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Question #1
Public policy
A.   only affects matters concerning law enforcement.
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.   can be defined as all policies that affect housing.
D.   is limited to policies that only affect major corporations.
E.   is related strictly to policies that benefit senior citizens.
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.   letters from constituents to their members of Congress.
D.   information provided by policy advocates or interest groups.
E.   a crisis occurring.
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 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 meditation.
B.   alternative specification.
C.   policy implementation.
D.   policy enactment.
E.   agenda setting.
Question #5
Policy implementation is
A.   when studies are conducted to see what happens after a policy is implemented.
B.   the discussion of proposals between governmental officials and the public.
C.   the process of making the media aware of the issue.
D.   concerned with a specific strategy for the proposal.
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.   Groups inside and outside government conduct studies to determine what actually happens after a policy has been in place for a while.
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.   More often than not, policy evaluation leads to aggressive changes to the law's original structure.
E.   After a period of evaluation on a policy, the president implements and executes the law.
Question #7
Medicare
A.   is a government program set up for senior citizens and the elderly.
B.   no longer exists.
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.   was created by President Bill Clinton in 1996.
B.   receives no funding from the states.
C.   is a government program set up for senior citizens and the elderly.
D.   is not funded through payroll taxes.
E.   is a health insurance program for low-income citizens.
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.   AFL-CIO
C.   The Environmental Protection Agency
D.   AARP
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.   Debt; deficit
B.   The marginal costs; the central costs
C.   Surplus value; inflationary value
D.   Deficit; debt
E.   The central costs; the marginal costs
Question #11
The responsibility of the Federal Open Market Committee is to
A.   develop a rational trade policy through the United Nations Trade Information Commission.
B.   regulate the markets for stocks and bonds.
C.   negotiate with Congress in developing a budget.
D.   seek a balanced trade policy.
E.   implement the monetary policy of the Federal Reserve.
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.   expand the rate of growth of the money supply (by lowering interest rates).
B.   decrease the rate of growth of the money supply (by raising interest rates).
C.   decrease taxes.
D.   increase taxes.
E.   take complete control of the economy.
Question #13
With a progressive tax,
A.   people with higher incomes pay taxes at a higher percentage rate.
B.   tax rates increase by a set percentage every year.
C.   the tax burden consists mostly of property and sales taxes.
D.   people with higher incomes pay taxes at a lower percentage rate.
E.   all taxpayers pay taxes at the same percentage rate.
Question #14
By foreign policy, we mean
A.   the formal agreements that are approved by the World Court.
B.   interactions with other countries that are not related to economics.
C.   a nation’s international goals and the techniques and strategies to achieve them.
D.   the treaties that are ratified by the Senate.
E.   the manner in which the armed forces are deployed.
Question #15
U.S. foreign policy may be carried out through
A.   diplomacy.
B.   military intervention.
C.   economic aid.
D.   technical assistance.
E.   all of the choices are correct
Question #16
Diplomacy refers to
A.   the establishment and maintenance of a formal relationship between countries that governs their interactions on a diverse array of matters.
B.   a philosophy that sees nations as normally willing to cooperate.
C.   the manner in which the armed forces are deployed.
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.   contends that spreading Christianity ought to be a major goal of U.S. foreign policy.
B.   supports steps to establish a single world government.
C.   mandates noninterference with the internal policies of sovereign nations.
D.   sees each nation as acting in its own interest regardless of moral considerations.
E.   sees nations as normally willing to cooperate and agree on moral standards for conduct.
Question #18
Idealism is a philosophy that
A.   mandates interventionism in nations that have low GDP’s.
B.   contends that spreading capitalism ought to be a major goal of U.S. foreign policy.
C.   supports steps to move beyond the nation-state framework.
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.   sees each nation as acting in its own interest regardless of moral considerations.
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.   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.
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 undertaken after President Nixon reached a diplomatic agreement with Vietnam.
Question #20
Solo executive agreements
A.   are approved by the president.
B.   are negotiated by the president.
C.   constitute over 90% of international agreements the United States enters into.
D.   all of the choices are correct
E.   can be reversed by the next president in power.
Question #21
The Secretary of State
A.   is the nation’s chief diplomat and oversees the Foreign Service.
B.   is directly responsible to Congress.
C.   directs the country’s international trade agenda.
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 armed services consortium.
B.   the Washington community.
C.   the National Security Council.
D.   regulatory agencies.
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 balance of power.
B.   neo-isolationism.
C.   a “Cold War.”
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.   constructivism.
B.   neo-isolationism.
C.   selective engagement.
D.   liberal internationalism.
E.   neoconservatism.
Question #25
Which two countries are generally perceived as potential rival superpowers to the United States in the years to come?
A.   Brazil and Venezuela.
B.     
C.   France and Germany.
D.   Iran and Iraq.
E.   Mexico and Canada.
F.   Russia and China.

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