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Contents
1 PUBLIC POLICY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
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1. PUBLIC POLICY
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1.1 PUBLIC POLICY
1. The act of refusing to obey laws or com- B. focusing on selected issues
ply with regulations to peacefully express C. detecting bias
disapproval of the government.
D. evaluating sources
A. guerrilla warfare
B. civil disobedience 5. Boundaries established by rivers, oceans,
deserts, mountains, etc.
C. Satyagraha
A. Political boundaries
D. graffiti
B. Physical boundaries
E. suffrage
C. Cultural boundaries
2. open to all persons D. Geographic boundaries
A. public
6. Which theory holds that policies result
B. private from conflict and struggle among political
3. Which branch has the power to reduce the interest groups?
jurisdiction of the federal courts? A. Rational-choice theory
A. Legislative B. Policy
B. Executive C. Group theory
C. Judicial D. Pluralism
D. none of above 7. There is a high correlation between a per-
4. Virginian Pilot:Meet the candidates run- son’s party identification and the liberal-
ning for mayor!According to the headline, conservative ideology of his or her par-
what role is the media playing in the elec- ents.
tion process? A. True
A. identifying candidates B. False
1. B 2. A 3. A 4. A 5. B 6. C 7. A 8. B
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8. What is the happens after the bill is sent 13. Which principle of government does this
out of committee? picture represent?

A. It is signed by the president, becoming
a law
B. It is debated on the full house floor
C. Sent to the other chamber for debate
D. Voted on by the full house of Congress
9. Which of the following is the ultimate goal

of Special Interest Groups?
A. Influence legislation in their favor.
A. separation of powers
B. Bribe delegates for personal gain
B. popular sovereignity
C. Create a stalemate in Congress so
C. checks and balances
nothing gets done
D. limited government
D. Create a system where all sides are
heard 14. What is Fiscal Policy?
10. The first public step a candidate has to

take is to to the nation that s/he
wants to be president.
A. acceptance speech
B. declare
C. nominee A. Government plan for taxing and spend-
ing
D. delegate
B. Government plan for regulating money
11. are group of people who work to influ- supply
ence government about specific issues. C. Government plan for national security
A. Political Action Committees D. Government plan for voting require-
ments
B. Political Parties
C. Interest groups 15. Supreme Court case that established sepa-
rate is NOT equal, therefore DESEGREGAT-
D. Super Political Action Committees
ING public schools.
12. Which of the following is NOT a way that A. Plessis v. Ferguson
groups influence public policy? B. Brown v. Board of Education
A. Holding large-scale events C. Gideon v. Wainwright
B. Educating the public about their cho- D. Bush v. Gore
sen issue
16. Is this public policy? The Maryland Gen-
C. Lobbying
eral Assembly passes new law governing
D. Voting standardized testing in schools.
9. A 10. B 11. C 12. D 13. A 14. A 15. B 16. A 17. B

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A. Yes 22. What are the two major political parties

B. No that exist in the U.S. today?
A. Libertarian
17. Which type of policy refers to decisions on
the money supply and interest rates? B. Democrat
A. Fiscal policy C. Republican
B. Monetary policy D. Green
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18. “Acche Din aane wale hain” is a now- 23. This letter is an example of-
famous tweet by PM Modi. Perhaps, A. Demonstrating
unknowingly, Modi was inspired by the
B. Lobbying
slogan (Happy Days are here again) of
one of America’s greatest Presidents, who C. Policymaking
was elected 4 times, and led the country D. Campaigning
through one of the toughest times. Who
is the US President? 24. Which of the following is NOT an exam-
ple of a linkage institution influencing the
A. Abraham Lincoln
policy making process?
B. Franklin D Roosevelt
A. the president delivering the State of
C. Thomas Jefferson the Union Address
D. Calvin Coolidge B. the Sierra Club lobbying the Environ-
mental Protection Agency
19. A 12 month period, October through
September, for planning the federal bud- C. the outcome of a congressional elec-
get tion.
A. Mandatory Spending D. coverage by the national media on the
housing crisis
B. federal budget
C. fiscal year 25. Running for office is one way citizens can-
D. appropriations A. make donations to an interest group
B. offer a forum for expressing opposing
20. A satisfaction that people believe they will
viewpoints
enjoy if a policy is adopted
C. gather data to draw attention to issues
A. Benefit
B. Legitimacy D. participate in politics to influence pub-
lic policy
C. Elite View
D. Power 26. What is the term for a theory that argues
that interest group activity brings repre-
21. Institution in which society makes and en- sentation to all and interest groups com-
forces its public policies pete and counterbalance one another?
A. Government A. interest group
B. Political Party B. pluralism
C. Interest Groups C. interest groups
D. Civic Issue D. purposive incentives
18. B 19. C 20. A 21. A 22. B 22. C 23. B 24. A 25. D 26. B 27. A
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27. Private sector activity consists of actions 32. Former Presidential candidate, Bernie
taken by individuals, nonprofits, or corpo- Sanders, proclaimed he would raise taxes
rations to fulfill a public need. Examples significantly and end private healthcare

include and have the government takeover health-
A. The Food Bank of South Hampton care. These are two MAJOR issues.
Roads A. Foreign
B. Habitat for Humanity B. Domestic
C. Peninsula Rescue Mission
33. Choose ALL of the renewable resources
D. Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Explanation:Private sector activity in-
cludes organizations like The Food Bank
of South Hampton Roads and Habitat for
Humanity, which fulfill public needs.
28. What is the role of the media in agenda-
setting?
A. Primary agenda-setters
A. sun
B. Primary policy formulators
B. coal
C. Primary policy adopters
C. wind
D. Primary policy evaluators
D. fossil fuels
29. Which of the following possesses the E. Earth (geothermal)
power to declare war?
A. the joint chiefs of staff 34. Rosa Parks is most associated with
B. the president
C. Congress
D. the Secretary of Defense
30. the power of the media to influence how
events and issues are interpreted
A. agenda setting
B. gatekeeping
A. March on Washington
C. framing
B. militant movements
D. priming
C. Montgomery Bus Boycott
31. Learning process that focuses on internal D. Brown v. Board of Education
mental activity, including insight, informa-
tion processing, memory and perception. 35. Prior to 9/11, the Secret Service was
A. Critical thinking theory part of the US (a) Department, then in
2002 the US Government created (b),
B. Conceptual learning theory which added the Secret Service to their (c)
C. Communication learning theory agency
D. Cognitive learning theory A. a Treasury
27. B 28. A 29. C 30. C 31. D 32. B 33. A 33. C 33. E 34. C 35. A 35. B 35. C
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B. b DHS C. bias
C. c executive D. media
D. State
41. Individuals may not always be consistent
E. CIA in their opinions about public policy. For
F. judicial example, a person may hold conserva-
tive views about the economy and liberal
36. Which statement is NOT a reason why peo- views about society.
ple should recycle?
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A. True
A. It reduces are and water pollution
B. False
B. It saves landfill space Explanation:Individuals can hold different
C. It fun to keep trash inside a house opinions on different aspects of public pol-
icy. In this case, the person holds conser-
D. It saves natural resources
vative views about the economy and lib-
37. What is the advantage of participating in eral views about society. This highlights
the European Union (EU)? the true statement.
A. Eliminated tariffs and increase of free 42. Why did abandoning the gold standard re-
trade sult in a decline in the value of the United
B. Low tariffs and no embargos States dollar?
C. High tariffs and no free trade A. people begin hoarding dollar bills so
the value would decline
D. Embargoes, tariffs, and quotas
B. your currency was able to be printed
38. when did Karnataka state was renamed thus reducing its value
A. 1963 C. Americans did not want to use fiat cur-
B. 1973 rency so the value declined
C. 1983 D. businesses prefer to be paid with
D. 1993 Goldust dollars for Less valued
39. Which of these are ways the Media plays 43. Any law or rule created in response to a
a role in setting the public agenda? social condition is known as a
A. Holding government officials account- A. player
able to the public B. public policy
B. Offering a forum in which one view- C. rule of law
point is communicated.
D. board decision
C. It has NO influence
D. none of above 44. which is not an international issue that
would require local government to make
40. The term for the set of tools and organi- policy decisions?
zations that communicate important issues A. issues concerning a pandemics or act
to the public is the of terrorism
A. opposing viewpoints B. economic development in response to
B. watchdog the emerging global economy
36. C 37. A 38. B 39. A 40. D 41. A 42. B 43. B 44. C

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C. issues regarding k-12 education 50. In order to correct an instability in the US

D. policies to protect the environment economy, the government can (there are
TWO correct answers; choose both)

(wildlife protection)
A. Increase or decrease taxes
45. What is it called when individuals try to
get legislators to introduce or vote a cer- B. Increase or decrease spending
tain way on a bill? C. Change the discount rate
A. PAC D. Go back on the gold standard
B. Lobbying
51. Function in which you choose a person to
C. Demonstrating run for office
D. Interest groups
A. Nominate candidates
46. The sets of (a) and (b) created by govern- B. Bonding Agent
ments are typically known as (c) .
C. Governing
A. a rules
D. Watchdog
B. b regulations
C. c public policies 52. An election by which voters choose their
party’s candidate for national office.
D. laws
A. Primary Election
E. expectations
F. foreign policies B. General Election
47. What programs does the FICA tax cover? 53. The government decides how much money
Americans must pay in federal taxes.
A. Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid
A. Foreign Policy
B. The National Defense Budget B. Domestic Policy
C. An endowment for education 54. In government, the public agenda refers to
D. Also known as an unemployment tax A. the book the government must take as
48. There are 2 types of legal system in the a hall pass to the bathroom
world B. the issues the government will guaran-
A. society law tee to take action on
B. common law C. a list of items to be be discussed
C. civil law D. a to-do list of issues thatmuch of the
D. sharia law public agrees are a priority
49. Officials in a government department are 55. An election in which only registered party
defined as members may participate is the
A. elected people A. open primary
B. appointees B. runoff primary
C. bureaucrats C. closed primary
D. leaders D. blanket primary
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56. What is the biggest factor on if someone 61. Which of the following statements is true?
can influence public policy?
A. Effort
B. Family Ties
C. Money
D. Peanut Butter
57. True or False. Government officials do
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NOT use the media to communicate with A. Contractionary monetary policy would
the public. increase government revenue slow down
A. True the economy.
B. False B. Contractionary fiscal policy would de-
crease the reserve requirement slow
58. During a recession, the Fed should use down the economy.
A. an expansionary policy C. Contractionary fiscal policy would lead
B. a contractionary policy to an increase in the national debt.
59. Payments made by individuals and busi- D. Contractionary monetary never works
nesses based on income received.
62. An example of bias is
A. a tv station showing the commercials
of only one candidate.
B. charging more for certain products
during a pandemic.
C. limiting membership in a club to only
people who pay their dues.
D. voting for candidates in two different
A. property tax parties.
B. real estate tax 63. He wrote “Wealth of Nations” and pio-
C. sales tax neered laissez-faire capitalism
D. income tax A. Daddy Marx
60. The money that people pay to the govern- B. Friedrich Engels
ment. C. Adam Smith
D. Ron Swanson
64. Which of the following would be consid-

ered an appropriate activity of a lobbying
group?
A. Goods
A. requesting favors in return for finan-
B. Taxes cial campaign contributions
C. Services B. paying members of Congress to pass
D. Profit laws supporting a particular industry

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C. providing representatives with infor- C. Maker

mation that supports a particular action D. Manufacture

D. giving gifts to members of Congress to
persuade them to vote a certain way 70. Issues addressed by legislation
A. Environment
65. “ the importance of the psychological
characteristics of elites which made them B. Public Health
superior to the masses and enabled them C. Budget
to gain and hold power.”This statement
D. Revenue
refers to ? argument about elite
theory 71. Many times, public policy involves govern-
A. Vilfredo Pareto ment cooperation with private organiza-
tions.
B. C. Wright Mills
A. True
C. Gaetano Mosca
B. False
D. Robert Michels
72. Which of the following would be consid-
66. When individuals join together to form ered a contractionary monetary policy?
groups with others who believe in the
same issue or cause it is called a what? A. The purchase of bonds/securities
A. club B. The sale of bonds/securities
B. organization C. An increase in taxes
C. interest group D. A decrease in government spending
D. union E. A decrease in the discount rate
67. Is defined as the integration of health care 73. groups of people with similar interests
sciences, computer science, information sci- who seek to influence public policy (MADD,
ence, and cognitive science to assist in the NRA, PETA )
management of health care information. A. Interest Groups
A. Telehealth B. International Issues
B. Health Information C. Lobbying
C. Healthcare Science D. Forum
D. Healthcare Informatics
74. Select the BRANCH and LEVEL of govern-
68. There are FOUR main ways that government that this group of people should ad-
ment works to solve problems. dress in order to effectively influence pub-
lic policy Business owners in the United
A. True States want the President to negotiate a
B. False new trade treaty with Asian countries.
69. If I own a TV store and you want to buy a A. executive; national

tv; the buyer would be called the What? B. legislative; state
A. Producer C. judicial; state
B. Consumer D. executive; local

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75. Political spending by corporations, associ- C. To apply the government’s policy to the
ations, and labor unions is a form of pro- problem
tected speech under the 1st Amendment. D. To determine if a policy was effective
A. United States v. Lopez and why or why not
B. Marbury v. Madison 80. What is the term for a person who is em-
C. Buckley v. Valeo ployed by an interest group or corporation
D. Citizens United v. Federal Election to influence legislators and their policy de-
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Commission cisions?
A. Lobbyist
76. Who has the sole power of introducing
bills to Congress? B. Executive Departments and Indepen-
dent Agencies
A. the President
C. Grassroots Organization
B. members of Congress
D. Interest Groups
C. the Supreme Court
D. American citizens 81. Step of public policy process which recog-
nizes a specific problem (civic issue)
77. Level 3Which action could the Fed take to
A. Agenda setting
reduce the problem of recession?
B. Formulation
C. Implementation
D. Evaluation
82. What is the likely effect of a tariff?

A. The price of the item increases.
A. cutting money spent on social pro- B. The price of the item decreases.
grams
C. The price of the item stays unchanged.
B. lowering discount rate
C. raising tariffs on foreign imports D. none of above
D. reduce government spending
83. One Way the Federal Reserve can counter
E. all of these unemployment and stimulate spending is
by
78. Media, individuals and interest groups all
influence public opinion. A. selling securities
A. TRUE B. decreasing the discount rate
B. FALSE C. tightening monetary policies
79. What is the role of Congress in policy adop- D. increasing the reserve requirement
tion? 84. style of decision-making focuses on rela-
A. To approve a policy proposal through tionships more that the task. it evalu-
the lawmaking process ate the feeling of others as part of their
B. To develop pertinent and acceptable decision-making process
proposed courses of action A. analytical

B. behavioral 90. Which branch enforces laws?

C. conceptual A. Executive

D. none of above B. Legislative
85. What is the main aim of the UN? C. Judicial
A. Maintain peace and order D. none of above
B. Help countries get along
91. Which of the following terms means to pro-
C. Provide everyone what they need for mote or support?
good life
A. interest group
D. All of the above
B. volunteer
86. Which of the following is discretionary fed-
C. persuade
eral government expenditure
A. National Defense D. advocate
B. Income Tax 92. Government which controls every aspect
C. Social Security of public and private life.
D. Income Assistance
87. The CIA is a part of which foreign policy
tool?
A. Intelligence
B. Diplomacy
C. Economic Sanctions
A. Republic
D. Military aid
B. Totalitarian
88. Way the government addresses public pol-
icy issues by limiting or controlling peo- C. Theocracy
ple’s behaviors D. Democracy
A. Regulations
93. Why should voters carefully evaluate in-
B. Provisions formation presented in ads and campaign
89. What is the U.S. minimum wage? speeches?
A. $1.90 A. to make an informed choice

B. $5.00 B. to emphasize issues
C. $7.25 C. to communicate with the public
D. $11.00 D. to hold government office

94. List the steps to address a public policy 98. High levels of unemployment, high infla-
problem in order:1. (a) ; 2. (b) ; 3. (c) tion =?
; 4. (d) ; 5. (e) . A. Expansion
A. a identify problem B. Stagnation
B. b conduct research C. Recession
C. c develop options D. Increases
D. d identify responsible agency
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99. Social contract is an agreement between
E. e determine action needed
A. people and the government
95. A major shift from previous policies B. kids and their parents
A. environmental impact statements C. people and other countries
B. national debt D. None of the above
C. incrementalism
100. The executive branch influences the bud-
D. federal budget get in all of the following ways except:
96. This model is more related to the legisla- A. The President signing the budget
tive system than to the bureaucratic sys- B. Advice and analysis provided by the
tem, which attempts to exert pressure on OMB
the government to enact policies that can-
C. The President appointing the head of
not distinguish between public or group in-
the Federal Reserve
terests.
D. The President influencing Congress to
A. Institutional model
favor his/her budget
B. group model
101. What are the ways government imple-
C. Rational model
ments public policy? (select all that apply)
D. Model of incremental change
A. Fines
E. System model B. Action
97. This type of tax hits lower income families C. Regulation
the hardest b/c they pay higher taxes. D. Watching “Hamilton”
102. In 2020, how much money should each

citizen bear for public debt?
A. Progressive
B. Regressive
C. Proportional
D. Realist A. 35 million VND

B. 36 million VND 107. Which role of the President is being dis-

C. 37 million VND played in this picture?

D. 38 million VND
103. what is deregulation?

A. power of government to set conditions
on companies seeking to sell goods or ser-
vices to government agencies
B. reducing/eliminating regulatory re- A. Chief Legislator
straings on conduct of individuals or pri-
vate institutions B. Chief Diplomat
C. federal spending on programs con- C. Chief of State

trolled through the regular budget pro- D. Commander-in-Chief
cess
108. Which of the following is the best defini-
D. single firm in a market that controlls tion of public policy?
all goods and services of that market
A. giving money to a candidate
104. What document/Act/legislation pro- B. trying to persuade a legislator to vote
vides equal treatment and opportunities a certain way on a proposed law
outside of school.
C. the ideas and attitudes of most citi-
A. Individuals with Disabilities Education zens about an issue
Act D. what government plans to do in re-
B. Civil Rights Act sponse to an issue
C. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act 109. What is the Judicial Branch’s main job re-
D. Americans with Disabilities Act garding foreign and defense policy?
A. Appointing ambassadors
105. What does IDEA stand for?
B. Approving treaties
A. idea
C. Interpreting treaties
B. Individuals with Dyslexia Education Ac-
D. Welcoming foreign ambassadors
commodations
C. Individualized Education Act 110. How has the overall spending trends of
presidential campaigns changed since the
D. Individuals with Disabilities Education 1960’s?
Act
106. General goals set by political leaders that

help shape specific laws on a topic
A. Public Agenda
B. Public Policy
C. Lobbying
D. Forum

A. Stayed the same 116. Gave African American men the right to
B. gone down vote.
C. gone up slightly A. 15th Amendment
D. gone up significantly B. 14th Amendment

C. 19th Amendment
111. seeking to influence legislators to intro-
duce or vote for or against a bill D. 26th Amendment
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A. Forum 117. As China’s strength and international sta-
B. Lobbying tus rise, the international status of other
major powers in the world also rises.
C. Pandemic
D. Interest Groups A. right
B. wrong
112. Which political perspective believes in
limited government and promoting free en- 118. How do lobbyists help government offi-
terprise? cials to function more effectively?
A. Liberal opinion A. by setting the public agenda
B. Moderate opinion B. by funding public election campaigns
C. Individual ideologies C. by selecting candidates for public of-
D. Conservative opinion fice
Explanation:Conservative opinion be- D. by providing information on public is-
lieves in limited government and promot- sues
ing free enterprise.
119. If TIME magazine publishes a third report
113. Making public policy requires you to have
on COVID-19, it is
what?
A. identifying candidates
A. good writing
B. good arguments B. broadcasting different points of view
C. good research C. focusing the public’s attention on se-

lected issues
D. expert opinion
D. holding gov’t officials accountable
114. Which of these is the BEST way to save
animals and trees? 120. What is the first step of Dye’s public pol-
icy process and behavior?
A. Move to the city
A. Problem Identification
B. Take care of forests
B. Policy Evaluation
C. Make more farmland
D. Ride bikes more often C. Determining policy alternatives (Policy
Alternatives)
115. What type of money does the U.S. use? D. Policy Implementation
A. Fiat Money E. Policy decision or policy approval (Pol-
B. Commodity Money icy Adoption or Approvals)

121. What are the main results of policy anal- C. A national vote
ysis? D. The President

A. Descriptive knowledge
126. One way the Federal Reserve can counter
B. Prescriptive knowledge unemployment and stimulate spending is
C. Scientific research by-
D. Policy recommendations A. Selling securities
B. Decreasing the discount rate
122. Which level of government provides for
the common defense, conducts foreign pol- C. tightening monetary polices
icy, and regulates trade? D. Increasing the reserve requirement
127. Which branch of government has the
power to override a veto?
A. Legislative
B. Executive
C. Judicial
A. national D. none of above
B. counties 128. Seeking to influencing lawmakers to vote
C. state for a bill, against a bill, or introduce a bill
is called
D. cities/towns
A. lobbying
123. The Federal Reserve B. political action committee
A. is made up of 12 district banks and 25 C. influencing the supreme court
branch banks.
D. broadcasting different points of view
B. is managed by a 12-member board of
directors. 129. What is the Discount Rate?
C. is made up of district banks that oper-
ate independently from one another.
D. none of above
124. Public policy is influenced by all of the fol-

lowing EXCEPT:
A. international events and issues
B. mass media A. Interest rate that commercial banks
C. the date of a general election charge each other for loans
D. individuals and interest groups B. Interest rate that commercial banks
charge individual borrowers for loans
125. Who or what ends up making the final C. Interest rate that the Federal Reserve
decision on foreign policy? Bank charges commercial banks for loans
A. National Security Advisor D. Interest rate that the Federal Reserve
B. Vote by the National Security Council Bank charges individual borrowers

130. Unpaid, voluntary efforts by private in- 134. What is an example of privatization of
dividuals to deal with a crisis, solve a government services?
community problem, or help the underpriv- A. Habitat for Humanity
ileged is known as
B. The American Red Cross
C. Trash collection
D. Food banks
Explanation:Privatization of government
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services can be seen in examples like
trash collection, where private companies
are contracted to provide this service in-
stead of it being directly managed by the
A. multiple perspectives government.
B. community service 135. High levels of Employment, Low levels of
C. public policy solutions inflation
D. helpful persuasion A. Expansion
B. Recession
131. What is the term for social conditions
C. Extension
that allow for all citizens of the commu-
nity to meet basic needs and achieve ful- D. Development
fillment?
136. What is the main focus of policy analy-
A. Direct Financial Assistance sis?
B. Interest Groups A. Recommend appropriate policies
C. Deregulation B. Analyze the formation, substance and
impact of policies
D. Common Good
C. Support the government in decision
132. What type of government allows the cit- making
izens for vote in elections for its leaders? D. Criticize existing policies
A. democracy 137. A system in which significant state pow-
B. monarchy ers, such as taxation, lawmaking, and se-
curity, are devolved (shared) to regional
C. dictatorship
or local bodies.
D. oligarchy A. Federalism
133. A term for increasingly interconnected B. Sovereignty
lines of business and trade around the C. Rational Legal Legitimacy
world
D. State
A. Overseas Economic Development E. Unitary States
B. Global Economy
138. is a resource that can be replaced
C. International Commerce quickly.
D. Prestige Worldwide A. natural resource

B. nonrenewable resource 144. When it comes to nominating a person for

C. renewable resource the office of President

D. none of above A. The candidate is nominated by the po-
litical party
139. An official agreement between two or B. The candidate is nominated by
more nations is called a Congress
A. Treaty C. The candidate is nominated by the
B. Diplomat electorates
C. Negotiation D. The candidate is nominated by the elec-
D. Policy toral college
140. United States trade policy toward China 145. Which branch of government has the
is an example of Foreign Policy power to convene houses of Congress?
A. True A. Legislative
B. False B. Executive
C. Judicial
141. “ the view that people behave as
they do because they believe that perform- D. none of above
ing their chosen actions has more benefits
than costs.”This statement refers to 146. In what year did visa facilitation emerge
as a tool for EU negotiations with third
A. Rational Choice Theory world countries?
B. Elite Theory A. 1980s
C. Institutional Theory B. 1996
D. Group Theory C. 2000s
142. This is a letter that is a suggestion to D. none of above
someone who can do something about it.
147. What is solution to reducing unemploy-
A. Email ment
B. Proposal letter
A. Changes in the education system
C. Request for Proposal
B. Make job training more accessible
D. Petition
C. Introduction of new governmental
143. Anarchy measures
A. is a country where leaders are elected D. All of the above
only by men
148. Leader of political party in power in the
B. a country where the leaders are white house
elected by everyone
A. Party Chief
C. a country where the leaders are anar-
chs B. Chief of state
D. a country where there is no leadership C. Commander in chief

and everything is chaos D. Chief executive

149. S4:Local government’s receive their pow-

ers from
A. U.S. Constitution
B. The state
C. Federal Laws
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D. 10th Amendment
150. Which of the following types of politi-

cal participation is Most Common in the A. a rational
United States?
B. b self-interested
A. Voting C. self-loathing
B. Civil Disobedience D. passionate
E. wonderful
C. Writing members of Congress
F. smart
D. Campaigning on behalf of candidates
153. Why did the Caribbean attract so much
U.S. attention leading up to the Spanish
151. How are members of the U.S. House of American War? (SELECT 3)
Rep. and U.S. Senate elected? A. Wanted to stop communism.
B. Cuba is geographically close.
C. Strong economic ties.
D. Supported Cuban independence.
154. True or False the purpose of 504 plans is

to remove barriers to learning
A. Voters in their state
B. Voters in Mexico
A. True
C. Voters in Canada B. False
D. Voters on the moon 155. Which one is NOT the responsibilities of

the Federal Reserve?
152. Market theory assumes people are (a) A. supply of money and credit;
and (b). B. Foreign governments

C. supplying payments services to the 160. A court must keep a of the crime and
public through depository institutions like all evidence.
banks, credit

A. record
D. regulating and supervising financial in- B. report
stitutions;
C. journal
156. Which Principle of Democracy best aligns D. box
with the picture above?
161. joining interest groups
A. ways individuals influence public pol-
icy
B. ways interest groups influence public
policy
162. A government organization or depart-
A. Rule of Law ment, such as a school board, local mayor’s
office, the Florida Forrest Service, or the
B. Limited Government Department of Highways is known as a
C. Consent of the governed
D. Federalism
157. Fiscal policies refer to the government’s

power to
A. regulate specific industries.
B. tax and spend.
C. control the supply of money. A. government agency
D. enforce treaties. B. public policy
158. 1) Which of these would cause cars to use C. cummunity service
less energy? D. parks and recreation
A. Bigger and more metal 163. A non-compete clause in NY legally needs
B. Going faster speeds to be “reasonable” in regards to
C. Running on electricity A. Location
D. Using only unleaded gasoline B. Time
C. Skill
159. One of the advantages of operating a
barter system is that trading is- D. Location and Time
A. Carried out in very large markets 164. How long can a President be in office?
B. Taking place without currency A. unlimited terms
C. Limited by availability & demand B. 3 terms/12 years
D. conducted without consumer protec- C. 1 term/4 years
tions D. 2 terms/8 years

165. is the process of identifying potential pol- 170. President Obama sends troops to Canada
icy options that could address your prob- to deal with the maple syrup shortage.
lem and the comparing those options to Obama is performing what role when he
choose the most effective, efficient and does this:
feasible one A. Chief of State
A. public policy
B. Commander in Chief
B. policy adoption
C. Chief Diplomat
C. policy analysis
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D. Chief Executive
D. none of above
171. with the U.S. Foreign Service depart-
166. What is the first step of the Public Policy
ment handle relations between countries.
Process?
A. Diplomats
A. Identify the problem
B. Research B. Politicians
C. Level of Government C. Stewards
D. Best Alternative D. Spies
167. How many members are in the House of 172. The legal system of Malaysia was mod-
Representatives? eled after the English legal system which
A. 100 practices parliamentary democracy and
is ruled by a Constitutional Monarchy,
B. 250 with His Majesty the Yang di-Pertuan
C. 435 Agong(the King) presiding ceremonially as
D. 535 the Head of the country
168. A regulation cannot violate peoples’ A. True

rights under the PUBLIC POLICY. B. False
A. True
173. What is the purpose of the State Bank
B. False to operate synchronously and flexibly the
monetary policy instruments?
169. The Netherlands is a country with a king,
but government decisions are made by A. Market stabilization
elected leaders. Which political system B. Control inflation
does the Netherlands have?
C. Support the economy to cope with the
adverse effects of shocks
D. All are correct
174. General goals set by political leaders that

help shape specific laws on a topic-
A. Dictatorship A. Forum
B. Absolute Monarchy B. Public Agenda
C. Constitutional Monarchy C. Public Policy
D. Republic D. Lobby

175. In the U.S. free enterprise system one of A. allow more airtime to the popular
the primary roles of the government is to- party

A. employ a majority of the workforce B. use teleprompters
B. guarantee that investors profits are C. establish third parties
secure
D. emphasize selected issues
C. provide new sources of funding for
technology start ups
179. Supply-side fiscal policies affect aggre-
D. ensure the safety of products through gate demand, aggregate supply, and po-
regulation tential output in the short run and long
176. Local governments may be required to run by influencing that affect house-
formulate, adopt, and implement public hold and business economic behavior.
policies in response tointernational issues A. incentives
and events.Which of the following is an ex-
ample of this? B. politicians
A. Federalism C. the costs

B. Election of a new President D. none of above
C. Covid 19
180. Level 1When the government spends
D. none of above more money than they take in each year
177. Increasing public attention to specific is called a ?
problems is a core feature of the media’s
power.
A. Debt
B. Deficit
A. watchdog C. Surplus
B. investigative D. Expansionary
C. agenda-setting
181. This kind of policy is used by government
D. score-keeping at the federal, state, and local levels to
178. What else belongs in the chart above? regulate economic growth
A. Fiscal policy
B. Physical policy
C. Monetary policy
D. Tariffs

182. Damian just turned 18 years old in May. C. Franking

He can’t wait to cast his vote for the first D. Disenfranchisement
time in the election this year.
187. If a government tries to punish another
A. 15th Amendment
country through economic means it is
B. 19th Amendment known as
C. 23rd Amendment A. jail
D. 24th Amendment B. recession
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E. 26th Amendment C. sanctions
D. collapse
183. What is an example of a policy problem?
A. A situation that produces needs and 188. A political system is an absolute monar-
for which relief from government action is chy when (pick 2)
sought
B. A choice government makes in re-
sponse to a political issue or public con-
cern
C. A pattern of action over time
D. Those things that governments actu-
ally do
184. Which of these is NOT considered “the

media”?
A. Internet
B. television
C. bathroom wall
A. Power is passed down within one fam-
D. broadcast radio ily
185. Which of the following describes an enti- B. Citizens rights are protected from their
tlement program? leaders
C. Citizens have limited or no rights
A. A program that is discretionary
D. Decisions are made according to reli-
B. A program only the President can au-
gious laws
thorize
C. A program that all people benefit from 189. Example:newly purchased car Explanation:excludable-
if you did not pay for it, the dealer would
D. A program that provides a benefit to not give it to you rival-one person driving
certain individuals car keeps another person from driving it.
186. The refusal to comply with certain laws This is an example of a
or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful A. Public Good
form of political protest. B. Private Good
A. Civil Disobedience C. Free Rider
B. Gerrymandering D. Market Failure

190. What is the role of the Department of Ed- A. Congress

ucation in setting education policies?
B. the President

A. Forcing policies upon states
C. the Supreme Court
B. Providing funding to states
D. the New York State legislature
C. Implementing federal programs
D. Mediating among interest groups 195. If the president holds a ceremony at the
White House for a girl who wins the na-
191. What is the term for the government giv- tional spelling bee, he/she is
ing funds to certain people such as tax cuts
A. Chief of State
or unemployment benefits?
B. Chief Executive
A. Direct Financial Assistance
B. Interest Groups C. Chief legislator
C. Deregulation D. Chief Diplomat
D. Common Good 196. An item that goes up by 10% over the av-
erage price in the past 30 days is always
192. are any individual or group that is directly
price gouging
or indirectly, formally or informally, affil-
iated with or affected by the policy pro- A. True
cess at ant stage. they can include gov- B. False
ernments, businesses, NGOs, civil society
organizations and communities as well as 197. Which department is responsible for ad-
individuals ministering flu shots?
A. resource A. Education
B. institutions B. Health
C. actors
C. Police
D. none of above
D. Traffic
193. Choose the correct option
198. Government officials use the to com-
municate with the public.
A. media
B. Congress
C. General Assembly
A. F D. citizens
B. G
199. If someone tells you that you cannot
C. H work for another technology company for
D. J the next 10 years in the US. Would that
be an enforceable non-compete clause?
194. Since the passage of the Americans with
A. Yes
Disabilities Act, the law has been ex-
panded. Who has expanded it? B. No

200. a setting to discuss issues of public inter- 206. These laws deal with crimes that are con-
est/differences sidered “Offensive to society.”
A. bias A. Criminal
B. forum B. Civil
C. mass media C. Equity
D. lobby D. Common
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201. What is a renewable resource?
207. 1) The following conserves energy. Car-
A. An object you can reuse pooling
B. An object you cannot reuse A. True
C. Fossil fuels B. False
D. Oil
208. Term referring to attempting to influence
202. True or false, to battle inflation Congress a public official on an issue
should use Expansionary Fiscal Policy?
A. Ideology
A. True
B. Liberal
B. False
C. Lobbying
203. Voting, campaigning and running for of-
D. Conservative
fice are all ways citizens can
A. participate in politics 209. What is the term for public policy that
B. be accountable for their actions reduces limitations when people feel that
rules are too restrictive?
C. detect bias
A. Common Good
D. none of above
B. Deregulation
204. Which of these is a way that the mass
C. Interest Groups
media influence the public agenda
A. By airing reality shows and contests D. Direct Financial Assistance
B. By briefly mentioning a story on televi- 210. The media helps shape public opinion and
sion news shows as a result, has what effect on the policy-
C. By giving lengthy coverages to the is- making process?
sue A. Helps set the national agenda so
D. By interviewing experts on the issue Congress can focus on making laws that
the public cares about
205. Councils are to cities and towns as Board
B. Helps the public learn about candi-
of Supervisors are to-
dates running for office
A. school boards
C. Helps members of Congress grow
B. states their reputation
C. nations D. Helps the president nominate cabinet
D. counties members

211. What is the role of the Secretary of State 217. What does the word Consensus Building
in relation to other nations? mean?
A. declaring war A. A process of settling differences

B. honoring rival leaders through a discussion of issues often takes
place involves a series of meetings in or-
C. representing the US
der to discuss solutions to a conflict.
D. placing economic sanctions on them
B. A process of inducing others into ac-
212. When evaluating campaign speeches and cepting a point of view by means of rea-
literature you must be able to soning and argumentation
A. separate fact from opinion C. A process of making concessions to
B. identify propaganda settle differences
C. detect bias D. A process of working toward achieving

general agreement within a group
D. all of these
218. #5-3 The county parks department issues
213. Only the is reapportioned based on
new rules as to when parks will close dur-
population changes.
ing the summer.
A. Senate
A. State
B. House of Representatives
B. National
214. People who try to influence the govern-
ment or government officials/actions 219. What is law?
A. Constituent A. Law regulates self interest

