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Politics and Policy Midterm
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This course provides an in-depth exploration of the relationship between politics and public policy, examining how governmental institutions, political actors, and societal forces shape policy formulation and implementation. Students will analyze key theories and concepts in policy analysis, explore the stages of the policy process, and evaluate the impact of political environments on policy outcomes across various sectors. The course emphasizes critical thinking and real-world application by engaging with case studies, illustrating how political dynamics influence policy decisions at local, national, and global levels.
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Understanding Public Policy 14th Edition by Thomas
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R. Dye
Chapter 1: Policy Analysis
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Q1) "Traditional" political science focuses primarily on A) causes of government activity.
B) the behavioral processes of government.
C) the institutional structure of government.
D) an evaluation of the consequences of societal policies.
Answer: C
Q2) The study of public policy focuses on governmental A) structure.
B) theory.
C) actions.
D) institutional history.
Answer: C
Q3) Policy evaluation provides information about the causes of public policy.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) Policy advocacy is essentially persuasion in favor of a given public policy.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Models of Politics
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Q1) Group theory views public policy as
A) the balance that is achieved between competing interests.
B) the desires of the elites.
C) the continuation of past policies.
D) incremental in nature.
Answer: A
Q2) A useful model should do all of the following EXCEPT
A) provide a simplified representation of reality.
B) provide explanations for public policy.
C) be testable.
D) include all aspects of a given policy.
Answer: D
Q3) Incrementalism views public policy as
A) the product of group conflict.
B) the desire of the elites.
C) the continuation of past policies.
D) the most cost-effective alternative.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: The Policymaking Process
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Q1) PACs are used to
A) prosecute criminal defendants.
B) counter submarine warfare threats.
C) intimidate potential enemies before they strike.
D) raise funds for political candidates.
Answer: D
Q2) The work of think tanks is greatest at the policy formulation stage of policymaking.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) The process of policy evaluation is under the sole supervision of the judiciary branch.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) The president was denied the line-item veto by the Supreme Court.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Policy Evaluation
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Q1) In policy evaluation, policy impact, not policy output should be measured.
A)True
B)False
Q2) When people behave differently because they know they are being observed, they are demonstrating the
A) Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle.
B) ecological fallacy.
C) sunset review.
D) Hawthorne effect.
Q3) In a scientific study, the
A) control group and experimental group differ in most ways.
B) program is applied to the control group.
C) program is applied to the experimental group.
D) program is applied to the control group only in the "before" phase.
Q4) Policy evaluation should consider
A) direct impacts on target groups only.
B) impacts on both target and nontarget groups.
C) tangible impacts only, on both target and nontarget groups.
D) symbolic impacts only on target groups.
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Chapter 5: Federalism and State Policies
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Q1) Federalism was a concept rejected by the Founders.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Conservatives would prefer state-centered federalism to centralized federalism.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Referenda are exercises of
A) federal mandates.
B) preemption.
C) devolution.
D) direct democracy.
Q4) Devolution is the process of giving the states more responsibility for public programs.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The governments of Great Britain and France are unitary.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Criminal Justice
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Q1) The exclusionary rule deals with which of these?
A) search and seizure
B) plea bargaining
C) evidence
D) the death penalty
Q2) Which of the following policies to deal with the problem of illegal drugs receive the most generous funding from the government?
A) rehabilitation and prevention
B) interdiction and law enforcement
C) law enforcement and interdiction
D) treatment and law enforcement
Q3) In the U.S., there is an inverse relation between the rate of violent crime and the rate of incarceration.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The case of Furman v.Georgia upheld the death penalty in cases involving violent crimes.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Health and Welfare
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Q1) Social Security is essentially
A) an entitlement.
B) insurance.
C) means-tested.
D) a health program.
Q2) Representing senior citizens, group.
A) OASDI
B) TANF
C) AARP
D) AFDC
Q3) Most of the major entitlement programs in the United States were established under the leadership of president
A) Kennedy and Johnson.
B) Carter and Reagan.
C) Clinton and George H.W. Bush.
D) Franklin Roosevelt and Johnson.
Q4) FICA is the means by which Social Security is funded.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Health Care
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Q1) The public option is the centerpiece of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The medical loss ratio is the relationship between
A) insurance premiums and health care provided.
B) the insured and uninsured.
C) those on Medicare and those on Medicaid.
D) the costs of providing or not providing health care.
Q3) Medicaid differs from Medicare in being
A) for health care.
B) administered by the federal government.
C) means-tested.
D) for children only.
Q4) In the U.S., the leading cause of death (total number of all deaths in a year) is A) cancer.
B) heart disease.
C) stroke.
D) diabetes.
