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1. What type of energy is wind energy?

Florida International University PH.D. IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM   Comprehensive Examination Fall 2024 Theory Day (10 AM – 6 PM)   Answer the first question and any ONE of the other questions. You need to address all parts of each question to which you are responding. Give equal attention to all questions. You are expected to provide coherent and thoughtful responses.   Question 1 (You must answer this question): Prior scholarship makes a cogent argument that there are certain costs inherent in having a federal system, which can affect the ability of governments to craft and pursue effective public policies in different policy domains. Keeping in mind the research on this topic, what is the price of federalism? What evidence is there that federalism has come at that price? Drawing on extant research, how well do different levels of government work with each other, and what does this mean for the future of American federalism?   Question 2: Explain the emergence of Public Administration Theory: What are the main factors that contributed to this emergence? Discuss whether these factors remain relevant. Analyze and discuss what contemporary factors are currently shaping the field. In your response, discuss whether the field is headed in the right direction.   Question 3: As the 2025 election brings new leadership to the federal government and changes in administrations across state and local governments, career public servants will be asked to change priorities and directions. Discuss what we learn from organization behavior and theory about building organizations that can adapt to changing political environments and maintain and motivate career employees.

Which of the following factors explains the most common cause of Parkinson’s Disease?

A PTA has been working with a patient who had a CVA four months ago.  The PTA has been working on standing activities using a bedside table with the goal of walking soon.  As the patient moves through the stages of learning, which of the following questions would be least appropriate to promote autonomy?

This case will be used for two questions. Upon examination, your patient with TBI is not oriented and confabulates a story explaining his situation. Although you introduced yourself to him yesterday, he has no memory of this. Your examination of him progresses smoothly, although he attempts to brush his hair with your goniometer. When the nurse and an aide enter his room, which is now crowded and quite loud, he becomes angry and throws the goniometer. Which of the following interventions would be least appropriate for this patient?

Which of the following terms refers to the slowness and difficulty maintaining movement that commonly occurs in patients with Parkinson’s Disease?

Which of the following statements is false regarding the pathophysiology of multiple sclerosis:

A patient who sustained a traumatic brain injury is working in therapy on repetitive tasks with the involved upper extremity while wearing a mitt on the uninvolved side. Which of the following treatment strategies is being utilized with this technique?

Which of the following is an example of primary brain damage?

Which of the following strategies would be most appropriate for the therapist to use during the associative stage of learning a motor skill?