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Question #1
Public policy
A.   is limited to policies that only affect major corporations.
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.   is related strictly to policies that benefit senior citizens.
D.   can be defined as all policies that affect housing.
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.   reading the local newspaper.
B.   all of the choices are correct
C.   information provided by policy advocates or interest groups.
D.   a crisis occurring.
E.   letters from constituents to their members of Congress.
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.   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.   concerned with the implementation of policy by bureaucrats, the courts, police, and individual citizens and making Congress aware that a problem requires congressional action.
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.   policy meditation.
C.   agenda setting.
D.   policy implementation.
E.   alternative specification.
Question #5
Policy implementation is
A.   the discussion of proposals between governmental officials and the public.
B.   when studies are conducted to see what happens after a policy is implemented.
C.   concerned with a specific strategy for the proposal.
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.   After a period of evaluation on a policy, the president implements and executes the law.
B.   Policy evaluation leads to other nation-states intervening in the U.S. domestic law making process.
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.   More often than not, policy evaluation leads to aggressive changes to the law's original structure.
Question #7
Medicare
A.   was created by President Barack Obama in 2010.
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.   no longer exists.
Question #8
Medicaid
A.   was created by President Bill Clinton in 1996.
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.   is a government program set up for senior citizens and the elderly.
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.   NASA
B.   The Environmental Protection Agency
C.   AARP
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 marginal costs; the central costs
B.   Deficit; debt
C.   The central costs; the marginal costs
D.   Debt; deficit
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.   develop a rational trade policy through the United Nations Trade Information Commission.
C.   implement the monetary policy of the Federal Reserve.
D.   regulate the markets for stocks and bonds.
E.   seek a balanced trade policy.
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.   increase taxes.
B.   expand the rate of growth of the money supply (by lowering interest rates).
C.   decrease taxes.
D.   take complete control of the economy.
E.   decrease the rate of growth of the money supply (by raising interest rates).
Question #13
With a progressive tax,
A.   all taxpayers pay taxes at the same 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.   people with higher incomes pay taxes at a lower percentage rate.
Question #14
By foreign policy, we mean
A.   the formal agreements that are approved by the World Court.
B.   the treaties that are ratified by the Senate.
C.   the manner in which the armed forces are deployed.
D.   interactions with other countries that are not related to economics.
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.   diplomacy.
B.   economic aid.
C.   all of the choices are correct
D.   military intervention.
E.   technical assistance.
Question #16
Diplomacy refers to
A.   formal public meetings held by heads of government.
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.   a title given to senior members of the State Department.
E.   the manner in which the armed forces are deployed.
Question #17
Realism is a philosophy that
A.   sees nations as normally willing to cooperate and agree on moral standards for conduct.
B.   supports steps to establish a single world government.
C.   mandates noninterference with the internal policies of sovereign nations.
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.   mandates interventionism in nations that have low GDP’s.
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.   supports steps to move beyond the nation-state framework.
E.   sees each nation as acting in its own interest regardless of moral considerations.
Question #19
The 1973 War Powers Resolution
A.   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.
B.   was supported by large-scale demonstrations in Saigon and was Congress’s attempt to reassert itself in war-making.
C.   was supported by large-scale demonstrations in Saigon and was undertaken after President Nixon reached a diplomatic agreement with Vietnam.
D.   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.
Question #20
Solo executive agreements
A.   can be reversed by the next president in power.
B.   are negotiated by the president.
C.   constitute over 90% of international agreements the United States enters into.
D.   are approved by the president.
E.   all of the choices are correct
Question #21
The Secretary of State
A.   is directly responsible to Congress.
B.   directs the country’s international trade agenda.
C.   is the nation’s chief diplomat and oversees the Foreign Service.
D.   is more powerful than the president.
E.   is not involved in short-term foreign policy.
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 National Security Council.
B.   regulatory agencies.
C.   the Washington community.
D.   the armed services consortium.
E.   the intelligence 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 “Cold War.”
B.   a balance of power.
C.   neo-isolationism.
D.   selective engagement.
E.   a balance of trade.
Question #24
A foreign policy approach in which the United States becomes proactively engaged in world affairs is
A.   selective engagement.
B.   constructivism.
C.   neoconservatism.
D.   liberal internationalism.
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.   France and Germany.
C.   Brazil and Venezuela.
D.     
E.   Iran and Iraq.
F.   Russia and China.

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