B. Protesters B. Law is defined as a body of rules which
are enforced by the state
C. Voters
C. Law enact profits for a company
D. Lobbyists
D. none of above
215. The media influences public policy by
A. offering a forum in which opposing 220. Individuals and interest groups influence
viewpoints are communicated public policy by SELECT ALL THAT AP-
PLY
B. focusing public attention on selected
issues A. identifying issues
C. neglecting to select important issues B. making political contributions

D. holding government officials account- C. lobbying government officials
able to the public D. expressing opinions (e.g., through lob-
bying, demonstrating, writing letters or e-
216. If a doctor prescribes you medicine for the
mail, using social media).
sole purpose of making more money, that
would be an example of 221. Which of the following is NOT a program
A. Price Fixing that is means-tested?
B. Non-Compete A. Medicaid
C. Obstruction of Justice B. Medicare
D. Breach of Duty C. Food Stamps

D. Temporary Assistance for Needy Fam- 226. The following is guided by a nurse’s
ilies knowledge base built on formal and infor-
mal educational preparation, evidence and
222. Below is a graph about high school grad-
research, and previous experience.
uation rates in the United States. Which
long term domestic policy goal is reflected A. Planning
in the graph? B. Assessment
C. Data Collection
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D. Implementation
227. Which program provides healthcare for

the poor and disabled?
A. Medicaid
B. Affordable Care Act
A. career preparation
C. Social security
B. physical fitness
C. racial equality D. Medicare
D. public safety 228. run for political office without party affil-
iation
223. What do we call the official count of the
population? A. conservative candidates
A. Reapportionment B. independent candidates
B. Census C. moralistic candidates
C. Century D. liberal candidates
D. Redistricting
229. In its role as gatekeeper, the media
224. Roles of media during elections:identify
A. decides which stories and issues are
candidates, emphasize issuesWhich other
important enough to receive publicatten-
roles apply?
tion
A. donates money
B. determines which issues are on the
B. broadcasts different points of view public agenda,
C. write editorials C. keeps watch on thegovernment and
D. nominates candidates others in power
225. According to Birkland, the agenda popu- D. communicating with large numbers of
lation that contains all possible ideas that people.
could be brought in and discussed in soci-
ety or within a political system is called 230. This cartoon illustrates how government
a(n) officials use the media to-
A. systemic agenda A. communicate with other countries
B. institutional agenda B. approve federal legislation
C. universe agenda C. influence political lobbyists
D. policy agenda D. communicate with the public

231. What is the primary goal of political par- 236. Rules and laws are made to keep people
ties? safe
A. True

A. To promote voter interest and partici-
pation B. False
B. To get their candidates elected to of-
237. In order to require Banks to hold more
fice
money as opposed to lending it, the Fed-
C. To build coalitions based on shared be- eral Reserve can
liefs A. decrease the discount rate
D. To translate objectives into laws and B. decrease the federal funds rate
policies
C. increase the reserve requirement
232. Carrying out a policy through govern- D. to spend the federal funds rate target
ment agencies and courts
238. In this step of the public policy process,
A. Policy formulation the group would pick one plan from those
B. Policy adoption brainstormed during the Policy Formula-
C. Policy implementation tion step
D. Political agenda A. Agenda Setting

B. Policy Adoption
C. Policy Implementation
check of impeaching civil officers?
D. Policy assessment/evaluation
A. Legislative
B. Executive 239. What political party do conservatives
most often associate with?
C. Judicial
A. Democratic
D. none of above
B. Republican
234. Toledo’s income tax is an example of C. Libertarian
what type of tax? D. Green
A. Regressive
240. An example of a contractionary fiscal pol-
B. Progressive icy would be if:
C. Proportional A. taxes were cut
D. There is only sales and property taxes B. the government bailed out GM
for Toledo. C. the Fed decrease the fed funds rate
235. If the unemployment rate is rising and D. taxes were increased
GDP is falling, the fiscal policy action
241. What IS the discount rate?
that the federal government should MOST
likely follow is A. The interest rate the Federal Reserve
charges commercial banks for loans
A. decreasing taxes.
B. The amount banks are required to
B. decreasing spending. keep on hand and NOT loan out
C. decreasing the money supply. C. A Federal Reserve practice of purchas-
D. decreasing the reserve requirement. ing and selling government bonds so at to

put money into or take out of the econ- C. Separation of Powers

omy’s money supply D. Federalism
D. What you get when you buy enough
246. a person who tries to influence legislation
cups of coffee at Cedar not
on behalf of a special interest group. Usu-
242. Select all that are characteristics of a ally paid to persuade law makers to vote
good citizen. in a particular way.
A. Trustworthy A. legislator
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B. Courteous B. lobbyist
C. Accountable 247. What is the largest expenditure on the
D. Patriotism US budget?
E. Responsible
243. How can the media influence public opin-

ion?
A. Military
B. Social Security
C. Welfare
D. Education
A. Offer a forum for opposing viewpoints
248. What is the name of Virginia’s Legisla-
B. Hold government officials accountable tive branch?
C. Focus attention on select issues A. General Assembly
D. Regulate media use B. General Congress
244. If the president travels to another coun- C. General Meeting

try to conduct official business, he/she is: D. House of Burgesses
A. Chief Tourist 249. How does public opinion impact the devel-
B. Chief Diplomat opment of public policy?
C. Chief Legislator A. Public opinion can influence the deci-
sions of policymakers and the develop-
D. Commander in Chief
ment of public policy.
245. Congress overrides a Presidential veto.- B. Public opinion only impacts local poli-
The Supreme Court rules that a state law is cies, not national ones
unconstitutional.These actions are exam- C. Public opinion has no impact on public
ples of the use of? policy
A. Delegated Powers D. Public policy is solely based on expert
B. Checks and Balances opinions

250. An Interest Group is 255. The highest court in the land is the
A. individual (or group) that creates a A. Cole County Court

plan of action to achieve a goal, to solve B. Supreme Court
an issue [policymaker → lawmaker]
C. Blair Oaks:)
B. government response to public issues
D. none of above
C. a conflict or a matter to be debated
256. It focuses on the traditional organization
D. groups of people who work together
of government and it describes the duties
for similar interests or goals
and arrangements of bureaus and depart-
251. Contractionary Policy is used to slow ments.
down the economy A. Group model
A. TRUE B. Elite Model
B. FALSE C. Political Systems Model
D. Institutional Model
257. Bill starts in House of Reps, gets ap-
proved, then goes to (a) to be (b) on!
A. a Senate
B. b voted
C. President
A. A
D. State
B. B
E. vetoed
C. C
F. ratified
D. D
253. Fiscal Policy is controlled by
A. The Government
B. The Federal Reserve System
C. The states
D. The Department of Commerce
254. Which is not a criterion for classifying

public policies? A. Chief Executive
A. Content and objectives of the policy B. Party Chief
B. Scope of policy impact C. Chief of State
C. public policy process D. Chief Diplomat
D. Important activities or missions of the 259. Ceremonial of symbolic head of the gov-
government ernment
E. general form of government A. Commander in Chief

B. Chief of State C. Federal interest groups

C. Chief Diplomat D. Public interest groups
D. Chief of Party
266. What is a state that a candidate can be
260. T/F the two types of monetary policy are confident will vote in one particular man-
easy money and tight money policy ner?
A. True A. safe state
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B. False B. swing state
261. #6-Can rule that an act of Congress vio- C. purple state

lates the U.S. Constitution D. neutral state
A. Legislative
267. What is public policy?
B. Executive
A. Bureaucracy and courts
C. Judicial
B. introduction of new laws
D. none of above
C. Formation and process by which the
262. Two guidelines of rationalism/ rational government makes public decisions
model are
D. passing of new laws
A. Benefit exceeds cost, If cost> benefit
= no policy adoption 268. What do you call people who work to get
B. if cost is less, it leads to coercion Congress to pass laws to support their in-
terests?
C. Benefit alternative> Policy Adoption
A. Lobbyists
D. Highest benefit alternative= policy
adoption B. PAC
263. Belief system that would completely C. The public

change society to an extreme, conserva- D. Constituents
tive (traditional) way of life.
A. Moderate 269. What are the types of agendas?
B. Liberal A. Systemic and institutional
C. Radical B. Economic and social welfare

D. Reactionary C. Foreign and domestic
D. Monetary and fiscal
264. Selling bonds
A. increases money supply 270. Function which includes criticizing policies
B. decreases money supply & behavior of other parties
A. Nominating candidates
265. What type of interest groups only pro-
mote the interests of their members? B. Governing
A. Political campaigns C. Bonding agent
B. Private interest groups D. Watchdog

271. Which government organization is the 277. A/an (a) is an effect on an individual out-
most instrumental in altering U.S. tax pol- side of a market exchange.
icy?

A. Federal Reserve Board
B. Internal Revenue Service
C. House Ways and Means Committee
D. Congressional Budget Office
272. Lockdown policy is a policy consistent

A. a externality
with which model?
A. leadership model B. problem
B. group model C. conflict
C. Institutional model D. apocalypse
D. Rational model
278. The Supreme Court decision in McCulloch
273. Which of the following is an informal in-
v. Maryland dealt with-
fluence on public policy?
A. Congress A. freedom of speech
B. Bureaucracy B. equal protection under the law
C. Courts
C. the supremacy of the national govern-
D. Media ment
274. What job title would a person have if D. the rights of labor unions
they are seeking to influence government
officials to vote for a bill? 279. What do you call campaign statements
A. Lobbyist that can be proven?
B. Lawyer A. Fact
C. Regulator
B. Opinion
D. Plaintiff
C. Propaganda
275. Right or Responsibility?-Vote in Elections
D. Bias
A. Right
B. Responsibility
280. For a boy’s birthday party, a dad wants
276. Means of mass communication such as to create as little waste as possible.
television, radio, newspaper, and social Which idea would best follow his plan?
media websites.
A. Use paper plates.
A. Bias
B. Use regular dishes.
B. Propaganda
C. Media C. Use plastic silverware
D. Interest Groups D. Use balloons.

281. This cartoonists believes the United C. Shaping attitudes and beliefs
States economy is headed for D. Proposing legislation
Explanation:The media influences public
opinion by giving selective attention to is-
sues, providing information to policymak-
ers, and shaping attitudes and beliefs.
286. Which of the following is NOT a strategy
for evaluating media?
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A. Separating fact from opinion
A. Expansion B. Identifying propaganda
B. Peak C. Evaluating sources
C. Recession D. Detecting bias

E. Believing everything the media says
D. Trough
287. How do interest groups try to influence
282. When the US abandoned the gold stan- government?
dard, what led to the decline in the US dol-
lar? A. By contributing money to political par-
ties and candidates
A. More currency (or fiat money) was be-
B. By carrying out research and writing
ing printed
policy proposals
B. People didn’t want to use fiat money
C. By litigation and grassroots mobiliza-
C. Gold was a better option tion
D. People saved more money D. All of the above
283. policy as rational choice in competetive 288. It is an intentional course of action fol-
situation lowed by a government institution or a
government official for resolving an issue
A. game theory
of public concern.
B. elite theory A. public policy
C. group theory B. state policy
D. none of above C. nation policy
284. The American Dollar bill is an example of D. direct policy
A. Commodity Currency 289. A list of issues that government officials
B. Representative Currency feel are the most important is called what?
C. Fiat Currency
D. Public Currency
285. What are some ways that the media in-

fluence public opinion?
A. Giving selective attention to issues
B. Providing information to policymakers

A. Public policy 294. #21-Can appoint additional federal

judges to the courts as a check on the
B. Public opinion
judiciary.

C. Public pools
A. Legislative Branch
D. Public agenda
B. Executive Branch
290. A public debate on border security would C. Judicial Branch
be an example of (choose all that ap- D. none of above
ply)
A. focusing public attention on selected 295. What phase of Public Policy are you in
issues when you are getting other people to
agree with your idea?
B. offering a forum in which opposing
A. Agenda Setting
viewpoints are communicated
B. Policy Adoption
C. hiding the viewpoints of public officials
C. Policy Implementation
D. none of above D. None of the Above
291. In 1941, when Stalin sent a team of ar- 296. Which is NOT an example of mandatory
chaeologists to open the tomb of this 14th spending?
century warlord and nobleman X, the team
was greeted with an inscription:“Whoever
opens my tomb will unleash an invader
more terrible than I” The same year, Adolf
Hitler invaded Russia. Who is the warlord
X?
A. Genghis Khan
B. Vlad The Impaler A. Military
C. Caligula B. Social Security
D. Timur C. SNAP (Food Stamps)

D. Low-Income Housing
292. Implement:put the plan into action
297. Which person probably has the most po-
A. True
litical efficacy?
B. False A. A person who never votes
293. is someone who created ideas and plans, B. A person who votes early
especially those carried out by a business C. A person who votes early and donates
or goverment money to candidates
A. policy maker D. A person who votes on election day if
B. policy adoption it isn’t raining
C. policy 298. How many terms can a president serve?
D. none of above A. 1

B. 2 304. Which Enlightenment philosopher be-

C. 4 lieved government works best when there
is separation of powers?
D. 8
A. Hobbes
299. Brown v. Board of Education was famous
B. Locke
because the court ruled that it is illegal
A. allow children to work. C. Montesquieu
D. Rousseau
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B. to pay black people less than white
people.
305. Who elects the President of the United
C. to return a slave. States?
D. to segregate schools.
300. True or false, unemployment can be

solved by the government through the use
of expansionary fiscal policy
A. True
B. False
301. According to Cobb and Elder, only the

type of problem that has received active
and serious attention from the govern-
ment and society can enter the agenda of A. The citizens of the United States
the B. The Electoral College
A. government C. The House of Representatives
B. systemic
D. The United States Senate
C. universe
D. daily 306. S1:All county and city governments must
elect/appoint each of the following posi-
302. Who gets the final say when dealing with tions EXCEPT
other countries? A. Sheriff
A. Congress
B. School Board
B. the President
C. Treasurer
C. diplomats
D. Commonwealth Attorney
D. Secretary of State
307. What are the impacts of unemployment?
303. What branch of government has the
power to approve the budget? A. Poverty, inflation, social unrest
A. Executive B. Pollution, brain drain, lower income
B. Legislative C. Lower income, inflation, poverty
C. Judicial D. Economic downturn, poverty, social
D. Democratic unrest

308. What are the main weaknesses of policy A. False

research? B. True

A. Difficult for policy makers to under-
313. Which program provides health insur-
stand
ance coverage for those without employer-
B. Lack of direct relationship between re- based insurance?
searchers and users
A. Medicare
C. Lack of scientific rigor B. Social security
D. Limited application in various policy ar- C. Medicaid
eas
D. Affordable Care Act
309. Governments take many actions to imple-
314. What does gerrymandering mean?
ment a public policy. Identify the appro-
priate branch and government level to ad- A. Accurately counting all citizens in the
dress each public policy issue. Toledo resi- country
dents want the city to install a traffic light B. Distributing the 435 seats in the House
at an accident-prone intersections based on population shifts
A. Legislative branch and state level C. Redrawing the boundaries of legisla-
B. Legislative branch and local level tive districts
C. Executive branch and state level D. Drawing the map for the political ben-
efit of one party or group
D. Executive branch and state level
315. What is the main purpose of the legisla-
310. What is the significance of interest tive branch?
groups in terms of their goals, methods,
A. Make law
and influence?
B. Enforce laws
A. They promote voter interest and partic-
ipation C. Interpret laws
B. They build coalitions based on shared D. Obey laws

beliefs 316. The centerpiece of the Bush Doctrine was
C. They influence the government and that the US could
public policy
D. They translate objectives into laws and
policies
311. What department does the President del-

egate border security to?
A. Dept of Defense A. Avoid alliances in regards to the Mid-
dle East
B. Dept of Homeland Security
B. Take over the UN and make major de-
C. Dept of State
cisions for them
D. Dept of Treasury
C. Negotiate with terrorists
312. Types of media do not include blogs or D. Use preemptive military force against
photographs. any terrorist state

317. To favor one side over another 322. Step in the public policy process in which
decisions are made at the government
A. symbolism
level
B. Bias
A. Agenda setting
C. Propaganda B. Formulation
D. slogans C. Adoption
318. What is agenda setting in the policymak- D. implementation
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ing process? 323. 1) What is the source of almost all energy
A. Deciding which issues should be part on earth?
of the public agenda A. Sun
B. Working on formulating policies B. Earth
C. Getting policies adopted C. Air
D. Evaluating policies D. Water
319. In order to influence another nations de- 324. Quantity regulation is more flexible and
cisions, what has the US often done? more efficient than market incentives but
provides greater certainty of outcomes.
A. Provided economic relief or punish-
ment A. TRUE
B. FALSE
B. Made countries sit together and talk
C. Encouraged NATO membership 325. What type of political party system does
the United States have?
D. Had our President declare war
A. One-Party
320. What do Republicans believe in? B. Two-Party
A. Liberty C. Multi-Party
B. Economic prosperity D. Oligarchy
C. Preserving American values and tradi- 326. In the US free enterprise system one of
tions the primary roles of the government is to
D. All of the above
A. employ a majority of the workforce
321. What are the different types of public pol-
B. guarantee that investors profits are
icy?
secure
A. Economic, Environmental, Social, Polit- C. ensure the safety of products through
ical regulation
B. Legislative, Executive, Judicial, Admin- D. provide news sources of funding for
istrative technology startups
C. Regulatory, Distributive, Redistribu-
327. A political organization that seeks to in-
tive, Constituent
fluence the government based on a civic
D. Local, National, International, Private issue (one policy topic)

A. Interest Groups 333. Different point of views

B. Political Party A. bias

328. What is public policy? B. multiple perspectives
A. A choice government makes in re- C. political views
sponse to a political issue or public con-
D. decisions
cern
B. A pattern of action over time 334. S4:Which of the following is not an in-
C. A goal-oriented action cident that would require a local gov-
ernment to respond to a global issue or
D. A response to policy demands event?
329. Separating fact from opinion is a good A. Developing a response to a pandemic.
way to evaluate the truth of an ad.
B. Preparation for an act of terrorism.
A. True
C. Training a force to prepare for an out-
B. False side invasion.
330. What is the role of public opinion in the D. Developing policy to protect the envi-
public policy process? ronment.
A. It has no impact on the public policy
process 335. The President crafting a budget and then
submitting it to Congress is an example of
B. It is the primary driver of the public pol- this constitutional principle
icy process
A. Popular Sovereignty
C. It is considered during the evaluation
stage of the public policy process B. Checks and balances
D. It only affects international treaties C. Federalism
331. Contractionary fiscal policies address in- D. Limited Government
flationary economic problems and are in-
336. a disease that spreads over a whole coun-
tended to-
try or the world
A. extend the expansion phase of the
business cycle A. Issues
B. decrease the amount of money in cir- B. Pandemic
culation C. Lobbying
C. increase the level of economic invest- D. Media
ment
D. encourage consumer spending 337. Which of the following are examples of
the mass media? (choose three)
332. How old do most states require kids go
A. Television
to school?
A. 15 B. Hyperdocs
B. 17 C. Internet
C. 16 D. Sterling Middle News
D. 18 E. Newspapers

338. The study of public policy prior to the 343. Public policy is anything a government
1960s emphasizes what? chooses to do or not to do
A. Causes and effects of the policy A. False
B. Structure of policy-making institutions B. True
C. public policy process 344. 1) The following conserves energy. Leav-
D. Behavior of those involved in determining lights on when you leave the room
ing public policy A. True
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E. Behavior of those with authority to B. False
make policy decisions
345. If businesses participate in an event by
339. Some former have gone on to be Pres- temporarily sponsoring goods that earn
ident of the United States. money for a cause, what type of solution
is taking place?
A. Prime Ministers of a foreign country
A. Short-term Solution
B. Secretaries of State
B. Long-term Solution
340. Requirements for President:-35 years 346. LEDAC stands for what?
old-Resident for 14 years-What is missing
from the list above? A. Legal Executive Dangerous Council
A. College degree B. Legislative Executive Development Ad-

visory Council
B. Registered Voter
C. Legality on Development Association
C. Natural Born Citizen
D. Legislative Example During Advertise-
D. Clean criminal record ment Council
341. are often as set factors affecting the in- 347. What is common good?
teractions between policy actors and hence A. doing things for yourself only
the greater or lesser capacity of policy-
B. doing things for your family
making systems to adopt and implement
effective responses to policy problems C. working for what is best for a group of
people
A. institutions
D. none of above
B. resource
C. actors 348. Party in Government includes
A. Party leaders
D. none of above
B. Elected officials & candidates
342. Which of the following fits the classifica- C. Members of the party
tion of an excise tax?
D. none of above
A. An additional tax on alcohol.
349. The Second Amendment right to keep and
B. An additional tax on phone bills
bear arms for self defense is applicable to
C. An additional tax on tires the states
D. All of the these A. Gideon v. Wainwright

B. McDonald v. Chicago C. 2005

C. Roe v. Wade D. 2006

D. Shaw v. Reno 355. Which of the following statements re-
350. What is the final step in the policy pro- flects Enlightenment arguments against
cess? the Divine Right Theory of government?
A. Identifying problems and issues A. God has chosen all government rulers
B. Setting the public agenda B. Independence is built by Military Might

C. Implementing policies C. The power of government is derived
from the governed
D. Evaluating policies
D. A capitalist economic system is essen-
351. Which court case establishes Judicial Re- tial for a functioning Democracy
view?
356. Which of the following do the U.S.
A. Mculloh V Maryland Congress and the Ohio General Assembly
B. Marbury V Madison have in common?
C. Plessey V Ferguson A. They are both appointed by the execu-
D. Hamilton V Jefferson tive branch
B. They are both law-making bodies of
352. What is it called when interest groups government
try to persuade legislators to introduce or
vote a certain way on a bill? C. The members of each are elected for
six year terms
A. PAC
D. They both meet in Washington, D.C.
B. Lobbying
C. Demonstrating 357. What influences public policy and informs
the policymakers?
D. public policy
A. Schools
353. A PAC (Political Action Committee) raises
B. Mass Media
funds for candidates in elections in order to
do which of the following? C. TV
A. Buy the vote of the candidate in favor D. Post offices
of whatever the PAC is interested in
358. The approval of a policy by legislation
B. Buy the time of the candidate and put
A. Policy adoption
their issues on their political agenda
B. policy evaluation
C. Creates action films related to politics
C. policy implementation
D. Funds the elections that happen in
their state D. policy formulation
354. National Policy for persons with disabili- 359. Policy is a product of the system. Is the
tieds was framed in the year policy consistent with which model?
A. 2003 A. group model
B. 2004 B. System model

C. Institutional model A. Seeking to influence legislators to in-

D. Rational model troduce or vote a certain way on a bill
E. Incremental change model B. Gathering a group of people who share

common interests
360. Which one is NOT a civic duties that you C. Canvassing the neighborhood
should have as a U.S. citizen?
D. Meeting with a group of people to go
A. Put people in jail out to eat
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B. Be informed
365. Who is the father of political science
C. Speak up and vote
A. Aristotle
D. Respect other’s rights
B. Socrates
361. Once a candidate has been nominated, C. Plato
they must then before being elected.
D. Karl Marx
A. campaign
366. The government uses media to
B. caucus
A. transmit sensitive information to other
C. detente
countries
D. filibuster
B. offer people the chance to communi-
362. The Federal Reserve can increase , cate with the public
which makes banks more selective when C. provide support for opposing parties
loaning out money isses
A. Reserve Requirements D. communicate with the public
B. Percentage/Earnings Ratios 367. The 3 factors that are used to predict who
C. Dividends will vote are age, income and
D. Blue Chip Stocks A. Education
363. laws or rules for the community or nation B. Where you live
that are to protect the rights of individu- C. Home Ownership
als, and promotes the general welfare of D. Gender
the people
A. policymaker 368. Inflation is a general decrease in price?
B. public policy A. True
C. agenda B. False
D. lobbyist 369. Where in the US Constitution is the au-

thority given for the United States Gov-
364. “Lobbying” means ernment to tax its citizens?
A. Article II
B. Article III
C. Article I
D. Article IV

370. What is the definition of public policy ac- B. Public policy making is not always
cording to James Anderson? done step by step.

A. An action taken by an actor in dealing C. Process model can go in order by pol-
with a problem icy cycle.
B. Decisions made by the government to D. none of above
achieve certain goals
C. A set of decisions and actions taken by 376. Which of the following is not a way to
various actors in response to a politically control mandatory spending (think control-
defined problem ling Entitlement Programs)?
D. A hypothesis containing predicted con- A. Raise the requirement threshold (like

ditions and consequences increase age to retirement)
B. Deny qualified people the benefits
371. Reflects the data, information, and
once the money runs out.
knowledge management activities as core
work of nurses. C. Lower the benefits amount (reduce
how much aid people get).
A. Professional Nurse
B. Ethical Standards D. Raise the FICA (Social Security tax)
C. Standards of Practice 377. Which is NOT a role of mass media?

D. Nursing Policy A. identifying candidates
372. Clean air and National Security are exam- B. emphasizing select issues
ples of Non-excludable goods.
C. broadcasting different points of view
A. True
D. purposefully include false information
B. False
E. writing editorials
373. One of the two main political parties in
the United States. Founded in 1828 by 378. Voter turnout occurs more frequently dur-
supporters of Andrew Jackson, this is the ing elections than at any other time.
world’s oldest active political party. Today A. city and county
their core values align with liberal ideol-
ogy. B. state elections
A. Democratic Party C. local elections

B. Republican Party D. presidential elections
374. To regulate means TO MONITOR and CO- 379. Who is responsible for proposing public
OPERATE policy?
A. True A. Local business owners
B. False B. Government officials, legislators, and
stakeholders
375. The Weakness of Process model
C. Teachers and students
A. Process model can interrupt the policy
cycle. D. Celebrities and influencers

380. Imagine the country is going through 384. The United States implemented the Open
a tough economic phase. When would Door policy with which foreign country?
the government typically use expansion- A. Russia
ary fiscal policy?
B. Mexico
A. During a period of recession
C. England
B. When the country is experiencing D. China
demand-pull inflation
385. Which of the following groups are most
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C. When the government has a budget
surplus likely to vote Republican (according to sta-
tistical voting patterns)?
D. During a period of economic stability
A. Rural Residents
381. Headquartered in New York City, the B. College Students
190 member nations of the following orga- C. Seniors (65+)
nization work together to promote peace
D. Female
and to help solve economic, social, cultural,
and humanitarian problems 386. Which branch can appoint additional fed-
A. World Trade Organization eral judges to the courts as a check on the
judiciary
B. European Union
A. Legislative
C. United Nations
B. State
D. Kyoto Protocol
C. Executive
382. Maintaining internal well-being by imple- D. Judicial
menting good rule of law, strengthening
387. A politician accepts expensive gifts from
security in the country, and answering to
a campaign supporter. Two television net-
the demands of the citizens are the demer-
works run hour-long exposés about the
its of public policy.
politician’s bad behavior. The politician
A. True returns the gifts and resigns from office.
B. False What role of the media is at work here?
A. gatekeeper
C. Not mentioned
B. watchdog
D. none of above
C. agenda setter
383. Which is the main problem in today’s D. business
world?
A. The various aftermaths of the Iraq
War. A. A response to a problem that is iden-
tified by government, individuals or other
B. The situation on the Korean Peninsula community organizations.
is tense.
B. A response to a problem identified by
C. The continuation and escalation of the government.
Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
C. A response to a problem identified by
D. all right. individuals in the community.

D. A problem with no real solutions to a A. enforces

public problem in the community. B. makes

389. Which one of these is not a form of gov- C. constitutional
ernment? D. debate
A. Monarchy 394. what is national debt?
B. Democracy A. tax on imported goods
C. Communism B. policy to tax/spend to reduce dispari-
D. Dictatorship ties of wealth between lowest and highest
income brackets
390. Public policy is the- C. efforts to regulate the economy
A. process for selecting the president through manipulation of money and credit
and vice president supply
B. system of allowing one branch to D. total amount of money the government
check the other two has borrowed
C. course of action the government takes 395. How long does a Senate member serve
to solve a problem for?
D. procedures for removing a federal A. 4 Years
judge B. 2 Years
391. All of these are ways INTEREST GROUPS C. 6 Years
influence public policy EXCEPT: D. 8 Years
A. Making political contributions
396. An example of entitlement spending is:
B. Expressing opinions
C. Buying a trip for a politician
D. Demonstrating
392. How can individuals participate in shap-

ing public policy?
A. By only complaining about public policy
on social media A. Social Security
B. By staying informed, contacting B. Educational Reforms
elected representatives, joining advocacy
C. Transportation
groups, and participating in public hear-
ings and meetings D. Energy
C. By ignoring current events and politi- 397. Public policy is made on the “public’s” be-
cal issues half.
D. By avoiding any involvement in commu- A. True
nity discussions B. False
393. Which word best fits with the executive C. Not mentioned
branch in relation to creation of laws? D. none of above

398. Naturalizing citizens is an example of D. expressing opinions (letters, email,

what policy area? demonstrations)
A. Tax policy E. threatening elected and/or appointed
officials
B. Education policy
C. Foreign policy 403. Discretionary spending is spending that:
D. Immigration policy A. Money authorized through an appropri-
ations bill (the budget)
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399. Means of communication that are reach- B. Money set aside for Bureaucratic
ing the public, including newspapers and agencies
magazines, radio, television (broadcast,
cable, and satellite), films, recordings, C. Money to fund entitlement programs
books, and electronic communication. D. Money only given to states through
block grants
A. internet
B. news 404. Will we likely ever see prices stay
the same if we promote true economic
C. gossip
growth?
D. media A. It’s not likely that demand will in-
400. Which choice would most likely write a crease by exactly the same amount as the
letter to a government official? LRAS increases however it is likely.
B. Demand always increases at the same
A. Media
rate as technology increases
B. Individual
C. Our insatiable appetite for more
C. Interest Group causes prices to go up faster than sup-
D. none of above ply ever grows.
D. none of above
401. The primary function of peers as social-
ization agents is to 405. The disadvantages of the Gold Standard
Act included:
A. Challenge our ingrained perspectives
from childhood A. The gold stock may not grow fast
enough to support a growing economy.
B. Encourage us to explore new ways of
thinking B. People may suddenly decide to convert
their currency into gold, thereby draining
C. Reinforce existing beliefs and behav- the government’s gold reserves
iors
C. The price of gold is likely to change dra-
D. Prompt us to conform to societal matically over time if it is not fixed.
norms
D. All of these
402. How do interest groups influence public
406. What policy refers to the extension of
policy? (Select all)
one nation’s power over another and is
A. identifying issues driven largely by economic interests?
B. making political contributions A. imperialism
C. lobbying government officials B. Truman Doctrine

C. isolationism B. Public policy has a clear beginning and

D. detente end.
C. It changes and evolves.

407. Select all the ways the media influences
D. It is an activity that the state has car-
public policy.
ried out.
A. focusing the public attention on spe-
E. It’s a continuous event.
cific issues
B. offering a forum in which opposing 412. Baron De Montesquieu said the best way
viewpoints are communicated to protect liberty was to
C. holding government officials account- A. make governments all powerful
able to the public B. give one person complete power
D. sticks to the political center on contro- C. divide the powers of government
versial issues D. have no government
408. Evaluating Campaign Messages:identifying 413. regulation is frequently used as a
propagandaseparating fact from opinionS- method of preventing monopolies from
elect the other possible answers for this charging rent-maximizing prices.
heading. A. Quantity
A. detecting bias B. Price
B. analzuing campaign results C. Product
C. evaluating sources D. Supply
D. conducting voter polls or surveys 414. Imagine you are the finance minister of
409. The president is leader of foreign policy- a country. The economy is in a downturn
he/she decides how to interact with other and you need to stimulate it. What would
countries be the purpose of implementing a counter-
cyclical fiscal policy in this scenario?
A. Commander in Chief
A. To control inflation
B. Chief of State
B. To encourage economic growth
C. Chief Diplomat
C. To achieve full employment
D. Chief Legislator D. All of the above
410. A statement of purpose & goals of a po- 415. Why did abandoning the gold standard re-
litical party are sult in a decline in the value of the U.S. dol-
A. ideology lar?
B. beliefs A. More currency was able to be printed
thus reducing its value
C. platforms
B. People began hording dollar bills so
D. morality
the value would decline
411. Which is not a characteristic of public pol- C. Businesses preferred to be paid with
icy? gold thus dollars were less valued
A. Society is largely affected by public pol- D. Americans did not want to use fiat cur-
icy. rency so the value declined

416. Regulations that control the behavior of A. Banks depositing their reserves with
companies or industries the Federal Reserve.
A. Social regulations B. Banks investing their reserves in the
B. Economic regulations stock market.
C. Banks loaning out reserves to con-
417. Which of the following influences public sumers.
opinion and public policy?
D. Banks loaning out reserves to other
A. news organizations like Fox News
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banks.
B. citizens who register to vote and cam-
421. Anika, Avery, and Mason are having a
paign for a candidate
debate about public policies. Can you help
C. a major outbreak of Canine Influenza them by identifying some examples of pub-
that has spread from South Africa into lic policies?
other countries, including the US A. Social media policy
D. All of the above B. Some examples of public policies in-
418. What are actions of the gov’t as they clude healthcare policy, environmental
deal with public issues called? policy, education policy, and transporta-
tion policy.
A. public process
C. Space policy
B. public opinion
D. Fashion policy
C. public policy
422. Which policy would help fight inflation?
D. public identity
A. Expansionary
419. Which propaganda technique is being B. Contractionary
used below?”Everyone is voting for Adam
Jones and you should too!” 423. One’s opinion about the role of govern-
A. stacked cards ment is primarily affected by
B. motivation theory A. career
C. bandwagon B. ideology
D. just plain folks C. parents

D. love interest’s opinions
420. Level 2Banks have different options for
where to hold or invest their reserves. 424. Bandwagon, Name calling, testimonials,
Which of the following is NOT something and glittering generalities are all examples
we see? of:
A. public agenda

B. public policy 429. Level 1These are rules used by federal

C. propaganda agencies (run by executive) to protect
consumers from harm or to protect busi-

D. social media nesses from unfair competition from big-
ger, stronger competitors.
425. Topics that are at the top of the public’s
concerns and have the attention of political
leaders
A. Forum
B. Public Policies
C. Lobby
A. Political Pressure
D. Public Agenda
B. Regulations
426. Which theory suggests that public policy
C. Discretionary Spending
is formed as a result of the competition be-
tween different interest groups? D. Entitlements
A. Group theory 430. Which is NOT a strategy to evaluate the
B. Rational-choice theory truthfulness of the media?
C. Political systems theory A. Identify propaganda
D. Pluralism B. Separate fact and opinion
C. Evaluate the source
427. A person whose job is to contact elected
officials and convince them to vote in a par- D. Show the positive and negative effects
ticular way on a proposed law E. Detect bias
A. Senator
431. Public school students have the right to
B. Constituent wear black arm bands in school to protest
C. Candidate the Vietnam war
D. Lobbyist A. Wisconsin v. Yoder
B. Shaw v. Reno
428. What is the policy agenda
C. Tinker v. Monks
A. A list of laws and regulations that deal
with a particular societal problem D. Brown v. Board of Education
B. A list of major problems/subjects the 432. What document/Act/legislation created
government is paying close attention to or ensured equal treatment for all stu-
and trying to fix dents, and creates a 504 plan.
C. How the government prioritizes its A. Individuals with Disabilities Education
own needs when it comes to solving inter- Act
nal problems
B. Civil Rights Act
D. A list of actions to be taken on a spe-
cific policy that has already been devel- C. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
oped D. Americans with Disabilities Act

