MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS
Question 1: Charles E. Lindblom, "The Science Muddling Through," Public Administration Review 19 (Spring 1959): 79-88. Under the Required Peer-Reviewed Articles Module on CANVAS.
With Lindblom's Journal Article,
(a) Discuss with practical examples four differences between the root method of budget making and the branch method of budget making (in at least 400 total words).
(b) Analyze how the incremental method relates to the branch method (in at least 150 total words).
(c) Analyze how the rational method relates to the root method (in at least 150 total words).
Question 2: V.O. Key, "The Lack of a Budgetary Theory," American Political Science Review 34 (December 1940): 1137-40. Under the Required Peer-Reviewed Articles Module on CANVAS.
(a) In at least 400 total words, critically discuss the argument of Key about "The Lack of a Budgetary Theory."
Question 3: Performance Measures
(a) Identify four performance Measures (in at least 4 total words).
(b) Discuss how each of the four measures can be used to evaluate the budgets of local governments, state governments, and the federal government in the United States (in at least 400 total words).
Question 4: Context of Public Budgeting and Finance
(a) Identify four influences on budget decision making in a local government, a state government, or the federal government (in at least 10 total words).
(b) Discuss each identified influence with one practical example (in at least 500 total words).
Reference -
1. The Lack of a Budgetary Theory Author(s): V. O. Key
2. The Science of "Muddling Through" Charles E. Lindblom, Public Administration Review, Vol. 19, No. 2. (Spring, 1959), pp. 79-88.