Policy Process
Midterm Exam
Course Introduction
This course explores the dynamics of the policy process, focusing on how public policies are formulated, adopted, implemented, and evaluated. Students will analyze the roles of various actors including government agencies, interest groups, the media, and the public in shaping policy agendas and outcomes. Key theoretical frameworks concerning power, decision-making, and institutional structures are examined to provide a comprehensive understanding of policy development at local, national, and international levels. Through case studies and applied exercises, learners will develop skills in policy analysis, advocacy, and critical evaluation of policy effectiveness and impact.
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American Public Policy An Introduction 11th Edition by Clarke
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E. Cochran
Chapter 1: Public Policy: An Introduction
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Q1) Policy advocacy is concerned with
A)how and why policy is proposed, adopted, and implemented
B)assessing the success and failure of policy
C)examining policy issues and alternatives in order to determine the best course of action
D)discovering the attitudes, beliefs and values of a particular group in society
Answer: C
Q2) Passage of various government regulations from the Food & Drug Administration illustrated the federal government's commitment to
A)environmental conservation
B)workers' rights
C)business competition
D)consumer protection
Answer: D
Q3) The reason(s)for studying public policy is (are):
A)Theoretical
B)Practical
C)Political
D)All above
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Contexts of Public Policy
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Q1) Although Hispanics share many of the same problems experienced by African-Americans,they also must deal with
A)Poverty
B)Racial discrimination
C)Language and culture
D)Anti-immigration sentiments
Answer: C
Q2) "Intergovernmental Interaction" includes which of the following?
A)regulations
B)partial preemption
C)cross-cutting requirements
D)all of the above
E)(a) and (c) only
Answer: D
Q3) Federalism is
A)a unitary system of government
B)a confederate form of government
C)both A and B
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: The Economy: Changing Government-Business
Relationships
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Q1) President Roosevelt's steps to address the Great Depression did NOT include
A)Economic regulations
B)Public works programs
C)Agricultural support programs
D)A space program
Answer: D
Q2) NAFTA was enacted by Congress in November 1993,creating a free trade area among
A)USA, Canada and Brazil
B)USA, Canada and Mexico
C)USA, Mexico and Brazil
D)USA, Argentina and Brazil
Answer: B
Q3) The move to curtail the extensive government oversight of private firms during the 1980's is called _____.
A)Privatization
B)Nationalization
C)Cartelization
D)Deregulation
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Economic Issues: Taxing, Spending, and Budgeting
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Q1) Keynes argues that government deficit spending
A)causes economic recession
B)stimulates a sluggish economy and prevents recessions
C)can balance the budget
D)causes increased taxes
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) Deficit spending without fueling inflation is possible through government borrowing.This approach was used by all recent presidents except for:
A)George W.Bush
B)Ronald Reagan
C)Jimmy Carter
D)Barack Obama
Q4) Who most influences the money supply?
A)President
B)Congress
C)Federal Reserve Board
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Chapter 5: Energy and Environmental Policies: Policy Instability
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Q1) Which of these is not a reason that OPEC's initial strength was limited?
A)Near monopoly control of oil companies
B)U.S.energy self-sufficiency
C)Production exceeded demand
D)Saudi Arabia refused to join at first
Q2) Which is not an option for nuclear plant decommissioning?
A)Dismantlement
B)Mothballing
C)Entombment
D)Replication
Q3) OPEC was created
A)In 1973
B)By oil-producing states
C)With 7 Arab nations and 7 non-Arab nations
D)B only
E)All of the above
Q4) Thermal pollution increases water oxygen levels.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Crime and Criminal Justice: Dilemmas of Social Control
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Q1) What is the purpose of the FBI's Uniform Crime Report?
A)To deter crime against property and people.
B)To encourage citizens to report crimes.
C)To explain, predict, and deter crimes that are committed on the streets, as well as in businesses.
D)To serve as an index to the number of crimes committed.
Q2) Gideon v.Wainwright involved
A)the exclusionary rule
B)the required warning to suspects of the right to silence
C)the right to counsel
D)capital punishment
Q3) Which of the following cases made it mandatory to read a suspect his or her rights before soliciting a confession?
A)Roe v.Wade
B)Gregg v.Georgia
C)Harris v.New York
D)Miranda v.Arizona
Q4) Discuss the pros and cons of treating juvenile defendants as adults in criminal cases.