433. Now that you have knowledge of types 438. Public policy laws protect the rights of in-
of public policy, what jobs are available to dividuals to make a living and do business
you? in a market economy
A. lobbyist A. True
B. government worker B. False
C. politician
439. Scenario:The economy is experiencing
D. I can do anything now! high inflation. What type of policy might
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The Federal Reserve use to tackle this?
434. What step in the public policy process is
for brainstorming ideas/solutions? A. Easy Money Policy
A. Agenda Setting B. Tight Money Policy
B. Policy Formulation 440. Which of the following is a foreign policy

C. Policy Adoption issue?
D. Policy Implementation A. The United States declares war on

JAPAN after the attack at their military
435. Which house of Congress is based on pop- base.
ulation? B. Congress decides to pass a law that
A. Senate gives federal aid to public schools
B. House of Representatives C. The president asks Congress to make

legislation that will fix the homeless prob-
C. President lem in America
D. Supreme Court D. The Supreme Court bans segregation
in public schools in Brown V. Board of Ed-
436. The U.S. Constitution outlines the pur-
ucation
pose and responsibilities of political par-
ties. 441. is a trade agreement between North
A. True American countries and includes the U.S.,
Mexico, and Canada.
B. False
A. NAFTA
437. #7 Click all that apply
B. NATO
A. Obtain signatures on a petition to
present to the school board 442. The following are examples of failures in
the market. Except:Following are the ex-
B. Refuse to serve on any jury until the
amples of market failure. Except:
policy is changed
A. Air pollution Air pollution
C. Request to speak at the next Board of
Education meeting B. Simptom obesiti Obesity symptom
D. Have residents write letters to the C. Myopia is caused by short-sighted
school board members screen lighting due to screen lighting
E. Run for a seat on the school board in D. Akses sistem yang lengkap complete
the next election with access system

443. Which countries are not included in the 447. What are some of the BLM focus?
G20’s new “troika” mechanism?
A. Police brutality

A. India
B. Education
B. Australia
C. LGBTQIA+ and Human Rights
C. Türkiye
D. Media
D. China
448. “A constraining process whereby an in-
444. Which of the following demonstrates the stitution changes to resemble other insti-
media offering a forum for opposing view- tutions facing the same environmental con-
points? ditions.”This statement refers to
A. A headline about a government offi- A. Isomorphism
cial’s mishandling of state funds
B. Decoupling
B. A debate is held between the candi-
dates running for governor. 449. “They should allow different viewpoints
C. A news story focuses on a local about an issue to be heard, they should
school’s plan for improving test scores. hold government officials accountable, and
be a place where leaders can share their
D. A press conference regarding a contro-
views.” This is describing
versial decision made by the governor.
A. the White House
445. The Electoral College is referred to as a
B. Congress
“winner take all” system. This means
CE.5f C. the United States
A. the winning candidate gets all the D. the media
money
450. Can Mass media affect who runs for of-
B. the winning candidate gets all the elec-
fice?
toral votes for that state
A. Yes
C. the winning candidate gets a trophy
and a check B. No
D. the winning candidate becomes rich
451. Who influences government?
and famous and gets to be on the Tonight
Show with Jimmy Fallon
446. Which is not the policy of Field Marshal

P. Phibun Songkhram in controlling foreign-
ers (Chinese)?
A. Arms Import Tax Tax Act
B. The Act prohibits charging interest ex-
A. Individuals
ceeding the rate.
B. Interest Groups
C. Kasikorn Bank Misappropriation of As-
sets Act C. The media
D. Excessive Profits Act D. All of these

452. What is the name of the legislative A. Public health concerns during a pan-
branch of Ohio’s state government? demic
A. Governor General B. Economic success of a Virginia dairy
B. Supreme Court farm
C. U.S. Congress C. Habitat destruction that affects

wildlife
D. General Assembly
D. Public safety following an act of terror-
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453. What is the purpose of the Judicial ism
Branch?
458. What are some challenges that people in
A. Make the law
poverty face?
B. Enforce the law
A. lack of access to health care
C. Interpret the law
B. education
D. Obey the law
C. food insecurity
454. Expansionary periods are an indicator of D. all of the above
Economic growth periods?
A. TRUE 459. Which step in the policymaking process
do key issues become priorities for public
B. FALSE
policy?
455. What is the term for the course of ac- A. agenda setting
tion/stance the government takes in re-
B. policy adoption
sponse to an issue or problem?
C. policy evaluation
A. Public Policy
B. Social Regulations D. issue identification
C. Deregulation 460. What was the primary symbolic dimen-

D. Economic Regulations sion of Moroccan claims discussed?
A. integrity
456. The concept of sustainability requires
that B. fairness
A. economic growth does not exceed the C. neutrality
renewal of natural capital. D. none of above
B. all sources of energy used in an econ-
omy must come from the sun. 461. Who/what is responsible for the day-
to-day enforcement and administration of
C. global economic systems are based on
federal laws?
the harvesting of natural products.
A. Interest Groups
D. economies use equal portions of land,
labor, and capital. B. Executive Departments and Indepen-
dent Agencies
457. Which of the following is NOT an inter-
C. Lobbyist
national issue that may impact local policy
making? D. Grassroots Organization

462. One way interest groups influence public C. Fiscal Policy

policy is by
D. Expansionary Program

A. identifying issues
466. Welfare policy has the main goal of:
B. contributing to campaigns
C. lobbying government officials A. Ensuring that our country it safe and
healthy
D. all of these
B. Ensuring that other countries are safe
463. Lobbying is and healthy
A. individual (or group) that creates a C. Ensuring safety, stability and overall
plan of action to achieve a goal, to solve well being of our citizens
an issue [policymaker → lawmaker]
D. Ensuring that laws are passed in favor
B. government response to public issues of the citizens well being
467. All of the following are units of local gov-
D. groups of people who work together ernment EXCEPT
E. Seeking to influence legislators to in-
troduce or vote for or against a bill
464. Groups of individuals that work together

to promote a point of view about an is-
sue of concern are called (ex:MADD, NOW,
PETA)
A. public policyholders
A. villages
B. pollsters
B. towns
C. interest groups
C. counties
D. public officeholders
D. cities
465. Level 1These programs of the federal
government include Medicaid, Medicare, 468. Which branch of government administers
Social Security, Unemployment and Wel- the federal bureaucracy and appoints cabi-
fare Programs. net members?
A. Legislative
B. Executive
C. Judicial
D. Democratic
469. How are interest groups different from

political parties?
A. Interest groups do not concentrate on
A. Entitlement Programs influencing government policy and politi-
B. Discretionary Spending cal parties do.

B. Interest groups concentrate on in- A. Education

fluencing government policy and politi- B. International Trade
cal parties concentrate on electing candi-
dates. C. Diplomacy
C. Interest groups use propaganda and D. War on Terrorism
political parties avoid using propaganda
474. Most campaign financing for elections
D. There is no difference between both incomes in the form of
terest groups and political parties.
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A. small contributions from individuals
470. “Common or public good” means
B. large contributions from individuals
C. political action commitees
D. self financing
475. Which of the following shows the media

A. for the good of the commoners only
focusing public attention on a specific is-
B. what’s common is good sue?
C. for the good of everyone A. Local news runs a week long story
D. what’s good for you is good for me B. A debate is held between two candi-
471. THE 5TH AMENDMENT GIVES THE RIGHT dates
NOT TO TESTIFY AGAINST C. A press conference is held
A. YOUR PARENTS D. The governor is interviewed
B. YOURSELF
476. Which one of the following institutions
C. YOUR TEACHER
are not relevant to Elite Theory according
D. YOUR FRIEND to C. Wright Mills?
472. Which branch can propose an amendment A. Non-governmental institutions
as a way to overrule an unpopular judicial B. Corporation
decision
C. Military
A. Legislative
D. Federal Government
B. State
C. Executive 477. During an economic recession the Federal
D. Judicial Reserve Banks will most likely react by
473. Which of the following is an example of

A. easing money policy making it easier
a domestic policy issue?
to lend money
B. raising the discount rate to affect the
monetary Supply
C. tightening money policy making lend-
ing more difficult
D. reducing open market transactions to
reduce the money supply

478. When developing a plan of action to ad- 482. This was created after World War II to
dress an issue, what would you do after promote worldwide cooperation, but it has
identifying causes of the problem? no military authority.

A. Gather Evidence A. NATO
B. Identify Causes B. Warsaw Pact
C. Study ways to address the issue C. Berlin Wall
D. Develop a solution D. United Nations
479. Which step is “Implementing the policy” 483. Which of the following is NOT a factor in
(for public policy process)? public policy
A. Individuals
B. Interest Groups
C. Media
D. International Issues
E. Department Stores
484. Which of the following was NOT a prob-

lem that emerged as result of Ohio’s
first plan of government (Constitution of
A. 1 1802)?
B. 2 A. Debt Problem
C. 3 B. Overworked Supreme Court
D. 4 C. General Assembly with too much
480. This function of a political party refers to power
making sure the opposing party is doing D. Governor with too much power
what they are supposed to do.
485. Anything that occurs naturally in the en-
A. Inform & activate supporters vironment and is used by people is called
B. Act as a bonding agent a-
C. Govern A. Population
D. Act as a watchdog B. Environmental Problem
481. “Shrimp and seafood industries in Florida C. Natural Resource
are concerned about the freshwater supply D. Environmental Resource
from Georgia. If the freshwater supply is
reduced, Florida’s shrimp and seafood in- 486. Which statement is correct about the in-
dustries could be harmed. “ Who is respon- flation problem?
sible for resolving this dispute? A. Overall products have increased de-
A. Federal legislative branch mand.
B. Federal executive branch B. Overall product prices have increased.
C. State legislatures C. Overall products are in less demand.
D. State judicial branch D. The overall product price is lower.

487. Local governments preparing a response B. An animal rights organization presents

for an international health crisis would its views to a legislator.
most likely- C. A group of citizens asks city officials
A. end visits by international travellers for a schedule of public hearings.
B. develop a public safety plan for the city D. A neighborhood association backs a
C. shut down international airline flights candidate for an election.
D. ask the military to police the city 493. What are groups of people who work
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together for similar interests or goals
488. Once the candidate wins the nomination called?
they give an speech.
A. Direct Financial Assistance
A. negative
B. Interest Groups
B. acceptance
C. Deregulation
C. concession
D. Common Good
D. artistic
494. What type of government is being de-
489. The media’s role in the government is to scribed? Fidel Castro held total authority
do what over the citizens of Cuba and punished any
A. Create specific legislation citizen that opposed him.
B. Veto Bills A. democracy
C. Give only “true” reports on govern- B. monarchy
ment officials C. dictatorship
D. Act as a Government Watchdog D. oligarchy
490. What is povertry itself? 495. What kind of laws are enacted by
A. When you don’t have money Congress?
B. When your basic needs aren’t met A. Criminal
C. When your begging in th streets B. Statutory
D. When you don’t have a job C. Civil

D. Common
491. Which of the following accurately com-
pletes the graphic? 496. Check all who would be considered policy
A. Characteristics of money makers.
B. Federal Reserve notes A. The President
C. Functions of Money B. Elected Representatives
D. Types of Money C. Lobbyists

D. Voters
492. Which of these is an example of lobbying
by an interest group? 497. A group of people who seek to influence
A. A hotel association develops a plan to public policy based on their common beliefs
attract more tourists. A. Ideology

B. Political Party 503. If the FED feared the economy was grow-
C. Interest Groups ing to rapidly it would

D. Government A. lower the discount rate for member
banks.
498. Treaties, or formal agreements with B. raise the reserve requirement on the
other countries, are (a) by the president, nation’s member banks.
and (b) by the Senate.
C. use its monetary tools to increase the
A. a signed money supply in the US economy.
B. b approved D. buy millions of dollars of Treasury
bonds from private brokers.
499. Because regulation restricts behavior,
regulation is a huge area of debate for pub- 504. Political group that focuses mainly on pol-
lic policy. icy question
A. true A. Interest Groups
B. false B. Political Parties
500. What is a policy that imposes limita- 505. Which article of the Constitution creates
tions, restraints, or mandates on per- Congress?
sons, groups, and businesses, thus reduc- A. Article I
ing their discretion to act?
B. Article II
A. Regulatory policy
C. Article III
B. Procedural policy
D. Preamble
C. Redistributive policy
506. The UN envoy coordinating a global re-
D. Symbolic policy
sponse to the Ebola outbreak in W. Africa
501. This case ruled that political spending is an example of
by corporations, associations, and labor
unions is a form of protected speech un-
der the First Amendment, leading to the
creation of Super PACs in 2010.
A. Citizens United v. Federal Elections
Commission A. Idealism
B. Federal Election Campaign Act B. Realism
C. Voting Rights Act C. Liberalism
D. Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act D. Isolationism
502. The crafting of a policy to resolve public 507. Society is divided into:who govern (a
problems few) andare governed (themass)
A. discretionary spending A. group theory
B. policy evaluation B. game theory
C. policy adoption C. rational choice theory
D. policy formulation D. elite theory

508. From an ecological economist’s perspec- C. Chief Legislator

tive, without sustainability, as economies D. Chief Citizen
grow,
A. gross national product grows too. 513. What 4 strategies should citizens use to
accurately evaluate information found in
B. natural resources are renewed. the media?
C. the natural world is depleted. A. detect bias
D. natural ecosystems are replenished. B. separate fact and opinion
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509. When a media outlet only publishes or C. evaluate the source
shows one side of an issue, it is:
D. listen to nly one type of media
A. displaying bias
E. identify propaganda
B. setting public policy
514. #3-2
C. evaluating sources
A. Legislative Branch
D. holding government officials account-
able B. Executive Branch
C. Judicial Branch
510. When new laws are actually enforced,
this is the stage. D. none of above
A. implementation 515. Everyone in a community has to follow
B. adoption the same
C. debate A. rules
D. formulation B. laws
511. How many electoral votes does Ohio 516. Where do most monies for charity come
get? from?
A. 10 A. average individual citizens
B. 150 B. The government
C. 18 C. some came from large corporations.
D. 21 D. Foreign governments
512. Choose the correct option 517. All of the following are ways that individ-
uals influence and help shape public policy
EXCEPT
A. attending meetings
B. demonstrating
C. going on hunger strikes
D. running for office
518. What is the main purpose of political ac-

A. Chief Diplomat tion committees?
B. Commander-in-Chief A. lobby policymakers

B. write letters to law makers 523. Why is public policy study important?
C. collect large political contributions A. To gain knowledge about its origins

and development
D. supply law makers with information
B. To solve social problems
519. How can individuals participate in politics C. To help the government make the right
and influence public policy? decisions
D. All the answers above
524. The Constitution gives us the basic rights

to what?
A. “It is during our darkest moments that
we must focus to see the light.”
B. “Passion, strength, fire.”
A. Vote and/or campaign for candidiates C. “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happi-
ness.”
B. Join an interest group
D. “In the end, it’s not the years in your
C. Express opinions life that count. It’s the life in your years.”
D. All of the choices 525. Choose one way the media can influence
public policy.
520. The Judicial Branch
A. has to carry out the laws
B. makes new laws
C. decides the meaning of the laws
D. none of above
521. Congress may not use the commerce

A. Holding government officials account-
clause to make possession of a gun in a
able to the public
school zone a federal crime
B. Make things difficult for political mem-
A. United States v. Lopez bers
B. McDonald v. Chicago C. Call and complain about issues
C. Gideon v. Wainwright D. Creating posters that criticize the polit-
D. Roe v. Wade ical process
526. What is this graphic representation

522. Which branch of government carries out called?
the law?
A. EXECUTIVE
B. LEGISLATIVE
C. JUDICIAL
D. ALL OF THEM

A. political cartoon C. Commander-in-Chief

B. campaign contribution D. Chief of State
C. social media blog 531. In this specialty, professionals ensure the
D. editorial completeness and accuracy of patient data
entered into computer systems and focus
527. Governments decide on a specific course on coding of diagnoses and patient proce-
of action through a process of: dures
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A. Negotiation and bargaining. A. ON THAT
B. Political ideology. B. ANCC
C. Interest group strength. C. Free of
D. Resource availability. D. RHIA
E. All of the points.
532. Newspapers often run candidates views
528. The President has a role in the lawmak- side-by-side during elections. This is an
ing process, what can he/she do? Choose example of?
the best answer A. identifying propaganda
A. sign/veto laws
B. separating fact from opinion
B. propose state legislation
C. detecting bias
C. determine laws are unconstitutional
D. broadcasting different points of view
D. none of above
533. The Federal Reserve System designed in
529. Why is clean water important? the manner described above resulted in the
A. All life on Earth depends on clean wa- creation of-
ter to live and grow. A. a decentralized system of banks
B. We need clean water for recreational B. One large depository for U.S. Currency
activities.
C. Reserve bank satellite locations
C. We need bodies of water for trans-
D. New methods for printing money
portation
D. We need water to regulate the temper- 534. Who helps shape legislation?
ature on Earth. A. Congress
530. Which role of the President is being dis- B. Senators
played in this picture? C. The people and interest groups
D. The President
535. The (a) provides the US (b) with highly

classified or (c) information!
A. to CIA
B. b government
A. Chief of Party C. c secret
B. Chief Diplomat D. AND

E. law enforcement 541. The agenda-setting function of the media

F. public refers to the power to

A. endorse specific candidates for politi-
536. What is an example of a policy to protect cal office
the environment?
B. favor the position of one interest group
A. Increase taxes over another
B. Build a new school C. counter the censorship activities of
C. Protection of wildlife media watch groups
D. decide which issues are important
D. Response to global economy
enough to bring to public attention
537. What kind of government is in the UK? 542. “Modesty of decisions limits possible
A. A direct democracy negative consequences.”This statement
refers to
B. constitutional monarchy
A. Incremental Theory
C. absolute monarchy
B. Institutional Theory
D. representative democracy
C. Elite Theory
E. Oligarchy
D. Game Theory
538. Public issues which the people’s attention
543. Which of the following is the best defini-
is focused Current Example = Pres. Trump
tion for public policy?
& Russia
A. The stand the government takes on an
A. Public Agenda issue/problem.
B. Random Samples B. The stand the media takes on an is-
C. Public Opinion Polls sue/problem.
D. Mass Media C. The stand the public takes on an is-
sue/problem.
539. What is considered when debating vari- D. The conflict between Aaron Burr and
ous foreign policy options? Alexander Hamilton.
A. Cost
544. Which of the following is NOT a perma-
B. Time nent member of the UN?
C. Popularity of the public policy
D. Likelihood of success
E. All of the other answers here
540. Who helps shape legislature, they begin

the ideas for laws most often
A. Congress A. United States
B. The People and Interest Groups B. Italy
C. The President C. France
D. Judges D. China

545. is when action is taken to address a pub- 549. The National Council on Disability helped
lic problem. at this stage, the design of a to formulate the public policy for the Amer-
policy proposal is put into effect and the icans with Disabilities Act.
policy is implemented by the respective A. True
government departments and agencies, in
conjunction with other organizations as re- B. False
quired 550. During an expansion, the Fed should use
A. policy adoption
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B. policy implementation A. an expansionary policy
C. public policy B. a contractionary policy
D. none of above 551. What do you need when starting public
546. Create opportunities for nurses to help policy?
shape policies that will drive the imple- A. identify a problem
mentation of technology to support a B. look at problem’s effects
cost effective, accessible, patient-centered
C. develop a strategy
and continuity-of-care model to improve
health outcomes in the country. D. All of the above
A. Scope of Nursing 552. What was the purpose of the Chicago
B. Health Policy Freedom Day Boycotts in 1963?
C. Legislative Initiatives A. To resist subpar conditions in schools,
including teaching materials, discrimina-
D. Nursing Practice
tory staff, etc.
547. #3-5 B. To resist school dress code and expose
A. Legislative Branch the lack of freedom of speech in schools
B. Executive Branch C. To protest against segregation in
schools in Chicago
C. Judicial Branch
D. To resist child labor and expose inhu-
D. none of above
mane working conditions.
553. a personal view, attitude or judgement
A. fact
B. truth
C. opinion
D. none of above
554. What is a meeting of party members to
select that party’s delegates or nominees?
A. Chief Citizen A. primary
B. Party Chief B. debate
C. Chief Legislator C. campaign
D. Chief Diplomat D. caucus

555. Rising campaign costs have led to

A. Term limits for those borrowing money

to finance their campaigns.
B. Candidatesborrowing money from the
Political Parties reserve fund
C. campaign finance reform
D. Some candidates dropping out due to
inadequate international funding.
A. 15th
556. Interest groups are important to govern- B. 16th
ment, which role do they play?
C. 14th
A. introduce a bill into Congress
D. 10th
B. pass a new law
561. Step in the public policy process in
C. veto legislation which the policy is analyzed to determine
D. lobby government officials whether it was effective or not
A. Agenda setting
557. Differences of opinion about the role of
government are due primarily to political B. Adoption
ideology. C. Implementation
A. True D. Evaluation
B. False 562. What type of government is it if the ruler
Explanation:Differences of opinion on gov- takes over by force?
ernment’s role are due to political ideol-
ogy. The correct choice is True. A. democracy
B. monarchy
558. How are Congress and most state legis-
C. dictatorship
latures organized?
D. oligarchy
A. Along party lines
B. Based on regional divide 563. Economic most often involve the re-
striction of trade with a country.
C. With equal number of Democrats and
Republicans A. sanctions
B. regulations
D. In a bipartisan manner
C. tariffs
559. a plan of things to be done for a commu- D. regulations
nity or nation
A. public agenda 564. Which political party is most likely to
advocate limited government in both eco-
B. private agenda nomic and social choices?
560. Which amendment allows the govern- A. Democratic

ment to tax income? B. Republican

C. Libertarian D. Helps inform the public about interna-

D. Green tional events
565. After debating the bill, what is the next 570. A person who tries to influence legisla-
step in the lawmaking process? tion on behalf of a special interest group
is called a
A. The bill is voted on
B. The bill turns into a law A. judge.
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C. The bill is re-introduced B. lobbyist.
D. The bill is signed by the President (na- C. staffer.
tional laws) or Governor (state laws)
D. whip.
566. The president is supposed to represent
ALL people in the U.S. He/she should lis- 571. Interest groups, such as the NRA, influ-
ten, help, and support everyone ence public policy in all of the following
ways EXCEPT:
A. Chief Legislator
B. Chief of Party
C. Chief Citizen
D. Commander in Chief
567. “ an attempt by a government to ad-

dress a public issue by instituting laws,
regulations, decisions or actions.”Who
suggest this definition?
A. Thomas R Dye
B. Thomas A. Birkland A. making laws
C. Christoph Knill B. making political contributions
D. Michael Hill
C. lobbying government officials
568. Which branch has the power to approve D. identifying issues
treaties signed with foreign nations?
A. Legislative 572. Use this list to answer the next
question.INTERNATIONAL ISSUES AND
B. Executive
EVENTS*Respond to public health con-
C. Judicial cerns*Planning for the public safety in the
D. none of above event of an act of terrorism*Preparing eco-
nomic development policies in response to
569. Which of the following best describes the the emerging global economy.
media’s role as a “watchdog”?
A. local jury
A. Helps shape the national agenda
B. local government officials
B. Holds elected official accountable to
the public C. local community centers
C. Helps build political reputations D. local church leaders

573. The right to vote in political elections. C. talking to a friend

A. guerrilla warfare D. mapping out a research paper

B. civil disobedience 579. A Bias is
C. Satyagraha
D. graffiti
E. suffrage
574. Amount of money owed by the govern-

ment
A. social welfare programs
A. another term for public opinion
B. federal budget
B. a method for nominating a candidate
C. national debt for election
D. fiscal year C. a skewed (Slanted one way or another)
point of view present in all of us
575. issues that affect people all over the
world D. A preference of inclination, especially
one that inhibits impartial judgement
A. Interest Groups
B. Pandemic 580. Who plays an important role in elections
by emphasizing selected issues over and
C. Issues over again?
D. International Issues A. political parties
576. The government makes laws because B. citizens
A. it is fun to work together C. voters
B. making laws is easy and a simple pro- D. mass media
cess 581. Women, Children, the elderly and dis-
C. they help fix problems and issues abled all are the main body who benefit
D. that is their job and what they are paid from
to do A. Welfare programs (Food stamps, gov-
ernment housing)
577. What is the practice of managing the use
B. Healthcare programs (i.e. Medicare
of resources carefully called?
and Medicaid)
A. Conservation
C. Government Spending programs
B. Condensation D. Education programs
C. Environmental Science
582. A is a person who is a member of a
D. Yield Science community, state, or country.
578. We have noticed that the process of writ- A. council
ing public policy is similar to what? B. citizen
A. the writing process C. executive
B. revising, proofreading, editing D. legislative

583. Level 2Increasing the reserve require- 587. Which action is an example of political
ment has which of the following results: lobbying?
A. the governor gives special advice to
legislative members
B. a mayoral candidate holds a campaign
rally for registered voters
C. the local newspaper exposes corrupt
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practices in election campaigns
D. a health group asks legislators to pass
tougher antipollution laws
A. More is lent out and more is paid in in- 588. In the 4 stages of public policy, where
terest does the “debate” stage usually occur?
B. More is lent out and less is paid back
A. Legislative
in interest
B. Executive
C. Less is lent out and more is paid in in-
terest C. Judicial
D. Less is lent out and less is lent in inter- D. none of above
est.
589. when did India got independence
584. events that change the perception of
A. August 17, 1947
problems or indicate that something is
wrong B. August 15, 1947
A. problem stream C. August 16, 1947
B. policy stream D. August 18, 1947
C. politics stream 590. Which of the following is true of Conser-
D. window of opportunity vative view on government?
585. Means of communication that reaches a A. active role of government
large audience B. middle ground between limited and ac-
A. Ideology tive
B. Mass media C. limited role
C. Lobbying D. economic opportunity promoted
D. Political Party
591. Which government type occurs when a
586. S5:Attempting to get a legislator to intro- military group overthrows the standing
duce, vote for or against a bill, is known government and puts themselves in power
as what? instead?
A. Gerrymandering A. Dictatorship
B. Due Process B. Monarchy
C. Lobbying C. Oligarchy
D. Debating D. Junta

592. When the media broadcasts a debate, FOR ALL DEBTS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE.”
how are they helping to set the public This reflects money’s function as
agenda?

A. a medium of exchange
A. Telling people who to vote for B. a measure of value
B. Lobbying C. a store of value
C. Holding government officials account- D. any of the above
able
D. Showing opposing points of view 597. “ a set of tools and techniques got
decisions under uncertainty involving two
593. What does the arabic term hogra mean? or more intelligent opponents in which
Why did Moroccans use the term to de- each opponent aspires to optimize his own
scribe their freedom of circulation? decision at the expense of other oppo-
nents.”This statement refers to
A. Hogra means humiliation, unfairness,
and attacks on one’s dignity and as a form A. Game Theory
of racism and Moroccans felt that the visa B. Group Theory
process was a violation to their rights and
C. Elite Theory
dignity
D. Public Choice Theory
B. Hogra means fairness and apprecia-
tiveness and Moroccans felt that the visa 598. A stage in Tuckman’s model that centered
process was reasonable process to enter on getting used to each other and develop
the EU trust and productivity among group mem-
C. I do not remember bers.
D. none of above A. Forming
B. Storming
594. One way individuals can influence public
policy is by C. Norming
A. participating in politics D. Performing
B. expressing opinions 599. Join the millions who know what we
C. joining interest groups need. Vote for John Mathers.What propa-
ganda technique is being used?
D. all of these
A. cardstacking
595. DUE PROCESS MEANS THAT ALL CIT- B. glittering generality
IZENS ARE GUARANTEED EVEN
THOUGH THEY HAVE COMMITTED C. plainfolk
CRIMES. D. bandwagon
A. FOOD
600. Which list below only contains Renew-
B. A CAR able Resources?
C. RIGHTS A. Wind, Sunlight, Coal, Minerals
D. LOVE B. Sunlight, Water, Trees, Wind
596. Printed on a Federal Reserve note is this C. Minerals, Oil, Coal, Natural Gas
statement:“THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER D. Only Sunlight and Wind

601. A political system is a constitutional 605. Duties you have to do, Responsibilities
monarchy when (pick 2) you should do.
A. True
B. False
606. Which of the following does not have

bias?
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A. An article listing the Republican candi-
A. There is a king or queen, but their
dates running for president
power is limited
B. Decisions are mostly made by elected B. An editorial endorsing the Republican
officials nominee
C. Power only passes within one family C. A news column in favor of the Republi-
D. A king or queen stays in power by force can nominee
602. Which of the following is a way Congress D. A political cartoon against the Republi-
influences foreign policy? can nominee
A. Congress nominates high-ranking mili-
607. The law governs how we make decisions
tary officials.
every day. These decisions include how
B. Congress commands the armed we interact and behave in a social set-
forces. ting, as well as how businesses and organ-
C. Congress approves executive agree- isa�ons operate
ments.
A. True
D. Congress passes appropriation bills
regarding military spending. B. False
603. Who plays an important role in elections 608. Communication aimed at convincing oth-
by emphasizing selected issues? ers of a particular idea or position
A. political party
A. Propaganda
B. candidate
B. Bias
C. individual
D. mass media C. slogan
604. What is the purpose of policy implemen- D. Name-calling

tation?
A. To carry out public policies 609. How many terms can the President serve
for?
B. To identify the problem that requires
government action A. 5
C. To develop support for a specific policy B. 4
proposal
C. 8
D. To apply the government’s policy to the
problem D. 2

610. Which type of tax system does the US 614. Special interest groups have more influ-
currently use? ence over candidates because

A. Progressive
B. Regressive
A. they are full of great ideas
C. Proportional
B. they limit opportunities to run for of-
D. Realist fice
611. Which type of communication is shown in C. of rising campaign costs
this poster from 1917? D. their shoe game is strong.
615. Process of working toward achieving

general agreement within a group
A. Persuasion
B. Negotiation
C. Compromise
D. Consensus Building
A. propagandized
616. A tax on goods imported to the U.S.,
B. accurate meant to encourage Americans to buy
C. biased domestically-produced products, is called
D. informational A. a tariff.
B. an excise tax.
612. Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
C. an export tax.
A. all people of the state
D. intergovernmental revenue.
B. only citizens in a state
617. Which party is often represented by the
C. only democrats
donkey symbol?
D. only republicans
A. Democratic Party
613. As the federal government continues to B. Republican Party
spend at a deficit: C. Grand Old Party
A. Net interest on national debt grows D. GOP
B. Americans will pay less and less taxes
618. What kind of policies affect growth?
C. Foreign debt will decrease A. Government policies that invest in in-
D. Taxation will continue to be theft frastructure and technology.

B. Wealth transfers 623. the level of available income, goods, and

C. Universal Basic Income services in each place is
D. none of above A. absolute poverty

B. relative poverty
619. The media provides a “meeting place” to
discuss opposing viewpoints. This “place” C. standard of living
is a D. poverty
A. bias 624. After the census is completed, the 435
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B. public opinion seats in the House are redivided up to the
C. forum states based on their populations. This is
called?
D. political cartoon
A. Reapportionment
620. Using taxes and spending to help the B. Divide and Conquer
economy grow is what?
C. Mixing it up
A. Fiscal Policy
D. The New Order
B. Negotiation
625. actions of the government as they deal
C. Persuasion
with public issues
D. Monetary Policy
A. mass media
621. Of the following political socialization B. forum
agents, which has the greatest impact on
C. lobby
forming political beliefs?
D. public policy
A. Demographics
B. School 626. Individuals and Interest Groups can pass
laws
C. Peer Groups
A. True
D. Political Leaders
B. False
622. Which of the following is defined as a
country’s actions, words, or beliefs to- 627. When Mrs. Holmes campaigns for a can-
ward/about other countries? didate she supports, she is
A. making a political contribution
B. using propaganda
C. separating fact from opinion
D. participating in politics
628. TEJAS Skilling Project to train overseas

Indians, was launched in which country?
A. Foreign Policy A. Japan
B. Foreign Aid B. Bangladesh
C. Military C. UAE
D. Treaties D. Singapore

629. What was one issue the U.S. was consid- 634. Which role of the media is portrayed
ering after the Spanish-American War? when CNN, FOX, ABC, NBC, and CBS
present air debates between the Demo-

A. How to stop communism abroad?
cratic candidates?
B. Should we join the League of Nations?
C. Is being an empire against our be-
liefs?
D. Who should help rebuild Europe after
the devastation of war?
630. What is the 2nd step in the public policy
process?
A. creating political cartoons
B. broadcasting different points of view
C. holding government officials account-
able
D. identifying propaganda
A. Recognizing the problem
635. The function of the media in politics is all
B. Adopting the policy of the following except-
C. Implementing the policy
A. officially counting votes
D. Formulating the policy
B. gatekeeper/agenda setter
631. Which of the following are characteristics
C. watchdog
of money?
A. It is recognizable D. scorekeeper
B. It is portable 636. All of the following are ways in which in-
C. it is durable dividuals and interest groups can influence
D. All of the above public policy EXCEPT:
632. What happens to someone who does not A. passing laws

fulfill their civic duties? B. identifying issues
A. Nothing C. expressing opinions
B. Face legal consequences
D. making political contributions
C. Have to fulfill more duties
D. Turn into pumpkins 637. Ways the executive branch influences pol-
icy making
633. Whose primary responsibility is to create
rules and regulations? A. Proposing legislation
A. Legislative branch B. Approving or vetoing legislation
B. Judges C. Issuing executive acts/orders
C. Bureaucracy D. Delivering an annual speech to
D. Voters Congress (State of the Unionr address)

638. If you wanted to get the government to C. In response to how well the economy
establish stronger regulations on the pollu- is doing (economic policy)
tion created by big business, which is the D. In response to how the president is be-
correct government body to contact to ex- having (behavioral policy)
press your opinion and to bring about the
outcome in your favor? 643. Determine whether or not sources are
A. Your local city council trustworthy and/or believable
B. The Ohio General Assembly A. Credibility
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C. US Congress B. Bias
D. The US Supreme Court C. Opinion

D. Consensus
639. Because it is often impossible to inter-
view every member of a large group, sur- 644. The media helps policy makers focus on
veys typically involve of the the things that are important to the pub-
A. random digit dialing; population lic.
B. populations; sample A. False
C. random samples; sampling error B. True
D. samples; population 645. SS.7.C.2.12John and Maria have become

concerned about the large number of stray
640. The lawmaking process requires & pets that are often lost in their community.
What is the next step they should take?
A. Calmness & collectives A. lobby local lawmakers for support
B. collaboration and compromise B. implement a plan for their community
C. media communications C. run for public office in the next election
D. none of above D. conduct research on the problem of
stray pets
641. In both the U.S. Constitution and the Ohio
Constitution, how are government leaders 646. What was the year the Federal Reserve
in the legislative branch chosen? Act enacted?
A. They are appointed by the Supreme A. 1918
Court
B. 1914
B. They are elected by citizens
C. 1913
C. They are selected by the chief execu-
D. 1917
tive
D. They are picked by the state legislators 647. Which is considered a public policy?
642. What is the basic reason laws are made?

