Public Policy Analysis Exam Preparation Guide https://quizplus.com/study-set/439 17 Chapters 2189 Verified Questions
Public Policy Analysis Exam Preparation Guide Course Introduction Public Policy Analysis explores the systematic process of evaluating and designing policy solutions to address public issues. The course introduces students to key concepts, theoretical frameworks, and analytical tools used by policymakers and analysts to assess
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impacts,
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recommendations. Students learn methods for problem definition, stakeholder analysis, cost-benefit analysis, and evaluation of policy outcomes, while also considering political, economic, and ethical dimensions that influence decision-making in the public sector. Through case studies and practical exercises, students develop the skills necessary to critically assess existing policies and contribute to effective policy formulation.
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Government in America People Politics and Policy Brief Edition 11th Edition by George C. Edwards
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Chapter 1: Introducing Government in America Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 108 Verified Questions 108 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7736
Sample Questions Q1) Americans are united by a shared religion and ancestry. A)True B)False Answer: False Q2) Public goods are things that everyone shares,such as clean air. A)True B)False Answer: True Q3) Hyperpluralists believe that the dominant players in American politics are A)groups. B)government officials. C)the media. D)rich individuals. E)poor individuals Answer: A Q4) The idea that the desires of the people should be replicated in government through the choices of elected officials is the idea of representation. A)True B)False Answer: True Page 3 To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 2: The Constitution Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 129 Verified Questions 129 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7737
Sample Questions Q1) Which of the following is NOT true of the United States government under the Articles of Confederation? A)Each state had only one vote in Congress. B)Most authority rested with the United States Congress rather than the state governments. C)The Congress had only one house. D)There was no president. E)All of these are false. Answer: B Q2) The Fifteenth,Nineteenth,Twenty-third,Twenty-fourth,and Twenty-fifth Amendments to the U.S.Constitution have what in common? A)They each pertain to the voting rights of African Americans. B)They each were a direct result of the Civil War. C)They each contributed to the expansion of the electorate. D)They each contributed to the shrinkage of the electorate. E)They each are part of the Bill of Rights. Answer: C To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
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Chapter 3: Federalism Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 118 Verified Questions 118 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7738
Sample Questions Q1) In McCulloch v.Maryland (1819),Chief Justice Marshall argued that A)in cases of conflict between national and state law,the national law was supreme as long as national law was in accordance with the Constitution. B)the national government has implied powers that go beyond those explicitly enumerated in Article I,Section 8. C)Congress' enumerated power to coin money,regulate its value,and impose taxes implied the right of Congress to do whatever was necessary and proper for carrying out these powers,including the power to create a bank. D)Maryland could not tax the national bank. E)All of the above were argued by Marshall. Answer: E Q2) Requirements that state and local governments comply with federal rules under threat of penalties or as a condition of receiving a federal grant are called mandates. A)True B)False Answer: True To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
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Chapter 4: Civil Liberties and Public Policy Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 135 Verified Questions 135 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7739
Sample Questions Q1) In Gitlow v New York (1925),the Court ruled that freedoms of speech and press were liberties protected by the ________ clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. A)due process B)necessary and proper C)commerce D)interstate commerce E)free press Q2) In the case of Roe v.Wade (1973),the Supreme Court outlawed any state laws to restrict a woman's right to an abortion at any point in her pregnancy. A)True B)False Q3) Describe the rights to assemble and to associate protected by the First Amendment.Under what circumstances has the Supreme Court permitted restrictions on these rights? Q4) Explain the significance of Gitlow v.New York and the Fourteenth Amendment to the incorporation of the Bill of Rights. Q5) Describe how the Supreme Court has evaluated freedom of speech with respect to obscenity on the Internet. To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 6
Chapter 5: Civil Rights and Public Policy Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 121 Verified Questions 121 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7740
Sample Questions Q1) When did the organized social movement and popular struggle for women's suffrage begin? A)1776 B)1848 C)1900 D)1920 E)1960 Q2) Equal protection of the laws A)means that laws cannot establish different standards for the treatment of different groups. B)is guaranteed in the original Constitution. C)means that states have to make their laws promote equality among persons. D)provides a rigid standard for constitutional interpretation. E)does not deny states treating classes of citizens differently if the classification is reasonable. Q3) What constitutes sexual harassment? How has understanding about sexual harassment changed over the last several decades? Q4) What are the purposes of affirmative action? How have the courts ruled on affirmative action? Give examples. To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 7
Chapter 6: Public Opinion and Political Action Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 126 Verified Questions 126 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7741
