Question 1

Aid programs restricted to one group of citizens only are called

Accepted Answer

A) categorical aid. 
B) welfare. 
C) entitlement aid. 
D) individual aid. 
E) grant aid. 
A) categorical aid. 
B) welfare. 
C) entitlement aid. 
D) individual aid. 
E) grant aid.

Question 2

In absolute numbers, most poor people are

Accepted Answer

A) African Americans. 
B) Hispanic Americans. 
C) Asian Americans. 
D) White Americans. 
E) Native Americans. 
A) African Americans. 
B) Hispanic Americans. 
C) Asian Americans. 
D) White Americans. 
E) Native Americans.

Question 3

What started as a one-room laboratory on Staten Island in 1887?

Accepted Answer

A) National Institutions of Health 
B) Public Health Commission 
C) Center for Infectious Disease 
D) Food and Drug Administration 
E) None of the above 
A) National Institutions of Health 
B) Public Health Commission 
C) Center for Infectious Disease 
D) Food and Drug Administration 
E) None of the above

Question 4

What was the first type of help for the poor?

Accepted Answer

A) Educational assistance 
B) Social security 
C) Medicaid 
D) Welfare 
E) Medicare 
A) Educational assistance 
B) Social security 
C) Medicaid 
D) Welfare 
E) Medicare

Question 5

Supplemental Security Income was created to provide an extra measure of support for the elderly, the poor, and the disabled.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

In 2008, Social Security and Medicare expenditures totaled how much?

Accepted Answer

A) $56 million 
B) $755 million 
C) $341 billion 
D) $966 billion 
E) $2 trillion 
A) $56 million 
B) $755 million 
C) $341 billion 
D) $966 billion 
E) $2 trillion

Question 7

Social Security was designed primarily to benefit

Accepted Answer

A) the working poor. 
B) single mothers. 
C) ethnic or racial minorities. 
D) older workers. 
E) the disabled. 
A) the working poor. 
B) single mothers. 
C) ethnic or racial minorities. 
D) older workers. 
E) the disabled.

Question 8

Aid to the poor is called public assistance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The federal government also provides what some critics label corporate welfare to favored industries such as agriculture and corporate bailouts to businesses like investment banks.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

In 1983, Congress made a number of changes to Social Security to deal with the pending shortfall including

Accepted Answer

A) raising the retirement age at which one qualifies for Social Security benefits. 
B) increasing Social Security taxes. 
C) imposing the first ever tax on the Social Security payments to upper-income individuals. 
D) imposing a one-time cut in the annual cost-of-living increase in benefits. 
E) All of the above 
A) raising the retirement age at which one qualifies for Social Security benefits. 
B) increasing Social Security taxes. 
C) imposing the first ever tax on the Social Security payments to upper-income individuals. 
D) imposing a one-time cut in the annual cost-of-living increase in benefits. 
E) All of the above

Question 11

Aid programs restricted to one group of citizens only are called categorical aid.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Who was responsible for the expansion of social programs during the 1930s?

Accepted Answer

A) Theodore Roosevelt 
B) Calvin Coolidge 
C) Herbert Hoover 
D) Franklin D.Rooseveltn 
E) Harry Truman 
A) Theodore Roosevelt 
B) Calvin Coolidge 
C) Herbert Hoover 
D) Franklin D.Rooseveltn 
E) Harry Truman

Question 13

The most visible health care official in government is the

Accepted Answer

A) surveyor general. 
B) solicitor general. 
C) surgeon general. 
D) health czar. 
E) food and drug czar. 
A) surveyor general. 
B) solicitor general. 
C) surgeon general. 
D) health czar. 
E) food and drug czar.

Question 14

The federal government's top crime priority today is

Accepted Answer

A) the war on drugs. 
B) securing the borders. 
C) terrorism. 
D) illegal immigration. 
E) None of the above 
A) the war on drugs. 
B) securing the borders. 
C) terrorism. 
D) illegal immigration. 
E) None of the above

Question 15

Most scholars trace the federal government's effort to protect citizens against economic and personal hard times to the Great Society of the 1960s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The "feminization of poverty" refers to

Accepted Answer

A) poor women who are feminists. 
B) women who help the poor. 
C) feminist women who help the poor. 
D) the growing numbers of poor women. 
E) the tendency for men to help poor women. 
A) poor women who are feminists. 
B) women who help the poor. 
C) feminist women who help the poor. 
D) the growing numbers of poor women. 
E) the tendency for men to help poor women.

Question 17

The percentage of the American workforce now covered by Social Security is approximately

Accepted Answer

A) 35%. 
B) 50%. 
C) 75%. 
D) 80%. 
E) 90%. 
A) 35%. 
B) 50%. 
C) 75%. 
D) 80%. 
E) 90%.

Question 18

Public welfare assistance an individual may receive in a lifetime is limited to

Accepted Answer

A) three years. 
B) five years. 
C) eight years. 
D) no limitation. 
E) two months after job training begins. 
A) three years. 
B) five years. 
C) eight years. 
D) no limitation. 
E) two months after job training begins.

Question 19

Despite passage of the Medicare program in 1965, the United States did NOT provide comprehensive insurance to the rest of the insured until

Accepted Answer

A) 1975. 
B) 1985. 
C) 1995. 
D) 2000. 
E) 2010. 
A) 1975. 
B) 1985. 
C) 1995. 
D) 2000. 
E) 2010.

Question 20

More women than men are poor in terms of absolute numbers and proportions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 19: Making Social Policy

Aid programs restricted to one group of citizens only are called

In absolute numbers, most poor people are

What started as a one-room laboratory on Staten Island in 1887?

What was the first type of help for the poor?

Supplemental Security Income was created to provide an extra measure of support for the elderly, the poor, and the disabled.

In 2008, Social Security and Medicare expenditures totaled how much?

Social Security was designed primarily to benefit

Aid to the poor is called public assistance.

The federal government also provides what some critics label corporate welfare to favored industries such as agriculture and corporate bailouts to businesses like investment banks.

In 1983, Congress made a number of changes to Social Security to deal with the pending shortfall including

Aid programs restricted to one group of citizens only are called categorical aid.

Who was responsible for the expansion of social programs during the 1930s?

The most visible health care official in government is the

The federal government's top crime priority today is

Most scholars trace the federal government's effort to protect citizens against economic and personal hard times to the Great Society of the 1960s.

The "feminization of poverty" refers to

The percentage of the American workforce now covered by Social Security is approximately

Public welfare assistance an individual may receive in a lifetime is limited to

Despite passage of the Medicare program in 1965, the United States did NOT provide comprehensive insurance to the rest of the insured until

More women than men are poor in terms of absolute numbers and proportions.

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