)
QUESTION 8
Explain any TWO (2) of the following:
a) TWO (2) factors that support the importance of tribunal administration. (12.5 marks)
b) Historical development of Malaysian Public Administration before 1957 (12.5 marks)
c) TWO (2) issues in the Malaysian Public Administration ( 12.5 marks)
d) TWO (2) disadvantages of bureaucracy. (12.5 marks)
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OCTOBER 2010
Answer any FOUR (4) questions.
QUESTION 1
Public administration in Malaysia has evolved since the Malacca Sultanate era. It has grown
more complex as time goes by.
Explain the history of public administration in Malaysia before independence. (25 marks)
QUESTION 2
a) Define public personnel administration. (5 marks)
b) Identify FOUR (4) activities carried out personnel administration. (20 marks)
QUESTION 3
Public administration is a government's machinery that is responsible to execute and
implement the policies.
Explain FOUR (4) roles of public administration in administering the country. (25 marks)
QUESTION 4
a) Clarify FOUR (4) characteristics of bureaucracy. (10 marks)
b) Explain THREE (3) disadvantages of bureaucracy. (15 marks)
QUESTION 5
a) Explain any TWO (2) reasons that justify the importance of tribunal administration.
(5 marks)
b) Describe FOUR (4) stages involved in the process of tribunal administration.
(20 marks)
QUESTION 6
Malaysian Public Administration faces a lot of challenges in implementing public policy.
Describe FOUR (4) strategies to improve and enhance public administration in Malaysia.
( 25 marks)
QUESTION 7
a) Clarify TWO (2) contents in New Economic Policy (NEP). (10 marks)
b) Explain any THREE (3) models of pubic policy. Provide examples to support
your answer. (15 marks)
QUESTION 8
Explain any TWO (2) of the following:
a) THREE (3) characteristics of public administration. (12.5 marks)
b) FOUR (4) functions of YDPA, as stated in the Federal Constitution. (12.5 marks)
c) THREE (3) reasons that justify the importance of public financial administration.
(12.5 marks)
d) TWO (2) differences between public and private administration. (12.5 marks)
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APRIL 2010
Answer any FOUR (4) questions.
QUESTION 1
a) Differentiate between public and private administration. (10 marks)
b) Describe FIVE (5) major roles of public administration in developing countries. (15marks)
QUESTION 2
a) Define the term 'bureaucracy.' (5 marks0
b) Describe any FIVE (5) principles of Bureaucratic Organization according to Max weber.
(20 marks)
QUESTION 3
a) Define 'public policy.' (5 marks)
b) Describe any TWO (2) models pertinent to the formulation of public policy in Malaysia.
(20 marks)
QUESTION 4
Elaborate on the FIVE (5) major components of federal administrative machinery as stipulated
in the Malaysian constitution. (25 marks)
QUESTION 5
a) Explain FOUR (4) main objectives of financial administration. (10 marks)
b) Describe FIVE (5) major activities of financial administration in the public sector. (15 marks)
QUESTION 6
a) Define 'personnel administration.' (5 marks)
b) Describe FIVE (5) major activities of personnel administration in the public sector. (20 marks)
QUESTION 7
a) Define the concept of integrity. (5 marks)
b) Elaborate on the FIVE (5) targets of National Integrity Plan (PIN). (20 marks)
QUESTION 8
Explain any TWO (2) of the following:
a) Council of Rulers (12.5 marks)
b) SERU (12.5 marks)
c ) Deconcentration (12.5 marks)
d) Tribunal Administration (12.5 marks)
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