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Public Administration is an interdisciplinary course that explores the principles, processes, and practices involved in the management and implementation of public policies and programs. Students will examine the structures and functions of governmental agencies, the roles of public administrators, and the ethical, legal, and political contexts in which they operate. The course covers key topics such as organizational theory, budgeting, human resource management, and policy analysis, providing students with a comprehensive understanding of how public institutions function and how public services are delivered efficiently and equitably.
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American Public Policy An Introduction 11th Edition by Clarke E. Cochran
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Chapter 1: Public Policy: An Introduction
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Q1) Liberalism,Conservatism,and other ideology groups strongly agree about the range of private good that is appropriate for government to distribute.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Process of assessing the impacts/outcomes of a policy.
A)policy evaluation
B)policy implementation
C)direct cost
D)intended consequences
Answer: A
Q3) Three reasons for studying public policy are:
A)policy adoption, implementation, analysis
B)policy advocacy, analysis, implementation
C)theoretical, practical, political
D)theoretical, analytical, political
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Contexts of Public Policy
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Q1) Factors that have contributed to the decline of the American public's trust of government institutions are
A)budget deficits.
B)Watergate and Vietnam.
C)corruption scandals.
D)all of the above.
Answer: D
Q2) The New Right is mostly concerned with
A)Same-sex marriage
B)Income distribution
C)Government economic action
D)None of the above
E)All of the above
Answer: A
Q3) Economically challenging times exacerbated racial tension and affect the controversy over affirmative action and immigration
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: The Economy: Changing Government-Business Relationships
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Q1) The FTC is an example of
A)A regulatory agency
B)An executive branch department
C)Presidential commission
D)Independent regulatory commission
Answer: D
Q2) President Hoover's administration's raising income taxes and balancing the budget fixed the problems created by the Great Depression.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Economic systems can roughly be divided into two extreme alternatives: free enterprise,also known as _______,and public ownership,also known as _________.
A)capitalism; socialism
B)Fascism, Communism
C)Communism; Democracy
D)free world; non-free world
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Economic Issues: Taxing, Spending, and Budgeting
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Q1) With the federal government adopting a program of spending with annual budget deficits exceeding those fo the past,the national debt will increase to ______ percent of the gross domestic product.
A)10
B)35
C)61
D)75
Q2) Keynes argues that government deficit spending
A)causes economic recession
B)stimulates a sluggish economy and prevents recessions
C)can balance the budget
D)causes increased taxes
Q3) President Reagan administration's supply-side policies resulted in a 5 percent and 10 percent cuts in personal income taxes.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Who most influences the money supply?
A)President
B)Congress
C)Federal Reserve Board
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Chapter 5: Energy and Environmental Policies: Policy Instability
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Q1) The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920,required energy producers to pay royalties to states.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What nation is not a member of OPEC?
A)United Arab Emirate
B)Algeria
C)Turkey
D)Kuwait
Q3) Which of these is not an argument put forward by conservatives for a free market self regulation approach to environmental concerns?
A)Government regulation will create inflationary pressure
B)Pollution is an externality
C)Interference with Business Planning
D)The free market will encourage recycling and pollution reduction technologies
Q4) The Energy Policy Act of 2005 supports
A)Tax Credits for Hybrid Vehicles
B)The Public Utility Holding Company Act (PUHCA)
C)Stricter CAFÉ Standards
D)Environmental Provisions
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Chapter 6: Crime and Criminal Justice: Dilemmas of Social Control
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Q1) Those against legalizing drugs argue that legalization would lead to
A)an increase in the price of drugs
B)more turf wars among gangs selling drugs
C)drugs being more available, resulting in new users
D)none of the above
Q2) The Crime Bill of 1994 included which of the following provisions?
A)registration of handguns
B)bans the domestic manufacture and sale of certain assault-style weapons
C)federal funding to hire additional local police
D)all of the above
E)(B) and (C) only
Q3) The number of actual crimes in the U.S.:
A)is shown by victimization surveys to be more than twice the rate of reported crimes
B)has not really increased over the years
C)is overstated by the Uniform Crime Reports
D)is accurately reflected by the Uniform Crime Reports
Q4) Racial profiling is limited to being just an African-American issue.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Poverty and Social Welfare Policy
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Q1) "There must be a poverty class in order to encourage the upper class and middle class to strive harder" is a view held by
A)Conservatives
B)Radicals
C)Liberals
D)Independents
Q2) Disposal income is defined as
A)After taxes income
B)After work expense income
C)Lottery winnings
D)A & B only
Q3) Which country has the largest income gap between the rich and the poor?
