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.   is related strictly to policies that benefit senior citizens.
B.   only affects matters concerning law enforcement.
C.   is limited to policies that only affect major corporations.
D.   can be defined as all policies that affect housing.
E.   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.
Question #2
Ways in which issues come to be identified as domestic problems (or policy issues) include
A.   a crisis occurring.
B.   reading the local newspaper.
C.   information provided by policy advocates or interest groups.
D.   all of the choices are correct
E.   letters from constituents to their members of Congress.
Question #3
Agenda setting is
A.   concerned with the implementation of policy by bureaucrats, the courts, police, and individual citizens and making Congress aware that a problem requires congressional action.
B.   making Congress aware that a problem requires congressional action and the process of considering solutions and proposals to address the identified problem.
C.   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.
D.   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.
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.   alternative specification.
B.   policy meditation.
C.   policy enactment.
D.   agenda setting.
E.   policy implementation.
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.   the process of making the media aware of the issue.
D.   when studies are conducted to see what happens after a policy is implemented.
E.   concerned with how policies are carried out by bureaucrats, the courts, police, and individual citizens.
Question #6
Which is true of policy evaluation?
A.   After a period of evaluation on a policy, the president implements and executes the law.
B.   After a policy has been implemented, it is often challenged in the Supreme Court.
C.   More often than not, policy evaluation leads to aggressive changes to the law's original structure.
D.   Policy evaluation leads to other nation-states intervening in the U.S. domestic law making process.
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.   was created by President Barack Obama in 2010.
B.   is a government program set up for the poor.
C.   no longer exists.
D.   is a government program set up for senior citizens and the elderly.
E.   was created by President George W. Bush in 2002.
Question #8
Medicaid
A.   receives no funding from the states.
B.   is a health insurance program for low-income citizens.
C.   is a government program set up for senior citizens and the elderly.
D.   was created by President Bill Clinton in 1996.
E.   is not funded through payroll taxes.
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.   The National Rifle Association
C.   AFL-CIO
D.   The Environmental Protection Agency
E.   NASA
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 marginal costs; the central costs
B.   Surplus value; inflationary value
C.   Deficit; debt
D.   Debt; deficit
E.   The central costs; the marginal costs
Question #11
The responsibility of the Federal Open Market Committee is to
A.   implement the monetary policy of the Federal Reserve.
B.   regulate the markets for stocks and bonds.
C.   seek a balanced trade policy.
D.   negotiate with Congress in developing a budget.
E.   develop a rational trade policy through the United Nations Trade Information Commission.
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.   take complete control of the economy.
B.   decrease taxes.
C.   increase taxes.
D.   expand the rate of growth of the money supply (by lowering interest rates).
E.   decrease the rate of growth of the money supply (by raising interest rates).
Question #13
With a progressive tax,
A.   people with higher incomes pay taxes at a lower percentage rate.
B.   people with higher incomes pay taxes at a higher percentage rate.
C.   the tax burden consists mostly of property and sales taxes.
D.   tax rates increase by a set percentage every year.
E.   all taxpayers pay taxes at the same percentage rate.
Question #14
By foreign policy, we mean
A.   the treaties that are ratified by the Senate.
B.   a nation’s international goals and the techniques and strategies to achieve them.
C.   interactions with other countries that are not related to economics.
D.   the formal agreements that are approved by the World Court.
E.   the manner in which the armed forces are deployed.
Question #15
U.S. foreign policy may be carried out through
A.   all of the choices are correct
B.   military intervention.
C.   technical assistance.
D.   economic aid.
E.   diplomacy.
Question #16
Diplomacy refers to
A.   a title given to senior members of the State Department.
B.   a philosophy that sees nations as normally willing to cooperate.
C.   the establishment and maintenance of a formal relationship between countries that governs their interactions on a diverse array of matters.
D.   the manner in which the armed forces are deployed.
E.   formal public meetings held by heads of government.
Question #17
Realism is a philosophy that
A.   supports steps to establish a single world government.
B.   sees each nation as acting in its own interest regardless of moral considerations.
C.   contends that spreading Christianity ought to be a major goal of U.S. foreign policy.
D.   sees nations as normally willing to cooperate and agree on moral standards for conduct.
E.   mandates noninterference with the internal policies of sovereign nations.
Question #18
Idealism is a philosophy that
A.   sees each nation as acting in its own interest regardless of moral considerations.
B.   mandates interventionism in nations that have low GDP’s.
C.   contends that spreading capitalism ought to be a major goal of U.S. foreign policy.
D.   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.
E.   supports steps to move beyond the nation-state framework.
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 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.
D.   was supported by large-scale demonstrations in Saigon and was Congress’s attempt to reassert itself in war-making.
Question #20
Solo executive agreements
A.   are approved by the president.
B.   all of the choices are correct
C.   are negotiated by the president.
D.   constitute over 90% of international agreements the United States enters into.
E.   can be reversed by the next president in power.
Question #21
The Secretary of State
A.   directs the country’s international trade agenda.
B.   is not involved in short-term foreign policy.
C.   is the nation’s chief diplomat and oversees the Foreign Service.
D.   is directly responsible to Congress.
E.   is more powerful than the president.
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 Washington community.
B.   the National Security Council.
C.   the armed services consortium.
D.   the intelligence community.
E.   regulatory agencies.
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 power.
B.   a balance of trade.
C.   selective engagement.
D.   a “Cold War.”
E.   neo-isolationism.
Question #24
A foreign policy approach in which the United States becomes proactively engaged in world affairs is
A.   constructivism.
B.   neoconservatism.
C.   liberal internationalism.
D.   selective engagement.
E.   neo-isolationism.
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.     
C.   Iran and Iraq.
D.   Brazil and Venezuela.
E.   Russia and China.
F.   France and Germany.

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