Question 1

Aulette discusses three features related to the emergence of the state,including all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) economic productivity including a production of a surplus. 
B) political divisions including differing ideologies. 
C) permanent settlements. 
D) inequality. 
A) economic productivity including a production of a surplus. 
B) political divisions including differing ideologies. 
C) permanent settlements. 
D) inequality. B

Question 2

President Bill Clinton signed the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act,which replaced the old AFDC program with TANF (Temporary Aid to Needy Families).TANF

Accepted Answer

A) guarantees welfare to all eligible people regardless of the state in which they live. 
B) limits welfare support to only two years at a time and for five years in the lifetime of any adult in the household. 
C) expanded the food stamp program since it was one of the more successful elements of the earlier welfare program. 
D) distinguished between legal and illegal immigrants for the first time allowing assistance and food stamps for legal immigrants but not for illegal immigrants. 
A) guarantees welfare to all eligible people regardless of the state in which they live. 
B) limits welfare support to only two years at a time and for five years in the lifetime of any adult in the household. 
C) expanded the food stamp program since it was one of the more successful elements of the earlier welfare program. 
D) distinguished between legal and illegal immigrants for the first time allowing assistance and food stamps for legal immigrants but not for illegal immigrants. B

Question 3

Aulette asserts that the two kinds of welfare programs in the United States were designed respectively for people considered __________ and __________.

Accepted Answer

A) disabled ...able-bodied 
B) unable to work ...unwilling to work 
C) deserving ...less deserving 
D) citizens ...immigrants 
A) disabled ...able-bodied 
B) unable to work ...unwilling to work 
C) deserving ...less deserving 
D) citizens ...immigrants C

Question 4

Which of the following reflects the research on poverty and work?

Accepted Answer

A) Welfare recipients generally refuse to work. 
B) Welfare recipients want to work but are unable to find jobs for which they are qualified. 
C) Two-thirds of poor families do not have an adult with a job. 
D) Two-thirds of poor families have at least one worker. 
A) Welfare recipients generally refuse to work. 
B) Welfare recipients want to work but are unable to find jobs for which they are qualified. 
C) Two-thirds of poor families do not have an adult with a job. 
D) Two-thirds of poor families have at least one worker.

Question 5

If a Marxist points out that the majority of members of Congress come from wealthy families and that some individuals float back and forth between leadership positions in business and in government,which framework is he or she using?

Accepted Answer

A) Instrumentalist 
B) Structuralist 
C) Socialist 
D) Elitist 
A) Instrumentalist 
B) Structuralist 
C) Socialist 
D) Elitist

Question 6

According to the _________ theory of the state,the state is a neutral arbitrator among the numerous interest groups in a pluralistic democracy like the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) Liberal Democrat 
B) Conservative Republican 
C) Classical Marxist 
D) Modern Socialist 
A) Liberal Democrat 
B) Conservative Republican 
C) Classical Marxist 
D) Modern Socialist

Question 7

In the past 30 years,the number of single-mother family households has increased.The proportion of these families on welfare has

Accepted Answer

A) increased. 
B) decreased. 
C) stayed about the same. 
A) increased. 
B) decreased. 
C) stayed about the same.

Question 8

Family Impact Analysis refers to

Accepted Answer

A) the impact new housing developments and families have on a school district. 
B) research on how families organize their lives and the affect on the economy. 
C) assessments of how a policy might impact families. 
D) research on how economic developments impact families. 
A) the impact new housing developments and families have on a school district. 
B) research on how families organize their lives and the affect on the economy. 
C) assessments of how a policy might impact families. 
D) research on how economic developments impact families.

Question 9

The purpose of the programmatic welfare state is to

Accepted Answer

A) address certain social problems without changing the basic nature of the economy. 
B) restructure the economy by redistributing wealth and resources. 
C) implement economic and family programs designed to instill good work ethics and proper values. 
D) implement economic and family policies designed to generate political support for a variety of social issues. 
A) address certain social problems without changing the basic nature of the economy. 
B) restructure the economy by redistributing wealth and resources. 
C) implement economic and family programs designed to instill good work ethics and proper values. 
D) implement economic and family policies designed to generate political support for a variety of social issues.

Question 10

Consider the cases of two single mothers each with dependent children and in poverty.One is a single mother because her husband died.The second is a single mother because she is divorced.How does the United States welfare system handle these two cases?

Accepted Answer

A) Both women receive entitlement social security benefits. 
B) Both women receive means-tested Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF). 
C) The widowed mother receives entitlement social security benefits.The divorced mother receives means-tested Temporary Assistance to Needy Families. 
D) The divorced mother receives entitlement social security benefits.The widowed mother receives means-tested Temporary Assistance to Needy Families. 
A) Both women receive entitlement social security benefits. 
B) Both women receive means-tested Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF). 
C) The widowed mother receives entitlement social security benefits.The divorced mother receives means-tested Temporary Assistance to Needy Families. 
D) The divorced mother receives entitlement social security benefits.The widowed mother receives means-tested Temporary Assistance to Needy Families.

Question 11

When the United States' welfare programs were created in the 1930's,two kinds of cash assistance were created: __________ and __________.