A. In response to problems or issues
(public policy)
B. In response to what other countries
are doing (foreign policy)

A. National Security 652. Which area of policy defined the presi-

B. Food dency of Barack Obama?

A. Healthcare
C. School transportation
B. Welfare
D. Media
C. Education
648. legislation designed to regulate campaign D. Military
contributions and limit campaign expendi-
tures. 653. How are individuals who campaign for
A. Federal Election Campaign Act candidates influencing public policy?
A. Participating in politics
B. Voting Rights Act
B. Being informed
C. Citizens United v. Federal Elections
Commission C. Identifying issues
D. Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of D. Lobbying
2002
654. According to pluralism, what determines
649. What role allows the President to be the the policy process?
leader of the military? A. The mass of people
A. Chief of State B. The elite
B. Chief of Party C. The bureaucracy
C. Commander-in-Chief D. Interest groups
D. Chief Executive 655. Money raised by the government or
money received by a business.
A. Expenditure
A. A system of laws, course of action, and
B. Currency
funding priorities concerning specific is-
sues C. Barter
B. A group of people that share common D. Revenue
interests
656. What is the purpose of public policy?
C. The lobbying committee
A. To address societal issues and pro-
D. A form of exaggerated news mote the common good
B. To benefit only a select few individuals
651. Public policy is not always ethical or
moral. This can be due to a variety of C. To ignore societal issues and promote
factors, such as the conflicting values of individual interests
policymakers or the pressure to make de- D. To create more societal issues and
cisions that are popular with the public. harm the common good
A. True
657. 1) What energy source comes from
B. False earth’s heat deep inside?
C. I’m tired. A. Hydro
D. none of above B. Solar

C. Geothermal B. Decreased profits for corporations

D. Biomass C. Government makes more money from
consumers
658. The president’s closest military advisors
are the: D. more money in consumer’s pockets
A. Joint Chiefs of Staff E. Businesses have more freedom to do

business as they wish
B. The Council of Military Generals
663. State and local levels of government
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C. The OMB
have control over
D. jamar and his family
A. federal law
659. Who appoints ambassadors and negoti- B. foreign policy
ates treaties?
C. international trade
A. Congress
D. education
B. The Attorney General
C. The President 664. Which example below is an action an in-
dividual can do to participate in politics?
D. The Supreme Court
A. debate
660. Under due process, you have the right to B. vote
have your in court.
C. broadcast different points of view
A. boss
D. hold officials accountable
B. accuser
C. mom 665. Which act addresses discrimination
against individuals with disabilities in
D. dad work and public spaces?
661. According to Poister which of the follow- A. Individuals with Disabilities Act
ing is the basis of Policy Evaluation?
B. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
A. effectiveness
C. Americans with Disabilities Act
B. inadequacy
D. none of above
C. improper
666. What does NHS stand for?
D. impurity
A. National Healthy Services
662. Level 3Which of the following is a benefit
B. National Health Service
of government regulations?
C. Nationally Health Service
D. National Healthily Service
E. National Health Servicess
667. Expansionary Policy is used to slow

down the economy?
A. TRUE
A. Consumers protected from harm B. FALSE

668. Monetary policy is best described as: D. Drawing the map for the political ben-
A. The government’s policy toward taxing efit of one party or group

and spending (revenue) 673. According to William N. Dunn, what is the
B. Communism at its finest ;) final stage of the public policy process?
C. The government’s control of the money A. Formulation
supply B. Implementation
D. The government’s policy toward stock C. Evaluation
market regulation
D. Modification
669. In a democracy where does its power
674. Economic policy is dictated by which 2 lev-
come from?
els of government?
A. the president
A. local and state
B. the people
B. state and federal
C. the legislators
C. local and federal
D. the courts
D. international and federal
670. What is the traditional color of the Re-
675. What is efficiency in broad terms?
publican Party?
A. Blue
B. Red
C. Green
D. Yellow
671. Governments take many actions to im-
A. Getting the most out of the least.
plement a public policy. Identify the ap-
propriate branch and government level to B. Doing something in the quickest possi-
address each public policy issue. Ohio cit- ble manner.
izens want a sales tax increase to raise C. Achieving an objective for the lowest
funds to pay for bike lanes in all state cost.
parks.
D. Making everybody happy with an out-
A. Legislative branch and local level come.
B. Executive branch and state level
676. Multiple perspectives are
C. Legislative branch and state level
D. Executive branch and local level
672. What does redistricting mean?
A. Accurately counting all citizens in the
country
A. bifocal eyeglasses
B. Distributing the 435 seats in the House
based on population shifts B. more than one time
C. Redrawing the boundaries of legisla- C. seeing double
tive districts D. different points of view

677. Before candidates can be elected, they B. Products and People Product & people
must be by their parties C. Goods and Services goods and ser-
A. campaigned vices
B. nominated D. Institusi dan perkhidmatan institution
C. educated and services
D. informed 683. Which of the following is NOT a way that

individuals can affect public policy?
678. Economic tools are only used to punish
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other nations or groups. A. Joining a special interest group that
supports a cause they care about
A. True
B. Expressing opinions by protesting
B. False against government actions
679. Refers to a system of laws, regulatory C. Providing a forum in which opposing
measures, plans of action, and funding pri- candidates for office can express their
orities concerning a civic issue viewpoints.
A. Consensus D. Participating in politics by voting for a
candidate
B. Ideology
C. Public Policy 684. A public policy at the local level could be
which of the following?
D. Agenda setting
A. A policy dealing with the operation of
680. Public Agenda is influenced by the media the military.
in which of the following ways?
B. A policy dealing with the operation of
A. focusing attention on selected issues waste collection.
B. voting C. A policy dealing with the operation of
C. running for public office the post office.
D. using propaganda D. A policy dealing with the funding of the
education system.
681. A list of the principles that a political
party supports in order to appeal to the 685. a list, plan, outline of things to be done
general public for the purpose of having A. interest
the party’s candidates voted into office.
B. agenda
A. Public Ideology
686. Interest groups concentrate on one issue
B. Plank
A. true
C. Party Platform
B. false
D. Political Ideas
687. How can individuals influence public pol-
682. What links empire and the market as ma- icy? (Select 2)
jor producing institutions? What is the
relationship that ties the government and A. Saving and investing money
market as a main producing institution? B. Join interest groups
A. Currency value & product Currency C. Participate in politics (vote, campaign,
value & product seek office)

D. Make political contributions B. Bank of America
688. Which of the following executive officers C. BB T

are required by VA law to be elected for D. The Federal Reserve
each locality?
692. What phase of a campaign involves a
A. Commissioner of the Revenue competition between as single party’s
B. Clerk of the Circuit Court nominees to determine who will run for of-
C. Sheriff fice?
D. Treasurer A. General Election
E. All of the above B. Primary Election

C. Inauguration
689. To give unfair support to one side.
D. Debate
A. political contributions
B. communicate 693. The Fed keeps a certain amount of money
out of circulation. This is referred to as
C. editorial
D. bias A. Reserve requirement
690. A school wants to set up a community B. Emergency Fund
garden on the across the street. Who do C. Stockpile
they call?
D. Hoard
694. What is most important to achieve a good

learning in boys and girls
A. clothes
B. health and nutrition
C. grow up
D. none of above
A. Parks and Recreation
695. What are some examples of policy imple-
B. Planning Department
mentation challenges?
C. School District
A. Lack of communication
D. Public Works Department
B. Unanimous stakeholder support
691. The is the central bank of the United C. Excessive resources
States.
D. Lack of resources, resistance from
stakeholders, bureaucratic red tape, and
conflicting interests.
696. In this model, the government has a

monopoly on coercion in society.
A. Rational model
A. The U.S. National Bank B. System model

C. Process model C. Increases in technology, education, in-

D. Institutional model novation
E. leadership model D. Demanding more stuff or else
697. Print media lost its political influence to 702. Because the Electoral College has differ-
which other media type 1st? ent numbers of electors in each state,
sometimes candidates will campaign in the
A. Bloggers
larger states and skip over the small, less
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B. Radio significant states. CE.5f
C. Television A. True
D. All the choices are correct B. False
698. What are the two due process amend- 703. How many days prior to elections does
ments? voter registration close?
A. 5th A. 29 days
B. 14th B. 20 days
C. 21 st C. 22 days
D. cat
D. 25 days
699. Which is true about PACs?
704. non-excludable and nonrival; may not
A. They can spend unlimited money on necessarily be a physical good that you can
campaigns hold in your hands is referring to
B. They do not have to disclose donors A. Market Failure
C. They are limited in the amount they can B. Public Good
contribute
C. Private Good
D. They are regulated by the IRS not FEC
D. None of the Above
700. Public policy is made by a variety of
actors, including elected officials, govern- 705. The government agency that enforces
ment bureaucrats, interest groups, and cit- and regulates election laws.
izens. A. Federal Election Commission (FEC)
A. True B. PACs (Political Action Committees)
B. False C. Super PACs
C. Love you D. Electoral College
D. none of above
706. An organization created to press for laws
701. What causes economic growth? and policies their members favor
A. * Savings, so Supply of Loanable A. Political Action Committee
Funds, so real interest rate, so Capital
B. Interest Group
Investment, so Capital Stock, therefore
LRAS and PPC both. C. Public Forum
B. Increased labor productivity D. Constituent

707. How do policy analysis techniques help in C. Anarchy

evaluating public policies? D. Monarchy

A. By ignoring the impact on different so-
cial groups 712. “ decisions are made at the gov-
ernmental level, resulting in a decision
B. By providing a systematic and objec- that favours one or more approaches to
tive approach to assess the effectiveness, addressing a given problem.”This stage
efficiency, and equity of the policies. refers to
C. By relying on subjective and biased as- A. Stage 3 of Process Model:Policy Adop-
sessments tion
D. By creating confusion and complexity B. Stage 4 of Process Model:Policy Imple-
in the evaluation process mentation
708. A government agencies main responsibil- C. Stage 2 of Process Model:Policy For-
ity is to do which of the following activi- mulation
ties? D. Stage 1 of Process Model:Agenda Set-
A. Carry out the rules or laws passed by ting
the legislative branch of government.
713. There are 100 members in the US Sen-
B. Deals with a specific rule, or law that ate. How many Senators does each state
was designed to solve a problem in the have?
community.
A. 2
C. A and B are both correct
B. 4
D. Only A is correct
C. 6
709. What’s another way you can influence D. 8
public policy?
714. Public policy often involves government
A. Join the gym
COOPERATION with private organiza-
B. Volunteer at a local food bank tions.
C. Call your bank and sign up A. True
D. Participate in politics B. False
710. Decision making occurs step-by-step, 715. Which private sector institutions aid in
piecemeal, through trial-and-error.This public policy?
statement refers to
A. non-profits
A. Incremental Theory
B. individuals
B. Process Model
C. corporations
C. Game Theory
D. all of the above
D. System Theory
716. Tariff is a tax on foreign goods upon im-
711. Rule by many people portation.
A. Democracy A. TRUE
B. Oligarchy B. FALSE

717. What does the word Compromise mean? 722. Level 2Individual banks within our bank-
ing system create money when they
A. A process of settling differences
through a discussion of issues often takes
B. A process of inducing others into ac-
cepting a point of view by means of rea-
soning and argumentation
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C. A process of making concessions to
settle differences A. loan out their reserves.
D. A process of working toward achieving B. print physical currency.
general agreement within a group C. issue bonds.
D. hold extra reserves.
718. The President makes an official order on
how he specifically wants a law to be car- 723. To supervise the implementation of the
ried/not carried out is Constitution, laws and resolutions of the
A. Judicial Order National Assembly; To supervise the activ-
ities of the Government, the Supreme Peo-
B. Congressional Order ple’s Court is the duty of which of the fol-
C. Execute Order lowing agencies?
D. Government Order A. Government
B. National Assembly
719. Short video or audio clips of approxi- C. Supreme People’s Procuracy
mately 10 seconds
D. Standing Committee of the National As-
A. Political Speeches sembly
B. Debates 724. bills specify how much money will go
C. Sound bites to different agencies according to the bud-
get
D. Talking heads
720. To evaluate advertisements accurately,

one must-
A. use the scientific method.
B. believe propaganda.
C. separate fact from opinion.
D. read editorials.
721. Individuals and interest groups influence A. Appropriations

public policy. B. Justification
A. True C. Fiscal
B. False D. Congressional

725. Who shares power according to the prin- 730. What is public policy?
ciple of federalism? A. The study of domestic issues and so-

A. Elected officials and appointed official welfare
cials. B. The actions that governments take in
B. State government and federal govern- the economic field
ment. C. The process of passing laws in
C. Executive and Legislative branches. Congress
D. People and government. D. The way government deals with prob-
lems and concerns
726. The core phenomena of nursing are the
following, Except. 731. When an individual seeks to influence leg-
islators to introduce or vote for or against
A. Nurse
a bill it is known as:
B. Person
A. bribing
C. Environment
B. gerrymandering
D. Stimulus
C. bureaucracy
727. Appointing government officials is NOT D. lobbying
one of the ways the or 4th estate can
influence public policy 732. A group of people who work together to
influence the government are known as
A. President
A. A lobbyist
B. Congress
B. Interest Groups
C. Courts
D. Media 733. The National Women’s Party (1913-
1930) and the Right to Life Party (1970-
728. Which statement accurately describes a present) are examples of which type of
defining characteristic of a public policy? third party?
A. It must affect many people A. splinter party
B. It must be accepted as legitimate B. ideological party
C. It must be created through a political C. single-issue party
process
D. economic protest party
D. All of these
734. Which one of the following statements is
729. “A continuation of pastgovernment activ- not relevant to Incremental Theory?
itieswith only incrementalmodifications”
A. Decisions have ample applicability
is
B. No radical change or innovation
A. group theory
C. Policy makers concentrate on avoiding
B. Rational choice theory
disadvantages or problematic situations
C. Incrementalism
D. Decision making is a constant negotia-
D. elite theory tion and adjustment process

735. A political scientist who in 2009 became 740. The president makes a patriotic speech on
the first-ever woman to receive the pres- the 4th of July
tigious Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic A. Chief of Party
Sciences for her research in analyzing eco-
nomic governance, with a focus on manag- B. Chief Diplomat
ing finite common-pool resources within a C. Chief Executive
community. D. Chief of State
A. Joan Robinson
741. What are powers that describe what
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B. Edith Abbott Congress CANNOT do?
C. Elinor Ostrom A. implied powers
D. Carmen Reinhart B. denied powers
736. the public policy was created in 2011 C. expressed powers
A. false D. fake powers
B. true 742. #10
737. the process of making some criteria more A. A

important than others when evaluating a B. B
politician, problem, or issue. C. C
A. agenda setting D. D
B. gatekeeping
743. The legislative branch in Virginia is called
C. framing the
D. priming A. Virginia Commission
738. The federal budget is proposed by: B. Virginia Congress
C. Virginia General Assembly
D. none of above
744. Which of the following is NOT an exam-
ple of a renewable resource?
A. water
A. The Senate B. trees

C. sun
B. The House
D. gasoline
C. The President
D. The Supreme Court 745. Scenario:The economy is experiencing
high inflation. Which tool would be most
739. First step in the policy making process is appropriate to address this?
A. identification A. Sell on the open market
B. policy formulation B. Buy on the open market
C. policy adoption C. Decrease the interest rate
D. policy implementation D. Decrease the discount window

746. A policy in which one small group benefits C. Through public outcry
and another small group pays
D. By mediating among interest groups

A. Client Politics
B. Pluralist View 752. Which federal institution is most directly
C. Interest Group Politics in charge of arranging the president’s bud-
get proposal each year?
D. Creedal Passion View
A. Senate Budget Committee
747. “An institution sits easily in a society
when it has absorbed the society’s culture B. House Appropriations Committee
and ways of doing things done.”This state-
C. Office of Management and Budget
ment refers to
A. Cultural-cognitive pillar D. Congressional Budget Office
B. Normative pillar
753. Why is it important for environmental
C. Regulative pillar policy to address pollution concerns?
D. none of above
A. Pollution can have a negative impact
748. Tim’s job is to influence lawmakers to on human health.
support policies to stop offshore drilling.
B. Pollution is damaging to the environ-
Tim’s job title is
ment.
A. teacher
C. Pollution can cause a reduction in us-
B. lobbyist able natural resources.
C. politician
D. All of these
D. lawyer
749. What type of government is ruled by 754. Which of the following is NOT a job of
force? interest groups?
A. Theocracy A. donate money to candidates that sup-
B. Democarcy port them
C. Dictatorship B. identify issues of concern
D. Monarchy C. lobby
750. Ceremonial head of government D. vote on new laws
A. Party Chief
B. Chief of state 755. A group of people with a common goal
or interest who work to influence govern-
C. Commander in chief ment about a set of issues is called
D. Chief executive
A. citizens
751. How can interest groups and lobbyists
B. interest group
shape the congressional agenda?
A. By setting agenda priorities C. politicians
B. By forcing items onto the agenda D. governors

756. This was a tweet by Trump discussing 760. What is “media?”

possible negotiation with X over Y. What A. The newspaper
are X and Y?
B. A group of people traveling
C. A political platform
D. Communication outlet or tools used to
deliver
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761. The belief in Manifest Destiny and
spreading our beliefs westward would
support
A. Sweden, Greenland
B. Sweden, Iceland
C. Denmark, Iceland
D. Denmark, Greenland
757. This increase in mass media makes it nec-

essary for voters to the information A. Idealism
presented in political campaigns so that
they can make informed choices about the B. Realism
candidates and the issues. C. Liberalism
A. ignore D. Isolationism
B. evaluate 762. The key problem with reforming Social
C. disregard Security will be (2 answers):
D. not trust A. Not enough is paid in to support all
those who need it
758. President Obama met with the President B. Taxation is theft.
of China to discuss the future relationship
between these two countries. Obama is C. There are too few people who receive
performing what role when he does this? the benefits
A. Chief of State D. The elderly generally don’t support it
B. Chief of Party 763. What is the media doing when it informs

the public about the wrongdoing and mis-
C. Chief Diplomat
takes of government?
D. Chief Citizen A. Contributing to a campaign
759. Which branch of government is in charge B. Lobbying for an interest group
of proposing to the federal government? C. Holding government accountable
A. Executive Branch D. Voting
B. Legislative Branch
764. When a citizen campaigns for a candidate
C. Judicial branch he/she supports, they are
D. House of Representative A. holding government accountable

B. participating in politics C. Governing

C. identifying propaganda D. Nominate candidates

D. fulfilling his/her civic duties
770. Political parties organize
765. What are some common challenges in im- A. influence public policies
plementing public policy?
B. To win elections
A. Lack of political will, resource con-
straints, stakeholder resistance, and bu- C. Reflect the liberal views with some
reaucratic red tape consideration given to the conservative
side on some issues.
B. Excessive funding
D. appeal to both conservative and liberal
C. Lack of political opposition
extremes
D. Unanimous stakeholder support
771. Where the leaders are elected by a major-
766. Citizens should be able to evaluate media, ity of the people in the country in a vote.
including separating fact from opinion, de-
tecting bias, evaluating sources, and iden- A. Democracy
tifying propaganda. B. Anarchy
A. True C. Dictatorship
B. False D. Monarchy
767. A citizen is a person who is part of a com-
772. Select the BRANCH and LEVEL of govern-
munity.
ment that would handle the following sit-
A. True uation:The Federal Trade Commission en-
B. False forces regulations as to what type of pro-
gramming can be broadcast by TV stations
768. Which of the following is NOT an inter-
A. executive; local
national issue that may impact local policy
making? B. legislative; state
A. Economic success of a Virginia dairy C. judicial; national
farm D. executive; national
B. Public safety following an act of terror-
ism 773. The number of electors of each state is
based on
C. Public health concerns when a pan-
demic occurs
D. Habitat destruction that affects
wildlife and leads to policies to protect
the environment
769. Function in which party members partici-

A. Congressional Representation
pate in government procedures & respon-
sibilites B. # of Senators
A. Watchdog C. # of the Representatives
B. Bonding agent D. Population of the State

774. Which branch of government has the 779. This protects people from discimination in
power to interpret laws? employment based on a disability
A. Legislative A. An IEP
B. Executive B. Americans with Disabilities Act
C. Judicial C. Fair Employment Act
D. none of above D. Equal Hire Act
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775. What is the term for a set of rules aimed 780. It is a category of public policy that in-
at controlling behaviors that directly af- volves the allocation of services and ben-
fect public health, safety, welfare, rela- efits to particular segments of the popula-
tionships, or the environment? tion.
A. Social Regulations A. constituent policy
B. Economic Regulations B. redistributive policy
C. Deregulation C. distributive policy
D. Public Policy D. regulatory policy
781. Refers to a model for achieving primary

776. Election Day for federal elections is set
care excellence so that care is received in
by the federal government as
the right place, at the right time, and in the
A. the first Tuesday after the first Monday manner thaat best suits a patient’s needs.
of November
A. Primary model
B. the first Tuesday of November
B. Medical home
C. the first Monday after the first Tuesday
C. In house care
of November
D. Reach hand model
D. the first Monday of November
782. “ norm groups (or pressure groups)
777. The judicial branch at the federal level is will pressure institutions to adopt what
made up of they see as “normal” behavior.”This di-
A. Magistrate’s Courts and Justices of mension refers to
the Peace A. Normative isomorphism
B. Courts of Common Pleas in the States B. Mimetic isomorphism
C. The U.S. Supreme Court, district C. Coercive isomorphism
courts, and appeals courts
D. none of above
D. none of above
783. Which branch’s responsibility in foreign
778. Process of settling differences through and defense policy includes approving
discussion of issues treaties?
A. Persuasion A. Legislative
B. Negotiation B. Executive
C. Compromise C. Judicial
D. Consensus Building D. none of above

784. If the Fed wants to increase the cost of 789. Individuals and organizations can do
loans, then it should adjust which of the following to support candi-
dates

A. Open Market Operations
A. Conduct Letter Writing Campaigns
B. The Reserve Ratio
B. Campaign door to door for candidates
C. The Discount Rate
C. Organize public demonstrations
D. none of above
D. All of the above
785. The Process model focuses on 790. When the president gives the State of the
A. activities of political actors Union address, who is in the room with
B. activities of public policies him?
A. voters
C. Ideologies of political actors
B. interest groups
D. ideologies of public policies
C. his cabinet and advisors
786. A type of Public Policy model wherein D. members of Congress
there is an existence of dominant class
that monopolize political power 791. If a depositor deposits $1, 000 into a
bank, and the reserve requirement at the
A. Institutional
time is 20%, then $200 of the depositor’s
B. Group Model money must be
C. Rational Choice A. returned to them within 6 months
D. Elite B. put into an interest bearing savings ac-
count
787. The means by which the government C. deposited into the Federal Reserve
maintains order and addresses the needs Bank
of its citizens
D. made available for loans by the bank
A. Ideology
792. Special interest groups influence public
B. Public Policy
policy by doing all of the following EX-
C. Political Party CEPT:
D. Interest Groups A. making political contributions
B. identifying issues
788. What is the purpose of a visa?
C. conducting judicial reviews
A. pre-screening of potential visitors be-
fore they reach the actual border D. lobbying government officials
B. official authorization granted by a 793. What state has the largest number of
polity to a foreigner that allows them to electoral votes?
enter, remain within, or leave its territory
C. used to verify one’s country of citizen-
ship. If traveling outside your country, it
is used to regain entry into your country
of citizenship.
D. none of above

A. Montana 799. Who is MOST likely to vote?

B. California A. Highly educated
C. Texas
B. Little education
D. Alaska
794. SS.7.C.2.10What is an important differ- 800. A meeting of local party members to

ence between interest groups and political choose candidates for public office.
parties?
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A. Caucus
A. Interest groups have more members
than political parties. B. Direct Primary
B. Interest groups have platforms ad- C. General Election
dressing all issues of public concern.
D. National Convention
C. Interest groups are organized to elect
their candidates to political office
801. Keeping things or people Separate
D. Interest groups attempt to influence
government directly on particular issues. A. prejudice
795. Citizens should participate politically in B. union
their communities by doing all of the fol-
lowing except: C. confederate
A. Sign a petition D. segregation
B. March at a rally
C. Go to a debate 802. Term which refers to seeking to influence
a public official on an issue.
D. Go to church
A. Lobbying
796. Which one of these is a public policy?
A. Healthcare for the poor/disabled B. Ideology
B. Parliament C. Public policy process
C. Rule of One
D. Political process
D. none of above
797. Buying bonds 803. Congress, states, and local governments

having the power to lay and collect taxes
A. increases money supply would be an example of a(n)
B. decreases money supply
A. concurrent power.
798. As the human population increases, what
will happen to animal habitats? B. implied power.
A. They will increase in size. C. reserved power.
B. They will decrease in size. D. expressed power.
C. They will remain unchanged.
D. They will fluctuate. 804. What is social policy?

807. John received a tax cut from the gov-

ernment. What happens to his spending
habits?

A. John’s spending increases
B. John’s spending decreases
C. John’s spending remains the same
D. John’s spending becomes unpre-
dictable
808. The gov’t uses the media to
A. communicate with the public
B. provide support for the opposing party
C. transmit sensitive info to other coun-
tries
D. let the people communicate with pres-
ident
809. Public policy NEVER changes.
A. Societies way of controlling the under-
class A. True
B. The way society works to meet human B. False
needs
810. Public policy is a purposeful course of ac-
C. A tax tion produced in response to a perceived
D. The name of a political party problem, discussed and developed through
a political process, and implemented by a
805. If we create real economic growth, public agency.
should we see price increases?
A. True
A. No, because the long-run and short-
B. False
run curves both shift to the right. Prices
Explanation:Public policy is a purposeful
should minimally stay the same
course of action developed through a polit-
B. Yes because the long-run curve shifts ical process and implemented by a public
to the right and that meets supply at a agency. This statement is true.
higher price point
811. “Senator Jones Caught On Camera Call-
806. What is Sutrisno also suggested to gov- ing Supporters Dummies”This headline
ernment? shows which role of the media when set-
A. government should become en- ting public agenda?
trepreneurs A. offering a forum for opposing view-
B. government should encourage people points
to become entrepreneurs B. broadcasting different points of view
C. government should encourage people C. emphasizing selected issues
to create new jobs D. holding gov’t officials accountable to
D. government should create new jobs the public

812. In this model, the political system decides B. members of interest groups
on various policies. To allocate benefits in C. members of Congress
society
D. voters and citizens
A. Incremental change model
818. An election to choose a political party’s
B. Rational model
candidates for an elective office.
C. Process model A. general election
D. Institutional model B. primary election
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E. System model
819. The International Monetary Fund and the
813. A political party’s candidates for presi- World Bank were made to assist
dent and vice president. A. rich nations
A. ballot B. nations that join the UN
B. ticket C. poor nations
C. vote D. the United States
D. election 820. Scenario:The economy is experiencing
high inflation. What type of policy might
814. The goals of policy involve national Congress use to tackle this?
security and promotion of international
trade. A. Expansionary Policy
B. Contractionary Policy
A. domestic
B. foreign 821. This type of money is valuable because it
is made of something valuable.
815. This type of interest group advocates for A. Commodity money
certain types of people such as lawyers,
doctors, and teachers: B. Representative money
C. Fiat money
A. Professional Interest Group
D. none of above
B. Economic Interest Group
C. Single-Issue Interest Group 822. Which type of politics involves widely
distributed benefits and costs?
D. Public Interest Group
A. Majoritarian politics
816. Which of the following items would be B. Client politics
mandatory spending in the Federal bud-
C. Interest group politics
get?
D. Bureaucratic politics
A. National Parks
B. Medicare 823. What is the last step in the public policy
process in which the effectiveness of the
C. National defense policy is determined?
D. Corporate Subsidies A. Policy Formulation
817. Who, of the following, can officially in- B. Problem Recognition
troduce a bill in Congress? C. Policy Evaluation
A. the president D. Budgeting

824. Why were many opposed to U.S. mem- B. Think silos

bership in the League of Nations? C. Policy institutes

A. Concern it would strengthen commu- D. Strategic Planner
nists.
830. Which of the following does the federal
B. Thought it was against the Constitu-
government the most money on?
tion.
A. defense
C. Would isolate the U.S. from the world.
B. education
D. Would have to help members under at-
tack. C. international affairs
D. health care
825. The public sphere is a place wheresociety
discusses the issues that affect everyone. 831. The president can serve a maximum of
A. true years.
B. false A. 2
B. 4
826. Public policy is only concerned with do-
C. 6
mestic issues.
D. 8
A. True
B. False 832. The Governor of Ohio is similar to the
President of the United States because
C. Enough for me the primary responsibilities of both include
D. none of above
827. Check all the ways people can influence A. enforcing laws and maintaining order.
the government B. raising taxes.
A. Writing letters to government officials C. declaring war.
B. Run for office D. interpreting laws and sentencing crim-
inals.
C. Protest
D. Sign a petition 833. This type of money is considered legal
tender and gets its value from the people’s
828. ways of getting information to large num- faith in the government.
bers of people A. Commodity money
A. lobby B. Representative money
B. mass media C. Fiat money
C. propaganda D. none of above
D. forum
834. expressing opinions (lobbying, demon-
829. Refers to organization that performs re- strating, writing letters)
search and advocacy concerning topics such A. ways individuals influence public pol-
as social policy, political strategy, eco- icy
nomics, military, technology, and culture. B. ways interest groups influence public
A. Researchers policy

835. #1-3 Branch:Executive, Gov’t. Level: 840. How is a bill passed from the Senate to
the House or from the House to the Sen-
ate?
A. National
A. With approval from the president
B. State
B. With 2/3 majority vote in Congress
C. Local
C. With simple majority vote (more than
D. none of above 1/2) in Congress
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836. Which of the following statements best D. With 100% approval
describes a mean-tested program? 841. Taxes, education, healthcare, and the
A. A person is eligible for a benefit by law economy involve which type of policies?
because they meet the requirement.
B. A person must pay more money in
taxes because they have a higher income.
C. A person receives a benefit for meet-
ing certain requirements, one of which in-
cludes financial need.
D. A person has been released from fed-
eral prison early because the president A. domestic policies
has initiated clemency. B. presidential policies
837. amount of deposits that banks are re- C. diplomacy policies
quired to keep on hand D. military policies
A. monetary policy 842. It is a type of policy analysis that refers
B. money creation to either the historical analysis of past
policies or the evaluation of a new policy
C. reserve requirements as it is implemented.
D. prime rate A. descriptive policy analysis
838. What type of interest groups focus on B. prescriptive policy analysis
one issue? C. predictive policy analysis
A. Single Issue Groups D. prospective policy analysis
B. Public Interest Groups 843. Which was an outcome of the U.S.
C. Labor Union Groups Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board
of Education (1954)?
D. Public Policy
A. Administrators may limit the content of
839. Who will be replaced by the robots? student publications.
A. Human Being B. Stop segregation in public schools

C. Students have a reduced expectation
B. Human Capital
of privacy in school.
C. Human workers
D. Criminal defendants have the right to
D. Employers an attorney.

844. Which of the following is NOT a way in B. A newspaper column about radio
which Congress influences foreign policy? newscast

A. declaring war C. A magazine article analyzing new cov-
B. commanding the armed forces erage
C. confirming ambassadors D. A Web site that focuses on publishing
D. ratifying treaties 850. This function of a political party refers to

campaigning, defining issues, and criticiz-
845. Individuals can influence public policy by: ing other candidates in hopes to appeal to
A. Participating in politics the public
B. Throwing a tantrum A. Nominate candidates
C. Watching a rally on t.v. B. Inform & activate supporters
D. Wishing things were different C. Act as bonding agent
846. Name the 5 renewable resources. D. Govern
A. wind, solar, hydro, biomass, geother- 851. What is the step after “Multiple Perspec-
mal tives”?
B. wind, oil, hydro, biomass, geothermal A. Research
C. wind, solar, hydro, uranium, geother- B. Implement Plan
mal C. Choose Best Alternative
D. wind, solar, coal, biomass, geothermal D. Pros/Cons
847. Which federal agency leads most Ameri- 852. How do PACs (political action commit-
can foreign policy decisions? tees) help candidates?
A. Department of Homeland Security
B. Department of Treasury
C. Department of State
D. Department of Justice
848. Interest Groups

A. People who try to influence the govern- A. Donate large sums of money
ment or government officials/actions B. Give campaign advice
B. A group that tries to influence or pres- C. Help win votes
sure the government to adopt a certain
policy or make a specific policy D. Help write speeches
C. Views common in the general public 853. The Legislative Branch consists of:
D. Someone who is a voting member of a A. Congress which is broken into the
community or certain area House of Representatives and Senate
849. Which is an example of electronic media B. Supreme Court
A. A book written by a TV news commen- C. President

tator D. none of above

854. A group of people with a common inter- 859. Boundaries based on traits like language.
est in a public issue. A. Geometric Boundary
A. Lobbyists B. Physical Boundary
B. Interest groups C. Cultural Boundary
C. Public agenda D. Linear Boundary
D. Public policy 860. Participating in politics (voting, cam-
paigning, seeking office)
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855. What does Inflation do to the value of
money? A. ways individuals influence public pol-
icy
A. Makes it go up.
B. Makes it go down. policy
C. Makes it stay the same. 861. The primary role of a third party is to:
D. none of above A. To help the best candidate win the elec-
tion
856. What is the name of leader House of Rep-
resentative? B. To keep the best candidate from win-
ning.
A. Senate Pro Temp
C. To inform the public about the short-
B. Vice-President comings of the other parties.
C. Speaker of the House D. To introduce new ideas or to push for
a particular issue.
D. President
862. How is public opinion often measured?
857. Civil rights activist who refused to sur-
render her seat to a white passenger on a A. politicians
segregated bus in the USA. B. policy
A. Rosa Parks C. politics
B. Rose Park D. polls
C. Lilly Park 863. Public policy refers to

D. Anne Frank A. widely held views on a particular issue
B. regulations and /or laws based issues
858. Which of the following is a characteristic of importance to the masses
of a fiat currency?
C. newspapers, social media, radio, TV
A. It is backed by a physical commodity
D. none of above
like gold or silver
B. It has value because the government 864. As a US Ambassador, that person is the
maintains its value top in a foreign country
A. Special Operator
C. It can be exchanged for a set amount
of a commodity B. Police Officer
D. It is used primarily in bartering trans- C. Diplomat
actions D. Senator

865. One advantage to using a debit card is A. After WWII

that it allows the user to B. Directly after Operation Iraqi Freedom

A. build a strong credit score C. Directly after the Gulf War
B. repay credit card debts faster D. Directly after 9/11
C. access currency without carrying cash
870. Price fixing discourages competition and
D. purchase Goods without having any raises prices
money
A. True
866. What happens when the president signs B. False
a bill?
871. #17
A. S/He didn’t approve of it
A. A
B. The bill enters Congress one more
time for review B. B
C. It turns into a law C. C
D. The sun gets a little brighter D. D
867. What is the purpose of policy formula- 872. Application of the policy by the govern-
tion? ment’s administrative machinery is done
during the of policy-making process.
A. To craft an acceptable course of action
A. Policy adoption
B. To apply the government’s policy to the
problem B. Policy implementation
C. To determine if a policy was effective C. Policy evaluation

and why or why not D. Policy formulation
D. To identify the problem that requires 873. This group tries to shape public opinion
government action and is made up of a group of people that
share the same opinions.
868. ideas used to influence people’s ideas or
behavior A. Click
A. poll B. Interest Group
B. lobby C. politicians
C. bias D. Representatives
D. propaganda 874. According to this newspaper, in which ac-
tivity were these media groups most likely
869. When was the Bush Doctrine created? involved?

