Environmental Policy Exam Questions
Course Introduction
Environmental Policy explores the development, implementation, and impact of policies aimed at managing environmental issues at local, national, and global levels. The course examines the roles of governments, international organizations, and non-governmental actors in shaping environmental regulations and addressing challenges such as climate change, air and water pollution, resource management, and environmental justice. Students will analyze case studies, evaluate policy instruments, and engage with current debates to understand how science, economics, ethics, and politics intersect in the formation of effective environmental strategies.
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Chapter 1: Policy Analysis
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Q1) The study of public policy focuses on governmental A) structure.
B) theory.
C) actions.
D) institutional history.
Answer: C
Q2) The study of public policy is an aspect of political science.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Studying the impact of the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment is an example of A) policy description.
B) policy advocacy.
C) policy implementation.
D) policy evaluation.
Answer: D
Q4) Gross Domestic Product is a common measure indicating a government's size.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Models of Politics
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Q1) The public choice model is the approach preferred by this text.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Public choice theory
A) views individuals as reacting very differently in politics than in the marketplace.
B) does not agree with Locke's social-contract view as to the origin of government.
C) helps explain why political parties and candidates do not like to offer clear policy alternatives.
D) does not examine the economic cost of externalities.
Answer: C
Q3) Deterrence is
A) a form of elitism.
B) effective against an irrational opponent.
C) a psychological defense.
D) a form of defense based on economic forces.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: The Policymaking Process
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Q1) The dominant "think tank" for American domestic policy has been the
A) Brookings Institution.
B) American Enterprise Institute.
C) Heritage Foundation.
D) Council on Foreign Relations.
Answer: A
Q2) The relationship between members of Congress and interest groups is generally antagonistic.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) The most prominent ways that interest groups influence government policy do not include
A) testifying before committees.
B) campaign contributions.
C) campaign promises.
D) writing legislation.
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Policy Evaluation
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Q1) The Office of Management and Budget is part of
A) the executive branch
B) the judiciary.
C) the Senate.
D) the House of Representatives
Q2) Which of these is the most common element of program evaluations?
A) site visits
B) hearings and reports
C) application of professional standards
D) public opinion surveys
Q3) Wilson's laws deal with
A) the moral issues of policy evaluation.
B) research on policy impact.
C) the Hawthorne effect.
D) policy implementation.
Q4) Program evaluation is the central mission of the Office of Management and Budget.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Federalism and State Policies
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Q1) A framework whereby the state, national, and local governments all share responsibility for public policy is
A) centralized federalism.
B) new federalism.
C) cooperative federalism.
D) shared federalism.
Q2) A system where all real formal authority rests with the national government is a system.
A) federal
B) confederate
C) unitary
D) bifederal
Q3) Federalism was a concept rejected by the Founders.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Devolution is the process of giving the states more responsibility for public programs.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Criminal Justice
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Q1) In the vast majority of criminal cases, plea bargaining ends the case before a trial occurs.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Overall drug use in the United States today appears to be decades ago.Since the mid-1990s, drug use has .
A) higher; increased
Than two or three
B) lower; increased
C) higher; remained unchanged
D) lower; decreased
Q3) The case of Furman v.Georgia upheld the death penalty in cases involving violent crimes.
A)True
B)False
Q4) To be effective, deterrence should be
A) swift, flexible, and severe.
B) certain, flexible, and swift.
C) swift, certain, and severe.
D) certain, flexible, and severe.
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Chapter 7: Health and Welfare
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Q1) Entitlements are benefits that are not means-tested.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Federal entitlement spending is greatest for
A) Medicare.
B) welfare.
C) Social Security.
D) Medicaid.
Q3) Representing senior citizens, group.
A) OASDI
B) TANF
C) AARP
D) AFDC
Q4) The poverty level in the U.S.runs at about
A) 4 to 7 percent.
B) 8 to 11 percent.
C) 12 to 15 percent.
D) 16 to 19 percent.
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Chapter 8: Health Care
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Q1) Being a modification to the Social Security Act, Medicare illustrates incrementalism in public policy.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The United States compares well to other advanced developed nations in which of these?
A) life expectancy
B) infant death rates
C) health care costs
D) access to health care
Q3) Which of these is true of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010?
A) About 15% of Americans would be left without health insurance.
B) All employers would be forced to provide health insurance to employees.
C) The program creates a national health insurance system.
D) The goal of the program is health insurance for all Americans.
Q4) Managed care is popular because it gives patients more control over their health care.
