Question 1

How many steps are there in making public policy?

Accepted Answer

A) Three 
B) Eight 
C) Fourteen 
D) Twenty-three 
E) Five 
A) Three 
B) Eight 
C) Fourteen 
D) Twenty-three 
E) Five

Question 2

The Social Security program uses current taxes to pay for current benefits.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Policy making for veterans is tightly controlled by cooperation among the Department of Veterans Affairs, the House and Senate Veterans Committees, and interest groups such as the American Legion that represent veterans.This is an example of a(n)

Accepted Answer

A) think tank. 
B) iron triangle. 
C) policy web. 
D) issue network. 
E) agenda alliance. 
A) think tank. 
B) iron triangle. 
C) policy web. 
D) issue network. 
E) agenda alliance.

Question 4

Politics is concerned with

Accepted Answer

A) what the government gets from the people. 
B) who gets what, when, where, and how from government. 
C) free and open elections. 
D) maintaining the power and influence of elected officials. 
E) None of the above 
A) what the government gets from the people. 
B) who gets what, when, where, and how from government. 
C) free and open elections. 
D) maintaining the power and influence of elected officials. 
E) None of the above

Question 5

The federal government uses punctuating policy far more often than incremental policy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Political scientist Anthony Downs calls the stage where the problem moves into prolonged limbo what?

Accepted Answer

A) Pre-problem stage 
B) Alarmed discovery 
C) Cost-benefit stage 
D) Post-problem stage 
E) Public-interest decline stage 
A) Pre-problem stage 
B) Alarmed discovery 
C) Cost-benefit stage 
D) Post-problem stage 
E) Public-interest decline stage

Question 7

Which is described as the list of issues that the federal government pays attention to?

Accepted Answer

A) Lobbying 
B) Public policies 
C) Policy agenda 
D) Nondecisions 
E) None of the above 
A) Lobbying 
B) Public policies 
C) Policy agenda 
D) Nondecisions 
E) None of the above

Question 8

Ralph Nader made his start as a political activist with his involvement on the issue of

Accepted Answer

A) food handling procedures. 
B) automobile safety. 
C) global warming. 
D) abortion. 
E) discrimination. 
A) food handling procedures. 
B) automobile safety. 
C) global warming. 
D) abortion. 
E) discrimination.

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT a stage in the issue-attention cycle?

Accepted Answer

A) Making rules for implementation 
B) The gradual decline of intense public interest 
C) The pre-problem stage 
D) Alarmed discovery and euphoric enthusiasm on an issue 
E) The realization that change will incur significant cost 
A) Making rules for implementation 
B) The gradual decline of intense public interest 
C) The pre-problem stage 
D) Alarmed discovery and euphoric enthusiasm on an issue 
E) The realization that change will incur significant cost

Question 10

When government decides to tackle a problem, it does so through

Accepted Answer

A) intervention. 
B) elections. 
C) public policy. 
D) referenda. 
E) constitutional convention. 
A) intervention. 
B) elections. 
C) public policy. 
D) referenda. 
E) constitutional convention.

Question 11

____________________ is a specific course of action that government takes to address a problem.

Accepted Answer

A) Public policy 
B) Negotiation 
C) Arbitration 
D) Introspection 
E) Examination 
A) Public policy 
B) Negotiation 
C) Arbitration 
D) Introspection 
E) Examination

Question 12

Politics is a specific course of action that government takes to address a problem.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Reducing college loan costs, increasing police patrols, and creating prescription drug coverage are examples of

Accepted Answer

A) the people. 
B) politics. 
C) outcomes. 
D) government. 
E) policies. 
A) the people. 
B) politics. 
C) outcomes. 
D) government. 
E) policies.

Question 14

Welfare, poverty programs, and Head Start for poor preschool children are examples of reverse distributive policy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

A public policy that provides benefits to all groups in society is called

Accepted Answer

A) pork barrel spending. 
B) welfare policy. 
C) distributive policy. 
D) monetary policy. 
E) reverse distributive policy. 
A) pork barrel spending. 
B) welfare policy. 
C) distributive policy. 
D) monetary policy. 
E) reverse distributive policy.

Question 16

The three elements of iron triangles are

Accepted Answer

A) interest groups, a federal agency, and a related congressional committee. 
B) the legislature, executive, and judiciary. 
C) think tanks, the public, and protesters. 
D) state governments, local governments, and the federal government. 
E) the Army, Navy, and Air Force. 
A) interest groups, a federal agency, and a related congressional committee. 
B) the legislature, executive, and judiciary. 
C) think tanks, the public, and protesters. 
D) state governments, local governments, and the federal government. 
E) the Army, Navy, and Air Force.

Question 17

The seventh step in the policy-making process is

Accepted Answer

A) deciding who will deliver the goods and services. 
B) measuring outputs. 
C) making assumptions about the world. 
D) deciding how much to do. 
E) making rules for implementation. 
A) deciding who will deliver the goods and services. 
B) measuring outputs. 
C) making assumptions about the world. 
D) deciding how much to do. 
E) making rules for implementation.

Question 18

The list of issues that the federal government pays attention to is called the federal docket.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Radical changes to public policy that occur only after the mobilization of large segments of society to demand action are called

Accepted Answer

A) incremental policy. 
B) dangerous policy. 
C) punctuating policy. 
D) public policy. 
E) liberal policy. 
A) incremental policy. 
B) dangerous policy. 
C) punctuating policy. 
D) public policy. 
E) liberal policy.

Question 20

Reducing college loan costs, increasing police patrols, and creating prescription drug coverage are examples of politics.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 17: Public Policy

How many steps are there in making public policy?

The Social Security program uses current taxes to pay for current benefits.

Policy making for veterans is tightly controlled by cooperation among the Department of Veterans Affairs, the House and Senate Veterans Committees, and interest groups such as the American Legion that represent veterans.This is an example of a(n)

Politics is concerned with

The federal government uses punctuating policy far more often than incremental policy.

Political scientist Anthony Downs calls the stage where the problem moves into prolonged limbo what?

Which is described as the list of issues that the federal government pays attention to?

Ralph Nader made his start as a political activist with his involvement on the issue of

Which of the following is NOT a stage in the issue-attention cycle?

When government decides to tackle a problem, it does so through

____________________ is a specific course of action that government takes to address a problem.

Politics is a specific course of action that government takes to address a problem.

Reducing college loan costs, increasing police patrols, and creating prescription drug coverage are examples of

Welfare, poverty programs, and Head Start for poor preschool children are examples of reverse distributive policy.

A public policy that provides benefits to all groups in society is called

The three elements of iron triangles are

The seventh step in the policy-making process is

The list of issues that the federal government pays attention to is called the federal docket.

Radical changes to public policy that occur only after the mobilization of large segments of society to demand action are called

Reducing college loan costs, increasing police patrols, and creating prescription drug coverage are examples of politics.

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