Government and Public Policy Final Exam - 682 Verified Questions

Government and Public Policy Final Exam

Course Introduction

This course explores the structures, functions, and processes of government, with a focus on how public policies are formulated, implemented, and evaluated. Students will analyze the roles played by various governmental institutions, political actors, and interest groups in shaping public policy at local, national, and international levels. Through the examination of case studies and real-world examples, the course highlights the interplay between politics and policy, considering ethical, social, and economic factors that influence decision-making in the public sector. By the end of the course, students will have a comprehensive understanding of the policy-making process and the skills necessary to critically assess the effectiveness and impact of public policies.

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American Public Policy An Introduction 11th Edition by Clarke E. Cochran

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Chapter 1: Public Policy: An Introduction

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Q1) Which model of the policy process stresses that many groups and individuals have an influence in the American democratic system?

A)institutional

B)elite

C)rational-comprehensive

D)public choice

E)pluralist

Answer: E

Q2) Process evaluation or formative evaluation assesses the activities and structures of policy implementation.Processes may include

A)program procedures

B)Amount of staffing

C)Staffing duties

D)All of the above

Answer: D

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Chapter 2: Contexts of Public Policy

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Q1) The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 is an example of

A)Intergovernmental transfer of funds

B)Categorical grant

C)Cutting domestic spending

D)Devolving responsibilities to the State

Answer: D

Q2) Which is NOT a more or less constant contemporary "policy context" in the United States?

A)government structures

B)environmental issues

C)economy

D)cultural changes

Answer: B

Q3) How has the rise of the Tea Party impacted the public policy positions of the Republican Party?

Answer: NOT ANSWER

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Chapter 3: The Economy: Changing Government-Business

Relationships

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Q1) Social regulations have been a part of U.S.policies since 1970.Businesses must comply with all of the following EXCEPT for

A)Worker safety

B)Product safety

C)Wage and hour policies

D)Nondiscrimination policies

Answer: B

Q2) Business regulation and business subsidy programs are examples of microeconomic policy.

A)True

B)False Answer: True

Q3) President Hoover's administration's raising income taxes and balancing the budget fixed the problems created by the Great Depression.

A)True

B)False

Answer: False

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Chapter 4: Economic Issues: Taxing, Spending, and Budgeting

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Q1) According to economists ________ percent unemployment is an appropriate definition of full employment

A)10

B)0

C)5

D)None of the above

Q2) Supply-side economics supporters believe all but:

A)tax cuts can raise tax revenue

B)tax cuts reduce deficits

C)willingness to invest is a direct function of the tax rate

D)prosperous taxpayers prefer saving their income

Q3) Budget deficits after the passage of the Gramm-Rudman deficit control law:

A)increased

B)decreased

C)remained constant

D)disappeared

Q4) A primary goal of the Fed is to regulate the economy through control over the money supply.

A)True

B)False

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Chapter 5: Energy and Environmental Policies: Policy Instability

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Q1) What is not an impact of continued oil dependence?

A)Supply uncertainty

B)Demand volatility

C)Increased military and defense spending

D)Structural addition to trade deficit

Q2) Which was not a criticism of international environmental policies like the Kyoto Protocol?

A)Restricts national sovereignty

B)Creates a detrimental economic impact

C)Championed by China as an extension of communist principles

D)Based on unverified scientific research

Q3) Tax breaks to energy producers did not

A)discourage exploration

B)increase production

C)increase supply

D)lead to quotas

Q4) Nuclear energy as a domestic power supply source was developed originally to power submarines?

A)True

B)False

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Chapter 6: Crime and Criminal Justice: Dilemmas of Social Control

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Q1) The Bill of Rights was originally written

A)The French

B)Liberals and Socialists

C)To limit the national government criminal law & procedures

D)Help give women the right to vote

Q2) The Crime Index refers to the number of crimes per 100,000 population for the following crime categories except for:

A)Murder & manslaughter

B)Burglary

C)Jay-walking and littering

D)Auto-theft

Q3) Forensic science can and has created grave injustice due to A)Crime scene contamination

B)The science is not clear cut

C)Criminal lab personal lacked proper training

D)Mishandling of DNA and other evidence

E)All of the above

Q4) Drugs are the number one cause of suicides in the United States.

A)True

B)False

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Chapter 7: Poverty and Social Welfare Policy

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Q1) Arguments against privatization of Social Security include:

A)It carries the risk of poor management

B)It has high transition costs

C)It would make worse the "two class" system among the elderly

D)all of the above

E)none of the above

Q2) Job training programs do NOT provide:

A)help for non-workers to attain marketable skills

B)college scholarships

C)retraining of dislocated workers

D)funding for training of welfare recipients

Q3) 19^th Century America adopted market based economics and laissez-faire philosophy from what country?