A. Regulating local advertisements 879. What are requests or calls for action or in-
action by government on some matter by
B. Investing in new technology
individuals, groups, or others?
C. Gathering national data A. Material policy
D. Attempting to influence new laws B. Redistributive policy
875. What term generated from a former court C. Policy demands

hearing before the Brown vs. Education D. Policy outputs
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case helped to segregate America specifi-
cally in schools and at public facilities? 880. Pollution and storm run-off in Richmond
may end up
A. “justice for all”
A. in the Chesapeake Bay
B. “one nation, undivided” B. in the Blue Ridge Mountains
C. “separate but equal” C. in the Atlantic Ocean
D. “whites only, blacks only” D. in the Pacific Ocean
876. What is the purpose of easy money policy 881. Fee charged to borrow money
A. To increase the amount of money in the A. Inflation
economy to fight unemployment B. Interest
B. To decrease the amount of money in C. Discount rate
the economy to fight inflation D. Reserve requirement
C. To sell bonds on the open market
882. An issue is
D. To increase the national deficit A. individual (or group) that creates a
plan of action to achieve a goal, to solve
877. Which is an example of lobbying? an issue [policymaker → lawmaker]
A. The governor talks before the House of B. government response to public issues
Delegates
B. President Trump campaign rally
C. A health group asks the president to for similar interests or goals
pass a law for healthier school lunches
D. The Washington Post talks about a power to apply laws to specific cases?
politician accepting bribes for votes
A. Legislative
878. What are elected officials doing when B. Executive
they use the media to hold news confer- C. Judicial
ences?
D. none of above
A. Giving an opinion poll
884. Ms. B’s dog that you hear bark some-
B. Enforcing laws times is named
C. Communicating with the public A. Spongebob
D. Passing laws B. Cocoa Puff

C. Rocky A. biased reporting

D. Piglet B. watchdog role

885. All of the following are responsibilities of C. political action committees
state government EXCEPT
D. lobbying
888. Which is a goal of the Federal Reserve?

A. Create a high level of inflation
B. Create price stability in the economy
C. Print currency for American citizens
D. Develop fiscal policy for the United
A. public health
States
B. education
C. public welfare 889. It states that if private parties can bar-
gain without cost over the allocation of re-
D. provide for the common defense
sources, then the private market will al-
886. Which of the following government ac- ways solve the problem of externalities on
tions is the most common response to a its own and allocate resources efficiently.
natural monopoly in the USA? A. Path Dependence
B. Nudge Theory
C. Pigouvian Taxes
D. Coase Theorem
890. Who founded the Democratic Party?

A. Andrew Jackson
A. prevent its formation
B. Abraham Lincoln
B. break it up using antitrust laws
C. Thomas Nast
C. treat it like any industry in the free
market D. President Wilson
D. regulate prices
891. How would local government officials re-
E. make it public spond to the news of an outbreak of H1N1
887. What role of the media is depicted in the Swine Flu?
headline: A. instructing local health officials to or-
der more vaccines
B. take no action and wait
C. closing all schools to stop the spread
of disease
D. ordering local residents to stay home

892. Which 3 things would be discussed in A. All citizens vote on decisions

General Assembly? B. The country is ruled by one person
A. Public Health
C. Citizens elect representatives to make
B. Foreign relations decisions
C. Environment D. The country’s leader stays in power
D. Education through violence
893. The lawmaking body in local government 897. The government works to solve problems
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refers to which of the following terms? through REGULATION and ACTION.
A. mayor-council A. True
B. advisory committee B. False
C. board commission
898. An ordinance has been created by the leg-
D. city council islative body of the county to establish a
curfew for minors. Which legislative body
894. Which of the following statements is
would create this ordinance?
something a person opposed to U.S. impe-
rialism would say? A. Board of supervisors
A. “We have a responsibility to the world B. City council
to make it safer and freer.” C. General Assembly
B. “Our British forefathers warned D. House of Representatives
against it-let’s listen to them.”
C. “Getting involved could protect our 899. What does a lobbyist do?
economic interests abroad.”
D. “It is not our place to interfere in an-
other country’s affairs.”
895. Public policy is

A. The laws passed by Congress
B. A plan/course of action initiated by the A. Introduce bills in Congress
govt. to achieve a goal
B. Greet people in the lobby
C. The policies that the public has; for ex-
ample putting your cart away at Krogers C. Try and convince congressmen to vote
a certain way on bills
D. The list of things that the government
feels most important to deal with first D. Talk to the president about what is hap-
pening in Congress
896. A political system is a republic when
900. What are the key factors considered dur-
ing the formulation stage of the public pol-
icy process?
A. Public opinion and international
treaties
B. Economic factors and public opinion

C. Political factors and international 904. Which of the following term refers to
treaties when a city has the power to write and
amend its own laws?

D. Political, economic, and social factors
A. home rule
901. What happens to the MONEY SUPPLY if
B. advocacy
the discount rate is raised?
C. lobbying
D. city rule
905. The primary way Congress impacts the

budget is:
A. Thefty taxes
B. Drafting and passing budget legisla-
tion
C. Appointing economic advisers to the
President
D. Writing executive orders on taxation
906. What step occurs directly before “bill is

debated” in the process of how a bill be-
comes a law?
A. It increases
A. bill goes to the other house
B. It decreases
B. bill goes to committee
C. Nothing
C. bill is introduced
D. What’s a discount rate? What’s a
money supply? D. bill is signed by the president
907. Near the end of the convention, the dele-

902. Voters could directly introduce bills in
gates cast their votes for the party’s
the state legislature and could vote on
who will run in the national election.
whether they wanted a bill passed
A. delegate
A. initiative
B. nominee
B. referendum
C. friends
C. recall
D. third candidate
D. secret ballot
908. Voter turnout during elections in the
903. In what era was the central bank estab- United States has not been high. Which of
lished? the following is the most common reason
A. World War II for poor voter turnout?
B. The People’s Party seizes power Carry A. Illness
out nationalist policies B. Lack of Interest
C. Tom Yum Kung economic crisis C. Lack of education
D. World War I D. No transportation

909. Which of the following usually happens 915. Way to address a civic issue through
during natural disasters and crisis’? the instructional actions & procedures in-
A. Obstruction of Justice volved with the government carrying out
its’ functions
B. Price Fixing
A. Political process
C. Price Gouging
B. Public Policy process
D. Non-Competes
916. A lobbyist is
910. Party in the Electorate includes
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A. A person who lobbies on behalf of a
A. Party leaders
special interest group
B. Elected officials & candidates
B. Someone who always represents the
C. Members of the party will of the people
D. none of above C. An elected official
911. The President can serve a maximum of D. none of above
two year terms.
917. Political organization that seeks to win
A. 2 elections in order to control the govern-
B. 4 ment
C. 6 A. Interest Groups
D. 8 B. Political Parties
912. Select an influence on a person’s perspec- 918. What is the first stage of the policy-
tive making process?
A. Education A. Policy adoption
B. Types of Apps used B. Policy evaluation
C. Favorite Genre of Books C. Policy implementation
D. Style of Clothing Worn D. Problem recognition and definition
913. is a process of making preferred policy 919. What do government agencies value and
option legitimized/legalized review to collect useful perspectives and
A. policy adoption information?
B. public policy A. demographic information
C. decision making B. public comments
D. none of above C. polls
914. The president is the ceremonial leader of D. email

the government. He/she is often a symbol 920. Fiscal policy is defined as:
for the country.
A. The government’s policy toward taxing
A. Chief Executive and spending (revenue)
B. Chief of State B. Socialism in practice
C. Chief Diplomat C. The government’s control of the money
D. Chief Citizen supply

D. The government’s policy toward stock C. Overturned the 1st Amendment in cer-
market regulation tain cases

921. Which branch of government has the D. Raised the voting age to 21
power to check another branch by refusing
926. Which of the following is NOT a factor
to approve a presidential nomination?
in foreign policy being influenced from out-
A. Legislative side the government?
B. Executive A. news media
C. Judicial B. the Joint Chiefs of Staff
D. none of above C. Non-Governmental Organizations
922. This ideology holds beliefs between both (NGOs)
liberal and conservative views D. multinational corporations
A. Liberal
927. Sienna stands in line at her polling place
B. Moderate to vote in the election. She is happy that
C. Conservative women were granted the right to vote so
she can voice her opinion!
D. Radical
A. 15th Amendment
923. What is public policy process?
B. 19th Amendment
A. The process of creating private poli-
cies C. 23rd Amendment
B. The process of evaluating public opin- D. 24th Amendment

ions E. 26th Amendment
C. The steps and stages involved in for-
mulating, implementing, and evaluating 928. Which of the following is not a duty of a
public policies. citizen?
D. The process of implementing interna- A. Obey laws

tional treaties B. pay taxes
924. Which of these is the best example of C. Register to vote
grassroots mobilization? D. Serve in the armed forces if called
A. a public demonstration
929. What is the purpose of problem identifi-
B. a political party convention
cation in policymaking?
C. a meeting with policymakers
A. To identify the problem that requires
D. a paid television advertisement government action
925. The 16th Amendment: B. To craft an acceptable course of action
A. Declared taxation is theft and banned C. To determine if a policy was effective
taxes and why or why not
B. Allowed Congress to levy an income D. To develop support for a specific policy
tax proposal

930. Which department of agency oversees D. Investigates potential scandals in the

economic sanctions? government
A. Dept of State 935. Foreign Policy Powers:The President can
B. Dept of Treasury
C. Dept of Defense A. Declare war
D. Dept of Justice B. Command the armed forces
C. Appropriate money
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931. Why are canned food drives held?
D. Ratify treaties with other nations
A. to help state agencies distribute bene-
fits 936. Which of these is a function of a free
B. to help county officials meet their obli- press?
gations A. to promote the actions of business
C. to help city administrators fulfill their leaders
responsibilities. B. to strengthen the public image of the
D. to help private community groups sup- president
port those in need C. to inform citizens of the actions of the
government
932. What is the step in the policy making pro-
cess when a governor signs a policy into D. to provide advertising for the political
law? party in power
A. agenda setting 937. The president gives a speech each year to
B. policy formulation update Americans on ongoing issues and
laws he’d like Congress to pass. This
C. policy adoption
speech is called
D. policy evaluation
A. American Speech
933. In terms of diplomatic relations with ma- B. State of the Union
jor countries, which country will President
C. Executive Speech
Xi Jinping visit for the first time?
D. none of above
A. USA
B. Russia 938. Which is not a way individuals can influ-
ence public policy?
C. Germany
A. Obtaining a job
D. Japan
B. Using social media
934. Which of the following is the most influ- C. Joining interest groups
ential role of the media in the policymaking
process? D. Voting
A. Sets the national agenda 939. What is it called when individuals try to
B. Helps politicians make their reputa- get legislators to introduce or vote a cer-
tions tain way on a bill?
C. Holds members of Congress account- A. PAC

able to the public B. Demonstrating

C. Lobbying D. change government spending and

D. Interest groups taxes.

940. In the last election, Maggie Jones voted 945. Money that has value simply because the
for a candidate who shares her views on government says it does is called
maintaining a clean environment. Mag- A. commodity money
gie’s action shows one way she
B. fiat money
A. registers to vote
C. representative money
B. can influence public policy
D. currency
C. can be a lobbyist
946. All of the following are ways interest
D. fulfill her civic duty
groups influence public policy EXCEPT
941. How are long-term solutions imple- A. lobbying government officials
mented?
B. making political contributions
A. Through bribing citizens with goods
C. running candidates for office
B. Making new laws and enforcing them
D. identifying issues
C. Following Best Practices and providing
incentives 947. Natural capital includes ecosystem capi-
D. Replacing officials for new decisions tal plus
A. natural forms of energy, such as solar,
942. How old must you be to serve as Presi- wind, and flowing water.
dent?
B. nonrenewable resources such as fos-
A. 40 sil fuels.
B. 32
C. money available to invest in growing
C. 35 industry.
D. 42 D. all of the products of photosynthesis in
the biosphere.
943. the time frame in which it is best to act
on a particular public policy since the sur- 948. What point is not among the ethical con-
rounding circumstances are favorable for siderations that should be taken into ac-
approval count when studying public policy?
A. problem stream A. Consent
B. policy stream B. Confidentiality
C. politics stream C. Objectivity
D. window of opportunity D. Dissemination
944. When talking about monetary policy, the E. War
government can
949. The public policy-making process can be
A. change tax rates. divided into four main stages:
B. change the reserve requirment. A. Agenda setting, policy formulation, pol-
C. change government spending. icy implementation, and policy evaluation.

B. Problem identification, policy formula- 955. Who is the leader for the state of Ohio?
tion, policy implementation, and policy ter- A. President
mination.
B. Governor
C. Agenda setting, problem identification,
C. Congress
policy implementation, and policy evalua-
tion. D. Judicial
D. Agenda setting, policy formulation, 956. A government where the citizens have
policy monitoring, and policy termination. some individual rights.
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950. What is the role of interest groups in the A. limited government
democratic process? B. unlimited government
A. To promote the public interest 957. If you feel a playground in your neighbor-
B. To influence government officials hood is unsafe, what action may a citizen
C. To carry out research and write policy take that best addresses their issue?
proposals A. Writing letters to officials
D. To mobilize grassroots support B. Attending a city council meeting
C. Attending a school board meeting
951. Belief system that feels the government
should not change policies (political, eco- D. Sending signed petitions by voters
nomic, or social); keep things the same 958. Public policy is fixed and unchanging.
A. Radical A. True
B. Liberal B. False
C. Conservative Explanation:Public policy is constantly
D. Reactionary evolving and changing as new issues
arise, and as new approaches and solu-
952. The central bank was established primar- tions are developed. Policies can also
ily to protect against control by which change due to changes in leadership or
country? shifts in public opinion.
A. China 959. Involves choosing possible solution to a
B. Japan problem with intuitive or reasoned process
C. German A. Critical thinking
D. England B. Reasoning
C. Decision making
953. The cartoon shows that the media should
D. Remedy
A. Believe everyone’s opinions
B. Always tell the truth 960. The most common form of nominating
candidates for office in the United States
C. Never be biased
is
D. Evaluate sources
A. the caucus
954. Who is in charge of fiscal policy? B. the petition
A. Government C. the convention
B. Federal Reserve D. the direct primary

961. This final step in the public policy pro- 965. How do interest groups try to influence
cess is when a group determines whether policy?
a plan is working after it has been in place

A. By contributing money to political par-
for a certain amount of time.
ties and candidates
A. Agenda setting
B. By carrying out research and writing
B. Policy Formulation
policy proposals
C. Policy implementation
C. By mobilizing grassroots support
D. All of the above
962. This model involves the response of
the political system to various influences. 966. The actions/ laws the government takes
from the environment that demands the to deal with issues of concern to all people
system are called
A. System model
A. political process
B. Institutional model
B. two party system
C. leadership model
D. Model of reasoning C. public opinion
E. Incremental change model D. public policy
963. Joe Biden belongs to which political
967. What are the names of the two major po-
party?
litical parties in the United States today?
A. Green and Libertarian
B. Socialist and Communist
C. Democrats and Repubilcans
D. Libertarians and Constitutionalists
968. Income tax in the U.S. today is:

A. Theft
A. Republicans
B. Progressive
B. Democrats
C. Regressive
C. Green
D. Constitution D. a tariff
964. What are the two major political parties 969. What type of government is it if the
in the United States? leader inherits his/her position?
A. Democratic and Republican A. democracy
B. Whig and National Republican
B. monarchy
C. Democratic-Republican and Demo-
cratic C. dictatorship
D. Republican and National Republican D. oligarchy

970. Spending set by the government through 974. A representative democracy is considered
appropriations bills including, operating a
expenses and salaries of government em-
A. Rule of One
ployees
B. Rule of Few
A. federal budget
C. Rule of Many
B. national debt
C. discretionary spending
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D. incrementalism 975. You can’t resist a political add because
they use propaganda, which is “mind con-
971. How many principles of action has the trol”.
People’s Party announced? So that the A. True
country can change in the direction that is
considered correct and appropriate. B. False
A. 5 things 976. What are two major political parties in
B. 6 things the United States?
C. 7 things A. Libertarian and Republican
D. 8 things B. Democrat and Republican

C. Republican and Green
972. Something that is offered by a community
to everyone is called a(n) D. Democrat and Revolutionist
977. Generally believes that the role of gov-

ernment should be limited and that free en-
terprise and initiative should be promoted.
A. Liberal
B. Conservative
C. Moderate
A. Tax D. Independent
Explanation:The correct choice is Conser-
B. A public Service
vative because it promotes limited govern-
C. Armed Service ment and free enterprise.
D. Government
978. In order for a natural monopoly to con-
973. Most Americans fall here on the Political tinue operations in the long run, the regu-
Spectrum sharing ideas from both political lated price must be at least as high as:
parties. A. minimum MC
A. Liberal B. minimum VC
B. Moderate C. the MC where MC = Demand
C. Conservative D. the ATC where ATC = Demand
D. none of above E. MC = MR

979. How many years does the President 984. Individuals and interest groups can influ-
serve for? ence public policy by

A. 6 Years
B. 2 Years
C. 8 Years
D. 4 Years
A. Complaining to politicians
980. Scenario:The economy is experiencing B. Making political contributions
high unemployment. What type of policy
C. Telling your neighbor
might The Federal Reserve use to tackle
this? D. Making signs to place in your home
A. Easy Money Policy 985. How would you describe U.S. foreign pol-
icy after World War II?
B. Tight Money Policy
A. Stay out of world affairs.
981. In the executive cabinet, the Secretary of B. Intervene when others are in trouble.
is responsible for shaping foreign pol-
icy with the president. C. Stop communism from spreading.
D. none of above
A. Defense
B. Treasury 986. Is this public policy? The Supreme Court
has used the doctrine of incorporation to
C. Commerce apply the Bill of Rights to the States.
D. State A. Yes
982. Check all the ways individuals can influ- B. No
ence public policy. 987. The US federal debt is made up of
A. Vote A. Stocks and bonds
B. Run for Office B. money loaned to foreign countries
C. Write letters or blogs C. many past years deficit spending
D. Attend/ speak at public meetings D. revenues exceeding expenditures
E. Link up with others who share similar 988. Medium of Exchange is what people are
views willing to accept in exchange for goods &
services
983. Based on the government system in the
A. TRUE
United States, which individual activity is
used to directly influence legislative deci- B. FALSE
sions?
989. shifts in public opinion or leadership that
A. watching political debates on televi- lead to change
sion A. problem stream
B. discussing political issues at work B. policy stream
C. collecting opinions for a yearbook C. politics stream
D. gathering signatures for a petition D. window of opportunity

990. What does the Americans with Disabili- B. Proportional Tax Rate
ties Act (ADA) do?
C. Regressive Tax Rate
A. It protects only a certain number of
D. There is no federal income tax
those who are disabled.
B. Prevent discrimination against individ- 995. How does government spending impact
uals with a disability. GDP?
C. It protects only those who are in A. Government spending has no impact
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wheelchairs. on GDP
D. It protects Native Americans from dis- B. Government spending decreases GDP
crimination.
C. Government spending increases GDP
991. This is a photo of the Staircase of Insti-
D. Government spending only impacts in-
tute of Arts, Chicago. Who is being com-
flation
memorated?
996. What are the three different levels of
government in our country?
A. Local, state, and national
B. Executive, judicial, and legislative
C. mayors, judges, and the supreme
court
A. Swami Vivekananda D. none of above
B. Martin Luther King
C. Osho 997. Where the average total cost curve for
a natural monopoly crosses the demand
D. Pablo Picasso curve:
992. The stand the government takes about
a problem or an idea for improvement is
called
A. public policy
B. bias
C. publicity
D. public opinion
A. the marginal revenue curve is rising
993. Which policy would help fight unemploy-
B. the marginal revenue curve also
ment?
crosses the demand curve
A. Expansionary
C. the average total cost curve is rising
B. Contractionary
D. the marginal cost curve is below the
994. What tax rate is used by the federal in- average total cost curve
come tax? E. the average total cost curve is below
A. Progressive Tax Rate that average variable cost curve

998. Policy maker is A. System model

A. individual (or group) that creates a B. group model

an issue [policymaker → lawmaker] C. leadership model
B. government response to public issues D. Rational model

C. a conflict or a matter to be debated E. Incremental change model
1004. Who is in charge of Monetary Policy
A. The Government
999. Which is not a way to register to vote?
B. The Federal Reserve System
A. mail, internet
C. The states
B. DMV
C. registrar’s office D. The Department of the Treasury
D. at precincts 1005. For voters in Virginia, you must be reg-

1000. Increasingly interconnected lines of busi- istered days before the election.
ness and trade around the world A. 23
A. Commerce B. 22
B. World-wide trade agreement C. 28
C. Public Agenda
D. 30
D. Global Economy
1006. What is the role of the governor in the
1001. Which branch can declare executive ac- lawmaking process?
tions unconstitutional as a check on the
President A. Send the bill to Congress
A. Judicial B. Debate the bill
B. State C. Sign a bill into law
C. Executive D. Write the bill
D. Legislative
1007. Something required of all U.S. citizens
1002. After the Senate debates a bill, what
happens next? A. Duty
A. Senate votes on the bill B. Responsible
B. House of Representatives debates the
1008. which was the policy that was high-
bill
lighted in the article
C. Bill goes to the President
A. zero to always
D. Bill goes to Senate committee
B. zero to nothing
1003. Policy is the product of a systematic
C. children’s rights
analysis of alternatives. Is the policy con-
sistent with which model? D. none of above

1009. Select both examples of major economic 1013. Laws that limit money given to candi-
theories defining market economies. dates is known as
A. Voter Registration Laws
B. Campaign Finance Reform
C. Political Action Laws
D. Platform Reform Laws
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1014. Law relating to the interpretation of the
Constitution
A. entitlement programs
B. policy adoption
C. mandatory spending
A. Neoliberalism D. constitutional law
B. Skepticism
C. Feminism 1015. If the president makes the decision to
send military troops to another country,
D. Progressivism he/she is
E. Altruism
A. Chief of State
1010. During an expansionary phase of the B. Chief Executive
business cycle the government could Imple-
ment a contractionary Physical policy in or- C. Commander in Chief
der to D. Chief Citizen
A. create jobs
B. smoke spending 1016. What is the difference between a bill
and a law?
C. encourage investment
D. address any inflation issues A. A bill becomes a law after the presi-
dent signs it
1011. The primary agent pf public policy-
B. A law becomes a bill after the presi-
making is the government
dent signs it
A. False
B. True 1017. The mayor of a city and the city council
are often in conflict about how to spend
C. Not sure
money and who should be appointed to
D. none of above head city departments. This is an exam-
1012. During an expansion what would you do ple of which of the following plans?
to prevent inflation? A. council-member-at-large plan
A. Lower the RRR, Lower the DR, Buy B. strong-mayor plan
Bonds
C. weak-mayor plan
B. Raise the RRR, Raise the DR, Sell
Bonds D. council-manager plan

1018. Generally believes that the role of gov- 1023. Select amendments that are found in the
ernment should be active and that eco- first amendment?
nomic opportunity should be promoted.

A. Speech
A. Liberal B. Press
B. Conservative C. Speedy Trial
C. Fascist D. Religion
D. Communist E. Education
Explanation:The correct choice is Liberal
because it aligns with the belief that 1024. Which action by the Governor of Vir-
the role of government should be active ginia is an example of maintaining public
and economic opportunity should be pro- safety?
moted. A. Delivering a speech to the General As-
1019. Formal declaration of the principles, sembly of Virginia
policies and core beliefs of a political party. B. Working on Virginia’s budget with the
A. Political Platform Secretary of Finance
B. Suffrage C. Sending Virginia’s National Guard to

help after a natural disaster
C. Disenfranchisement
D. Attending a meeting on the Virginia
D. Civil Disobedience economy
1020. Americans vote more frequently 1025. MMDA stands for
then in the past, they vote for someone
based on their merits/positions of a partic- A. Metro Manila Development Authority
ular candidate than their party affiliation B. Metro Manila Dangerous Act
A. straight ballot C. Metro Manila Development Associa-
B. split ticket tion
C. anonymous D. Metro Manila Divine Authory
D. secret balloting 1026. “Policy makers do not design an en-

tirely new process, but only make incre-
1021. a person responsible for making policy mental changes to the existing one.”True
(laws), especially in government or False?
A. public A. True
B. policymaker B. False
1022. Big Timber Logging Company cut down 1027. Sustainable development and the pro-
a forest to build log homes and furniture. tection of public health require
What should the company do now to make
a positive impact on the environment? A. the generation of electricity from fossil
fuels.
A. Pick up litter.
B. governments to recognize personal lib-
B. Recycle cans. erties as the highest priority.
C. Plant new trees. C. the independence of private landown-
D. Save electricity. ers to develop individual policies.

D. public policies that protect the environ- 1032. In which role is the President the Head
ment. of Government?
A. Chief Legislator
1028. What document/Act/legislation cre-
ated special education and the IEP B. Chief Diplomat
A. Individuals with Disabilities Education C. Chief of State
Act D. Commander-in-Chief
B. Civil Rights Act 1033. How many people are looking for work
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C. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act per year?
D. Americans with Disabilities Act A. two point three million
B. two thousand million
1029. Select an influence on a person’s per-
C. two hundred million
spective
D. two point one million
A. Video Games
B. Personal Situation 1034. If the GPD is low, the country will have
a higher percentage of people living below
C. Public Transportation the poverty line.
D. The Weather A. true
1030. Proposed or alternative solutions to a B. false

to a problem or proposal are sometimes 1035. Which order of the public policy process
called “options” or is correct?
A. policy setting Implementation of policy
and policy evaluation
B. Implementation of policy policy setting
and policy evaluation
C. Policy evaluation Implementation of
policy and policy setting
D. policy setting Policy evaluation and im-
A. multiple perspectives plementing policies
B. public policy solutions E. Policy evaluation Implementation of

policy and implementing policies
C. public good
1036. Unequal (a) motivate people to be pro-
D. public policy alternatives
ductive.
1031. All of the following are goals of national
healthcare policies, Except
A. Improving access
B. Quality of care
C. Safety of care
D. Price ceiling cost A. a rewards

B. purchasing choices B. people who represent interest groups,

C. living conditions hired to persuade policymakers to achieve
a certain goal on a given issue

D. education
1037. Which of the following is true of south- D. groups of people who work together
ern states? for similar interests or goals
A. They have always leaned Republican
1041. Is this public policy? “President Trump
B. They have always leaned Democratic has authorized Operation Warp Speed.”
C. They have no political leaning A. Yes
D. They were once loyal to the Demo- B. No
cratic Party but now loyal to the Republi-
1042. The U.S. is a member of which govern-
cans
mental organization
1038. When a voter is considering which can- A. The Warsaw Pact
didate to support, it is most helpful to- B. The United Nations
A. read information from reliable, unbi- C. The European Union
ased sources.
D. World Wildlife Fund
B. read editorials from all the local pa-
pers. 1043. Policies used by the Federal Reserve to
regulate the money supply
C. listen to the opinions of your neigh-
bors. A. Monetary policy
D. rely on propaganda techniques for fac- B. Fiscal policy
tual information. C. Taxes and tariffs
1039. By itself, this doesn’t guarantee im- D. Currency

provements for everybody. 1044. Which one is NOT a challenge of public
policy-making include:
A. Identifying and defining public prob-
lems.
B. Balancing competing interests.
C. Overcoming bureaucratic inertia.
D. Ensuring that policies are effective and
efficient.
A. voluntarism E. Making the rich understand the policy
B. competition
1045. Which word best describes this ac-
C. a library tion:to assign or hand off a task for some-
D. information one else to complete?
A. Sanction
1040. A lobbyist are
B. Convene
A. individual (or group) that creates a
plan of action to achieve a goal, to solve C. Delegate
an issue [policymaker → lawmaker] D. Debate

1046. Process of influencing others to take 1051. Which of the following finalizes the U.S.
your point of view by reasoning or argu- budget?
mentation
A. Office of Management and Budget
A. Persuasion
B. the Department of Treasury
B. Negotiation
C. The Supreme Court
C. Compromise
D. Congress
D. Consensus Building
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1052. A consumer tax on a specific good is
1047. Which of the following refers to the a(n):
largest source of revenue for the United
A. Excise tax
States?
B. Payroll tax
A. custom duties
C. Income tax
B. individual income taxes
D. Progressive tax
C. corporate income taxes
D. national sales tax 1053. The head of the executive branch at the
federal level is the
A. President
power to impeach a federal judge?
B. Governor
A. Legislative
C. Mayor
B. Executive
D. Commissioner
C. Judicial
D. none of above 1054. Who shapes the public agenda in Vir-
ginia’s state and local governments?
1049. Why did the author choose to study pub-
A. Elected officials and individual citizens
lic policy?
B. Regional authorities
A. To make a difference in the world
C. Federal agencies
B. To gain a better understanding of gov-
ernment D. Interest groups and the media
Explanation:Elected officials and individ-
C. To pursue a career in politics
ual citizens, along with interest groups
D. To explore the field of international re- and the media, shape the public agenda
lations in Virginia’s state and local governments.
1050. Why must voters carefully evaluate the 1055. What statement about public opinion is
information presented in the media before true?
voting?
A. It influences public officials
A. to identify candidates
B. It is generally unchanging
B. to emphasize selected issues
C. It is mostly uniform on most issues in
C. to make reasoned, informed choices the United States
D. to hold gov’t officials accountable D. It is not important to democracy

1056. What is the name of the current Queen A. Boston Tea Party
of England? B. Banana Republic

A. Ellizabeth II C. Blue House Raid
B. Elizabeth II D. Bhar Partners
C. Elizabeth I
1061. The media provides a meeting place to
D. Ellizabeth III discuss opposing viewpoints. What is this
E. Elizabeth II “meeting place” called?
1057. TV, newspapers, magazines, and inter- A. bias
net are some examples of B. public opinion
C. public policy
D. forum
1062. Ideology which believes that govern-

ment must fix any policies seen as unfair
A. Radical
B. Liberal
A. Print media
C. Conservative
B. Mass media
D. Reactionary
C. Social media
D. Media 1063. Ideology that favors extreme change to
create an altered or entirely new social
1058. As Chief Citizen, the President repre- system
sents all Americans. A. Radical
A. True B. Liberal
B. False C. Reactionary
1059. The tools of fiscal policy is the govern- D. Conservative
ment’s use of
1064. Civil laws are:
A. Buying and selling bonds
A. unnecessary and senseless
B. buying goods and saving money
B. private matters between individuals
C. taxing and spending to stabalize the
economy C. matters of the state
D. taxing exports D. none of above
1060. ID this luxury brand 1065. Choose a way a citizen may influence
their government effectively.
A. Complain to friends
B. Write a letter to officials
C. Make a meme
D. Create a video on an app

1066. Going by the United States Constitution A. Naturalization

how many Senators does each state have?
B. Impeachment
A. 2
C. Immigration
B. 3
D. Amendment
C. 1
D. 4 1071. What are stakeholders?
A. Anybody who knows the name of the
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1067. Finding dead fish in a body of water is
an indicator of eutrophication. This means business
B. Anybody who takes an interest in a
A. There are not enough nutrients in the business
water C. Anybody who works for the business
B. The flow rate of water has increased D. Anybody who buys from the business
C. There is an excess of nutrients in the
water 1072. interest rate that banks charge each
other for loans
D. There was too much oxygen in the wa-
ter A. federal funds rate
1068. Which of the following is NOT an exam- B. money supply

ple of a government institution making pol- C. outside lag
icy?
D. prime rate
A. Congress passes a law
B. the president issues an executive or- 1073. What are the stages of the policy pro-
der cess?
C. the media selects a policy issue to re- A. Problem identification, agenda setting,
port to the public formulation, adoption, budgeting, imple-
D. the Supreme Court rules on a case es- mentation, evaluation
tablishing a new precedent B. Agenda setting, formulation, adoption,
implementation, evaluation
1069. Which is an example of political lobby-
ing? C. Problem identification, formulation,
adoption, implementation, evaluation
A. The governor gives special advice to
legislative members D. Agenda setting, formulation, adoption,
B. The local newspaper exposes corrupt budgeting, implementation, evaluation
practices in election campaigns
1074. Our political process can be character-
C. A health group ask legislators to pass ized as a
tougher antipollution laws
A. Two-party system
D. A mayoral candidate holds a campaign
rally for registered voters B. One-party system
C. Third-Party system
1070. What is the legal process by which non-
citizens become citizens? D. Closed party system

1075. Check all that are a type of tax. 1081. What phase are you in when you are
A. Federal Income surveying the community to see if the Pub-
lic Policy has or has not solved the prob-

B. State Income lem?
C. Local Income
A. Policy Assessment
D. Personal Property
B. Agenda Setting
E. Customs Duty
C. Policy Adoption
1076. After committee work, what is the next
step in the lawmaking process? D. Policy Formulation
A. The bill is voted on 1082. This kind of “tax” is placed on imported
B. The bill is debated goods
C. The bill is re-introduced A. Revenue
D. The bill is signed by the President (na- B. Expenditure
C. Tariff
1077. Registering to vote, Hold elective office,
Participating in campaigns, and keeping in- D. Currency
formed regarding issues are citizens
1083. The president runs for office every
A. Duties years
B. Behaviors
A. 1
C. Rights
B. 2
D. Responsibilities
C. 4
1078. What is it called when the government
outsources a public need? D. 8
A. privatization 1084. Which of the following accurately com-

B. publication pletes the graphic
C. capitalism A. Federal Reserve notes
D. public responsibility B. types of money
1079. Scenario:The economy is experiencing C. characteristics of money
high inflation. What might Congress do
with government spending? D. functions of money
A. Increase 1085. Which branch of government has the

B. Decrease power to nominate judges to the Federal
bench?
1080. John Locke believed in a natural right to
A. Legislative
A. money, jobs & freedom
B. life, liberty & property B. Executive
C. do whatever you want C. Judicial
D. breathe air D. none of above

1086. Which of the following statements D. complex systems with many depart-
would be considered a fact? ments, rules, and people in the chain of
A. School lunch from the CMS cafeteria is command.
$2.85
1091. What book did John Locke write?
B. School lunch from the CMS cafeteria is
affordable. A. Common Sense
C. School lunch from the CMS cafeteria B. The Federalist Papers
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has improved since last year.
C. The Pamphlet
D. School lunch at CMS needs to have
more choices. D. Two Treatises of Government”
1087. If the President vetoes a bill, what are 1092. Provides money to pay for health care
the three options that could happen next? for illness, injury, or, in some cases, pre-
ventative care
A. Bill dies
B. Bill is sent back to Congress for edits A. automobile insurance
C. Bill is overridden with a 2/3 majority B. disability insurance
vote in both houses C. health insurance
D. Bill is overturned by Secretary of State
D. personal insurance
1088. Which group of people has an important
role in implementing the policy? 1093. Generally, there are four main major
branches of any government, the execu-
A. Public policy student
tive, the legislature, judiciary and the pres-
B. government ident
C. population A. True
D. government officer
B. False
E. All correct.
1094. Choose the answer that is represented
1089. What are the main characteristics of pol- by the graphic organizer.
icy analysis?
A. Synthesize information to provide pol-
icy recommendations
B. Using raw data to analyze policy out-
comes
C. Follows strict scientific procedures A. Stock Exchange
D. Provide descriptive knowledge about B. Federal Reserve System

policy formulation C. Treasury Department
1090. What is a bureaucracies? D. Washington, D.C.
A. To put innocent people in jail
1095. Which of the following is true of a
B. To promote justice and equality monopoly compared to a perfectly compet-
C. To promote peace and order itive market with the same costs?

