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1. A government-owned enterprise is converted into a company in which the public may buy shares, while government retains some ownership. This process is best described as
  1. commercialization
  2. nationalization
  3. privatization
  4. indigenization

Answer: C. privatization

Privatization transfers ownership or control of a public enterprise wholly or partly to private investors.

2. Which measure is most likely to improve the accountability of a public corporation to the legislature?
  1. Allowing it to keep all records confidential
  2. Requiring it to submit audited annual reports
  3. Removing its statutory objectives
  4. Prohibiting legislative questions about its operations

Answer: B. Requiring it to submit audited annual reports

Audited annual reports enable legislators to scrutinize a corporation's finances and performance.

3. A major reason governments establish public corporations is to
  1. eliminate all private enterprise
  2. prevent public access to essential services
  3. make every public service dependent on taxation alone
  4. provide essential services where profit may not attract private investors

Answer: D. provide essential services where profit may not attract private investors

Public corporations can provide socially necessary services even when private investment is insufficiently profitable.

4. When a public corporation is commercialized, it is generally expected to
  1. operate on business principles while remaining publicly owned
  2. be dissolved immediately
  3. transfer all its assets to foreign governments
  4. stop charging for its services

Answer: A. operate on business principles while remaining publicly owned

Commercialization introduces business-oriented management without necessarily transferring ownership to private hands.

5. The creation of local government areas primarily seeks to bring government closer to the people by
  1. replacing all state institutions
  2. eliminating traditional authorities
  3. decentralizing administration and encouraging local participation
  4. making local councils sovereign states

Answer: C. decentralizing administration and encouraging local participation

Local government decentralizes public administration and gives residents a closer arena for participation.

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