6.4.

2 Test (CST): The Art of Policymaking

Question1
_____ are powers that the Constitution limits to the state governments. The federal government is forbidden to exercise them.
A.
Delegated powers
B.
Reserved powers
C.
Concurrent powers
D.
Divided powers


Question2
What level of government has primary policymaking responsibility for deciding whether convicted felons can vote in presidential
elections?
A.
Federal government
B.
State government
C.
County government
D.
Municipal government


Question3
Which of these phrases best describes the business cycle?
A.
A system of managing the economy by increasing or decreasing federal expenditures
B.
The process of creating policy for businesses, beginning with agenda setting and ending with evaluating the policy's effect on the
bottom line of the business
C.
A system of managing the economy by increasing or decreasing the supply of money
D.
A recurring cycle of booms and busts, recoveries and recessions


Question4
Which clause of the United States Constitution requires states to support the laws and court decisions of other states?
A.
Full faith and credit clause
B.
Interstate commerce clause
C.
Reserved powers clause
D.
Elastic clause


Question5
States are called "laboratories of democracy" because:
A.
the phrase "political machine" had already been taken by municipal governments.
B.
states always wear their lab goggles and protective gear.
C.
the federal government experiments with policies by ordering the states to try them first.
D.
most new social policy ideas are tried by one or two states before being adopted by other states or by the federal government.







Question6
What form of municipal government combines the executive and legislative functions into a single body?
A.
Council-manager
B.
Federal plan
C.
Commission plan
D.
Mayor-council


Question7
To what does the term
foreign policy
refer?
A.
The country's plan for dealing with other countries and peoples of the world
B.
President Theodore Roosevelt declaring that the United States would intervene in the nations of Latin America in order to enforce
international financial obligations
C.
A monetary system created in 1944 at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire
D.
The health and welfare of people who live in other nations


Question8
How might the Federal Reserve respond to a slowdown in the economy or recession?
A.
By increasing the discount rate
B.
By selling bonds in the open market
C.
By increasing the reserve requirement
D.
By buying bonds in the open market


Question9
What is the name of the level of local government directly below the state?
A.
Township
B.
Special district
C.
County
D.
Municipality


Question 10
The Bush Doctrine is a foreign policy strategy that incorporates all of the following
except
:
A.
the United States can intervene in Latin America, but European nations are forbidden from military intervention or economic coercion
in South and Central America.
B.
the United States will strike preemptively at those nations that mean it harm.
C.
there is no distinction between terrorists and the nations that harbor terrorists.
D.
the United States will promote democracy in all parts of the world.





Question 11
What is the term for policies that affect the welfare, or well-being, of the people?
A.
Government policies
B.
Social polices
C.
Welfare policies
D.
Health policies


Question 12
The defining characteristics of a public policy are that it must affect many people, _____, and be created through a political process.
A.
follow the rules of due process
B.
be enacted into law
C.
pay for itself
D.
be accepted as legitimate


Question 13
If you wanted to talk to the people who ran the level of government that was directly under the state, who would you look up in your
phone book?
A.
Township government employees
B.
Federal government employees
C.
County government employees
D.
State government employees


Question 14
Match each stage in the policy process with its description.
Your Matching

A.
Agenda setting
B.
Government selects a policy that it will use to address the problem.
B.
Policy adoption
D.
Government and the public review the policy and decide if it should be continued, altered, or cancelled.
C.
Policy implementation
A.
A problem is identified and moved to the government's "to do list."
D.
Policy evaluation
C.
Government puts the policy into effect and enforces the policy.












Question 15
According to Professor Pillar's article about the war in Iraq, what is the proper role of intelligence in the policy cycle?
A.
To openly advocate policy decisions
B.
To inform decision making
C.
To provide documents like the October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq's unconventional weapons programs
D.
To justify decisions already made



Question 16
When the Philadelphia City Council decided to bar skateboarders from LOVE Park, it followed a policy cycle. Put the events in that
policy cycle into chronological order.
Your Order Policy formulation ? City council members proposed a total ban on skateboarding. Using private funding, skateboarders
proposed to support skateboarding in city parks. Policy adoption ? City officials resolved to enforce the ordinance banning
skateboarding in all public parks. Policy implementation ? LOVE Park was rebuilt to make it a less attractive place to go
skateboarding. Policy evaluation ? Skateboarders argued that the city had damaged its image. City council agreed to open a new skate
park in the near future.

Question 17
What political process is most likely to be used when the costs of a policy are concentrated and its benefits are distributed widely?
A.
Entrepreneurial politics
B.
Client politics
C.
Interest-group politics
D.
Majoritarian politics


Question 18
Which of these terms best describes a collection of programs created in 1935 that includes Old-Age, Survivors, Disability, and
Hospital Insurance?
A.
Social Security
B.
Great Society
C.
New Deal
D.
Health and Human Services


Question 19
_____ are actions taken by government on behalf of the people.
A.
Policies
B.
Programs
C.
Laws
D.
Extraditions










Question 20
What is the name used for the process of policymaking? (Hint This process follows a predictable pattern starting with agenda setting
and finishing with an evaluation of the policy results.)
A.
The policy agenda
B.
Sequential policy
C.
Public policymaking
D.
The policy cycle