B. offering a forum in which opposing

viewpoints are communicated

C. holding government officials account-
able to the public
D. sticks to the political center on contro-
versial issues
1100. is a system which economic deci-

sions are made in markets with little gov-
A. consumer surplus is smaller ernment influence.
B. producer surplus is smaller A. Business
C. deadweight loss is smaller B. Free Enterprise

C. Community
D. profit is smaller
D. Circular Flow
E. the product is smaller
1101. The spreading of ideas, information, or
1096. Smaller political parties that usually fo- rumors for the purpose of helping or hurt-
cus on a specific issue or cause are known ing a certain cause or person is:
as
A. a political duty
A. major parties
B. the media’s role in the political pro-
B. third parties cess
C. primary parties C. a federal crime
D. dominant parties D. propaganda
1097. Which government type exists where 1102. Monetary policy resulting in higher in-
there are actually no existing government terest rates and restricted access to credit;
structures or laws in society. People live associated with a contraction of the money
under absolute freedom. supply.
A. Autocracy A. easy money policy
B. Anarchy B. tight money policy
C. Theocracy C. open market policy
D. Hinduism D. interest rate policy
1098. During a economic expansion, the Fed- 1103. Something strongly encouraged of all
eral Government should use U.S. citizens
A. an expansionary fiscal policy A. Duty
B. a contractionary fiscal policy B. Responsibility
1099. Which is not an influence that the media 1104. What is the responsibility of the judicial
has on public policy and policymakers? branch in public policy?
A. focusing the public attention on spe- A. Making the public policy

cific issues B. Enforcing the public policy

C. Determining legality of the public pol- 1110. The Keynesian economic principle calls
icy for
D. Debating the public policy in Congress A. The government to increase its spend-
ing when times are rough.
1105. are set standards, principles, and proce-
dures that must be followed in society B. The government to decrease its spend-
ing when times are rough.
A. laws
C. The government to raise taxes when
B. policy
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times are rough.
C. adoption D. The government to stay out of the
D. none of above economy as much as possible.
1106. What is Medicare 1111. Which of the following is NOT an ex-

ample of the Federal Reserve Board imple-
A. health insurance for the poor
menting monetary policy?
B. health insurance for children
A. selling federal government bonds
C. health insurance for the elderly
B. increasing income tax on the wealthy
D. health insurance for prisoners
C. regulating the amount of money banks
1107. Thedominant set of beliefs, customs, must keep on hand as reserves
traditions, and values that define therela- D. changing interest rates charged by
tionship between citizens and thegovern- banks
ment.
1112. This famous economist featured in the
A. Political Culture
2015 movie “The Big Short” as him-
B. Economic Culture self to explain economic concepts such as
C. Social Culture ‘hot hand fallacy’ to the pop star Selena
Gomez.
A. Richard H Thaler
1108. Article I Section 8 of the Constitution B. Paul Krugman
specifically states the powers given to
what branch of government? C. Daniel Kahneman
A. Judicial D. George Akerlof
B. Executive 1113. What is the meaning of “massive”?

C. Legislative A. intense
D. Bureaucracy B. wheels
1109. The stages in Process Model makes it C. concern

possible to identify different “moments” D. pressure
in the life of a public policy and to adapt
information sharing, persuasion and action 1114. When an interest group puts out an ad
strategies as appropriate.True or False? that states, “every year 1000 sea tur-
tles die from ingesting plastics from our
A. True oceans, “ this is an example of how inter-
B. False est groups

A. donate money A. the problem streams

B. identify an issue B. the policy streams

C. hire lobbyists C. the agenda streams
D. evaluate the source D. the political streams
1115. The media influences public policy in all
1119. The penalties for violating a regulation
the following ways EXCEPT-
can be:
A. tells people who to vote for
A. Civil
B. focuses attention on selected issues
B. Criminal
C. broadcast opposing points of view
Explanation:
D. broadcast candidates voting records
1116. What two factors are considered in the Civil penalties are usually fines or other
concept of “The Overton Window”? forms of payments for doing something
wrongCriminal Penalties can be:Jail time,
A. Wetlands/environmental impact probation, or community service
B. Holidays/religious beliefs
1120. To make our community a better place
C. Risk/Benefit
we can (pick all that apply)
D. Fines/Regulations
A. Break the law
1117. A political system is a dictatorship when B. Volunteer and help others
C. Pick up trash around our community
D. Donate items to people who may need
them
1121. Constitutional Monarchy

A. A country where there is a King or
Queen
A. There is a king or queen, but their pow- B. A country where there is a King or
ers are limited Queen as well as an elected group of lead-
B. Citizens rights are protected ers
C. Government is based on religion C. A country where the King/Queen is the
head of the state, but has limited powers
D. One person is in charge and bans any
opposition to their rule. D. A country where there is a constitution
1118. According to John Kingdon and his Mul- 1122. #3-6

tiple Streams model, he assumes that the
government can become an arena through A. Legislative Branch
which three separate ‘streams’ simultane- B. Executive Branch
ously engage in activities toward a certain
C. Judicial Branch
direction. These three streams are the fol-
lowing except D. none of above

1123. Which Indian state launched the ‘Udaan 1128. An opinion article written in a newspa-
project’ to ensure access of schooling and per by someone who works at the news-
scholarships to rural girls? paper company is called an
A. Gujarat A. political cartoon
B. Rajasthan B. editorial
C. Sikkim C. interview
D. Madhya Pradesh D. internal document
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1124. A plan of action by the government to 1129. The President travels abroad for a peace
solve a problem is called? summit between Russia and Georgia
A. Labor Union A. Chief Executive
B. Lobbying B. Chief of Party
C. Public Policy C. Chief Diplomat
D. Issued-Based Platform D. Chief Legislator
1125. Lobbyists spend millions of dollars ev- 1130. Which of these groups is not an interest
ery year in order to group?
A. Regulating climate change A. AARP
B. Make money B. NRA
C. Influence new laws C. Democratic Party
D. Create political parties D. NOW
1126. “ the process through which a pol- 1131. What is it called when individuals try to
icy and the problem it is intended to ad- get legislators to introduce or vote a cer-
dress are acknowledged to be of public in- tain way on a bill?
terest.”This stage refers to
A. Demonstrating
A. Stage 1 of Process Model:Agenda Set-
B. Lobbying
ting
C. Interest groups
B. Stage 2 of Process Model:Policy For-
mulation D. PACs
C. Stage 3 of Process Model:Policy Adop- 1132. A mother is interested in finding a foot-
tion ball league for her children.
D. Stage 4 of Process Model:Policy Imple-
mentation
1127. How many stages of public policy pro-

cess according to William N.Dunn?
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6 A. Parks and Recreation
D. 7 B. City Clerk

C. Public Library 1137. John and Mary are young parents. John
D. The City Manager. is 22 and Mary is 21, and they have three
children ages 1, 2, and 3. The 3-year-old

1133. Which is not the main role and duty of child does not speak yet. John and Mary
a permanent civil servant? are afraid that their own lack of education
may be a disadvantage to their children
A. Perform regular work and that each of their children could benefit
B. Put the policy into practice from starting an early-education program.
What program would they choose?
C. Provide detailed information to politi-
cal parties A. Social Security
D. Set policies for political parties B. Temporary Aid for Needy Families
E. Take initiative and suggest new poli- C. Head Start
cies to the political department. D. Medicaid
1134. Joe Biden’s slogan “Build Back Better” 1138. Family, friends, polls, media, and inter-
and Donald Trump’s slogan “Make Amer- est groups all influence
ica Great Again” are examples of what A. public interests
propaganda technique?
B. public opinion
A. name calling
C. forums
B. glittering generalities D. lobbying
C. bandwagon
1139. Process of making concessions on both
D. plain folks sides to settle differences
1135. Social Security funding is in danger in A. Persuasion
the future because: B. Negotiation
A. Taxation is theft C. Compromise
B. American’s a living longer that Soc. D. Consensus Building
Sec. initially assumed
1140. Which Union Ministry launched its new
C. Too much money is in the Social Secu- website on S3WaaS platform (Secure,
rity fund Scalable and Sugamya Website as a Ser-
D. The President withdrew Soc. Sec. vice)?
funding via Ex. Order A. Ministry of Law and Justice
1136. Public policy is B. Ministry of Communication

C. Ministry of Information and Broadcast-
A. individual (or group) that creates a
ing
an issue [policymaker → lawmaker] D. Ministry of Women and Child Develop-
ment
B. government response to public issues
C. a conflict or a matter to be debated 1141. responsible for your actions
D. groups of people who work together A. international Issues

for similar interests or goals B. Accountable

C. Issues B. the daily news events

D. Economic Development Policies C. campaign poll results
1142. Which of these is the most common form D. weather events

of individual involvement with a political
1147. Who can vote in a primary?
party?
A. everyone
A. attending a party rally or meeting
B. all registered voters
B. making a financial contribution to the
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party C. only party members
C. registering to vote as a member of the D. only elected officials
party
1148. “Live at 5. Find out who is running for
D. working on the campaign of a party governor.”What is the role of media dur-
candidate ing the election process based on the info
above?
1143. Public Policy can never be biased to
those who created or influenced the poli- A. detecting bias
cies. B. evaluating sources
A. True C. focusing on selected issues
B. False D. identifying candidates
C. Not mentioned
1149. Political action committees were formed
D. none of above to do which of the following?
1144. Candidates for the larger political par- A. allow interest groups to pay lobbyists
ties are chosen at party meetings called B. allow interest groups to contribute
money to candidates and campaigns
A. school C. assign volunteers to groups that need
B. assemblies them
C. parties D. fund the mass media
D. conventions
1150. The first step in policy making process?
1145. Choose the methods by which individu- A. Agenda setting
als may provide input on a public policy is-
B. Program evaluation
sue at the state level.
C. Policy formulation
A. Initiative
D. Implementation
B. Referendum
C. Recall 1151. What does the government use to con-
trol or monitor behavior?
D. Collect signatures
A. Public Announcements
1146. The editorial page of a newspaper,
which prints letters to the editor, is one B. Public Curfews
way mass media broadcasts C. Public Policy
A. different points of view D. Regulations

1152. How do individuals influence public pol- B. It ensures equal opportunities for all
icy? citizens

A. Joining interest groups C. It promotes economic prosperity
B. Participating in politics D. It protects individual rights and free-
C. Shaping attitudes and beliefs doms
D. Making political contributions 1158. The government solves problems

Explanation:Individuals influence public through
policy by joining interest groups and par-
A. Action
ticipating in politics.
B. Regulation
1153. The Policy that involves changing the
rate of growth of the money supply in 1159. A group of Ohio judges wish to change
circulation in order to affect the cost and the sentencing guidelines for people con-
availability of credit is called what? victed of a misdemeanor. Which action
A. Monetary Policy would be most appropriate for theses
judges to take regarding this public policy
B. Compromise issue?
C. Negotiation A. meet with members of the General As-
D. Persuasion sembly
1154. Public policy is interpreted and applied B. call for a meeting with the President of
by only the public actors who have diverse the United States
perceptions of issues, solutions, and their C. support a candidate to be nominated
own objectives. to the Ohio Supreme Court
A. True D. attend a decision about to be delivered
B. False by the US Supreme Court
C. Not mentioned 1160. Step in the Public Policy process in which

D. none of above a plan is chosen.
A. #2 Policy Formulation
1155. Suffrage is a fancy word meaning
B. #5 Policy Assessment/Policy Evalua-
A. the right to vote
tion
B. the process to amend the Constitution
C. #3 Policy Adoption
C. suffering
D. #4 Policy Implementation
D. none of above
1161. The amount of money the Federal Re-
1156. 1) The following conserves energy. Us- serve REQUIRES banks to keep on hand at
ing compact fluorescent light bulbs all times, usually 10% of all deposits.
A. True A. Reserve requirement
B. False B. Discount rate
1157. Why is public policy important? C. Open market operations
A. It deeply affects our everyday lives D. Commodity money

1162. Which person is a member of the Execu- B. working with the media to spread false
tive Branch? statements about candidates who oppose
A. Governor their views.
B. City Council C. electing members of the Senate and

House of Representatives.
C. Senator
D. creating political parties to express
D. Supreme Court Judge their beliefs.
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1163. What is the significance of public policy 1168. Head of the executive branch of govern-
in international relations? ment
A. It determines the outcome of diplo- A. Party Chief
matic negotiations
B. Chief of state
B. It influences the balance of power
C. Commander in chief
among nations
D. Chief executive
C. It affects how countries interact with
each other 1169. Accoding to monetarist theory, inflation
D. It shapes global economic and social happens when:
policies A. There isn’t enough money being
printed
1164. The Department of Labor keeps records
on unemployment in the US. Is this an ex- B. The government prints too much
ample of foreign or domestic policy? money
A. Domestic C. Budget deficits exceed GDP
B. Foreign D. Demand exceeds supply
1165. Who was the Brown vs. the Board of 1170. Rousseau, Montesquieu, and Locke
Education case named after? would all support:
A. A little girl
B. A school in Topeka, Kansas
C. A city in Topeka, Kansas
D. The color of skin of those being dis-
criminated against
1166. I studied fast facts, and I KNOW that A. A dictatorship

the two-party system allows a greater B. A democracy
voice for minority opinions.
C. An absolute monarchy
A. True D. All of these
B. False
1171. Which of the following could be defined
1167. One common way that interest groups as the tools people use to communicate
work to influence public policy is by information to one another about current
A. making financial contributions to can- events and other news items?
didates who support their causes. A. The media

B. The legislature C. Process model

C. Interest groups D. group model

D. Grassroots activism E. Institutional model
1172. Organizations created to press for laws 1177. “What the government chooses to do or
and policies their members favor- not do” is the definition of whose public
A. Lobbyists policy?
B. Interest groups A. Thomas R. Dye
C. Public agenda B. Ira Sharkansky
D. Public policy C. James Anderson
D. Charles Jacob (Charles Jacob)
1173. An oligarchy is
E. David Easton
A. where the leaders of the country are
the same race of people 1178. Focuses attention on specific issues
B. a country where a group of people rule A. Media
the country, often like a group dictator-
B. Interest Groups
ship
C. a country where oligarchs rule the C. Individuals
country D. Politicians
D. a country where everyone votes for 1179. What does PAC stand for?
the leaders using the single transferrable
vote system A. Politics Authorizing Committee
B. Politics and Commutators
1174. What was one policy adopted by the
U.S. after the Spanish-American War? C. Political Action Committee
A. Made Panama a protectorate. D. Political Artifact College
B. Established the League of Nations. 1180. All of the following are steps in the nat-
C. Formed NATO. uralization process except:
D. Started the Marshall Plan. A. 18 years old
B. Legal Resident for 5 years
1175. One of these is NOT a role of the media
during an election. C. Read, Write, Speech English
A. Identify the candidates D. Obey Laws
B. Show different points of view E. Pass Naturalization Test
C. Emphasize selected points of view 1181. A burden that people believe they must
D. Identify Propaganda fear if a policy is adopted
1176. This model emphasizes compromise and A. Benefit

balancing interests. B. Authority
A. Rational model C. Cost
B. System model D. Issue

1182. Public policy can be made by 1188. What is Dillon’s Rule?

A. Corporations A. All power of the local government is de-
B. Businesses rived from the state
C. Government B. Regional authorities are created by
D. Individuals the General Assembly
C. Lobbying can persuade policymakers
1183. a set of actions the government decides
to share the group’s point of view
to take when approaching a problem
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D. Individuals are allowed to influence
A. policy adoption
policy
B. public policy
C. policy makers 1189. Wind, geothermal, and solar energy are
all what type of energy resources?
D. none of above
A. cheap
1184. How many members are in Congress?
B. potential
A. 100
B. 270 C. renewable
C. 435 D. chemical
D. 535 1190. Is this public policy? European govern-
1185. Research suggests that the overriding ments shut down their countries as they
bias in the news is one toward stories that notice a mutation in Coronavirus which is
causing surges.
A. are humanitarian A. Yes
B. will draw the largest audience B. No
C. put the president in a good light
1191. What is the happens after the bill is in-
D. favor liberals troduced by a representative or senator?
1186. Select 2 objectives of Public Policy A. It is signed by the president, becoming
A. to make and analyze governmental ac- a law
tion B. It is sent to a committee
B. to enact the law C. Sent to the other chamber for debate
C. to enforce the law
D. Voted on by the full house of Congress
D. none of above
1192. Privatization is the transfer of owner-
1187. Process of inducing others into accept- ship from the private sector to the public
ing a point of view by means of reasoning sector.
and argumentation
A. True
A. Negotiation
B. Consensus Building B. False
Explanation:Privatization is the transfer
C. Compromise of ownership from the public sector to the
D. Persuasion private sector.

1193. Function in which the party ensures the 1198. A policy in which almost everybody ben-
good performance of its’ candidates efits and a small group pays

A. Governing A. Majoritarian Politics
B. Bonding Agent B. Pluralist View
C. Watchdog C. Interest Group Politics
D. Inform & Activate Supporters D. Entrepreneurial Politics
1199. One of these people did NOT create the

1194. What is the main goal of studying public
movement. Who? One of these people did
policy?
not create the movement. Who?
A. To become a government official
B. To understand the political process
C. To gain power and influence
D. To make a difference in the world
1195. Which of the following best define

deficit? A. Alicia Garza
A. The government spends more money B. Patrisse Cullors
than it takes in as revenue. C. Opal Tometi
B. The government spends less money D. Rosa Parks
than it takes in as revenue.
1200. To deny the right to vote.
C. The overall amount of money the
United State owes. A. Disenfranchise
D. The government determines the size B. Suffrage
and rate of growth for the money supply. C. Civil Disobedience
1196. Gave residents of Washington DC the D. Delegate
right to vote. 1201. Which of the following are ways for an
A. 23rd Amendment individual to evaluate for accuracy things
such as campaign speeches and advertise-
B. 24th Amendment
ments? (choose four)
C. 26th Amendment
A. separate fact from opinion
D. 19th Amendment
B. Automatically trust/believe
1197. “People who spend a majority of the C. evaluate reliability
year working but fall below the poverty D. detect bias
line” is the definition of what?
E. identify propaganda
A. Living wage
1202. What phase of a campaign involves a
B. Working poor
competition between the nominees of both
C. Absolute poverty parties to determine who will hold office?
D. Developed country A. general election

B. primary election 1208. What do Democrats believe in?

C. debate A. The economy should work for every-
one
D. inauguration
B. Health care is a right
1203. Which one of these things is not guaran-
C. Our diversity is our strength
tee in the Constitution?
D. All of the above
A. Right to bare arms
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B. To disregard the law 1209. What is the role of linkage institutions
in policymaking?
C. Free speech
A. To serve as political channels through
D. Due process which people’s concerns become political
issues on the policy agenda
1204. Scenario:The economy is experiencing
high unemployment. What might the Fed- B. To manipulate the supply of money to
eral Reserve do to the interest rate? keep inflation in check
A. Increase C. To develop support for a specific policy
proposal
B. Decrease
1205. The use of Ping-Pong balls in the NBA problem
Draft Lottery is a version of using a
1210. is a material that is found in nature
A. Random Sample and that is used by living things.
B. Public Agenda A. nonrenewable resource
C. Lobbying B. natural resource
D. Public Opinion Poll C. renewable resource
1206. Whom should you contact if you are up- D. none of above
set about an ordinance that establishes a
1211. To understand how a policy is imple-
curfew in your city?
mented in a community, it is important
A. your city council member to understand which community group or
B. your Ohio Senator or Ohio House mem- government agency is responsible for deal-
ber in the General Assembly ing with the problem?
C. the Governor A. True
D. your U.S. Senator or Congressman B. False

C. Neither answer is true.
1207. Which one is not a duty of a United
D. Both are correct.
States citizen?
A. Obey the laws 1212. What is the role of interest groups in
the policy-making process?
B. Pay Taxes
A. Influencing the policy-making process
C. Defend the nation
by advocating for specific issues and poli-
D. Have Children cies to policymakers.

B. Creating obstacles for the policy-

making process

C. Ignoring the policy-making process
D. Supporting all policies without any ad-
vocacy
1213. When the police are carrying

out/enforcing a policy then this would
be known as? A. Discretionary
A. policy identification B. Military
B. policy formulation C. Optional
C. policy implementation D. Mandatory
D. policy evaluation 1217. An election in which voters decide which

candidates will actually fill public offices.
1214. “Building a better future” What is this A. General Election
campaign slogan using to persuade voters’
opinions before the election? B. Open Primary
C. Closed Primary
A. platform ideas
D. General Caucus
B. political contributions
1218. According to current state law, in order
C. editorial information to become a judge in Ohio
D. propaganda A. an individual has to be elected by the
voters of the state.
1215. Which factor contributed to a victory in B. an individual must be appointed by the
the reform movement discussed by Pres- General Assembly.
ident Wilson?”We have made partner of
the women in this war; shall we admit C. an individual has to be nominated by
them only to a partnership of suffereing the President.
and sacrifice and toil, and not to a part- D. the Supreme Court has to approve your
nership of privilege and right?”-Woodrow qualifications.
Wilson, 1918
1219. John Morgan has been hired by a special
A. the authority of government officials
interest group to try to influence legisla-
B. the actions of professional lobbyists tors’ votes on their behalf. Mr. Morgan’s
job title is-
C. the writings of influential journalists
A. Governor
D. the efforts of a citizen movement B. President
C. Senator
1216. Transfer programs fall in to which type
of spending? D. Lobbyist

1220. Naturalized citizens have all the same 1225. Speech creating a “clear and present
rights as natural born citizens except the danger” is not protected by the 1st
ability to do what? Amendment
A. Run for President or Vice President. A. Schenck v. United States
B. Go into the Military B. Roe v. Wade
C. Vote C. United States v. Lopez
D. Work in the government D. Engel v. Vitale
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1221. Extended the right to privacy to a 1226. If you give the judge $30, 000 to rule
woman’s decision to have an abortion in your favor, that is an example of
A. Roe v. Wade A. Price Fixing
B. Griswold v. Connecticut B. Price Gouging
C. Wisconsin v. Yoder C. Obstruction of Justice
D. McDonald v. Chicago D. Non-Compete
1222. Constitutional protection against unfair 1227. Who interprets the constitutionality of
government actions is called what? acts, orders, and laws?
A. Due Process A. Executive
B. Establish Justice B. Legislative
C. Duties of a citizen C. Judicial
D. Naturalization D. none of above
1223. Foreign aid are economic regulations are 1228. Footage shows the man, George Floyd,
considered what type of foreign policy groaning and repeatedly saying
tool? A. I’m not guilty
A. Diplomatic B. Please, let me go
B. Military C. “I can’t breathe”
C. Economic D. none of above
D. Unconventional
1229. The “platform” that a group or party
E. Domestic has refers to what?
A. The statement of their principles and
1224. #1-1 Branch:Legislative, Gov’t. Level:
objectives
B. The statement of their annual profits
A. National
C. The amount of followers they have on
B. State
IG
C. Local
D. How they are able to speak to a large
D. none of above crowd of people

1230. A survey of public opinion. 1236. If you don’t pay taxes but still get to
A. sampling error drive on public roads, this could be an ex-
ample of what kind of problem.

B. exit polls
A. Transportation Problem
C. poll
B. Free Rider Problem
D. public opinion
C. Free Transportation problem
1231. Foreign Policy Powers:Congress can
A. Declare war 1237. A poll that takes place as voters leave

B. Command the armed forces a polling place is
C. Nominate executive department heads A. a push poll
D. Negotiate treaties with other nations B. a straw poll
1232. Jean Jacques Rousseau believed that C. a random sampling poll

Man is born D. an exit poll
A. free
1238. What percent above the 30 day average
B. enslaved price would signal price gouging in NY?
C. subservient to the government
A. 5%
D. in debt
B. 10%
1233. Large stocks of fish in the great lakes C. 15%
represent
D. 25%
A. nonrenewable natural capital.
B. renewable natural capital. 1239. Public policy implementation is often
complex and challenging.
C. intangible capital.
A. True
D. produced capital
B. False
1234. Which one of these CANNOT be used as
the means to evaluate Government actions C. Situational
and choices: D. none of above
A. Program reviews
1240. What was our first president’s opinion
B. Public opinion polls of political parties?
C. Academic research
A. He felt they were needed to keep our
D. Political power country strong.
1235. A contractionary policy means that the B. He believed that individual states
Fed is attempting to could make their own determination
whether to have political parties.
A. increase the size of the nation’s money
supply C. He warned our country against politi-
cal parties.
B. decrease the size of the nation’s
money supply D. Who was our first President?

1241. Representative of all the people B. 24

A. Chief Citizen C. 7
B. Chief Diplomat D. 4
C. Chief Legislator 1247. “Winner-take-all” system is best de-
D. Chief Executive scribed as
1242. Which house of Congress must a bill A. the winner in a statewide election will
pass through in order to become a law? earn all electoral votes
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A. Both B. the state can split the electors be-
tween the top two candidates
B. House of Representatives
C. the winner of the primary election will
C. Senate win the general election
D. Neither D. the winner of the presidency will take
1243. Many agencies have been created to en- all the power of the executive branch
force regulations. For example, the 1248. What are Taxes?
enforces the Clean Air Act and the Clean
Water Act. A. A Sum of money that the Federal gov-
ernment pays its citizens for good behav-
A. local government ior.
B. Environmental Protection Agency B. A Sum of Money that the State Man-
(EPA) dates its Businesses pay in order to sup-
C. State governors port the cleaning of their parking lot.
D. Federal government C. A Sum of Money that the Federal Gov-
ernment charges its citizens to clean up
1244. Gabriel Almond proposed that “political their messes.
system is a set of interactions of having
structures, each of which performs its func- D. A sum of money that the State or Fed-
tions in order to keep it like an on-going eral Government mandates its citizens
concern.”True or False? pay in order to support the government it-
self and all of its services.
A. True
B. False 1249. Favoring one view or another
A. Propaganda
1245. Which political party in the United
States had the longest continuous exis- B. Public opinion
tence? C. Lobbyist
A. Democrats D. Bias
B. Federalists 1250. The largest portion of “uncontrollable
C. Progressives spending” in the federal budget is
D. Republicans A. interest on the national debt.
1246. How many members are on the Board B. entitlement spending.

of Governors C. environmental spending.
A. 12 D. defense spending.

1251. What are the consequences of ineffec- B. Procedural policy

tive public policy?
C. Privatization

A. Positive impact on society, economy,
and environment D. Organization
B. No impact on society, economy, and 1257. Contractionary fiscal policies address in-
environment flationary economic problems and are in-
C. Only positive impact on society tended to
D. Negative impact on society, economy, A. encourage consumer spending
and environment
B. increase the level of economic invest-
1252. A group of people who seeks to control ment
the government by winning elections
C. decrease the amount of money in cir-
A. Political Party culation
B. Interest Groups D. extend the expansion phase of the
1253. What is the fourth step in the lawmak- business cycle
ing process (the step right before the Pres-
ident signs or vetoes it)? 1258. Taking a donation to the local food
pantry is a
A. debate
A. public policy
B. committee
C. idea B. private action
D. vote
1259. Select all of the international is-
1254. Unlike high-income countries, low- sues/events that would require policy de-
income countries rely most on their cisions by the local government.
A. human resources. A. public health concerns in the event of
B. produced capital. a pandemic (flu, plague)
C. natural capital. B. public safety in the event of an act of

terrorism
D. intangible capital.
C. propaganda and bias issues
1255. Individuals can influence policy in all of
the following ways EXCEPT- D. economic development policies in re-
sponse to the emerging global economy
A. writing letters to government officials
B. participating in a political demonstra- E. policies to protect the environment
tion (wildlife protection)
C. lobbying and joining interest groups 1260. making political contributions (donating
D. registering, but not voting money)
1256. What is the term for the transfer of gov- A. ways individuals influence public pol-
ernment functions or property into private icy
hands? B. ways interest groups influence public
A. Policy access policy

1261. When a news article can be fact checked C. Less room for animals to hunt and find
with other reliable and accurate sources, shelter
we can say there is D. Birds find seeds and insects on plowed
A. collaboration fields
B. coavailablilty 1266. When the government takes money
C. corroboration from one group and transfers it to another
D. copiloting (ex. food stamps), this is known as:
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1262. According to Friedrich and Knoepfel et
al., what is the main focus in studying pub-
lic policy?
A. Thoughts and intentions of the govern-
ment
B. Actions taken by the government
A. Distributive
C. Problems and concerns faced by the
government B. Redistributive
D. Alternatives available for decision C. Regulatory

making D. Domestic
1263. Which of these is an International Event 1267. When Black Live Matter movement
that LOCAL governments would respond started?
to?
A. 2020
A. Prince Charles is choking.
B. 2013
B. A pandemic
C. 2012
C. A plane crash in Japan.
D. none of above
D. A new president is elected in France
1268. What is a forum?
1264. An autocracy is a government type
A. Place to contact elected officials
where:
B. Place to increase the interconnected
A. Only one person holds all of the power
lines of business and trade
within a country
C. Place where public issues can be dis-
B. The rule of law in a country is based on
cussed
the Word of God and Religious Texts
D. Place to campaign
C. People vote to create laws and policies
D. There is no government structure 1269. What term refers to the problems that
government leaders consider most impor-
1265. What are possible negative outcomes tant and receive the most attention?
of forest being cleared to make room for
farmland? A. PAC
A. Fewer trees for animal habitats B. Public agenda
B. Fertilizers create run-off into a nearby C. Interest groups

stream, polluting it. D. Public opinion

1270. is a bond which is worth a certain C. Congress increases taxes to build

monetary value and which may only be safer highways in the U.S.
spent on goods and services.

D. A president sends a diplomat to work
A. Coupon on a trade agreement with Japan
B. Voucher 1275. Which of the following citizens is most
C. Subsidy likely to participate in politics?
D. Incentive A. A 65 year old male high school gradu-
ate
1271. How many regional head must be filled,
B. a 35 year old college educated woman
if the 2020 election is postponed?
C. a 70 year old female college professor
A. Two hundred seventy
D. a 40 year old man with an associate’s
B. Two hundred seventeen
degree
C. Two hundred seven two
1276. Issues brought by are likely to be
D. Two hundred seventy five given top priority in the public policy pro-
1272. How many steps are in the Issue- cess.
Attention Cycle? A. public officials
B. crisis
C. individuals
D. interest groups
1277. When a country’s laws are based on
strict religious rules, their political system
is a
A. 5
B. 8
C. 3
D. 4
1273. The stand the government takes on an

issue is called A. Theocracy
A. public sphere B. Democracy
B. public policy C. Absolute Monarchy
C. public opinion D. Republic
D. public works 1278. The large meetings where Democrat and
Republican delegates choose their party’s
1274. Which of the following below describes
nominee are called what?
a domestic policy issue?
A. primaries
A. A president asks congress to declare
war against a communist country B. caucuses
B. The Senate approves a peace treaty C. electoral college
proposed by the President D. conventions

1279. What is the meaning of “consequence”? 1283. This theory focuses on the organiza-
tion and interdependence of relationships
A. Risk
within interacting parts.
B. Shortcut
A. Information theory
C. Postpone B. Communication theory
D. Effect C. Systems theory
1280. What is foreign policy? D. Open theory
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1284. Which of the following statements is an
opinion?
A. Many eligible voters in the United
States do not vote.
B. Special-interest groups have too much
influence on laws.
A. a country’s relations with other na- C. Interest groups try to convince people
tions to support their points-of-view.
B. international trade policy D. The United States is currently a two-
C. sending diplomats to global confer- party system.
ences
1285. How is public policy defined?
D. protection of overseas interests
A. In terms of political ideology
1281. What are 3 ways that we can influence B. In terms of economic growth and de-
public policy? velopment
A. Vote for who we feel is the best candi- C. In terms of individual rights and free-
date doms
B. Protest in marches and rallies if D. In terms of a common goal or purpose
change needs to occur
1286. What is the job of the judicial branch?
C. Read the news and stay informed on
current issues A. To interpret the laws and determine if
they are fair
D. Join an interest group to cause change
B. To make the laws
or to keep freedoms secure
C. To enforce the laws
1282. The main goal of a lobbyist is to
D. To make up rules for our government
A. elect members of Congress
1287. What is the meaning of “shortcut”?
B. increase public awareness of a prob-
lem facing the nation A. cut down
C. increase voter turnout in an election B. cut-of

C. cut-off
D. influence legislators to vote for or
against a bill D. cut-on

1288. Stages in Process are not necessarily se- A. Treaty ratification requires approval
quential or even distinct. The production by two-thirds of the Senate.
process is rarely that systematic.True or

B. The Senate confirms the appointment
False?
of ambassadors.
A. True
C. Executive agreements require ap-
B. False proval by the Senate.
1289. Mr. Rocko is retiring soon, so his reg- D. The Senate confirms appointed high-
ular paycheck from the company where ranking military personnel.
he works will stop coming soon. He will,
however, begin to receive some income 1293. It is the job of the executive branch to
from the government. Which program is make public policies.
this? A. True
A. Social Security B. False
B. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program / Food Stamps 1294. When interest groups fail to get the Ex-
ecutive or Legislative branch to pass laws
C. Medicaid
or enact policies in their favor, they turn to
D. Temporary Assistance for Needy Fam- the courts to try and change policy in their
ilies interest the word for this is what?
1290. Public policy is: A. Liberty
A. A course of action or inaction taken by B. Litigation

a government in response to a problem or C. Prosecution
issue.
D. Lobbying
B. A law or regulation that has been
passed by a legislature. 1295. Grassroots movements or organiza-
C. A guideline or principle that is used to tions are the rallying of strong, vocal sup-
make decisions about how to allocate report from a large group of people at what
sources. level?
D. All of points A. Local
1291. “ assume that all the individual in- B. Regional (State)

volved in politics are rational and self in- C. National
terested.”This assumption refers to
D. International
A. Public Choice Theory
B. Group Theory 1296. Who would a citizen contact about a
problem with the city roads?
C. Elite Theory
A. the county commissioner
D. Game Theory
B. president
1292. Which of the following statements is
C. governor
the LEAST accurate regarding the Senate’s
role in foreign policy? D. mayor

1297. Which one is NOT an example of public C. Communists

policy? D. Marxists
A. Laws and regulations.
1303. Lobbying happens at which levels of
B. Government programs. government?
C. Tax policy. A. only at the local level of gov’t
D. Foreign policy. B. only at the state level of gov’t
E. No one
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C. only at the national level of gov’t
1298. Fiat money has value simply because D. at the local, state, and national levels
the government says it does? of gov’t
A. TRUE 1304. Someone who speaks or acts on behalf
B. False of an organization at a meeting or confer-
ence.
1299. One way the Federal Reserve can
counter unemployment and stimulate A. Delegate
spending is by B. Incumbent
A. selling securities C. Political Consultant
B. decreasing the discount rate D. Candidate
C. tightening monetary policies 1305. An organization that coordinates candi-
D. increasing the reserve requirement dates to compete in a particular country’s
elections
1300. The framers of the Constitution felt that
media served as an informal check on the A. a political movement
power of the government. B. a grassroots campaign
A. True C. a poll
B. False D. a political party
1301. We would expect that in a community 1306. Which of the following DOES NOT de-
with mounting air and water pollution scribe one way that an individual can in-
problems, the fluence public policy?
A. economy of the region would decline. A. strike for higher wages and better ben-
B. unemployment rates would drop. efits at a company
C. population would increase. B. join interest groups
D. health care would become less impor- C. participate in politics by voting, cam-
tant. paigning, and running for office
D. express opinions by lobbying, writing
1302. This political group stresses that indi- editorials, and demonstrating
vidualsshould be responsible for their own
well-being andshould not rely on govern- 1307. 1) Name one advantage of using solar
ment assistance. energy.
A. Liberals A. It is inexpensive to begin using
B. Conservatives B. It will be around for millions of years