Accepted Answer

A) state program grants ...federal program grants 
B) welfare ...workfare 
C) social insurance ...public assistance 
D) redistributive aid ...programmatic aid 
A) state program grants ...federal program grants 
B) welfare ...workfare 
C) social insurance ...public assistance 
D) redistributive aid ...programmatic aid

Question 12

According to the Aulette text,the largest welfare system in the United States is

Accepted Answer

A) the Federal Department of Social Services 
B) the 50 state departments of social services. 
C) the combined efforts of churches. 
D) the private support given to people by their individual families. 
A) the Federal Department of Social Services 
B) the 50 state departments of social services. 
C) the combined efforts of churches. 
D) the private support given to people by their individual families.

Question 13

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act replaced AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children)with TANF (Temporary Aid to Needy Families).This change also

Accepted Answer

A) increased the funding and the number of people eligible for the Food Stamp Program. 
B) decreased the funding and reduced the number of people eligible for the Food Stamp Program. 
C) mandated that legal immigrants but not illegal immigrants could receive food stamps. 
D) expanded the time able-bodied but unemployed adults are eligible for food stamps. 
A) increased the funding and the number of people eligible for the Food Stamp Program. 
B) decreased the funding and reduced the number of people eligible for the Food Stamp Program. 
C) mandated that legal immigrants but not illegal immigrants could receive food stamps. 
D) expanded the time able-bodied but unemployed adults are eligible for food stamps.

Question 14

What kind of welfare state is defined as "one in which a capitalistic state devotes a portion of its gross national product,through taxation,to the solution of certain social problems without changing the basic nature of the economy"?

Accepted Answer

A) Programmatic welfare state 
B) Redistributive welfare state 
C) Balanced welfare state 
D) Need-based welfare state 
A) Programmatic welfare state 
B) Redistributive welfare state 
C) Balanced welfare state 
D) Need-based welfare state

Question 15

Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)

Accepted Answer

A) is provided by the federal government and provides the same stipends and programs to needy families regardless of the state in which they live. 
B) is provided by the state governments so the stipends and programs vary from state to state. 
C) is primarily funded by the federal government in block grants to the states,which determine stipends and eligibility and which vary from state to state. 
D) is federally mandated to produce the same stipends and programs but is funded fifty-fifty by the federal and state governments. 
A) is provided by the federal government and provides the same stipends and programs to needy families regardless of the state in which they live. 
B) is provided by the state governments so the stipends and programs vary from state to state. 
C) is primarily funded by the federal government in block grants to the states,which determine stipends and eligibility and which vary from state to state. 
D) is federally mandated to produce the same stipends and programs but is funded fifty-fifty by the federal and state governments.

Question 16

Feminist theorists contend that the state seeks to control and shape gender and sexuality in order to maintain

Accepted Answer

A) a religious ideology. 
B) the capitalist system. 
C) strong families. 
D) a stable society. 
A) a religious ideology. 
B) the capitalist system. 
C) strong families. 
D) a stable society.

Question 17

The numbers of single-mother-headed households has significantly increased in the past 30 years.Which of the following is true?

Accepted Answer

A) Welfare mothers form single-mother households in order to obtain welfare. 
B) The proportion of single-mother-headed households who are on welfare has increased. 
C) The proportion of single-mother-headed households who are on welfare has decreased. 
D) The proportion of single-mother-headed households who are on welfare has stayed about the same. 
A) Welfare mothers form single-mother households in order to obtain welfare. 
B) The proportion of single-mother-headed households who are on welfare has increased. 
C) The proportion of single-mother-headed households who are on welfare has decreased. 
D) The proportion of single-mother-headed households who are on welfare has stayed about the same.

Question 18

Aulette interviewed people targeted for the Stepping Stone program,which is designed to help people leave public housing and make a down payment on a house.She found that people were hesitant to participate in the program.Why?

Accepted Answer

A) They liked the nice apartments in the public housing projects. 
B) They did not want to move away and leave their neighbors who were often friends and sometimes family. 
C) Because public housing operated like insurance against economic difficulties. 
D) They objected to the government intrusion into their private financial lives. 
A) They liked the nice apartments in the public housing projects. 
B) They did not want to move away and leave their neighbors who were often friends and sometimes family. 
C) Because public housing operated like insurance against economic difficulties. 
D) They objected to the government intrusion into their private financial lives.

Question 19

Two important values in the United States are the work ethic and the family ethic.Abramowitz (cited by Aulette)asserts that the abolishment of the Aid for Dependent Children programs and the implementation of Temporary Aid to Needy Family and Earned Income Tax Credit programs signaled

Accepted Answer

A) strengthening both the work ethic and the family ethic. 
B) virtually abandoning the work ethic in favor of strengthening the family ethic. 
C) virtually abandoning the family ethic in favor of strengthening the work ethic. 
D) hurting both the work ethic and the family ethic. 
A) strengthening both the work ethic and the family ethic. 
B) virtually abandoning the work ethic in favor of strengthening the family ethic. 
C) virtually abandoning the family ethic in favor of strengthening the work ethic. 
D) hurting both the work ethic and the family ethic.

