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Question #1
Public policy
A.   can be defined as all policies that affect housing.
B.   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.
C.   only affects matters concerning law enforcement.
D.   is related strictly to policies that benefit senior citizens.
E.   is limited to policies that only affect major corporations.
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.   all of the choices are correct
D.   information provided by policy advocates or interest groups.
E.   letters from constituents to their members of Congress.
Question #3
Agenda setting is
A.   making Congress aware that a problem requires congressional action and the process of considering solutions and proposals to address the identified problem.
B.   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.
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.   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.
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 enactment.
B.   alternative specification.
C.   policy implementation.
D.   policy meditation.
E.   agenda setting.
Question #5
Policy implementation is
A.   concerned with a specific strategy for the proposal.
B.   the process of making the media aware of the issue.
C.   the discussion of proposals between governmental officials and the public.
D.   concerned with how policies are carried out by bureaucrats, the courts, police, and individual citizens.
E.   when studies are conducted to see what happens after a policy is implemented.
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.   More often than not, policy evaluation leads to aggressive changes to the law's original structure.
C.   After a policy has been implemented, it is often challenged in the Supreme Court.
D.   Groups inside and outside government conduct studies to determine what actually happens after a policy has been in place for a while.
E.   Policy evaluation leads to other nation-states intervening in the U.S. domestic law making process.
Question #7
Medicare
A.   is a government program set up for senior citizens and the elderly.
B.   was created by President Barack Obama in 2010.
C.   no longer exists.
D.   is a government program set up for the poor.
E.   was created by President George W. Bush in 2002.
Question #8
Medicaid
A.   is a health insurance program for low-income citizens.
B.   is a government program set up for senior citizens and the elderly.
C.   receives no funding from the states.
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.   The National Rifle Association
B.   The Environmental Protection Agency
C.   AARP
D.   NASA
E.   AFL-CIO
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.   Surplus value; inflationary value
B.   The marginal costs; the central costs
C.   Deficit; debt
D.   The central costs; the marginal costs
E.   Debt; deficit
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.   develop a rational trade policy through the United Nations Trade Information Commission.
D.   seek a balanced trade policy.
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.   take complete control of the economy.
B.   decrease taxes.
C.   expand the rate of growth of the money supply (by lowering interest rates).
D.   decrease the rate of growth of the money supply (by raising interest rates).
E.   increase taxes.
Question #13
With a progressive tax,
A.   tax rates increase by a set percentage every year.
B.   people with higher incomes pay taxes at a lower percentage rate.
C.   people with higher incomes pay taxes at a higher percentage rate.
D.   the tax burden consists mostly of property and sales taxes.
E.   all taxpayers pay taxes at the same percentage rate.
Question #14
By foreign policy, we mean
A.   the manner in which the armed forces are deployed.
B.   the formal agreements that are approved by the World Court.
C.   interactions with other countries that are not related to economics.
D.   the treaties that are ratified by the Senate.
E.   a nation’s international goals and the techniques and strategies to achieve them.
Question #15
U.S. foreign policy may be carried out through
A.   economic aid.
B.   technical assistance.
C.   all of the choices are correct
D.   military intervention.
E.   diplomacy.
Question #16
Diplomacy refers to
A.   a philosophy that sees nations as normally willing to cooperate.
B.   the manner in which the armed forces are deployed.
C.   the establishment and maintenance of a formal relationship between countries that governs their interactions on a diverse array of matters.
D.   formal public meetings held by heads of government.
E.   a title given to senior members of the State Department.
Question #17
Realism is a philosophy that
A.   sees nations as normally willing to cooperate and agree on moral standards for conduct.
B.   mandates noninterference with the internal policies of sovereign nations.
C.   supports steps to establish a single world government.
D.   contends that spreading Christianity ought to be a major goal of U.S. foreign policy.
E.   sees each nation as acting in its own interest regardless of moral considerations.
Question #18
Idealism is a philosophy that
A.   supports steps to move beyond the nation-state framework.
B.   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.
C.   contends that spreading capitalism ought to be a major goal of U.S. foreign policy.
D.   sees each nation as acting in its own interest regardless of moral considerations.
E.   mandates interventionism in nations that have low GDP’s.
Question #19
The 1973 War Powers Resolution
A.   was supported by large-scale demonstrations in Saigon and was Congress’s attempt to reassert itself in war-making.
B.   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.
C.   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.
D.   was supported by large-scale demonstrations in Saigon and was undertaken after President Nixon reached a diplomatic agreement with Vietnam.
Question #20
Solo executive agreements
A.   constitute over 90% of international agreements the United States enters into.
B.   are negotiated by the president.
C.   are approved by the president.
D.   can be reversed by the next president in power.
E.   all of the choices are correct
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 more powerful than the president.
D.   is the nation’s chief diplomat and oversees the Foreign Service.
E.   is directly responsible to Congress.
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 armed services consortium.
B.   the Washington community.
C.   the intelligence community.
D.   regulatory agencies.
E.   the National Security Council.
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.   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.   liberal internationalism.
C.   neoconservatism.
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.   Iran and Iraq.
B.     
C.   Mexico and Canada.
D.   Russia and China.
E.   France and Germany.
F.   Brazil and Venezuela.

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