C. It can be used on cloudy days C. access currency without carrying cash

D. It can be used day and night D. purchase goods without having any

money
1308. Who argued for freedom of speech and
religion? 1313. The Federal government is concerned
A. Thomas Jefferson that economic growth is too high, that it is
unsustainable, and that inflation is result-
B. John Locke
ing. Which of the following fiscal policies
C. Voltaire might be enacted to reduce inflation?
D. Descartes A. Increasing taxation
1309. How was the Head Start program sup- B. Open market sales
posed to aide in the “War on Poverty”? C. decreasing taxation
A. help communities meet the needs of
D. Increasing government spending
disadvantaged preschool children
B. help communities meet the needs of 1314. #6-Can refuse to approve a Presidential
the homeless nomination.
C. help communities meet the needs of A. Legislative
the unemployed
B. Executive
D. help communities meet the needs of
C. Judicial
teenagers
D. none of above
1310. What is a service our local government
provides? 1315. The group of people with authority to
A. Trash and recycling govern or rule a country or state
its the system for implementing decisions
B. Snow removal
made by the political process.
C. Fixing roads
A. Politics
D. All of the above
B. Government
1311. Identify ways humans can conserve lim- C. Political Party
ited resources. (Check all that apply)
D. Public Policy
A. Hang clothes to dry when possible.
B. Turn computers off at night. 1316. Any activity that harms the health,
safety, welfare or morals of the public vi-
C. Buy bottled water.
olates public policy
D. Wash clothes in hot water.
A. True
E. Don’t rinse dishes before placing in
dishwasher. B. False
1312. One advantage to using a debit card is 1317. Racial and ethnic groups vote in similar
that it allows theuser to patterns.
A. build a strong credit score A. True
B. repay credit card debts faster B. False

1318. A political debate aired on television is 1323. Which of the following doesn’t typically
an example of how the media impact policy/political agendas?
A. shows bias A. Pressures by unfriendly foreign na-
B. determines who the winner will be tions
C. allows candidates to accept political B. Pressures by the public

contributions C. Pressures by private institutions
D. offers a forum for opposing viewpoints D. Use of the media to publicize important
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issues
1319. Public Policy is public because public pol-
icy is related to the public interests, which 1324. Being an informed citizen does not have
affect all of us in some way such as ad- an impact on how government works.
dressing the environment, civil rights, eco- A. TRUE
nomic freedom, or the promotion of per-
sonal morality. B. FALSE
A. True 1325. Which of the following methods of

B. False State administrative management is the
basic method, which is state administra-
C. Not mentioned tive management activities?
D. none of above A. Administrative method
1320. The State of the Socialist Republic of B. Economic method
Vietnam has the following basic character- C. Method of organization
istics of the nature of the State
D. Methods of political and ideological ed-
A. Self-interest ucation
B. Citizenship
1326. People and things needed to produce
C. Locality goods and services.
D. Omnipotence A. Resources
1321. All public policies are constantly under B. Goods
evaluation for their effectiveness. C. Services
A. True D. Circular Flow
B. False
1327. the first step in public policy
1322. A law designed to help end formal and A. effects of the problem
informal barriers to African-American suf-
frage. B. what is your goal and purpose
A. Voting Rights Act of 1965 C. outline of the issue
B. Federal Election Campaign Act D. Identify the cause
C. Citizens United v. Federal Elections 1328. Of the following, what is the BEST defi-
Commission nition for public policy
D. Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of A. How the president deals with societal
2002 issues

B. Rules created by schools 1332. Monetary Policy is the Federal Reserve

C. Laws that fix problems Systems attempt to

D. The actions of government in response A. control the amount of money in circula-
to societal issues tion
B. control the Federal Government’s debt
1329. The American use of the Open Door Pol-
icy in China to ensure our interests there C. control state governments’ spending
is an ex. of D. none of these answers are correct.
1333. These people help members of the com-

munities get around if they don’t have
cars.
A. Idealism
A. Public Parks
B. Realism
B. Public Library
C. Liberalism
C. Public Transportation
D. Isolationism
D. City Clerk
1330. How are individuals who write letters
1334. Vietnam’s growth in 2020 was the high-
to their congressman influencing public pol-
est in Asia. Is this true or false?
icy?
A. True
A. Being informed
B. False
B. Expressing their opinions
C. Influencing laws 1335. When one person’s consumption does
not hinder anyone else’s consumption of
D. Making a contribution
the good is the definition of what?
1331. The course of action the government A. Public Good
takes in response to an issue or problem
B. Public Policy
is called
C. Nonrival
D. Rival
1336. Which one among the following is not a

model of polic formulation and implemen-
tation?
A. public opinion A. institutional
B. public agenda B. organized anarchy
C. public policy C. garbage can
D. public awesome D. historical

1337. When the State Department issues a C. Vote on reddit

warning about travel in a foreign coun-
D. Paint your door red
try, which level of government is most in-
volved in that action?
1343. Which is a policy regarding the distribu-
A. a city government tion of resources?
B. an international organization A. Compulsory Education Act 2002
C. the federal government B. Policy for maintaining internal peace
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D. the State of Ohio and order
1338. The media remains neutral in their re- C. Free education policy for 15 years
porting about politics, therefore, citizens D. Tax policy
have no obligation to evaluate the media.
E. Land reform policy
A. False
B. True 1344. The democratic party released a com-
mercial showing their candidate helping
1339. There are some rights that a regula- out in the community. Since voters know
tion cannot interfere with because theyare they are favoring one side or a slanted
rights guaranteed by the point of view, they can evaluate this ad
A. Bill of Rights by
B. United States Constitution A. not voting in this election
C. County Charter B. making a political contribution to the
D. Articles of Confederation other candidate
1340. The primary role of the Federal Reserve C. detect bias

Bank is to steer the economy by D. take a poll
A. controlling the budget
1345. Because it is impossible to measure
B. setting spending levels. everyone’s opinions, pollsters frequently
C. controlling the money supply. rely on sampling.
D. loaning out money. A. Quantitative
1341. A government’s interaction with other B. Qualitative
countries and foreign groups is its:
C. random
A. domestic policy
D. Quota
B. foreign policy
C. social policy 1346. Which of the following is NOT a require-
ment to be a member of the Senate?
D. public policy
A. college degree
1342. Choose a way a citizen may influence
their government effectively. B. 30 years old
A. Write editorials in newspapers C. citizen of US for 9 years
B. Create a youtube video D. live in state you are elected from

1347. The writings of the enlightenment 1352. One role of Mass Media in elections is
philosophers in Europe encouraged later A. Emphasizing selected issues
political revolutions through their support

of B. publishing gossip
A. Socialism C. voting
B. Imperialism D. creating commercials
C. Natural Rights 1353. Which action is an example of a foreign

policy decision?
D. Divine Rights
A. Congress increased providing support
1348. What does the President do as Chief to newly arrived immigrants
Legislator? B. the president requested a law to regu-
A. Leads the military late pollution near international borders
B. Leads the Executive Branch C. Congress raised educational stan-
dards to make students competitive in
C. Gives awards to deserving citizens
the global market
D. Proposes laws to Congress
D. The president signed an executive or-
1349. How many House of Representative der restoring relations with a communist
members are there? government
A. 335 1354. Anna just turned 18 years old. She just

registered to vote, but she’s not sure who
B. 437
sheshould vote for. She’s not sure she
C. 435 wants to vote for the candidate her par-
D. 535 ents arevoting for.What is the one way
Anna should not evaluate the candidates
1350. Another way interest groups and indi- for the upcomingelection?
viduals can influence public policy A. Reading editorials from one source
A. Complain about everything they are B. Detecting bias
trying to do
C. Separating fact from opinions
B. Yell at congressmen
D. Identifying propaganda
C. Express your opinion
1355. this sign represents what laws in
D. Ignore the public policies the South
1351. This is the belief that citizens under-
stand politics (political culture) and can in-
fluence politics; this is also the amount of
faith citizens have in their government.
A. political socialization
B. political efficacy
C. political culture A. Racial Rules
D. political ideology B. Lincoln Laws

C. Black Codes 1360. lobbying government officials

D. Jim Crow Laws A. ways individuals influence public pol-
icy
1356. This function of a political party refers
to recruiting, choosing, and presenting a B. ways interest groups influence public
candidate for public office. policy
A. Nominate candidates 1361. Which government agency is responsi-

ble for tax collection and enforcement?
B. Inform & activate supporters
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C. Act as a bonding agent
D. Act as a watchdog
1357. In 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. orga-

nized the March on Washington to protest
racial discrimination and segregation in
public places. Which of the following state- A. Federal Bureau of Intelligence (FBI)
ments describes how Congress responded B. US Congress
to this situation?
C. Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
A. Congress passed the Equal Rights
D. Social Security Administration
Amendment
B. Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1362. What term refers to the problems the
1964 government leaders consider most impor-
tant and receive the most attention?
C. Congress passed the Voting Rights Act
of 1965 A. Interest groups
D. Congress passed the Twenty-fourth B. PAC
Amendment C. Public opinion
1358. Which of these is not a function of the D. Public agenda

Federal Reserve 1363. What ways can you have your citizen-
A. Conducting the nation’s monetary pol- ship taken away from you?
icy A. Attempt to overthrow the government.
B. Taxing US citizens B. High level crime
C. Helping maintain the stability of the fi- C. If you leave your military post
nancial system
D. If born outside of the U.S
D. Supervising and regulating financial in-
stitutions 1364. Which of the following is true of a nat-
ural monopoly?
1359. What are the purpose of law?
A. to control your life
B. to subjugate
C. to keep people from the truth
D. to protect basic life, promote fairness
and solve conflict

A. It experiences diseconomies of scale. 1368. A political party’s issues are stated in

B. It relies on organic resources for pro- it’s

duction. A. Commercial
C. The government can provide the ser- B. Bumper sticker
vice most efficiently.
C. Platform
D. It is a decreasing cost industry.
E. Costs are lower if there is a single firm D. A political party summary
in the market.
1369. The recent rise of the Chinese economy
1365. What is the term for the activity to se- is associated with
cure what someone identifies as good or A. the adoption of rigid centralized plan-
proper public policy? ning.
A. Policy analysis
B. the elimination of economic systems.
B. Policy outputs
C. the adoption of economic policies
C. Policy study widespread in the former Soviet Union.
D. Policy advocacy
D. a switch to free-market policies.
1366. Which of the following best describes
the foreign policy phase known as prag- 1370. S5:Interest groups can influence public
matism? policy in all of the following ways EX-
CEPT?
A. acting militarily without consulting
other nations. A. Making political contributions.
B. emphasizing morality in foreign rela- B. Identifying issues they feel are impor-
tions tant.
C. avoiding participation in foreign affairs C. Lobbying government officials.
D. taking advantage of a situation for na- D. Nominating candidates for office.
tional gain
1367. Rising campaign costs have lead to 1371. Select ALL responsibilities of citizenship
many things. What is one? listed below:
A. vote
B. stay informed
C. volunteer
D. donate money
1372. In order to win elections, political par-

ties try to appeal to the political
A. Limited opportunities to run for office
A. Left-Liberal
B. Fewer voters in elections
B. Right-Conservative
C. PACs have less influence
C. Center
D. everyone has an equal chance to run
for office D. Young People

1373. Which of the following is an action of C. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
the Federal Reserve that strongly influ- D. state legislatures
ences local economies?
A. it can raise or lower property taxes 1378. convince public officials to agree with a
certain viewpoint
B. it can provide stimulus money for job
A. propaganda
creation
B. bias
C. it can require Banks to provide savings
C. lobby
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accounts to the community
D. you can make loans cheaper or more D. interest group
expensive by adjusting interest rates
1379. School sponsorship of religious activi-
1374. Refers to action taken by government ties (teacher led / directed prayer) vio-
to address a particular public issue to pro- lates the establishment clause
tect and benefit the populations A. Tinker v. Monks
A. Public Policy B. Engel v. Vitale
B. Community Policy C. Wisconsin v. Yoder
C. Health Policy D. Schenck v. United States
D. Private Policy 1380. ? comprised of regulative,
1375. “Models “ Policies are best ex- normative and cultural cognitive elements
plained by all models combinedtogether. that, together with associated activities
and resources, provide stability and mean-
A. are competitive but not complemen- ing to social life.This statement refers to?
tary
A. Institutional theory
B. are not competitive but complemen-
tary B. Systen Theory
C. Group Theory
C. are unique but not complementary
D. Public Choice Theoyr
D. are not unique but complementary
1376. Which of the following would keep
to their congressmen influencing public pol-
someone from being qualified to vote in
icy?
Virginia?
A. Directly influencing laws
A. being 18 years old
B. Demonstrating
B. Being a convicted felon
C. Expressing their opinions
C. Being resident of Virginia
D. Making a contribution
D. Living in Virginia less that 5 years
1382. Governments take many actions to im-
1377. According the the U.S. Constitution, plement a public policy. Identify the ap-
who in the federal government is given the propriate branch and government level to
power to impeach a federal government address each public policy issue. People
official? want the Environmental Protection Agency
A. House of Representatives to pass regulations to punish polluters.
B. the President A. Legislative branch and local level

B. Executive branch and state level B. Policy analysis, policy implementation,

C. Legislative branch and state level policy evaluation

D. Executive branch and national level C. Agenda setting, policy formulation,
decision-making, implementation, and
1383. What economic method is often used to evaluation
guide policy makers in making pollution D. Policy initiation, policy execution, pol-
regulations? icy assessment
A. supply-demand analysis
1387. Topics that are at the top of the public’s
B. determining point of diminishing re- concerns and have the attention of political
turns leaders-
C. cost-benefit analysis A. Expressing opinions
D. none of above B. Public Policy
1384. Environmental policy affects all of the C. Public Agenda
following except:
D. Public Outline
A. Livestock
1388. Regulations involve:
B. Wildlife
A. A Loss of Freedom
C. Natural Landscapes
B. Benefit
D. U.S. borders (including water)
Explanation:
1385. Total amount of electoral votes in the
electoral college. Regulations are always based on trading
in some of your freedom in order to get a
benefit.There is always a debate if it is a
fair trade.Taxes pay for services by taking
a piece of your income.
1389. How many times can you be late before

a referral is written?
A. 3
B. 2
C. 4
A. 270
D. 5
B. 538
C. 3 1390. Physical bills and coins used as a
medium of exchange
D. 269
A. Physical policy
1386. What are the key stages in the policy
B. Fiscal policy
formulation process?
C. Currency
A. Policy development, policy enforce-
ment, policy review D. Barter

1391. When determining if a policy is effective C. neutral states

or not then this is D. big states
A. policy adoption
1396. Who is elected using the “Electoral Col-
B. policy evaluation lege”?
C. policy implementation
A. State Governors
D. policy formulation
B. The President Only
1392. Most of the gov’ts revenue comes from
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C. The President and Governor
taxes.
D. The President and Vice President
1397. What was the policy designed to keep

the Soviet Union from expanding its
power?
A. Monroe Doctrine
B. imperialism
A. Payroll C. containment
B. Income D. detente
C. Corporate 1398. The president urges American voters to
D. Estate vote for a candidate of his own party
1393. Money that has value simply because A. Chief of State

the government says it does is called B. Chief of Party
A. credit C. Commander in Chief
B. currency D. Chief Executive
C. Fiat money
1399. What is the main goal of the North At-
D. representative money lantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
1394. The role of a lobbyist is to A. Creating a favorable trade alliance be-
tween member nations.
A. try to influence government policy.
B. Providing a common military defense
B. work in an agency of the executive
and promoting peace between member
branch.
nations.
C. serve on the staff of a member of
C. Helping developing nations gain ac-
Congress.
cess to resources and capital.
D. represent defendants who cannot af-
D. none of above
ford lawyers.
1395. Candidates are most likely to invest 1400. Cyber warfare is considered what type
their time and money into what kind of of foreign policy tool?
states? A. Diplomatic
A. safe states B. Military
B. swing states C. Economic

D. Unconventional 1405. A welfare program in which most peo-

E. Domestic ple benefit is:

A. Food stamps
1401. Rational choice theory can be expressed
by one word B. Medicaid
A. Maximum social gain C. Social Security
B. Minimum social gain D. TANF
1406. Venezuela is a country whose leader,

1402. Who do we owe the most money to?
Nicolas Maduro, uses violence to hurt
those who disagree with his decisions and
remain in power. What type of system
does Venezuela have?
A. International Investors
B. Federal Reserve
C. State and local governments
A. Republic
D. Private Investors
B. Absolute Monarchy
1403. “Candidate Jones Lied About His Taxes” C. Theocracy
What role does the media have by posting
D. Dictatorship
this headline?
A. giving a contribution 1407. How does public policy impact society?
B. broadcasting different points of view A. Public policy can impact society by
shaping laws, regulations, and govern-
C. holding gov’t officials accountable
ment actions that affect the well-being of
D. offering a forum for opposing view- individuals and communities.
points
B. Public policy has no impact on society
1404. Which of the following most closely re- C. Public policy only impacts the econ-
sembles a Republican viewpoint? omy, not society
A. Government should be less involved in D. Public policy only impacts the govern-
social programs. ment, not society
B. A.Government should be quite in- 1408. These laws include more serious crimes
volved in everyday lives of Americans. such as felonies or less serious crimes such
C. A.Government involvement in the as misdemeanors.
economy is the best way to keep the econ- A. Criminal Laws
omy thriving.
B. Civil Laws
D. A.Government should regulate busi-
ness to ensure the best chance of success C. Military Laws
for that business. D. Juvenile Laws

1409. Social Security is primarily funded by: 1414. In the real world, consumers and busi-
A. A payroll tax nesses often (a) information for their own
benefit.
B. Estate taxes
C. Capital gains taxes
D. the President’s salary
1410. This type of interest group focuses on
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one narrow topic:
A. Single-Issue Interest Group
B. Public Interest Group
C. Professional Interest Group A. a hide
D. Economic Interest Group B. give
C. find
1411. Government officials use the media to
communicate with the public. D. negotiate for
A. True 1415. Public policy is always in the best inter-
B. False ests of the public.
A. True
1412. What does the word Persuasion mean? B. False
A. A process of inducing others into ac- C. Really?
cepting a point of view by means of rea-
D. none of above
soning and argumentation
B. A process of working toward achieving 1416. The zero to forever strategy seeks to
general agreement within a group guarantee early childhood development
C. A process of settling differences

through a discussion of issues often takes
D. A process of making concessions to
settle differences
A. True
1413. Which of these is most likely a reason B. False
Presidents issue executive orders?
1417. includes all aspects surrounding policy-
A. to remove legislators from Congress making. this would include the broader
B. to create laws that contradict existing socio-economic aspects that are analysed
federal law in organization strategy-making
A. policy environment
C. to force the Supreme Court to reverse
legal decisions B. public policy
D. to make policy without congressional C. policy adoption
approval D. none of above

1418. Which of the following is NOT a forum 1423. An example of a public policy at school
that mass media provides for opposing is the dress code.
viewpoints? A. True

A. political shows like “Meet the Press” B. False
where candidates discuss the issues
1424. The goals of policy involve building
B. political cartoons
infrastructure and community resources.
C. newspaper editorials A. domestic
D. important news alerts at the bottom of B. foreign
the TV screen
1425. Beliefs fall between liberal and conser-
1419. Which characteristics apply to political vative depending on the issue
parties?
A. Radical
A. Nominate candidates
B. Reactionary
B. Tend to be more focused on one issue C. Ideology
C. Tend to be more focused on winning D. Moderate
elections
1426. Does the government use the media to
D. Appeal to a wide variety of voters be-
communicate with the public?
cause they cover a variety of issues
A. YES
1420. When an interest group wants of in- B. NO
creased drinking and driving during winter
holidays, it is influencing public policy by 1427. What does economic policy cover?
A. Government budgets and taxation
A. evaluating the source B. Personal rights and freedoms
B. identifying an important issue C. Program evaluation and policy analy-
C. creating new gov’t policy sis
D. donating money to a candidate D. Miliatry policy and actions
1421. #1-1 Branch: , Gov’t. Level:State 1428. Which one of these is NOT a federal gov-
ernment created national volunteer pro-
A. Legislative grams:
B. Executive A. AmeriCorps
C. Judicial B. Peace Corp
D. none of above C. Salvation Army
1422. If the Federal Reserve wanted to stim- D. Senior Corps
ulate the economy (make it grow), they 1429. concerned with the administrative reor-
might ganization of congressional agencies
A. Sell Treasury bonds A. Substantive policy
B. Buy Treasury bonds B. Constituent Policy
C. Spend more money C. Distributive Policy
D. Spend less money D. Redistributive policy

1430. This image shows the medias role in pol- 1434. The IRS or Social Security Administra-
icy by tion can create which kind of laws?
A. Criminal
B. Civil
C. Common
D. Administrative
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1435. “Corporations can’t be trusted to treat
A. Providing a forum people fairly they need to be regulated in
order to protect workers.”
B. holding government officials account-
able A. Liberal
C. identifying candidates B. Conservative
D. publishing editorials
1436. Which activity uses more electricity?
1431. What does PAC’s stand for?
A. Riding a bike
A. Political Action Committees
B. PartisanAction Committee B. Reading a book
C. Political Action Congress C. Watching a movie

D. People Action Committees D. Walking the dog
1432. The map above illustrates what concept 1437. identifying the issues
designed to give political advantage to a
particular group? A. ways individuals influence public pol-
icy
policy
1438. Media’s impact on people generally

A. Changes peoples opinions
A. devolution
B. Deters them from voting
B. political enclave
C. gerrymandering C. Solidify’s personal ideologies
D. cultural landscape D. Excites them for voting
1433. The US House of Representatives can 1439. If a school provides incentives to stu-
pass what kind of laws? dents for completing all assignments,
A. Criminal what type of solution are they implement-
B. Civil ing?
C. Statutory A. Short-term Solution

D. Equity B. Long-term Solution

1440. Which of the following is true of the lib-

eral view of government’s role?

A. active role D.
B. middle ground between active and lim-
ited
C. limited role
D. promote free enterprise and initiative 1444. people who have authority and are in-
volved in the making of public policy (law-
1441. NSC stands for makers, politicians )
A. National Science Corporation A. Interest Groups
B. National Security Council B. Policy Makers
C. National Security Core C. Lobbying
D. National System Coordination D. Public Policy
1445. The process of forming the list of mat-

1442. Seeking to influence a government offi-
ters that policymakers intend to address
cial on an issue
A. agenda setting
A. Bias
B. policy formulation
B. Credibility
C. fiscal year
C. Lobbying
D. policy adoption
D. Negotiation
1446. Under due process, you have the right
1443. Who is the father of Indian Constitution to produce in order to have a fair trial.
A. supplies
B. happiness
A.
C. evidence
D. a crime story
1447. Networks seek high ratings fromyoung,

middle-class audiences, as these are theau-
diences most sought after by advertis-
B. ers.Because advertisers are less inter-
ested in
A. Young, Poverty stricken citizens
B. Middle class citizens
C. Senior citizens
C. D. Females in general
1448. Which one is the definition of “Public

Policy”?

A. The decisions and actions taken by gov- 1454. It is a policy determination that is based
ernment to address a particular issue or on a lack of complete policy analysis.
problem. Therefore it is necessary to change addi-
B. The implementation and management tional details.
of policies and programs by government A. leadership model
agencies and officials.
B. System model
1449. What is the highest court in the federal C. Incremental change model
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judicial branch?
D. Rational model
A. The Ohio Supreme Court
B. The Supreme Court of the United 1455. What are the challenges in implement-
States ing public policy?
C. United States District Court A. Challenges may include resistance
from stakeholders, lack of resources, con-
D. The Court of Common Please flicting interests, and difficulty in achiev-
1450. An intentional news leak for the pur- ing consensus.
pose of assessing the political reaction to B. Abundance of resources
that news is called a(n)
C. Easily achieving consensus
A. press conference
D. Lack of interest from stakeholders
B. trial balloon
C. talking head 1456. Tradable permits or carbon credits pro-
vide incentives for firms to develop tech-
D. media event nologies that are more polluting.
1451. Under due process, you have the right A. TRUE
to a fair
B. FALSE
A. trial Explanation:Tradable permits or carbon
B. judgement credits provide incentives for firms to de-
velop technologies that are less polluting.
C. lawyer
D. criticism 1457. Public agenda is
1452. what is the last step in public policy A. individual (or group) that creates a
A. what is the most effective choice an issue [policymaker → lawmaker]
B. goal or purpose B. government response to public issues
C. pros and cons C. groups of people who work together
D. what is the cause of the problem for similar interests or goals
1453. #1-3 Branch: , Gov’t. Level:Local D. the public issues on which the people’s
attention is focused
A. Legislative
B. Executive 1458. Protest and terrorism are the same.
C. Judicial A. True
D. none of above B. False

1459. Reagonomics was a form of (2 an- A. Policy Formulation

swers): B. Problem Recognition

A. Supply-Side Economics C. Policy Evaluation
B. Keynesian Economics
D. Policy Implementation
C. Trickle Down Economics
1464. Favoring one side or one point of view
D. Monetarism
is called
1460. What is the purpose of budgeting in pol- A. bandwagon
icymaking?
B. bias
A. To ensure policies have enough money
for successful implementation C. propaganda
B. To monitor bureaucratic progress D. none of above
C. To determine if a policy was effective 1465. Interest groups make political contribu-
and why or why not tions to the candidate they support.
D. To develop support for a specific policy A. TRUE
proposal
B. FALSE
1461. What type of government has a king or
1466. How does the media influence public
queen whose powers are limited by a bill
opinion?
constitution?
A. Gives money to political parties
A. democracy
B. Regulates the type of media people
B. absolute monarchy
use
C. constitutional monarchy
C. Focuses attention on certain issues
D. dictatorship
D. Tells people who to vote for
1462. Study the political cartoon. What rates
are being cut as shown in the political car- 1467. Select the ways citizens can evaluate
toon? the media:
A. Separate fact from fiction
B. Detect Bias
C. Evaluate sources
D. ALL of the above
1468. Which of the following has an impact on

A. Tariff public opinion and helps shape public policy
B. Interest at the local, state, and national levels of
government?
C. Personal income tax
A. mass media
D. Corporate income tax
B. electoral college
1463. At which step in the public policy pro-
cess does the policy actually get executed C. political spectrum
(carried out)? D. community service

1469. These usually impact government by 1474. When all people pay the same amount
identifying issues ignored by the two main taxes, it is referred to as a:
jor parties.
A. Third-Parties
B. Interest Groups
C. Supreme Court Cases
D. Executive Departments
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1470. Air strikes and ground invasions are con-
sidered what type of foreign policy tools? A. Progressive tax
A. Diplomatic B. Regressive tax
B. Military C. Proportional tax
C. Economic D. Realist tax
D. Unconventional 1475. Guaranteed the right to an attorney for
E. Domestic the poor or indigent
A. Schenck v. United States
1471. What type of government is based on
the power of religious authority? B. Miranda v. Arizona
A. Theocracy C. Gideon v. Wainwright

D. Marbury v. Madison
B. Democracy
C. Oligarchy 1476. This cartoon about lobbying shows that
lobbyists try to
D. Junta
A. Increase voter registration
1472. A group of European nations and the B. Influence legislators
US that formed a permanent alliance after
WWII C. Increase public awareness
A. United Nations D. Influence voter turnout
B. NATO 1477. The decision-making process for public

C. Warsaw Pact policy is that, first the concerns of the peo-
ple are proposed and brought to the leg-
D. Triple Entente islative branch; then public policy is made
to deal with those concerns. After that, it
1473. Which of these is a way the media influ- is verified by the judicial branch before it
ences public policy? is adopted by the government.
A. contributes to political campaigns A. True
B. focuses attention on select issues B. False
C. nominates candidates C. The question is too easy
D. focuses attention on all issues D. none of above

1478. What does the President do as Chief A. After WWI

Diplomat? B. After WWII

A. Leads foreign policy C. After the Vietnam War
B. Leads his political party
D. After 9/11
C. Leads the Executive Branch
1484. Who influences public policy by em-
D. Leads the military
phasizing issues, broadcasting different
1479. Since Congress consists of two houses, points of view and holding gov’t officials
it is considered what type of legislature? accountable?
A. Bureaucracy A. individuals
B. Bicentennial B. media
C. Bimodal C. interest groups
D. Bicameral D. none of above
1480. Which branch of government has the 1485. What is the term for the process of cre-
power to veto legislation? ating, altering, or abolishing public policy?
A. Legislative A. Policy advocacy
B. Executive B. Policy formulation
C. Judicial
C. Policy outputs
D. none of above
D. Policy demands
1481. What is the number one way that the
1486. Which is an example of a girl conserving
federal government receives its revenue?
natural resources?
A. Bonds sales to corporations
A. Leaving the computer on in case her
B. Business subsidies brother wants to use it later.
C. Taxation B. Throwing away a milk jug when she is
D. Selling Stocks done with it.
1482. One of the disadvantages of operating C. Turning the water off as she brushes
a barter system is that trading is her teeth
A. taking place without currency D. Digging up a bush to make room for
her swing set.
B. carried out in very large markets
C. limited by availability and demand 1487. The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 cre-
D. conducted without consumer protec- ated a banking system in the United States
tions with a responsibility of
A. collecting a federal income taxes
1483. When was the UN AND NATO created?
B. managing of interstate commerce
C. enforcing of the Sherman Anti-trust
legislation
D. regulating of monetary policy in the
United States

1488. Examine the list below and choose 1493. Who might be able to provide helpful in-
the one that DOES NOT belong on the sights on issues relating to the U.S. mili-
list of strategies for evaluating campaign tary bases around the world?
speeches and advertisements. A. Dept of State
A. Detect bias:Is something favored over B. Dept of Treasury
something else?
C. Dept of Defense
B. Identify propaganda:Is it an effort to
mold one’s opinion? D. Dept of Justice
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C. Evaluate sources:author, publisher, 1494. An organization that raises money to
qualifications donate to political campaigns is a
D. Survey:Take a neighborhood opinion A. political action committee
poll B. interest group
1489. The role of the media is to present infor- C. campaign fundraiser
mation about the world to the public. D. none of the above
A. True 1495. What type of public policy is happening
B. False when the U.S. Congress creates the budget
each year?
1490. Which of the following is a sign of an
A. Economic Policy
inaccurate poll?
B. Social Policy
A. clear wording
C. Foreign and Defense Policy
B. small sampling error
D. none of above
C. confusing interpretation
D. representative sample 1496. Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Voltaire
were all
1491. What is the first step in the lawmaking A. Scientists studying gravity
process?
B. Developers of the scientific method
A. A bill is introduced by a representative
C. Sea Captains who explored North
or senator
America
B. A bill is worked on in a committee
D. Enlightenment philosophers who ideas
C. Sent to the other chamber for debate contributed to the French Revolution
D. Voted on by the full house of Congress 1497. Under Ohio’s first plan of government
1492. Each is a phase of creating a Public Pol- (Constitution of 1802) how were state
icy except: judges selected?
A. Nominated by the President; approved
A. Agenda Setting
by the Senate
B. Appointed by the Governor
C. Policy Adoption
C. Elected by the people
D. Policy Implementation D. Appointed by a majority vote of the leg-
E. Policy Payments islative branch

1498. Most people read news from sources B. Inform & activate supporters
that agrees with their political ideology.
C. Bonding agent

A. True
D. Watchdog
B. False
1504. Regulations that protect public interests
1499. Evaluating campaign information for a such as health, safety, the environment,
candidate will include evaluating sources, and relationships in a community
detecting bias, identifying propaganda,
and A. Economic regulations
A. level of satire B. Social regulations
B. public opinion of the candidate 1505. Who has the greatest influence on deci-
C. identifying his/her political party sions made by local government officials?
D. separating fact from opinion A. Citizens
1500. In response to the Russian invasion of B. Governor
Ukraine, the international community re- C. Courts
sponded primarily through what foreign
policy tool? D. President
A. Military intervention 1506. Which of the following is an example of

B. Unconventional tools public policy?
C. Economic sanctions A. A business implementing a new mar-
keting strategy
D. Diplomacy
B. A charity organizing a fundraiser
1501. Which example does NOT waste en-
ergy? C. A city council passing a new law regu-
lating plastic bag use
A. Leaving the television on when going
outside. D. A family making decisions about
household chores
B. Holding the refrigerator door open a
Explanation:Public policy involves deci-
long time.
sions and actions taken by public insti-
C. Adding insulation to the home. tutions to address public issues, such as
D. Running water while brushing teeth. passing laws or regulations.
1502. How is the number of representatives 1507. What is the best title for the chart?
decided?
A. total people in United States
B. 2 per state
C. based on each state’s population A. Voters in an election
D. none of above B. Responsibilities of a lobbyist
1503. Function that includes keeping voters C. Legislators in the lawmaking process
aware of issues through campaigning D. The president leading the executive
A. Nominate candidates branch

1508. The legislative branch at the federal B. The amount that the Federal Reserve
level is the Bank is required to lend out.
A. General Assembly C. The amount that the Federal Reserve
Bank is required to take out of circulation.
B. U.S. Congress
D. The amount that commercial banks are
C. city council required to keep and not lend out
D. none of above
1512. #1-2 Branch:Legislative, Gov’t. Level:
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1509. To yield the best economic outcome for
a buyer and a seller, they would both need A. National
B. State
C. Local
D. none of above
1513. Refers to the use of information tech-
nologies in relation to any nursing func-
tions and actions of nurses.
A. Nursing Informatics
B. Nursing Information
A. a contract C. Nursing Science

D. Nursing Technologies
B. a lot of money
C. complete and accurate information 1514. Which is an example of local govern-
ment enforcing federal environmental pol-
D. to negotiate icy?
1510. Which of the following is an example of A. Implementing curbside recycling
domestic policy? B. ending garbage collection services
A. International trade C. creating more landfills
B. Healthcare D. decreasing recycling facilities
C. Foreign relations 1515. What is the primary responsibility of
D. Declaring war bureaucracies in public policy implementa-
tion?
1511. What is the Reserve Requirement? A. Identifying issues and lobbying govern-
ment officials
B. Rule-making and drafting new bills
C. Conducting day-to-day operation of
government
D. Shaping attitudes and beliefs
Explanation:The primary responsibility of
bureaucracies in public policy implemen-
A. The amount that commercial banks are tation is conducting day-to-day operation
required to lend out of government.

1516. When a candidate expresses his feel- A. Sedition

ings or beliefs about an issue, they are us- B. Atrocity
ing what technique?