A)Spain

B)Germany

C)Portugal

D)England

Q4) Why do stereotypes and negative opinion of public assistance programs and its participants persist despite proven success?

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Chapter 8: Health Care: Transformation or Continued Crisis?

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Q1) United States health care disparities means that

A)those in poor or rural communities have poor health and shorter life expectancy

B)African American infants mortality rates are neatly twice those of whites

C)One-third of Hispanics are uninsured

D)Ten percent of Hispanics rely on their primary care from emergency rooms

E)All of the above

Q2) There are several reasons physicians are seeking employment by hospital and other organizations except for

A)Working conditions

B)Income

C)Research capabilities

D)Quality of life

Q3) The largest share of American health care spending is paid by

A)the patient directly

B)private health insurance plans

C)government

D)none of the above

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Chapter 9: Education: Conflict in Policy Direction

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Q1) In the United States,elementary and secondary school revenues are generated mainly from __________.

A)payroll taxes

B)education taxes

C)state lotteries

D)property taxes

Q2) Federal education spending has increased in rapidly in recent decades.

A)True

B)False

Q3) The tradition of local control has been weakened due to the increase in state power over education policy.This increase in power is due to:

A)Politics

B)Funding

C)Parental demands

D)Teacher unions

Q4) Local control of the schools:

A)is an important value in all democracies

B)insures that there will be great variation in the quality of education.

C)is not a major value in the United States.

D)does not produce much variation in educational quality.

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Chapter 10: Legal and Social Equality: The Struggle against

Oppression and Bigotry

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Q1) The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Boy Scouts in the case,Boy Scouts of America vs.Dale.The court based its decision ,not on homosexuality,but on

A)Freedom of association

B)Dale's lack of qualification

C)Private organizations right to discriminate

D)The Boy Scouts being a religious organization

Q2) Which of the following states do NOT allow some form of spousal benefits for gay partners?

A)Washington

B)California

C)Arizona

D)New Mexico

E)New York

Q3) Comments about "legitimate rape" may have caused this Senate candidate the election due to the response to the insensitivity of the remark,

A)Richard Murdock

B)Bill Frisk

C)Elizabeth Dole

D)Todd Akins

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Chapter 11: Immigration Policy: The Barely Open Door

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Q1) Which of the following is not a reason for federal intervention in current immigration policy?

A)Unacceptable population growth

B)Conflicting state and local policies

C)Conflicting court decisions

D)Uneven distribution of costs

Q2) Most undocumented workers from Mexico:

A)acquire skilled trades and move to a middle class lifestyle

B)work at semi and unskilled jobs for less than Americans would expect at those jobs

C)quickly assimilate into the broader Anglo-American culture

D)eventually become US citizens

Q3) The Patriot Act of 2001 was enacted to

A)enhance immigration enforcement

B)stop terrorist threats

C)keep Muslims out of the country

D)keep American fearful of Muslim people

Q4) What are the rationales for educating the children of illegal immigrants? Why should the American tax-payers pay for their education?

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Chapter 12: Foreign and Defense Policy: Security and Interests in a Dangerous World

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Q1) Unilateralism is the principle that nationals are responsible for getting assistance to help preserve their national interests

A)True

B)False

Q2) Which of the following is NOT associated with foreign policy regarding Israel?

A)PLO

B)intifada

C)land for peace perspective

D)Contras

E)Gaza Strip

Q3) Israel in 2005 withdrew from the _____________.

A)West Bank

B)Golan Heights

C)Gaza Strip

D)East Bank

Q4) Collective security is defined by several assumptions,but not

A)That war a normal policy instrument

B)Preponderance of states share value of peaceful coexistence

C)States want to prevent aggression

D)States will to subordinate their national interest for the collective good

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Q1) The social left has tried to enforce tolerance for all people and views by regulating or criminalization of viewpoints that they think are intolerant or offensive.These regulation have resulted in

A)Hate crime laws

B)Hate speech laws

C)Student protests against right-wings speakers

D)A & B only

E)All of the above

Q2) Those who favor restrictions on pornography argue that

A)"Pornography is harmful"

B)"It will deteriorate a society's moral standards"

C)"Pornography tends to heighten sexual desire into ever more deviant forms"

D)all of the above

E)(a) & (b) only

Q3) Which of the following is NOT a test established by the Supreme Court to determine if material is obscene?

A)If the work appeals to the prurient interests of the average person.

B)If the work lacks serious literacy or artistic value.

C)If the work violates an applicable state law in a patently offensive way.

D)If the work depicts homosexual behavior.

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