Question 20

Food stamps is an example of _______ social welfare programs.

Accepted Answer

A) in-kind 
B) entitlement 
C) redistributive 
D) specified 
A) in-kind 
B) entitlement 
C) redistributive 
D) specified

Aulette discusses three features related to the emergence of the state,including all of the following EXCEPT:

President Bill Clinton signed the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act,which replaced the old AFDC program with TANF (Temporary Aid to Needy Families).TANF

Aulette asserts that the two kinds of welfare programs in the United States were designed respectively for people considered and .

Which of the following reflects the research on poverty and work?

If a Marxist points out that the majority of members of Congress come from wealthy families and that some individuals float back and forth between leadership positions in business and in government,which framework is he or she using?

According to the _________ theory of the state,the state is a neutral arbitrator among the numerous interest groups in a pluralistic democracy like the United States.

In the past 30 years,the number of single-mother family households has increased.The proportion of these families on welfare has

Family Impact Analysis refers to

The purpose of the programmatic welfare state is to

Consider the cases of two single mothers each with dependent children and in poverty.One is a single mother because her husband died.The second is a single mother because she is divorced.How does the United States welfare system handle these two cases?

When the United States' welfare programs were created in the 1930's,two kinds of cash assistance were created: and .

According to the Aulette text,the largest welfare system in the United States is

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act replaced AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children)with TANF (Temporary Aid to Needy Families).This change also

What kind of welfare state is defined as "one in which a capitalistic state devotes a portion of its gross national product,through taxation,to the solution of certain social problems without changing the basic nature of the economy"?

Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)

Feminist theorists contend that the state seeks to control and shape gender and sexuality in order to maintain

The numbers of single-mother-headed households has significantly increased in the past 30 years.Which of the following is true?

Aulette interviewed people targeted for the Stepping Stone program,which is designed to help people leave public housing and make a down payment on a house.She found that people were hesitant to participate in the program.Why?

Two important values in the United States are the work ethic and the family ethic.Abramowitz (cited by Aulette)asserts that the abolishment of the Aid for Dependent Children programs and the implementation of Temporary Aid to Needy Family and Earned Income Tax Credit programs signaled

Food stamps is an example of _______ social welfare programs.

How to Study Families in the Twenty-First Century

A History of Usfamilies With a Focus on European Americans

A History of Usfamilies With a Focus on African Americans

Families and the Economic System

Families and the Organization of Race Ethnicity,class,and Gender

Work and Family

Housework

Love and Sex

Marriage

Divorce and Remarriage

Violence in Families

Parents

Children

Filters

Exam 14: Families,family Policy,and the State

Aulette discusses three features related to the emergence of the state,including all of the following EXCEPT:

President Bill Clinton signed the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act,which replaced the old AFDC program with TANF (Temporary Aid to Needy Families).TANF

Aulette asserts that the two kinds of welfare programs in the United States were designed respectively for people considered __________ and __________.

Which of the following reflects the research on poverty and work?

If a Marxist points out that the majority of members of Congress come from wealthy families and that some individuals float back and forth between leadership positions in business and in government,which framework is he or she using?

According to the _________ theory of the state,the state is a neutral arbitrator among the numerous interest groups in a pluralistic democracy like the United States.

In the past 30 years,the number of single-mother family households has increased.The proportion of these families on welfare has

Family Impact Analysis refers to

The purpose of the programmatic welfare state is to

Consider the cases of two single mothers each with dependent children and in poverty.One is a single mother because her husband died.The second is a single mother because she is divorced.How does the United States welfare system handle these two cases?

When the United States' welfare programs were created in the 1930's,two kinds of cash assistance were created: __________ and __________.

According to the Aulette text,the largest welfare system in the United States is

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act replaced AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children)with TANF (Temporary Aid to Needy Families).This change also

What kind of welfare state is defined as "one in which a capitalistic state devotes a portion of its gross national product,through taxation,to the solution of certain social problems without changing the basic nature of the economy"?

Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)

Feminist theorists contend that the state seeks to control and shape gender and sexuality in order to maintain

The numbers of single-mother-headed households has significantly increased in the past 30 years.Which of the following is true?

Aulette interviewed people targeted for the Stepping Stone program,which is designed to help people leave public housing and make a down payment on a house.She found that people were hesitant to participate in the program.Why?

Two important values in the United States are the work ethic and the family ethic.Abramowitz (cited by Aulette)asserts that the abolishment of the Aid for Dependent Children programs and the implementation of Temporary Aid to Needy Family and Earned Income Tax Credit programs signaled

Food stamps is an example of _______ social welfare programs.

How to Study Families in the Twenty-First Century

A History of Usfamilies With a Focus on European Americans

A History of Usfamilies With a Focus on African Americans

Families and the Economic System

Families and the Organization of Race Ethnicity,class,and Gender

Work and Family

Housework

Love and Sex

Marriage

Divorce and Remarriage

Violence in Families

Parents

Children

Filters

Aulette asserts that the two kinds of welfare programs in the United States were designed respectively for people considered and .

When the United States' welfare programs were created in the 1930's,two kinds of cash assistance were created: and .