CSU-POLS1101-Ch. 14

The United States' response to the September 11 terrorist attacks is an example of: 1) Strategic policy 2) Crisis policy 3) Structural defense policy 4) Partisan defense policy 5) Preemption

Critics of President Bush's proposal to create private Social Security accounts argue that such accounts would: 1) Potentially end Social Security as a guarantor of a secure retirement 2) Benefit the poor more than the wealthy 3) Be unfair to the young 4) Raise Social Security taxes 5) Force people to retire earlier

The income level below which a family is considered to be poor is the: 1) Poverty level 2) Poverty threshold 3) Homelessness index 4) Social welfare threshold 5) Social insurance level

Social insurance programs refer to: 1) Government programs that offers benefits in exchange for monetary contributions 2) Private welfare programs in which companies collect premiums in return for job insurance 3) Programs funded by the whole taxpayer base that address the needs of particular groups 4) Programs designed to restrict or change the behavior of certain groups or individuals 5) Programs that protect people from losing their homes during a natural disaster

The policy that says the United States should put its interest first and not interfere in global concerns is known as: 1) \"America First\" 2) \"One Hemisphere\" 3) Isolationism 4) The Reagan Doctrine 5) Manifest destiny

The State Department is the executive department charged with managing: 1) Medicaid and Medicare 2) Foreign affairs 3) Military affairs 4) Relations between the U.S. states 5) Parks and forests

An example of a redistributive policy is: 1) Environmental policy 2) Trade policy 3) Farm subsidies 4) Corporate welfare 5) Medicaid

U.S. public opinion polls on the American health care system show that a majority of people: 1) Are dissatisfied with the quality of health care 2) Believe that health care costs are affordable 3) Believe that health care plans allow for enough choice regarding physicians 4) Don't have an opinion on the system 5) Believe the government spends too much on health care

Fiscal policy refers to: 1) The government's use of taxing and spending powers to regulate the economy 2) Policies designed to regulate business, labor, and trade 3) Regulations designed to regulate business, labor, and trade 4) The regulation of the market to ensure the effectiveness of social welfare policies 5) The use of interest rates to control the money supply in order to regulate the economy

A progressive tax is a tax: 1) With a rate that increases with income level 2) That, even if at a fixed rate, takes a higher proportion of lower incomes 3) Levied on returns from capital investments, such as profits from the sale of real estate 4) System in which all people pay the same percentage on their income 5) On specific merchandise, such as alcohol or cigarettes

A federal program that guarantees benefits to qualified recipients is a(n) ______ program. 1) distributive 2) welfare 3) entitlement 4) mandated 5) means-tested

An example of an intergovernmental organization (IGO) is: 1) The U.S. State Department 2) Greenpeace 3) General Motors 4) Al Qaeda 5) The United Nations

The Cold War policy of the United States seeking to prevent the spread of communism is known as: 1) Isolationism 2) Detente 3) The domino theory 4) Containment 5) Roll-back

The last step in the policymaking process is policy: 1) Formulation 2) Adoption 3) Evaluation 4) Implementation 5) Completion

Public policy that seeks to meet the basic needs of people who are unable to provide for themselves is ______ policy. 1) fiscal 2) civil rights 3) regulatory 4) social welfare 5) distributive

Public policy can be defined as a(n): 1) Partisan compromise on some issue 2) Ruling made by the Supreme Court that addresses a social problem 3) Agreement among the president, Congress, and the Supreme Court to take a certain course of action on a narrow issue 4) Government plan of action to solve a social problem that people share collectively or that they cannot solve on their own 5) Government plan of action passed only by legislatures

The Great Depression had a significant impact on American public policy because: 1) For the first time people began to view poverty as a problem requiring government action and expected the government to do something about it 2) The federal government passed a universal health care plan 3) Government put more pressure on churches and businesses to help eradicate poverty 4) It was the first time that education subsidies were provided to the middle class 5) Government realized that it had to eliminate environmental restrictions on businesses to help them prosper, which set back efforts to pass stronger environmental policies

Which of the following best describes John Maynard Keynes's view regarding the economy? 1) A balanced budget is not essential to promote economic growth. 2) Deficits always keep economic growth from occurring. 3) The government should have no role in regulating the economy. 4) When a recession occurs, government must raise taxes to pull the country out of the recession. 5) The best way to emerge from a depression is for government to spend less money.

The president's inner circle of foreign policy advisers that includes such people as the secretaries of state and defense and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the: 1) National Security Council 2) American Foreign Policy Agency 3) White House Foreign Policy Section 4) Foreign Relations Council 5) War Cabinet

______ is an example of a social insurance program. 1) TANF 2) AFDC 3) Head Start 4) Medicaid 5) Medicare

______ is an example of an entitlement program, as defined by the text. 1) TANF 2) AFDC 3) Social Security 4) Head Start 5) Medicaid

Most social welfare policies are: 1) Distributive policies 2) Regulatory policies 3) Redistributive policies 4) Entitlement programs 5) Private policies

an example of a distributive policy is: 1) Antidrug laws 2) A law restricting the use of the death penalty 3) Farm subsidies 4) Emissions regulations 5) Welfare

The current income tax in the United States is an example of a(n) ______ tax. 1) regressive 2) excise 3) supply-side 4) progressive 5) capital gains

A tax system in which all people pay the same percentage of their income is a(n) ______ tax. 1) regressive 2) excise 3) capital gains 4) flat 5) consumption