Political Science 001 - The Government of the United States » Winter 2022 » Quiz 5 Chapters 16 and 17

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Question #1
Public policy
A.   can be defined as all policies that affect housing.
B.   is related strictly to policies that benefit senior citizens.
C.   can be defined as the broad strategy government uses to do its job; the relatively stable set of purposive governmental behaviors that address matters of concern to some part of society.
D.   is limited to policies that only affect major corporations.
E.   only affects matters concerning law enforcement.
Question #2
Ways in which issues come to be identified as domestic problems (or policy issues) include
A.   a crisis occurring.
B.   information provided by policy advocates or interest groups.
C.   letters from constituents to their members of Congress.
D.   all of the choices are correct
E.   reading the local newspaper.
Question #3
Agenda setting is
A.   the process of considering solutions and proposals to address the identified problem. and the action taken by members of the president’s staff in response to congressional initiatives.
B.   concerned with the implementation of policy by bureaucrats, the courts, police, and individual citizens and the action taken by members of the president’s staff in response to congressional initiatives.
C.   concerned with the implementation of policy by bureaucrats, the courts, police, and individual citizens and making Congress aware that a problem requires congressional action.
D.   making Congress aware that a problem requires congressional action and the process of considering solutions and proposals to address the identified problem.
Question #4
The part of the policymaking process where the elected branches of government typically consider one specific solution to a problem and decide whether to pass it is known as
A.   policy implementation.
B.   agenda setting.
C.   policy enactment.
D.   policy meditation.
E.   alternative specification.
Question #5
Policy implementation is
A.   the discussion of proposals between governmental officials and the public.
B.   concerned with a specific strategy for the proposal.
C.   when studies are conducted to see what happens after a policy is implemented.
D.   concerned with how policies are carried out by bureaucrats, the courts, police, and individual citizens.
E.   the process of making the media aware of the issue.
Question #6
Which is true of policy evaluation?
A.   Policy evaluation leads to other nation-states intervening in the U.S. domestic law making process.
B.   After a policy has been implemented, it is often challenged in the Supreme Court.
C.   After a period of evaluation on a policy, the president implements and executes the law.
D.   More often than not, policy evaluation leads to aggressive changes to the law's original structure.
E.   Groups inside and outside government conduct studies to determine what actually happens after a policy has been in place for a while.
Question #7
Medicare
A.   no longer exists.
B.   is a government program set up for senior citizens and the elderly.
C.   is a government program set up for the poor.
D.   was created by President George W. Bush in 2002.
E.   was created by President Barack Obama in 2010.
Question #8
Medicaid
A.   is a government program set up for senior citizens and the elderly.
B.   receives no funding from the states.
C.   is not funded through payroll taxes.
D.   is a health insurance program for low-income citizens.
E.   was created by President Bill Clinton in 1996.
Question #9
_________ is a lobbying group that frequently takes on advocacy roles to convince the government to provide more public resources and services to senior citizens.
A.   AARP
B.   NASA
C.   The Environmental Protection Agency
D.   AFL-CIO
E.   The National Rifle Association
Question #10
______ is the annual amount by which expenditures are greater than revenues; and _____ is the total amount the government owes across all years.
A.   The central costs; the marginal costs
B.   Debt; deficit
C.   Deficit; debt
D.   The marginal costs; the central costs
E.   Surplus value; inflationary value
Question #11
The responsibility of the Federal Open Market Committee is to
A.   negotiate with Congress in developing a budget.
B.   implement the monetary policy of the Federal Reserve.
C.   seek a balanced trade policy.
D.   develop a rational trade policy through the United Nations Trade Information Commission.
E.   regulate the markets for stocks and bonds.
Question #12
If you were the chair of the Federal Reserve System and were faced with double digit inflation in the economy, what monetary policy below would you implement to address the situation?
