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PSCI 2305 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS ANDANSWERS
In 2003, Congress passed a prescription drug benefit as part of which existing health
care law? - Answer -Medicare
Fiscal Policy - Answer -the government's use of taxing, monetary, and spending powers
to manipulate the economy
What is public policy? - Answer -action taken by government to address social problems
or needs
What are the two primary roles of the government in the economy? - Answer -Foster
Efficiency (force payment of indirect costs and has competition) and Foster Equity
What was Representative Cole's ultimate position about federal aid in the aftermath of
the devastating tornado that hit Oklahoma in May 2013? - Answer -that the federal
budget should be offset to accommodate for the emergency relief funds
What was one of the primary goals of Obamacare? - Answer -To provide more
Americans with access to health insurance
If Governor Abbott gave a speech highlighting the large numbers of illegal immigrants
crossing into Texas and calling for greater security along the border, which stage of the
policymaking process would this represent? - Answer -agenda setting
What do the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Higher Education Act, and ARPANET
have in common? - Answer -They are all public policies that have an impact on the daily
lives of college students.
What are the 3 policy categories? - Answer -Domestic, Economic, Foreign policy
Deficit - Answer -amount by which government spending exceeds government revenue
in a single fiscal year
What does the individual mandate do? - Answer -It requires all individuals to purchase
health insurance or pay a penalty.
, In what way does the policy evaluation stage create a "feedback loop" in the
policymaking process? - Answer -Official evaluations of enacted and implemented
policies often identify new problems, which leads to another round of agenda setting,
policy selection, and so on
In which of the five stages of the policymaking process does the government assess the
effectiveness of a policy? - Answer -evaluation
What are the stages of the policymaking process? - Answer -1. Agenda Setting
2. Formulation
3. Adoption
4. Implementation
5. Evaluation
Surplus - Answer -amount by which government revenue exceeds government
spending in a single fiscal year.
How do elitist and pluralist models of policymaking differ? - Answer -the elitist model
emphasizes roles of political elites
the pluralist model emphasized roles of a wider variety of actors
Debt - Answer -total amount of money owed by the federal government as a result of
repeated annual spending outpacing annual revenue
What are policy typologies useful for? - Answer -classifying a large amount of
information about public policy into a smaller set of manageable categories
How did President Barack Obama pressure Congress to pass the Hurricane Sandy
relief bill? - Answer -He held a highly publicized event at the White House.
If school administrators in Texas began redesigning curricula to meet new educational
standards adopted by the State Board of Education, which stage of the policymaking
process would this represent? - Answer -policy implementation
Distributive policies are also called which of the following? - Answer -pork barrel policies
What are the two biggest sources of state revenue? - Answer -state taxes and federal
income
What does it mean to legitimate public policy? - Answer -It is the act of giving a policy
the force of law.
What is social security? What is medicare? What is the primary challenge these
programs face? - Answer -Social security and Medicare are a type of mandatory gov.
spending and they are for retirees and seniors. They face the financing challenge as the
costs are growing.
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