A)True B)False
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Chapter 9: Education
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Q1) The American Federation of Teachers is both larger and more aggressive than the National Education Association.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Those seeking more diversity in schools are primarily interested in A) religious diversity.
B) ethnic and racial diversity.
C) attracting students from a variety of international setting.
D) ideological diversity.
Q3) Federal funding to higher education has traditionally NOT been directly to higher education institutions.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Flexibility in accounting in the context of No Child Left Behind refers to A) teacher hiring.
B) testing standards.
C) funding sources.
D) use of vouchers.
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Chapter 10: Economic Policy
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Q1) The government takes about Of the GDP, but we (as a nation) still owe the Equivalent of
A) 25 percent; $45,000
B) 20 percent; $25,000
C) 15 percent; $20,000
D) 10 percent; $15,000
For every person in the U.S.
Q2) According to Keynes, only the government had the ability to remedy economic problems in the case of a recession.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Federal spending that is not included in the budget is termed
A) back-door
B) in-kind
C) indexed
D) deficit
Q4) The Dodd-Frank Act concerned regulation of the financial system.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Tax Policy
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Q1) The Tax Reform Act of 1986 sharply reduced taxes in the upper bracket.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A general issue in tax policy is universality, which means that
A) everyone pays their fair share of the property tax.
B) everyone (the universe of tax payers) pays something.
C) all types of income should be taxed at the same rate.
D) all income (above $50,000) should be taxed at the same rate.
Q3) More than half of personal income is not taxed.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The top source of income for the federal government is the A) corporate income tax.
B) individual income tax.
C) Social Security tax.
D) joint tax.
Q5) The income tax system was introduce by means of a constitutional amendment.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: International Trade and Immigration
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Q1) The World Trade Organization exists primarily to support economic development in poorer countries.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Tariffs are taxes on
A) foreign income.
B) foreign property.
C) foreign imports.
D) domestic manufacturing.
Q3) U.S.trade policy has moved from support for protectionism to a preference for free trade.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Prior to World War II, tariffs were set at rates that benefited
A) U.S. consumers.
B) foreign producers.
C) carriers.
D) U.S. manufacturers.
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Chapter 13: Energy and the Environment
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Q1) It is accurate to state that
A) water is cleaner today than it was twenty-five years ago.
B) air is dirtier than it was twenty-five years ago.
C) the air is dirtier but water is cleaner than it was twenty-five years ago.
D) both the air and water are dirtier today than twenty-five years ago.
Q2) The Cancun Conference established the
A) first international standards for reducing carbon dioxide emissions.
B) UN Panel on Climate Change.
C) Green Climate Fund.
D) World Bank.
Q3) About
A) 10 percent
B) 20 percent
C) 30 percent
D) 40 percent
Q4) An "externality" occurs when
A) environmentalists protest.
B) pollution is controlled by bringing in outside people and technology.
C) a firm imposes unwanted costs on others.
D) the economy is weak.
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Chapter 14: Civil Rights
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Q1) Implementation of Brown v.Board of Education included the use of military force.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The case of Swann v.Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Board of Education addressed
A) racial balancing in schools.
B) gender equality through government contracts.
C) accessibility to public buildings.
D) gay marriage.
Q3) The model used in the text to explain civil-rights policies is the
A) public-choice model.
B) rational model.
C) elite model.
D) institutional model.
Q4) The largest minority group in the United States is
A) African Americans.
B) Hispanics.
C) Native Americans.
D) Asians.
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Chapter 15: Defense Policy
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Q1) The United States thwarted Saddam Hussein's desire to take over Kuwait in Operation
A) Enduring Freedom.
B) Rolling Thunder.
C) Shock and Awe.
D) Desert Storm.
Q2) Which of the following is not one of the major ethnic or religious groups that make up Modern Iraq?
A) Kurds
B) Shiites
C) Sunnis
D) Taliban
Q3) Conventional warfare has usually involved asymmetrical warfare.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Policy making in the area of defense begins with designing strategies.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Homeland Security
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Q1) The supervision of all secret activities supporting the national interest of the U.S.is the main responsibility of the
A) FBI.
B) CIA.
C) DEA.
D) NRO.
Q2) The main area of activity of the FBI is overseas.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The Oversees the entire intelligence community.
A) Defense Intelligence Agency
B) National Reconnaissance Director
C) Central Intelligence Agency Director
D) Director of National Intelligence
Q4) In 2010, most Americans supported the federal government's intrusion into privacy in counterterrorist efforts.
A)True
B)False
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