A.   decrease the rate of growth of the money supply (by raising interest rates).
B.   decrease taxes.
C.   take complete control of the economy.
D.   expand the rate of growth of the money supply (by lowering interest rates).
E.   increase taxes.
Question #13
With a progressive tax,
A.   the tax burden consists mostly of property and sales taxes.
B.   all taxpayers pay taxes at the same percentage rate.
C.   people with higher incomes pay taxes at a higher percentage rate.
D.   people with higher incomes pay taxes at a lower percentage rate.
E.   tax rates increase by a set percentage every year.
Question #14
By foreign policy, we mean
A.   a nation’s international goals and the techniques and strategies to achieve them.
B.   the treaties that are ratified by the Senate.
C.   interactions with other countries that are not related to economics.
D.   the manner in which the armed forces are deployed.
E.   the formal agreements that are approved by the World Court.
Question #15
U.S. foreign policy may be carried out through
A.   all of the choices are correct
B.   technical assistance.
C.   military intervention.
D.   economic aid.
E.   diplomacy.
Question #16
Diplomacy refers to
A.   the manner in which the armed forces are deployed.
B.   a title given to senior members of the State Department.
C.   formal public meetings held by heads of government.
D.   a philosophy that sees nations as normally willing to cooperate.
E.   the establishment and maintenance of a formal relationship between countries that governs their interactions on a diverse array of matters.
Question #17
Realism is a philosophy that
A.   sees each nation as acting in its own interest regardless of moral considerations.
B.   contends that spreading Christianity ought to be a major goal of U.S. foreign policy.
C.   sees nations as normally willing to cooperate and agree on moral standards for conduct.
D.   mandates noninterference with the internal policies of sovereign nations.
E.   supports steps to establish a single world government.
Question #18
Idealism is a philosophy that
A.   sees each nation as acting in its own interest regardless of moral considerations.
B.   supports steps to move beyond the nation-state framework.
C.   contends that spreading capitalism ought to be a major goal of U.S. foreign policy.
D.   mandates interventionism in nations that have low GDP’s.
E.   assumes the best in others and sees it as possible for countries to run the world together, with open diplomacy, freedom of trade, and no militaries.
Question #19
The 1973 War Powers Resolution
A.   created a new series of steps to be followed by presidents in waging military conflict with other countries and was undertaken after President Nixon reached a diplomatic agreement with Vietnam.
B.   was supported by large-scale demonstrations in Saigon and was undertaken after President Nixon reached a diplomatic agreement with Vietnam.
C.   was supported by large-scale demonstrations in Saigon and was Congress’s attempt to reassert itself in war-making.
D.   was Congress’s attempt to reassert itself in war-making and created a new series of steps to be followed by presidents in waging military conflict with other countries.
Question #20
Solo executive agreements
A.   are approved by the president.
B.   can be reversed by the next president in power.
C.   are negotiated by the president.
D.   all of the choices are correct
E.   constitute over 90% of international agreements the United States enters into.
Question #21
The Secretary of State
A.   is more powerful than the president.
B.   is directly responsible to Congress.
C.   is the nation’s chief diplomat and oversees the Foreign Service.
D.   is not involved in short-term foreign policy.
E.   directs the country’s international trade agenda.
Question #22
The government agencies that are involved in gathering information about the capabilities and intentions of foreign governments are collectively known as
A.   the intelligence community.
B.   the National Security Council.
C.   the armed services consortium.
D.   regulatory agencies.
E.   the Washington community.
Question #23
A situation in which no one nation or region is much more powerful militarily than any other in the world is known as
A.   a balance of trade.
B.   a balance of power.
C.   a “Cold War.”
D.   neo-isolationism.
E.   selective engagement.
Question #24
A foreign policy approach in which the United States becomes proactively engaged in world affairs is
A.   constructivism.
B.   neoconservatism.
C.   neo-isolationism.
D.   liberal internationalism.
E.   selective engagement.
Question #25
Which two countries are generally perceived as potential rival superpowers to the United States in the years to come?
A.   Mexico and Canada.
B.   France and Germany.
C.   Russia and China.
D.   Iran and Iraq.
E.     
F.   Brazil and Venezuela.

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