Structure of Policymaking
Quiz objective:
Understand the elements of public policy; its environment; structure of policymaking.
1.
One instrument of public policy is suasion, which tends to work better when
A) people don't trust government and its leaders
B) people do trust governemnt and its leaders
C) public opinion for the proposed policy is low
D) public opinion for the president is low
E) none of the above
2.
Public policymaking within the United States encourages public participation at a number of levels. This downside of this is that
A) people who participate may not have the knowledge to participate
B) it can slow down the policy development process
C) politicians don't listen to the participation
D) all of the above
E) a and b only
3.
The type of federalism characterized by work being done by all levels of government (local, state and national) and information flowing between different policy areas is called
A) marble cake federalism
B) layer cake federalism
C) picket fence federalism
D) dual federalism
E) None of the above
4.
A(n) _______________________ is when the national government requires the states to implement a law or regulation without providing funding for it.
A) federalism
B) conflict of interest
C) policy outcome
D) unfunded mandate
E) Supremacy Clause
5.
When the presidency is controlled by one political party and one or both houses of Congress is controlled by the other political party, this is called:
A) divided government
B) gridlock
C) conflict of interest
D) ticket splitting
E) logrolling
6.
The stage of the policy process that is often ignored is called the
A) Pre Policy stage
B) Agenda Setting
C) Policy Adoption
D) Policy Implementation
E) Policy Evaluation
7.
The Love Canal incident, where it was determined that an entire community was built on top of a hazardous waste site is an example of what type of factor that causes an issue to get placed on the government agenda?
A) Spillover effect
B) Change in political process
C) Dramatic event
D) Lack of private means
E) Relationship to symbol
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