Sample Questions Q1) Public opinion is A)the study of population changes. B)the distribution of the population's beliefs about politics and policy issues. C)an actual enumeration of the population conducted every ten years. D)an overall set of values widely shared within society. E)the process through which individuals in a society acquire political attitudes,views,and knowledge. Q2) A coherent set of beliefs about politics,policy,and government is called a political ideology. A)True B)False Q3) Ronald Reagan famously argued that "government is the solution to our problem." A)True B)False Q4) What is random-digit dialing,and why are most polls conducted this way? Q5) What have been the main consequences of the "graying of America"? Q6) What is meant by the term "minority majority"? Describe the major minority groups identified in the text,including their relative size,political power,and socioeconomic status. Page 8 Q7) Explain what is meant by "sampling error." To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 7: The Mass Media and the Political Agenda Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 125 Verified Questions 125 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7742
Sample Questions Q1) Television,radio,and the Internet are _________ media; newspapers and magazines are _______ media. A)electronic; print B)public; private C)private; public D)liberal; conservative E)conservative; liberal Q2) Epstein's News from Nowhere suggests that A)TV networks define what is entertaining in terms of average viewers. B)trivial stories rarely make it into the news,even when they are entertaining to average viewers. C)the media tend to report the most important stories,despite entertainment value. D)the media tend to pitch stories to a relatively high level of viewer sophistication. E)All of these are true. Q3) What are policy entrepreneurs,and how do they try to get their issues on the government's agenda? How are they effective? Q4) What are media events and how are they used? To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
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Chapter 8: Political Parties Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 129 Verified Questions 129 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7743
Sample Questions Q1) What are patronage jobs? A)Jobs given for political reasons rather than for merit or competence B)Jobs in the national convention C)Jobs given on the basis of merit rather than for political reasons D)A description of anyone who worked in the Daley administration in Chicago E)Jobs that manage volunteers Q2) In your mind,what are the consequences for the party system of the increasing numbers of young Americans who do not identify with either the Republican or Democratic parties? Q3) A Blue Dog Democrat refers to a group of socially conservative Democrats drawn from the northeast. A)True B)False Q4) Research suggests that the vast majority of party platform promises are never actually fulfilled. A)True B)False Q5) Urban party machines are no longer very active. A)True B)False
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Chapter 9: Campaigns and Voting Behavior Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 156 Verified Questions 156 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7744
Sample Questions Q1) Contributions of up to $250 matched from the Presidential Election Campaign Fund to qualifying presidential nominees are called A)soft money. B)hard money. C)matching funds. D)tax cuts. E)illicit expenditures. Q2) In Buckley v.Valeo (1976),the Supreme Court A)ruled that the wildly unequal campaign expenditures of candidates for government office were a violation of the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and ordered Congress and the states to develop mechanisms to assure equal funding of all major candidates. B)limited the activities of political action committees. C)struck down the part of the Federal Election Campaign Act that restricted the amount individuals could contribute to their own campaign. D)stated that the Federal Election Commission had no power to enforce compliance with their requirements. E)declared the Federal Election Campaign Act unconstitutional. To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
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Chapter 10: Interest Groups Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 135 Verified Questions 135 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7745
Sample Questions Q1) The problem faced by groups when people do not join because they can benefit from the group's activity even without joining is called the ________ problem. A)free-rider B)single-interest C)pluralist D)hyperpluralist E)perennial Q2) The free-rider problem refers to the difficulty that A)large groups have in activating all their potential members. B)single-issue groups have when another problem is added to their agenda. C)actual groups have in collecting dues from members. D)small groups face in raising enough money to influence policy. E)potential groups have in trying to receive their share in collective goods. Q3) Economic groups A)are those that require individuals to pay dues to be members. B)consist only of corporations,rather than individuals,as members. C)are those groups interested in wages,prices,and profits. D)lobby on behalf of all consumers. E)are those groups that provide information to Congress. Q4) What did Theodore Lowi mean by interest group liberalism? Page 12 To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 11: Congress Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 140 Verified Questions 140 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7746
Sample Questions Q1) A unanimous vote is necessary to halt a filibuster. A)True B)False Q2) Filibusters occur in the Senate but not the House. A)True B)False Q3) The Framers of the Constitution conceived of Congress as secondary in significance and importance to policymaking compared to the executive branch. A)True B)False Q4) Is Congress representative? Q5) Describe the structure of power and decision making in Congress and evaluate the impact of that structure on policymaking.Be sure to compare and contrast the House and the Senate in your answer. Q6) The distance between congressional parties has been growing steadily over the past three decades,making bipartisan compromise more difficult. A)True B)False To view all questions and flashcards withPage answers, 13 click on the resource link above.