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Chapter 7: Poverty and Social Welfare Policy
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Q1) TANF is a block grant from the federal government to the states for welfare programs.Under TANF,states are allowed to define the criterion for qualification for assistance.These requirements did not include
A)Requiring marriage
B)Sterilization
C)Time limits
D)Welfare to work
Q2) The difference in an approach to social welfare between the United States and Western Europe is that
A)guarantee a generous minimum standards of living
B)social service is a political right, not a charity
C)social service is available to all or most citizens
D)all of the above
Q3) Which in-kind public assistance program helps the largest number of persons?
A)housing vouchers
B)food stamps
C)Women's, Infants, & Children program
D)home weatherization
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Chapter 8: Health Care: Transformation or Continued Crisis?
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Q1) Managed care emerged as a force in American health care in the 1980's as
A)a means of centralized health care coordination
B)a method to have health care geographically distributed so as to be more accessible
C)a means of insuring everyone
D)a method to hold down the increasing costs of health care
Q2) The Supreme Court ruled that terminally ill people have no constitutional right to die and,therefore,no right to physician-assisted suicide.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The areas and person with the greatest needs for health care are not the areas and persons with the greatest access to care which means that medical care is maldistributed.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Americans when compared to other countries have higher rates of
A)Suicide
B)Smoking
C)Teen pregnancy
D)Health care satisfaction
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Chapter 9: Education: Conflict in Policy Direction
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Q1) Which of the following is FALSE with regards to merit-based teacher pay?
A)salary may not be the main factor in recruiting and retaining high-caliber teachers
B)it is difficult to establish an unbiased operational definition of merit to be applied to teachers
C)merit-based pay is a substitute for an adequate salary scale
D)teachers may abandon their own creativity in order to comply with a rigid set of standards
Q2) Multiculturalism seeks to:
A)encourage assimilation of minority groups.
B)reinvigorate the American concept of the "melting pot" society.
C)eliminate linguistic cleavages in the United States.
D)embrace cultural and ethnic diversity in the United States
Q3) Multiculturalism is not defined by the AACTE as
A)Multilingualism & multidialecticism
B)Empowerment & equity
C)Cultural & individual uniqueness
D)Tolerance of cultural pluralism
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Chapter 10: Legal and Social Equality: The Struggle against
Oppression and Bigotry
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Q1) California Proposition 187,if enforced would have denied public benefits,such as healthcare and education to undocumented immigrants and their children.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Meritocracy is the allocation of social value and status on the basis of performance standards derived from perceived contribution to the public good.
A)True
B)False
Q3) De facto segregation of schools was due to
A)discriminating housing patterns
B)tendency of ethnic groups to live together in the same neighborhoods
C)African American not being allowed to attend white schools
D)white schools being overcrowded
Q4) The term "proportional equality" or "result equality" is defined as
A)each group having the same thing.
B)resources proportional on the basis of the social good.
C)resources divided into arbitrary proportions.
D)groups having about the same percentage of resources as their percentage of the population.
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Chapter 11: Immigration Policy: The Barely Open Door
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Q1) The United States is the principal immigrant receiving nation in the world because it admits more immigrants as a ratio of its total population.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Public attitude toward immigration have changed since the new face of immigrants became Asians and Hispanics.
A)True
B)False
Q3) 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
Q4) In 1990 the ratio of foreign-born to the total population was the highest in U.S.history. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Foreign and Defense Policy: Security and Interests in a Dangerous World
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Q1) According to the authors,the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 was A)a justification for action in pursuit of national interests
B)ideological conflict
C)the start of the Cold War
D)an example of communist expansion
Q2) The policy of containment was aimed at A)rolling back communism
B)limiting the expansion of communism
C)preventing the spread of nuclear weapons
D)preventing the spread of oil pollution
Q3) The spheres of influence concept acknowledges American vital interests at stake in the Western Hemisphere and Western Europe but modern technology means that A)Mexico and Canada have greater influence
B)U.S.interests are no longer defined only geographically
C)It cost less to conduct business
D)South American countries inters impact American interests
Q4) The Obama administration successfully found and killed Osama bin Laden
A)True
B)False
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Q1) Abstinence-only programs have been found to successfully reduce the probability of teens engaging in sexual activity
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Supreme Court and its interpretation of the Constitution governs the parameters of public policy to be implemented by the government.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Most abortions are performed in the third trimester.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Roe v.Wade
A)made abortion illegal
B)requires physicians to perform abortions
C)held that states may regulate abortions only in the first trimester
D)none of the above
Q5) Why have abstinence-only programs proven to be ineffective at keeping teens from becoming sexually active? Is there a correlation between access to sexually explicit material and sexual activity?
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