A)England
B)France
C)United States
D)Germany
Q4) The Great Society,which included the War on Poverty,initiated major social insurance programs
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Health Care: Transformation or Continued Crisis?
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Q1) Job lock is defined as
A)Being contractually bound to a job
B)Unable to change jobs due to the poor employment marketplace
C)Forced to remain in a job because of financial obligations
D)Forced to stay in a job because of the fear of not getting health care with new employment
Q2) United States health care disparities means that
A)those in poor or rural communities have poor health and shorter life expectancy
B)African American infants mortality rates are neatly twice those of whites
C)One-third of Hispanics are uninsured
D)Ten percent of Hispanics rely on their primary care from emergency rooms
E)All of the above
Q3) Which of the following health care issue has broader coverage in other nations than the United States?
A)dental service
B)nursery homecare
C)eye glasses
D)cosmetic surgery
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Chapter 9: Education: Conflict in Policy Direction
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Q1) The No Child Left Behind Act contained which of the following features?
A)increased multicultural components
B)bilingual education support
C)new requirements for educational testing
D)reduced ability of parents to choose schools
Q2) University students receive financial assistance to attend college through a variety of federal funding programs,these programs include:
A)Student loans, parents loans, & Pell grants
B)Work-study, loan programs, & veteran benefits
C)Veteran benefits, GI bill, & work study
D)Pell grants, work study, & student loans
Q3) Which of the following are possible ways to help create financial equality among public school pupils?
A)total state funding of public schools
B)school district consolidation
C)greater reliance on property taxes for school financing
D)(A) and (B) only
E)(A) and (C) only
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Chapter 10: Legal and Social Equality: The Struggle against
Oppression and Bigotry
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Q1) Which of the following differences between men and women have the courts allowed?
A)greater property tax exemptions for widows than widowers
B)women need not be required to register with Selective Service
C)women may be excluded from combat roles
D)none of the above
E)all of the above
Q2) Comments about "legitimate rape" may have caused this Senate candidate the election due to the response to the insensitivity of the remark,
A)Richard Murdock
B)Bill Frisk
C)Elizabeth Dole
D)Todd Akins
Q3) The Civil Rights Act of 1968 dealt with discrimination in:
A)employment
B)voting rights
C)housing
D)public accommodations
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Chapter 11: Immigration Policy: The Barely Open Door
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Q1) An unintended consequence of the National Origins Quota Act of 1924 was illegal immigration through Mexico and Canada.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What are the rationales for educating the children of illegal immigrants? Why should the American tax-payers pay for their education?
Q3) "Investor immigrants"
A)is a category created in the Immigration Act of 1990.
B)create jobs in the U.S.
C)promise to invest certain sums of money in urban or rural areas.
D)all of the above
E)none of the above
Q4) According to text,which of the following is NOT a positive impact of immigrants on the American economy?
A)providing an additional supply of labor
B)becoming consumers in society
C)depressing wages as a result of high availability in the workforce
D)starting businesses at a higher rate than the native population
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Chapter 12: Foreign and Defense Policy: Security and Interests in a Dangerous World
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Q1) The Wilsonian Idealism approach to diplomacy means that
A)Americans are more likely to exercise the Idealist policy
B)Repeated efforts to negotiate with implacable enemies without pre-conditions
C)Repeated offers to negotiate with the implied use of force
D)None of the above
E)All of the above
Q2) President George W.Bush's administration was criticized for attacking Iraq because it was considered an act of unilateralism.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Acquiescing to Russian President Putin's seizure of Russian speaking segment of Ukraine in 2014 is considered by the authors to be an example
A)Containment
B)Appeasement
C)Sovereignty
D)Unilateralism
Q4) The Obama administration successfully found and killed Osama bin Laden
A)True
B)False
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Q1) A 2013 Gallup Poll found that ___ of all American believe in Creationism and rejected evolution
A)46%
B)39%
C)13%
D)42%
Q2) Plan B,known as the Morning After pill,was found to be safe and effective by the FDA I preventing the implantation of a fertilized egg in the womb.Which president ordered the pill to be placed on the market?
A)Bill Clinton
B)George W.Bush
C)Francois Mitterrand
D)Barack Obama
Q3) The Supreme Court has decided that freedom of speech is due absolute protection.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Most abortions are performed in the third trimester.
A)True
B)False
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