Exam 6: Assessing Policy Alternatives

The U.S.federal ______ tax is the lowest among the world's industrialized nations.

Not every state has laws that require motorcyclists to wear helmets even though they have been shown to reduce the severity of injuries in the event of an accident.States without these laws have weighed the criterion of _____ more strongly than effectiveness.

______ can be defined as a procedure for producing factual information about future states of society on the basis of prior information about policy problems.

______ describes what governments or other organizations do to deal with risks, such as adopting public policies to regulate them.

______, which are essentially questionnaires or interviews with individuals, designed to allow an estimate of the dollar value of the time spent stuck in traffic or the preservation of lakes or forests.

In some states, legislators may be more likely to propose laws allowing gay marriage than in other states.Gay marriage is more ______ in the states that pass such laws.

______ is usually defined as the magnitude of adverse consequences of an event or exposure.

______ deals with the likelihood that an agency or department can implement a policy well.

The FAA's risk assessment indicated that the new seats would prevent an estimated ______ deaths.

A(n) ______ is often used in the environmental policy arena to estimate the harm that might be incurred or the chance of a possible effects of a particular policy proposal.

Policy analysts can estimate the value of a human life through ______.

Which of the following policy analysis criteria deals with whether a policy has a fair process or policy outcome?

The term ______ has at least two different meanings in contemporary policy debates.

With the scarcity of government resources in the past several years, the evaluative criterion of _____ has become more and more important.

The U.S.Census Bureau estimated a U.S.population of about 396 million in ______.

______ is a determination of the acceptability of the risks or a decision about what level of safety is desired.

This decision-making tool studies the expected outcomes of a policy proposal while also calculating the expected financial impact.

This decision-making tool analyzes the potential harm to people or other negative effects of a proposed policy solution.

Explain what is involved in risk assessment and when this approach is used.

The evaluative criterion of ______ is concerned with the likely outcomes of the policy relative to the cost to implement it.