Exam 5: Public Problems and Policy Alternatives

Examining books, journals, and reports regarding a particular problem or solution represents the use of the ______ technique of collecting information.

A ______ is an examination of books, journal articles, Internet sites, and other sources.

Which creative thinking tool begins with an analysis of the status quo as a baseline?

Indicators of sustainability refer to _____ data that attempt to measure a community's progress toward the goal of sustainability.

______ involves finding solutions to a problem by spontaneously sharing ideas without initial regard to practicality or feasibility.

Which of the following presidential candidates campaigned for building a wall?

The Obama health-care reforms were approved in ______.

The policy design tools that rely on the premise that most people will behave because they have been told to do so are known as _____.

The beginning of any policy study involves a description of a ______.

The National Park Service (NPS) issues a limited number of backpacking permits at some parks.What type of policy tool is this?

What does the term policy design mean?

When developing policy alternatives to address a problem, the policy maker should examine ______, which refer(s) to how well the policy has worked in a state, pilot test, or other smaller scale attempt to implement it.

Critics have derided ______ as a fuzzy if not meaningless term.

What are capacity-building tools?

The Affordable Care Act (Obama's health-care law) included funding for many pilot projects and special studies that will be used to select future policy options to use on a more widespread basis.The funding of these efforts is an example of the policy tools called ______.

______ begins with the status quo.

Describe the steps and issues involved in analyzing a problem and why it is difficult.

Governments may invest in training programs for their own staff or for the public.This policy design tool is referred to as ______.

Undocumented immigrants constitute only about ______% of Alabama's workforce.

What is involved in problem analysis? Explain how trying to define a simple problem is often political.Give your own example of analyzing a problem (such as illegal immigration).