00 Introduction: Government, Politics, and the Policymaking Process

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The institution with authority to set policy for society is known as which of the following?

Politics

Government

Public policy

Policymaking process
02

The process that determines who shall occupy the roles of leadership of government and how the power of government shall be exercised is known as which of the following?

Politics

Government

Public Policy

Policymaking process
03

The complex of factors outside of government that has an impact, either directly or indirectly, on the policymaking process is known as which of the following?

Politics

Policymaking environment

Government

Feedback
04

The process through which problems become matters of public concern and government action is known as which of the following?

Feedback

Policy formulation

Politics

Agenda building
05

Which of the following is the best example of agenda building?

In early 2009, Congress passed and President Barack Obama signed legislation designed to improve the performance of the economy.

Radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh criticized proposed legislation as “wasteful government spending.”

The National Bureau of Economic Research declared in late 2008 that the United States was officially in a recession, which is an economic downturn.

Members of Congress debated the details of a proposed economic stimulus package designed to help the economy recover from recession.
06

President Obama gave a series of speeches designed to focus public attention on the problems to the economy caused by the home mortgage crisis. The president’s action best illustrates which of the following stages of the policymaking process?

Agenda building

Policy formulation

Policy adoption

Policy evaluation
07

The development of strategies for dealing with the problems on the official policy agenda is known as which of the following?

Agenda building

Policy formulation

Policy adoption

Policy evaluation
08

President Obama met with his advisors to consider the details of a proposal to address the home mortgage crisis. This action best illustrates which of the following stages of the policymaking process?

Policy evaluation

Policy implementation

Policy formulation

Policy adoption
09

Which of the following scenarios best illustrates policy formulation?

President Obama signed legislation to reauthorize the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued a report on the long-range financial health of the Social Security System.

Immigrant rights advocates purchased newspaper advertisements calling on Congress to address the issue of immigration reform.

Congressional staff members and interest group representatives met to discuss the details of a possible government rescue plan for the American auto industry.
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Members of Congress from automobile manufacturing states, automobile executives, the American Auto Workers Union, and the Automobile Dealers Association are all actively involved with policymaking concerning the American automobile industry. A political scientist would refer to that particular group of political actors as which of the following?

The policymaking environment

Government

Persons with disabilities

An issue network
11

The official decision of a government body to accept a particular policy and put it into effect is known as which of the following?

Agenda building

Policy formulation

Policy adoption

Policy implementation
12

Which of the following is an example of policy adoption?

Congress passed the ADA and President George H.W. Bush signed it into law.

The Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education, the great school desegregation case.

President Harry Truman issued an executive order to integrate racially the American armed forces.

All of the above
13

In January 2009, President Obama issued an executive order to close the detention camp for suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. His action illustrated which of the following stages of the policymaking process?

Agenda building

Policy formulation

Policy adoption

Policy implementation
14

The stage of the policy process in which policies are carried out is known as which of the following?

Agenda building

Policy formulation

Policy adoption

Policy implementation
15

In early 2009, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) sent letters to employers directing them to change the amount of money they withhold from paychecks after the adoption of the tax cuts included in the recently adopted economic stimulus program. The action best illustrates which stage of the policymaking process?

Agenda building

Policy formulation

Policy implementation

Policy evaluation
16

Which of the following best illustrates policy implementation?

President Obama ordered thousands of additional American troops into Afghanistan.

An official Department of Defense report indicated that the war in Afghanistan was going badly.

A newspaper printed an editorial arguing that the war in Afghanistan is more important to the United States than the war in Iraq.

Additional American troops began arriving in Afghanistan and taking up positions in the southern part of the country.
17

The assessment of policy is a definition of which of the following?

Policy formulation

Policy evaluation

Policy adoption

Policy implementation
18

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) conducted a study of the effectiveness of the economic stimulus program adopted in early 2009. The CBO’s action best illustrates which of the following?

Policy evaluation

Policy implementation

Policy adoption

Policy formulation
19

Which of the following statements can be described as an empirical evaluation of American tax policy?

“Tax revenues declined in the early 2000s after the adoption of the Bush tax cuts.”

“The Bush tax cuts were unfair to average Americans.”

“Taxes are too high.”

“The tax code should be revised to reduce taxes on ordinary working families.”
20

The impact of the results of policy evaluation on the policy process is known as is known as which of the following?

Government

Feedback

Public policy

Issue network

00 Introduction: Government, Politics, and the Policymaking Process

The institution with authority to set policy for society is known as which of the following?

The process that determines who shall occupy the roles of leadership of government and how the power of government shall be exercised is known as which of the following?

The complex of factors outside of government that has an impact, either directly or indirectly, on the policymaking process is known as which of the following?

The process through which problems become matters of public concern and government action is known as which of the following?

Which of the following is the best example of agenda building?

President Obama gave a series of speeches designed to focus public attention on the problems to the economy caused by the home mortgage crisis. The president’s action best illustrates which of the following stages of the policymaking process?

The development of strategies for dealing with the problems on the official policy agenda is known as which of the following?

President Obama met with his advisors to consider the details of a proposal to address the home mortgage crisis. This action best illustrates which of the following stages of the policymaking process?

Which of the following scenarios best illustrates policy formulation?

The official decision of a government body to accept a particular policy and put it into effect is known as which of the following?

Which of the following is an example of policy adoption?

In January 2009, President Obama issued an executive order to close the detention camp for suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. His action illustrated which of the following stages of the policymaking process?

The stage of the policy process in which policies are carried out is known as which of the following?

Which of the following best illustrates policy implementation?

The assessment of policy is a definition of which of the following?

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) conducted a study of the effectiveness of the economic stimulus program adopted in early 2009. The CBO’s action best illustrates which of the following?

Which of the following statements can be described as an empirical evaluation of American tax policy?

The impact of the results of policy evaluation on the policy process is known as is known as which of the following?