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Chapter 9: Education
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Q1) The clauses in the Constitution which guarantee freedom of religion include
A) the "necessary and proper" and "free exercise" clauses.
B) the "necessary and proper" and "no establishment" clauses.
C) the "free exercise" and "equal protection" clauses.
D) the "free exercise" and "no establishment" clauses.
Q2) The American Federation of Teachers is both larger and more aggressive than the National Education Association.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The legislation that provided assistance to agricultural and mechanical colleges such as Texas A&M was the
A) Northwest Ordinance.
B) ESEA of 1865.
C) Smith-Hughes Act.
D) Morrill Land Grant Act.
Q4) The United States ranks among the top five nations in educational achievement.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Economic Policy
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Q1) Supply-side economists argue for all of the following EXCEPT
A) lower tax rates.
B) less government involvement in the economy.
C) concentration of long-term growth.
D) no tax incentives to encourage investing.
Q2) The view that the market is self-adjusting and should be left alone by the government Is associated with A) Keynesian
B) classical
C) supply-side
D) group
Q3) The largest federal expenditures go for
A) defense.
B) Medicare.
C) Social Security.
D) the War on Terror.
Q4) The Dodd-Frank Act concerned regulation of the financial system.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Tax Policy
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Q1) Pluralism would most likely be associated with
A) public-choice theory.
B) systems analysis.
C) interest-group theory.
D) legal analysis.
Q2) More than half of personal income is not taxed.
A)True
B)False
Q3) George W.Bush moved to
A) lower the top marginal tax rate.
B) raise the top marginal tax rate.
C) raise the top marginal rate but lower the capital gains tax.
D) lower the top marginal rate and lower the capital gains tax.
Q4) The capital gains tax is controversial because it
A) is regressive.
B) progressive.
C) proportional.
D) lower than income taxes.
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Chapter 12: International Trade and Immigration
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Q1) Canada and China are the two biggest U.S.trading partners.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Currently, most immigrants to the U.S.come from A) Mexico.
B) Asia.
C) Europe.
D) Canada.
Q3) The industry that has sought weak enforcement of immigration laws has been The A) computer Industry.
B) pharmaceutical
C) aerospace
D) agribusiness
Q4) The DREAM Act is intended to benefit A) illegal immigrant workers.
B) illegal immigrant minors.
C) political refugees.
D) refugees displaced by natural disasters.
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Chapter 13: Energy and the Environment
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Q1) In the cap and trade program, industries would trade
A) emission allowances.
B) tax penalties.
C) facilities.
D) labor forces
Q2) Pollution is a type of externality.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Manufacturing is the main source of water pollution in the U.S.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The cleanest form of energy production is
A) electric power.
B) electric-gas hybrid engines.
C) nuclear power.
D) clean-burning methanol and ethanol.
Q5) The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 focused on carbon dioxide emissions.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Civil Rights
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Q1) Civil disobedience traditionally includes strict compliance with all laws, even those that are the focus of protest.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is not a U.S.Supreme Court case that concerns affirmative action?
A) Harris v. Forklift
B) Richmond v. Crosen
C) Firefighter Local Union v. Scotts
D) U.S. v. Paradise
Q3) The case of Swann v.Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Board of Education addressed A) racial balancing in schools.
B) gender equality through government contracts.
C) accessibility to public buildings.
D) gay marriage.
Q4) Plessy v.Ferguson effectively halted full implementation of the Fourteenth Amendment for seventy years.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Defense Policy
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Q1) To maintain nuclear peace, the U.S.has relied on all of the following except A) the strategy of deterrence.
B) the TRIAD.
C) a second-strike capability.
D) NAFTA.
Q2) Policy making in the area of defense begins with designing strategies.
A)True
B)False
Q3) NATO emerged near the end of the Cold War.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The SALT and START treaties were concluded between the Soviet Union and the U.S. A)True
B)False
Q5) in 1972, marked the first effort by the United States and Soviet Union to limit strategic nuclear weapons.
A) START
B) START I
C) SALT I
D) SALT II
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Chapter 16: Homeland Security
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Q1) The war on terrorism has resulted in
A) the capture of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
B) a more balanced approach by the U.S. toward Palestinians.
C) the loss of some civil liberties in return for enhanced security.
D) less security but more liberty.
Q2) The Oversees the entire intelligence community.
A) Defense Intelligence Agency
B) National Reconnaissance Director
C) Central Intelligence Agency Director
D) Director of National Intelligence
Q3) Perhaps the greatest problem confronting U.S.intelligence is
A) an unwieldy large work force in all of the agencies combined.
B) an unwillingness of the various intelligence agencies to work cooperatively together.
C) a lack of linguists who speak Farsi.
D) an inability to control the Internet.
Q4) The Smith Act was aimed at American communists.
A)True
B)False
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