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MPA Master of Public Administration VIP Practice Exam

MPA — There is no single standardized national 'MPA exam'; the Master of Public Administration is an academic graduate degree conferred by NASPAA-accredited programs. This is an original comprehensive practice set covering the core competency domains assessed across MPA curricula and related civil service/public management certification exams (e.g., ICMA's Credentialed Manager program, the Certified Public Manager designation), including public administration theory, budgeting, policy analysis, organizational behavior, HR, ethics, and intergovernmental relations.

30
Questions
90m
Time Limit
75.00%
To Pass
Question 1 of 30👑 VIP

A county administrator is reviewing a proposed budget that would fund a new homeless services center. The proposal uses an incremental budgeting approach. Which of the following BEST describes the primary assumption underlying incremental budgeting, and what is its most frequently cited limitation in public administration scholarship?

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