Public Administration final quiz questions – Flashcards

The ___ established the Bureau of the Budget and the Government Accounting Office as well as requiring that the President prepare and submit to Congress and executive budget annually.

From 1900 to 1930, a number of large cities adopted ____ budgets in order to make it more easier to audit the expenditures of public funds. It is considered the first type of formal budgeting.

The ______ was the first federal department to adopt PPBS budgeting as a way to set budgetary priorities.

Harrisonburg City budget must be passed by Harrisonburg city council by _____ in order to fund the city of Harrisonburg for the 2015-2016.

The Taft commission recommended that Congress enact legislation establishing a national budgeting system between:

________ was the first attempt to make use of objective criteria to set budget priorities in addition to measuring the cost of delivering a particular service or implementing a specific program:

The ______ is empowered o control the amount of money in circulation by either creating or canceling dollars and by raising or lowering interest rates. It is responsible for the monetary policy of the United States.

While governor of Georgia, President Jimmy Carter made use of ______ budgeting to improve the efficiency of Georgia state government

The fiscal year of the federal government starts on ____

_____ is classified as a type of non-general revenue collected by the State of Virginia.

The funding ____ is classified as federal mandatory federal spending

______ is classified as a type of discretionary federal spending

_________ constitute the largest single type of non general revenue for Virginia is:

Fairfax County, Virginia receives the greatest amount of tax revenue from the _________.

Spending on ____ constitutes the largest single expenditure category for state governments. This includes funds sent by states to localities to pay part of the cost of _______

State governments spend very little on ______

Countries and independent cities in Virginia spend the largest amount of money on ________

On average, local general purpose governments in the United states spend the smallest amount of money on ________.

The largest category of mandatory federal spending is for _____.

_____ is a wealth tax that generates the largest percentage of revenue for general purpose local governments in the United states. The U.S. government does not collect any _____ taxes.

the vast majority of state government collect consumption taxes on the sale of _____.

the _____ relies most heavily on the personal income tax, corporate income tax and the payroll tax for revenue.

The outstanding federal debt is between______

The top Virginia personal income tax rate for individuals with incomes over $17,0000 is

The top federal personal income rate is approximately _________ on earned income over $413,000 for a single person.

The state of ________ has the highest tobacco tax in the United States with its tax of over $4.00 a pack.

The federal government makes use of a _____ to pay for benefits under the OASDHI (social security) program

Over the last ten years, the federal government borrows between ________ to balance the federal budget annually.

The ____ is responsible for making the monetary policy of the Untied states