Chapter 12: The Presidency Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 127 Verified Questions 127 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7747
Sample Questions Q1) What is the difference between a veto and a pocket-veto? A)A veto refers to the constitutional power of the president to send a bill back to Congress with reasons for rejecting it; a pocket veto occurs when Congress adjourns within 10 days of submitting a bill and the president simply lets the bill die by neither signing it nor sending it back. B)A pocket veto refers to the constitutional power of the president to send a bill back to Congress with reasons for rejecting it; a veto occurs when Congress adjourns within 10 days of submitting a bill and the president simply lets the bill die by neither signing it nor sending it back. C)A veto can be overturned by a two-thirds majority vote of both houses of Congress; a pocket veto requires a two-thirds vote of the Senate only. D)A veto refers to the constitutional power of the president to send a bill back to Congress with reasons for rejecting it; the pocket veto has been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. E)The veto has rarely been exercised by modern presidents; the pocket veto has been exercised by modern presidents frequently. Q2) What is meant by presidential coattails,and how effective are they? To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
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Chapter 13: The Federal Bureaucracy Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 125 Verified Questions 125 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7748
Sample Questions Q1) What are issue networks? Explain their significance. Q2) Which individual helped end the spoils system? A)Abraham Lincoln B)Andrew Jackson C)Andrew Johnson D)Charles Guiteau E)Jimmy Carter Q3) Issue networks are A)a growing participatory force in bureaucratic decision making whose members' interest in issues is intellectual or emotional rather than material. B)the same as "iron triangles." C)the relatively new television stations that specialize in political coverage. D)subject to standard operating procedures. E)two or more agencies that share regulatory power when a policy or regulation affects more than one regulatory body. Q4) How does one become a bureaucrat? Q5) SOPs stands for "sons of professionals." A)True B)False 15 click on the resource link above. To view all questions and flashcards withPage answers,
Chapter 14: The Federal Courts Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 127 Verified Questions 127 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7749
Sample Questions Q1) The decision to appeal cases the federal government has lost in the lower courts is made by the A)majority of the Supreme Court. B)solicitor general. C)president. D)chief justice. E)district judge. Q2) Explain why previous judicial experience might not be critically important in nominating individuals to the Supreme Court. Q3) The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit A)decides which cases will and will not be heard by the Supreme Court. B)screens all cases going to the Supreme Court,from which the Supreme Court decides which cases to take. C)consists of the Supreme Court itself. D)is responsible for determining the constitutionality of laws passed by Congress. E)consists of judges who hear appeals in specialized cases such as those regarding patents,copyrights,etc. Q4) In what ways do interest groups try to influence the courts? To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 16
Chapter 15: Congress,the President,and the Budget: the Politics of Taxing and Spending Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 121 Verified Questions 121 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7750
Sample Questions Q1) Taxpayers' ability to deduct contributions to charities from their taxable income is an example of a tax expenditure. A)True B)False Q2) Tax expenditures tend most to benefit A)lower-income people and the poor. B)lower-middle-class people and small businesses. C)the government. D)middle- and upper-income people and corporations. E)state and local governments. Q3) The federal program designed to provide health care coverage for older Americans is known as A)Social Security. B)Medicare. C)Medicaid. D)Medical Security. E)retirement insurance. Q4) Debt that the Treasury owed Social Security is called intergovernmental debt. A)True B)False
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Chapter 16: Social Welfare Policymaking Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 123 Verified Questions 123 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7751
Sample Questions Q1) Which of the following is TRUE of the ways in which competing groups are organized in the social welfare policy arena? A)The elderly are relatively well organized and often have the resources to wield significant influence in support of programs they favor. B)The elderly are relatively unorganized and have few resources to wield significant influence in support of programs they favor. C)Compared to other groups,the poor are relatively well organized and are often successful demanding generous benefits from the government. D)There are few differences in political organization between the elderly and the poor; both groups,on average,are equally as successful in wielding political influence in social policymaking domains. E)On rare occasions in which the government expands social benefits,they are often quickly and easily taken away. Q2) How are income and wealth distributed in the United States? What are the characteristics of the poor,and how is poverty defined? Do you agree with the current definition of poverty? Why or why not? Q3) What is the poverty line? How is it determined? To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
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Chapter 17: National Security Policymaking Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 144 Verified Questions 144 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7752
Sample Questions Q1) Within the United Nations,real power is located in A)the Chamber of Deputies. B)the General Assembly. C)the Security Council. D)the Council of Ministers. E)the Secretariat. Q2) Which of the following is not one of the functions of the United Nations? A)Peacekeeping operations B)Educational programs C)Programs designed to promote world health D)Programs designed to spread free trade E)Programs designed to promote economic development Q3) What is the doctrine of containment? Q4) The trade-off between defense and social spending is often referred to as a choice between A)guns and butter. B)war and peace. C)bread and butter. D)guns and bread. E)bombs and books. Page 19 To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.