C. Martyr
A. Opinion
D. Boycott
B. Fact
1522. What happens to the money supply if
C. Bias
the discount rate is lowered?
D. Propaganda
1517. Money granted by Congress or a state

legislature for a specific purpose
A. grants in aid
B. appropriations
C. policy formulation
1518. The Legislative Branch

A. has to carry out the laws
B. makes new laws
C. decides the meaning of the laws
D. none of above A. It increases
B. It decreases
1519. This is a group whose members share
a common goal; they try & promote their C. Nothing
interests by influencing government policy D. Huh?
and decision making
1523. This model is more conservative in its
A. PAC
decision making than constructive.
B. Interest Group
A. System model
C. Campaign Team B. Incremental change model
D. Motley Crew C. Process model
1520. In public hearings, which participant is D. Institutional model
important? E. leadership model
A. Witness
1524. Which of the following is a way in which
B. Judge the mass media commonly influence public
C. Citizen policy & the public agenda?
D. Legislator A. Publishing editorials and op-ed pieces
to identify important issues.
1521. To intentionally abstain from buying a B. Make political contributions
product, or dealing with a person, organ-
isation or country, as an expression of C. Lobby government officials
protest. D. Publish biased public opinion polls

1525. Is this public policy? Governor Hogan 1530. This type of money consists of a certifi-
provides economic relief for small busi- cate or token that can be exchanged for an
ness. item of value.
A. Yes A. Commodity money
B. No B. Representative money
C. Fiat money
1526. If and economy experiences a dramatic
rise in prices, which fiscal policy action D. none of above
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could be taken?
1531. This case reverses a trend of expanding
A. Selling securities on the open market federal power and limits the government’s
B. Raising interest rates ability to act pursuant to the Commerce
Clause
C. Reducing government spending
A. Marbury v. Madison
D. Raising reserve requirements
B. New York Times v. United States
1527. Type of government ruled by one leader.
C. Mc Cullouch v. Maryland
Usually a King.
D. United States v. Lopez
A. Anarchy
B. Monarchy 1532. Shakuntala Express was a passen-
ger train that runs between Yavatmal
C. Democracy
and Murtijapur in Maharashtra. Having
D. Oligarchy started operations in 1902, what was
unique about this train?
1528. What type of interest groups want bet-
A. India’s only private operated train
ter wages and working conditions for
workers? B. Shortest possible route in India
A. Single Issue Groups C. The train covers all geographic fea-
tures (mountains, plateau, desert etc)
B. Public Interest Groups
D. The train can carry only one passenger
C. Labor Union Groups
D. Public Policy 1533. After the APEC meeting in Beijing, the
leaders of China and the United States
1529. What is common law? met alone, and the establishment of in-
A. laws that are determined by the out- stitutional economic relations between the
comes of court cases that have occurred two countries was the start of negotia-
previously tions on a bilateral investment protection
agreement between China and the United
B. laws that are actions that are naturally States. Who are the two leaders?
considered as right or wrong
A. Xi Jinping and Trump
C. laws that are passed in response to
B. Xi Jinping and Obama
concerns of the public
C. Jiang Zemin and Walker Bush
D. laws refers to codes or regulations
that all branches of the military share D. Hu Jintao and Walker Bush

1534. Which statement describes a character- 1539. What does it mean to lobby?
istic of the checks and balances provided A. A measurement of how much the sam-
for in the U.S. Constitution?

ple results might differ from sample uni-
A. Political Power in Congress is shared verse
by two major political parties B. To persuade government officials to
B. All bills passed by Congress are re- support the polices their interest group fa-
viewed by the Supreme Court vors
C. Citizens choose their congressional C. The ideas and attitudes that signifcant
representatives in the House of Represen- number of americans hold about govern-
tatives ment and political issues
D. The President can veto legislation sub- D. A group of people that is to be studied
mitted by Congress.
1540. What is one way that lobbyists influ-
1535. Required studies and reports of likely ence government?
environmental impacts, filed with the EPA
prior to the beginning of a project A. Preparing their own drafts of bills
A. Equal Protection Clause B. Recruiting volunteers through direct
mail
B. Environmental impact statement
C. Selling political advertisements
C. discretionary spending
D. Staging public protests
D. Entitlement program
1536. is a military alliance between the 1541. the legislative power shall be vested
U.S., Canada, and some European coun- in the Congress of the Philippines, which
tries, started after WWII. shall consist of a Senate and a House of
Representatives, except to the extent re-
A. NAFTA served to the people by the provision on
B. NATO initiative and referendum
1537. Television, radio, newspapers, maga- A. Article VI. Sec. 1 (1987 Constitution)
zines, the Internet, and other forms of B. Article V. Sec. 1 (1987 Constitution)
communication are collectively referred to
C. Article VI. Sec. 2 (1987 Constitution)
as the
D. none of above
A. fourth branch of government
B. mass media 1542. What was one argument used in sup-
C. world of high-tech politics port of U.S. imperialism after the Spanish
American War?
D. World Wide Web
A. Could promote democratic values
1538. “Presidential Election 2020:Joe Biden abroad.
Versus Donald Trump”This headline shows
B. Same as the British imperialism before
what role of the media in elections?
it.
A. emphasize issues
C. Minimize U.S. military involvement
B. identify candidates overseas.
C. hold government accountable D. Could prevent further wars from hap-
D. none of above pening.

1543. A group of people chosen for a specific 1548. What factors contribute to the success
job or task of an interest group?
A. Lobbyists A. Size and resources
B. Public Agenda B. Commitment of members to the
C. Committee group’s goals
D. Media C. Strong leadership
D. All of the above
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1544. What do you call a group of people who
work to get Congress to pass laws to sup- 1549. Which of these is NOT a monetary policy
port their intersts? tool?
A. Lobbyists A. Discount rate
B. Congressmen
B. Balance Accounts
C. Presidents
C. Open Market Operation
D. Patriots
D. Reserved Requirements
1545. It is a type of policy that refers to the
impositions of restrictions or limitations 1550. Which branch makes the laws?
on the behavior of individuals and groups A. Executive
that reduce the freedom or discretion to
B. Legislative
act among those regulated.
C. Judicial
A. redistributive policy
B. distributive policy D. none of above
C. regulatory policy 1551. A local law

D. constituent policy

A. Private sector activity
B. Individual ideologies
C. Government action in response to a A. legislation
public need
B. ordinance
D. Media influence
C. bill
Explanation:Public policy refers to govern-
ment action in response to a public need. D. regulation
It involves making decisions and imple-
menting actions to address societal is- 1552. What is the THIRD step in the lawmak-
sues and meet public demands. ing process?
A. debate
1547. Alternative are options the govern-
ments should consider to solve problems. B. committees
A. True C. vote
B. False D. idea

1553. What are numerical indicators of social, 1558. Which of the following is NOT a role of
political, or economic phenomena, such as Chief Executive?
birth rates, voter turnout, or employment

A. Appointing officials
levels?
B. Leading the bureaucracy
A. Regulatory policy
C. Conduct Cabinet meetings
B. Policy analysis
D. Propose laws to Congress
C. Policy study
D. Quantitative data 1559. Ideology that seeks to keep in place the
structures of society (smaller government)
1554. The United States currency is backed by
A. Radical
gold.
A. False B. Liberal
B. True C. Conservative
D. Reactionary
1555. The Federal Reserve
1560. -focusing attention on selected issues-
hold government officials accountable
government communicates with public The
media influences public policy in many
ways. Which way is missing from the
chart above?
A. influences the money supply and inter- A. participating in politics
est rates in the economy to keep inflation B. appointing government officials
low and stable
C. appealing to the public directly
B. assures healthy and safe working con-
D. offering a forum for opposing view-
ditions for workers/employees
points
C. protects public health by assuring
foods and medical products are safe 1561. In a direct democracy
D. enforces laws which makes it illegal to A. People vote on policy issues
discriminate against job applicants or em- B. Representatives make and decide on
ployees policy issues
1556. The national personal income tax is a C. A central government controls policy
tax. D. none of above
A. Proportional
1562. Which of the following bureaucratic in-
B. Regressive
stitutions is primarily responsible for co-
C. Progressive ordinating American intelligence activities
D. Benefits Recieved abroad?
A. Department of Defense
1557. Violating a law might be a crime or
might carry CIVIL RIGHTS. B. Federal Bureau of Investigation
A. True C. Federal Communications Commission
B. False D. Central Intelligence Agency

1563. Which of the following is the EARLIEST 1567. Boundaries established by rivers,
example of American politicians trying to oceans, deserts, mountains, etc. are based
shape public opinion? on
A. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address A. Geometric features
B. Abolitionist newspapers published in B. Physical features
the years before the Civil War C. Human features
C. the publication of The Federalist Pa- D. Access to Natural Resources
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pers
1568. What is in Bahasa of “Head of Public
D. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s fireside chats Policy for the Indonesian Employers’ Asso-
ciation”?
1564. The main purpose of a Political Action
Committee is to A. Chair of Public Policy of the Indonesian
Employers’ Association
A. Chose a candidate to run for office
B. Chair of Political Policy of the Indone-
B. Bring new issues to the front of candi- sian Employers’ Association
dates attention
C. Chair of Public Policy of the Indonesian
C. Raise public opinions of key issues Workers Association
D. Raise money for candidates who sup- D. Chairman of General Policy of the In-
port their views donesian Traders Association
1565. Which foreign policy strategy has the 1569. Which renewable resource gets its di-
US promoting democracy? rect energy from the sun?
A. Geothermal
B. Solar
C. Wind
D. Hydrogen

power to check another branch by threat-
A. Idealism
ening new regulations if a bill should pass.
B. Realism A. Legislative
C. Liberalism B. Executive
D. Isolationism C. Judicial
1566. What are elected officials doing when D. none of above

they use the media to hold a news confer- 1571. The last step of the public policy process
ence? involves?
A. Enforcing laws
B. Giving and opinion poll
C. Communicating with the public
D. Passing laws

A. Implementing the policy 1576. To be responsible for the consequences

of one’s actions and decisions-
B. Evaluating the policy

A. Reliable
C. Terminating the policy
B. Dependable
D. Setting the agenda
C. Accountable
1572. What is a two party system? D. Responsible
A. Two events are scheduled at the same 1577. Efficient market exchanges between
time people are
B. This refers to Communism and Social-
ism
C. Refers to having third parties and dom-
inant parties
D. Political system consisting of two ma-
jor parties, Democrats and Republicans
A. forced
1573. proposals that have been developed to
address issues B. done with cash
A. problem stream C. done with a credit/debit card
D. voluntary
B. policy stream
C. politics stream 1578. In the Electoral College system, the can-
didate that wins the majority of votes
D. window of opportunity within a state gets how many of that
states electoral votes?
1574. Which of the following citizens is most
likely to vote? A. A proportional amount
B. All of them
A. A 65 year old African American high
school graduate 1579. #21-Can declare executive actions un-
B. A 25 year old hispanic with an asso- constitutional as a check on the President.
ciate’s degree A. Legislative Branch
C. a 45 year old white college professor B. Executive Branch
D. an 18 year old African-American just C. Judicial Branch

starting college D. none of above
1575. Public concerns can make their way onto 1580. The causes of rising inflation that my
the government’s agenda through: group mentioned in the presentation were:
A. The increase in the price of petrol
A. Media coverage.
B. Prices of imported goods increased
B. Interest group lobbying.
C. The loosening of monetary policy by
C. Citizen protests. the government
D. All D. All of the above options are correct

1581. What is the purpose of the executive 1585. The largest portion of “uncontrollable
branch? spending” in the federal budget would be
A. Make laws A. Entitlement spending.
B. enforce laws B. Spending on national defense.
C. Interpret laws C. Interest on the national debt.
D. Make everyone happy D. Salaries of federal bureaucrats.
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1582. Public policy does not always achieve its 1586. What are interest groups that start at
goals. This can be due to a variety of fac- the community level and influence pub-
tors, such as poor planning, inadequate relic policy through community participation
sources, or unforeseen obstacles. called?
A. True A. Lobbyist
B. False B. Grassroots Organization
C. Take care C. Interest Groups
D. none of above D. Executive Departments and Indepen-
dent Agencies
1583. SS.7.C.2.12Above are views for and
against a town ban on motorcycle traf- 1587. Individuals can influence policy in all the
fic.Which conclusion can be drawn from following ways EXCEPT
these views? A. Campaigning
B. Registering to vote
C. Voting
D. Writing letters to their representa-
tives
A. Most people enjoy riding motorcycles.
B. There are multiple perspectives on 1588. The right to vote.
public issues. A. Suffrage
C. Motorcyclists generally fail to respect B. Caucus
other people.
C. Disenfranchise
D. Motorcycles are safer than most other
forms of transportation. D. Civil Disobedience
1584. Media can also provide a forum for op- 1589. Linda is allowed to vote for the Pres-
posing viewpoints-it is important for en- ident of the United States while living
gaged citizens to be able to detect or in Washington, D.C. for the first time in
favor a view over another, and opinion in 1964.
media reporting. A. 15th Amendment
A. bias B. 19th Amendment
B. media C. 23rd Amendment
C. agenda D. 24th Amendment
D. opposing viewpoints E. 26th Amendment

1590. T/F:The 3rd stage of making and shap- D. Bill Weld, a Republican challenger to
ing public policy is policy adoption Pres. Trump:“The President has commit-
ted treason.”

1594. Which is Ira Sharkansky’s classification
of public policy according to the policy pro-
cess?
A. Policy output
B. Implementation of policy
C. policy setting
D. Policy analysis
E. Policy evaluation
A. True
1595. Fiscal Policy is concerned with
B. False
A. Government Spending and taxation
C. I don’t know!!!!
B. Consumer spending and productivity
D. I’m going to fail this test!!!
C. Government spending and the money
1591. This group of close advisors helps the supply
President keep the USA safe D. Taxation and inflation
A. The CIA
1596. Which option represents a way that mul-
B. The IBSW tiple perspectives are reflected in political
C. The NSC participation?
D. The NHL A. public meetings
B. press conference
1592. Which term means to influence legisla-
C. legislative sessions
tors to introduce or vote for or against a
bill? D. State of the Union address
A. begging 1597. The branch is responsible for pass-
B. lobbying ing legislation.
A. Legislative
C. bicameral
B. Executive
D. federalism
C. Judicial
1593. Which of the following sources is the D. none of above
most accurate?
1598. The media influences public policy in all
A. Candidate:“I will release my tax re-
of the following ways EXCEPT:
turns at some point.”
A. Focusing attention on issues
B. Fox News Opinion Host:“The President
did nothing wrong.” B. Determining which laws are passed
C. Unanimous Agreement of Senate Re- C. Letting the public know what govern-
publicans & Democrats:“The President ment officials are doing
has a legal requirement to give Congress D. Offering a place where differing views
the report.” may be expressed

1599. #6 A. Demonstrating
A. A B. Petitioning
B. B C. Lobbying
C. C D. Campaigning
D. D
1604. Ideology that favors extreme change
1600. Meetings where party leaders and sup- back to an earlier, more conservative,
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porters select candidates through discus- state
sions and consensus
A. Radical
A. Primary election
B. Liberal
B. Caucus
C. Electoral College C. Conservative
D. Party D. Reactionary
1601. After being introduced, what is the next 1605. human, technical, material and financial
step in the lawmaking process? resources are need for policy change. a
A. The bill is voted on lack of appropriate resources makes imple-
menting policy extremely difficult
B. The bill is debated
A. actors
C. The bill is worked on in committees
B. institutions
D. The bill is reviewed by the President
(national laws) or Governor (state laws) C. resource
1602. According to our presentation, How D. none of above

many main objectives are there?
1606. Identify the thinker?
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7
1603. A representative for PETA writes a let-

ter to Barbara Comstock asking her to
vote in favor of an upcoming bill is an ex-
ample of what?
A. Karl Marx
B. Wilson
C. Hegel
D. Mills

1607. The federal government’s overall ap- 1612. Bandwagon Effect

proach to spending and taxes is called A. Professionals hired by interest groups

A. Physical Policy to influence government
B. Fiscal Policy B. Voting phenomenon describing voters’
C. Money supporting the poll leaders
D. Monetary Policy C. groups trying to sway government de-

cisions in favor of their membership
1608. Which of the following can cost you D. Term used for “unidentified source” or
money in large interest payments? “anonymous source”
A. a debit card
1613. The government takes action by
B. a checking account
A. Providing Money
C. a credit card
B. Services
D. a savings account
1614. Barack Obama is the head of what
1609. Which foreign policy strategy relies on
branch of government?
involvement in the United Nations?
A. Executive
B. Legislative
C. Judicial
D. Democratic
1615. Modern polling began in the 1930s

A. Idealism through the use of scientific polling. Who
B. Realism invented this method?
C. Liberalism A. Adam Bryce
D. Isolationism B. Victor Dowd
C. Thomas Paine
1610. Which amendment has been used to de-
fend media from government censure? D. George Gallup
A. 1st 1616. The media tells people who to vote for
B. 5th A. True
C. item B. False
D. ch
1617. What do people hope to gain by joining
1611. The first step in the public process in interest groups?
which the group determines the problem A. Increase their influence on govern-
is ment policies
A. Policy Implementation B. Make connections to help their career
B. Policy assessment/evaluation C. Make contacts so they can run for of-
C. Agenda setting fice
D. Policy Formulation D. Win bonus gifts that the groups give

1618. What does the term Volunteerism 1624. The reponse of local governments to
mean? the Secretary of State’s speech reference
above might be
A. To promote peace and order
A. to build a structure at the water’s edge
B. Right to bare arms
to prevent flooding
C. It is the practice of offering your time B. to lower punishments for polluters
and services to others without payment.
C. to run ads discouraging flood insur-
D. To promote justice and equality
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ance for citizens
1619. Interest groups focus on one specific in- D. to discourage the use of wind energy
terest 1625. Rule by one
A. true
B. false
1620. Taxes that come out of your paycheck

include which ones?
A. Social Security and Medicare taxes
B. Social Security and Excise taxes
C. Estate taxes and tariffs
D. Sales and progressive taxes
1621. Belief system that feels government A. Dictatorship and Constitutional Monar-
should fix unfair policies chy
A. Radical B. Dictatorship Communism
B. Liberal C. Dictatorship Absolute Monarchy
C. Conservative D. Absolute Monarchy Republic
D. Reactionary 1626. Level 2In order to help the economy
grow, the FED may the reserve re-
1622. What is a “con”? quirement, allowing banks to loan more
A. advantage people money so that they spend more
B. disadvantage

to their congressmen influencing public pol-
icy
A. Influencing laws
B. Being informed
C. Expressing their opinions A. lower
D. Making a contribution B. raise

C. spend more 1632. The best remedy for market failures is

not to replace the market but to make it
D. save more
work.

1627. The idea that political power should A. TRUE
be distributed and shared among various
groups in society is known as B. FALSE
A. centrism 1633. What are two ways the government

B. pluralism solves problems?
C. socialism A. Military Force & Propoganda
D. libertarianism B. Public Policies & Regulation

C. Social Media & Free Stuff
1628. policy as collective decision making by
self interested in D. Public Service Announcements & New
Laws
A. group theory
B. elite theory 1634. Is this public policy? Baltimore County
C. public choice theory Council provides investigation into recent
ransomware attacks.
D. none of above
A. Yes
1629. A community clean up day of the local B. No
park is a
A. public policy 1635. The nature of public policy include the
following except
B. private action
A. Outcome of group struggle
1630. One thing the government can do to
B. Outcome of government’s action
help solve problems is regulate whatpeo-
ple and businesses do. Regulate means C. Government decision
A. stay out a business’s affairs D. Impact:Positive or negative
B. to monitor and control
1636. Your home or apartment is what type of
1631. Select ALL the ways the media play an Good because you pay rent or make mort-
important role in setting the public agenda gage payments for the privilege of Living
there.
A. Focusing public attention on selected
issues A. Public Good
B. Holding government officials account- B. Private Good

able to the public C. Market Good
C. the media does not play an important
role in setting the public agenda
D. Offering a forum in which opposing 1637. A Political System is a pure democracy
viewpoints are communicated when

D. Someone who is a voting member of a

community or certain area
1641. What is the strongest predictive factor
when it comes to political socialization?
A. Education
B. Peer groups
A. citizens elect representatives to make C. The media
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decisions D. Family
B. A king or queen is in charge of making 1642. Which of the following groups, based
all the rules upon the readings, tends to be more lib-
C. All citizens vote on decisions eral in American politics?
D. There is a king or queen, but they’re A. White Americans
power is limited. B. Darker skinned Americans
1638. Which era can be considered the golden C. Women
age of state enterprises? In what period D. Men
did it happen?
1643. Reading the paper or a political article
A. Coup d’etat 1947 shows that you are being what type of
B. Coup of 1866 voter?
C. Coup of 1957 A. ignorant
D. coup d’etat 1958 B. negligent
C. informed
1639. The main goal of an interest group is to:
D. partisan
work to get Congress to pass laws to sup-
port their interests?
A. Interest group
B. Constituents
A. monitor public policy C. The public

D. The mass media
B. influence public policy
C. run for office 1645. One of the disadvantages of using a
credit card is
D. donate to a campaign
A. having purchasing power during emer-
1640. Public opinion gencies
A. Views common in the general public B. that they are not accepted in most
B. What the government does or does not states
do about an issue that exists C. interest rates sometimes increase
C. A group of people chosen for a specific payments
job or task D. it helps build your credit

1646. “James Washington took Senator Bilbo A. executive; local

out to lunch. While at lunch, Mr. Wash- B. legislative; state
ington explained that his company would

like to donate $100, 000 dollars to his re- C. judicial; national
election campaign. In return, he would like D. executive; national
the Senator to vote in favor of the new
bill.” This is an example of 1651. -expressing opinions-participate in
politics-join interest groups The BEST ti-
A. Politics tle for this chart would be:
B. Lobbying A. “THE MEDIA INFLUENCING PUBLIC
C. Bribery POLICY”
D. Analytics B. “HOW INDIVIDUALS INFLUENCE PUB-
LIC POLICY”
1647. Which of the following is NOT a way to
C. “INTEREST GROUPS INFLUENCE”
conserve energy?
D. “MEDIA’S ROLE IN ELECTIONS”
A. Drive a car instead of riding a bike.
B. Take a short shower instead of a long 1652. Laws that deal with relationships be-
one. tween people are which kind of law?
C. Recycle old newspapers and soda A. Criminal
cans. B. Civil
D. Walk instead of driving a car. C. Statutory
1648. During a contraction what would you do D. Administrative
to stimulate the economy?
1653. Government officials use what to com-
A. Lower the RRR, Lower the DR, Buy municate with the public?
Bonds
A. Paper
B. Raise the RRR, Raise the DR, Sell
B. Press Secretary
Bonds
C. Media
1649. Which act of civic participation is most
D. Twitter
directly related to politics?
A. volunteering to visit with seniors 1654. The best title for:VotingCampaigningSeeking
Office
B. raising money for school equipment
A. individuals participate in politics
C. joining a group that maintains parks
B. individuals express opinions
D. posting an opinion about the govern-
ment online C. individuals join interest groups
D. individuals donate money to cam-
1650. Select the BRANCH and LEVEL of gov- paigns
ernment that would handle the follow-
ing situation:During Reds home baseball 1655. What is a type of interest group?
games, Cincinnati places more police offi- A. Economic
cers on the major intersections and pedes-
trian pathways near the stadium to main- B. Religious
tain safety and security C. Public

D. Ideological C. Public Interest Group

Explanation:An interest group can be of D. Federal Interest Group
various types, including economic, reli-
gious, public, and ideological. These types 1661. Select the ways in which the executive
represent different focuses and goals of branch influences policy making
interest groups.
A. State of the Union Address
1656. Which of the following scenarios would B. Proposing legislation
cause the nation’s money supply to in-
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C. Appealing directly through media
crease?
D. Approving or vetoing legislation
A. Decreasing government spending
B. Lowering interest rates 1662. Collection bins or containers with the re-
cycling symbol indicate policies to
C. Raising interest rates
A. Protect the environment by recycling
D. Selling bonds to investors
B. Securing our border
1657. The James River empties into the
C. Protecting our rights
Any pollution or sediment in the river will
end up here, too. D. Create an economy
A. Pacific Ocean 1663. “Candidate Williams Lied About His
B. Hudson Bay Past Criminal History.”This headline
demonstrates which role of the media
C. Chesapeake Bay
when setting the public agenda?
D. Gulf of Mexico
A. offering a forum in which opposing
1658. Groups of individuals that work to- viewpoints are communicated
gether to promote a cause like PETA, B. holding gov’t accountable to the public
GreenPeace, NRA are called
C. broadcasting different viewpoints
A. political parties
D. emphasizing selected issues
B. Congress members
C. electors 1664. A limited government is created to-
D. interest groups A. let people twist and bypass the law

whenever they want to.
1659. Government officials use to commu- B. enable the president to have less
nicate with the public. work.
A. the media C. protect people from tyranny.The
B. the military colonists were afraid of having another
C. scare tactics King!
D. elected officials D. give all power to the people.
1660. What type of interest group works to 1665. Public policy is a broader term that en-
benefit all or most of society? compasses all of the policies and actions of
a government, including those that are not
A. Economic Interest Group directly related to government agencies or
B. Private Interest Group programs.

A. True
B. False

C. Pls stop asking
D. none of above
1666. What shapes a person’s political ideol-

ogy? A. life, liberty, and property
A. Socioeconomic status and gender B. pizza, chips, and soda
B. Religion and region C. life, property, and travel
C. Family and education D. freedom of speech, freedom to bear
arms, and freedom of assemble
D. Race and ethnicity
Explanation:A person’s political ideology 1671. Which of the following is the EPA most
is shaped by socioeconomic status, gen- concerned with regarding the enforcement
der, religion, region, family, education, of environmental justice?
race, and ethnicity. A. Rewarding or punishing parties that
comply with, or break environmental
1667. How would you describe an emperor laws.
who has total control over everyone in the
empire? B. Promoting social justice by advocating
for a more just and humane society.
A. democracy
C. The long term environmental equity be-
B. absolute monarchy tween different races, cultures and in-
C. constitutional monarchy come levels.
D. All of these
D. dictatorship
1672. When President Obama is signing the
1668. Which headline best demonstrates the Healthcare Reform Law, what role is he
impact of international issues on local gov- playing?
ernments?
A. Chief Legislator
A. 1
B. Chief Diplomat
B. 2 C. Chief Citizen
C. 3 D. Commander-in-Chief
D. 4 1673. Which is the primary purpose of a lob-
byist in the political process?
1669. Rule by nobody
A. to draft bills for legislators
A. Democracy
B. to locate citizens willing to run for pub-
B. Oligarchy lic office
C. Monarchy C. to present the views of special interest
groups on proposed legislation
D. Anarchy
D. to provide legislators with unbiased in-
1670. Locke’s inalienable rights include formation on important issues

1674. During an expansionary phase, the gov-

ernment could implement a contractionary
fiscal policy in order to
A. Promote Spending
B. Address any inflation
C. Create jobs
D. Encourage investments A. State policing service.
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1675. A woman wants to report cars speeding B. County Department of Transportation.
in a school zone. Who do you call? C. The Federal Bureau of Investigations.
D. The US Military.
1679. Who has this role?Emphasizing selected

issues like crime, elections, or COVID-19
A. individuals
B. mass media
A. City Clerk C. candidates
B. Mayor and City Council D. political parties
C. Planning Department
1680. Which of the following would be the
D. The Police Department best source for accurate information about
a candidate’s experience and qualifica-
1676. A representative (only in the DNC) who
tions.
is free to support any candidate for the
presidential nomination at the party’s na- A. An interest group’s concealed propa-
tional convention. ganda
A. Superdelegate B. a letter to the editor published in the
local newspaper
B. Political Consultant
C. Primary Delegate C. an unbiased voter guide written by an
independent group
D. Caucus Delegate
D. a speech made by an opposing candi-
1677. A professor says you will get an A in date
the class if you pay them $500 a month.
What is the public policy violation? 1681. Primary election in which any voter, re-
gardless of party, may vote.
A. Price Fixing
A. Open Primary
B. Price Gouging
B. Closed Primary
C. Breach of Duty
D. Competitive Bidding 1682. Knowing the types of propaganda help
you to determine the truth in an ad.
1678. Look at the following cartoon. Which
government agency is responsible for deal- A. True
ing with this issue? B. False

1683. A treaty is legally binding and must be take money out or put money into the econ-
approved by 2/3 of the US Senate. omy’s money supply quickly (2 correct an-
swers and you must choose both)

A. True
B. False A. Fiscal policy
B. Open market operations
1684. How are short-term solutions imple-
mented? C. Monetary policy
A. Sharing tips and tricks to address the D. Taxes

issue 1689. Government program to enhance quality
B. Raising awareness and demonstrating of life
solutions A. Social welfare program
C. Promoting practice to fix an issue with B. Central Intelligence Agency
goods while supplies lasts
C. EPA
D. Gathering temporary sponsorships
and volunteers D. Constitutional law
1685. which is the capital city of India 1690. Capital-intensive has been marked by
the investment trend that has resulted in
A. Bangalore
B. Bombay A. Fewer jobs created
C. Calcutta B. Many jobs created
D. New Delhi C. Artificial Intelligence used
1686. Which one of these is NOT a responsibil- D. Machinery used
ity of U.S. citizen?
1691. Which feature of the unwritten consti-
A. Serving in the community tution is part of the system of checks and
B. Influencing government balances?
C. Serving in the military A. The President’s Cabinet
D. Voting B. Approving Treaties
1687. This is a person’s principles, ideals, and C. Political Parties

beliefs with regard to society, politics, and D. Legislative Oversight
government. This is your views of how
society should be structured and maintain 1692. If a TV station provides free commer-
social order. cials to only one particular candidate, the
station is showing
A. political socialization
A. Propagandain hopes of influencing vot-
B. political efficacy ers.
C. political culture B. the public who the best candidate is.
D. political ideology C. this candidate’s spot simply to fill air
1688. A Federal Reserve practice of purchas- time
ing and selling government bonds; used to D. a biased perspective

1693. In what year certification and exami- 1698. A person whose job it is to influence offi-
nation of nursing informatics as scope of cials and convince them to vote a particular
practice were established? way on proposed laws-
A. 1985 A. Lobbyist
B. 1989 B. Candidate
C. 1995 C. Campaign assistant
D. 1999
D. Policymaker
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1694. Which is true about the effect of the
Buckley v. Valeo ruling? 1699. Is this public policy? “Congress has re-
cently passed a new stimulus bill support-
A. Led to rise of SuperPACs
ing millions of Americans.”
B. Led to increase use of soft money
A. Yes
C. Ended express advocacy ads
B. No
D. Led to decrease in campaign spending
1695. What is the sub-discipline of public pol- 1700. Which of the following is an example of
icy that focuses on countries interacting? public policy?
A. Foreign policy A. Laws and regulations implemented to
reduce air pollution
B. Domestic policy
C. Economic policy B. Tax breaks for wealthy individuals
D. Social policy C. Building a new shopping mall
1696. What is the role of news media in a rep- D. Private company’s employee dress
resentative democracy? code
A. to praise the policies of government 1701. Choose the correct option

leaders
B. to inform citizens about government
actions
C. to represent the nation to govern-
ments abroad A. A
D. to settle disputes among government B. B
agencies
C. C
1697. In the practice of nursing where infor-
matic nurse uses appropriate resources to D. D
plan and implement safe, effective, and
1702. What is an example of a tax that uses
fiscally responsible informatics and asso-
a regressive tax rate?
ciated services
A. Resource Utilization A. Federal Income Tax
B. Effective Planning B. State Income Tax

C. Resourceful IS C. Personal Property Tax
D. Safe Practice D. Sales Tax

1703. Amount of money the federal govern- 1708. Large businesses and labor unions hire
ment expects to receive and authorizes to talk to government officials about
government to spend for a fiscal year (12 issues that affect their industries

month period)
A. appropriations
B. federal budget
C. fiscal year
D. national budget A. candidates
1704. The federal government is the only level B. hobbyists
that dictates C. lobbyists
A. education D. watch dogs
B. spending 1709. Level 1Roads, bridges, power lines, tun-
C. foreign policy nels, railways, and airports of a country
that allow for the conduct and expansion
D. taxation of business opportunities and safety of the
population
1705. What is a Public Interest Group?
A. Authorization to act given to a repre-
sentative
B. Method of polling in which wording of
questions “push” respondees towards a
particular answer
C. A small group of people who are typi-
cal of the larger group being studied
D. Groups that seek policy goals that it be-
lieves will benefit the nation (general pub-
lic) not just themselves
A. Infrastructure
1706. what is a non renewable resource? B. Discretionary spending
A. water C. Taxes
B. wind D. Spending
C. coal 1710. A school wants to teach about fire
D. biomass safety. Who do they call?
1707. There are models of Public Policy in

Tr Nan Lecture.
A. 6
B. 7
C. 8
D. 9 A. The Mayor and City Council

B. 911 1716. One of the two main political parties in

C. The Fire Department the United States. Founded in 1854 by
anti-slavery activists, today their core val-
D. The Police Department ues align with conservative ideology.
1711. Legislative redistricting must be con- A. Republican Party
scious of race and ensure compliance with
B. Democratic Party
the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but race
may not be the sole rationale behind redis- 1717. What is the role of public policy in con-
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tricting decisions trolling and curbing unemployment?
A. Baker v. Carr A. Public policy plays a minor role in con-
B. Shaw v. Reno trolling unemployment
C. Mc Donald v. Chicago B. Public policy plays a very important
role in controlling unemployment
D. Citizens United v. Federal Election
Commission C. Public policy is only an intermediary in
the problem of solving unemployment
1712. What are controls on the behavior of
companies and industries in order to pro- D. Only workers can solve unemployment
tect consumers and workers called? for themselves
A. Common Good 1718. Political socialization is a term that best

B. Direct Financial Assistance refers to
C. Deregulation A. the amount of influence political par-
ties have on candidates
D. Economic Regulations
B. the process by which people acquire
1713. Political parties are one of the unofficial political beliefs and values
policymakers
C. the growth of PAC power over the past
A. True quarter century
B. False D. the ability of lobbyists to educate of po-
C. Seemingly True litical office holders
D. Seemingly False 1719. Which of these is an example of govern-
1714. Why do people join interest groups? ment fiscal policy?
A. Increase money A. creating budgets
B. Increase their size B. adjusting the discount rate
C. Increase influence C. conducting open-market operations
D. Decrease strength D. changing the reserve requirement
1715. Type of government ruled by a few pow- 1720. US President:Airforce One::X:Shepherd

erful leaders One. Who is X?
A. Monarchy A. Brazilian President
B. Democracy B. Metallica
C. Oligarchy C. The Pope
D. Anarchy D. Russian President

1721. What is the SECOND step in the law- B. Vaccination

making process? C. Healthcare Works

A. debate D. None of all
B. committees E. Healthcare works and Vaccination
C. introduce
1727. A penalty a nation imposes on another
D. vote nation for breaking an agreement.
1722. Manages patient health information and A. espionage
medical records, administers computer in- B. treaty
formation systems, collects and analyzes
C. sanctions
patient data, and uses various classifica-
tion systems and medical terminologies. D. diplomatic immunity
A. RHIA 1728. “Public policy is at any givenis the equi-
B. Free of librium reachedin the group struggle.” is
C. relaxation
A. game theory
D. NO
B. group theory
1723. What system of government is used by C. elite theory
the United States?
D. root-cause theory
A. Unitary System
B. Federal System 1729. All of the following are factors in pre-
dicting which citizens will vote except:
C. Bicameral System
A. Education
D. Constitutional System
B. Gender
1724. The government has only the powers C. Age
that the Constitution gives to it
D. Income
A. Federalism
1730. National Security is an example of what
B. Limited Government
type of Good?
C. States’ Rights
A. Private Good
D. none of above
B. Free Rider Problem
1725. How many ways to classify unemploy- C. Excludable Good
ment?
D. Public Good
A. 1
1731. Who is included in the party organiza-
B. 2
tion
C. 3 A. Party leaders
D. 4 B. Elected officials & candidates
1726. Based on our presentation, what are the C. Members of the party; people who
benefits of the UK subsidy policy? identify
A. Antibody Therapy D. none of above

1732. S4:Local governments exercise all of the 1737. In which situations is government in-
following powers EXCEPT tervention necessary in the market? On
which situation acquire government inter-
A. Writing ordinances.
vention in the market?
B. Educating children.
A. Positive market surplus Positive sur-
C. Regulating how land is used. plus
D. Raising an army. B. The products provided can increase
people’s income. Could uplift people’s in-
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1733. Process of settling differences through come from provided product
a discussion of issues C. Failure in the market Market failure
A. Persuasion D. Market profits increase by 30% Market
B. Consensus Building profits increase to 30%
C. Negotiation 1738. what is inflation?
D. Compromise A. governments use of taxing, monetary,
and spending powers to manipulate the
1734. Which scenario demonstrates how the economy
mass media commonly influence public pol- B. consistent increase in prices
icy & the public agenda?
C. increasing public spending and cutting
A. Lobbying members of Congress taxes stimulates the economy
B. Interviewing different politicians D. trade of goods and services between
about proposed legislation countires without restrictions (tariffs,
C. Discussing the lifestyle of a politician’s quotas)
family 1739. Which of the following favors lowering
D. Writing letters to a congressman taxes to stimulate the economy?
A. Socialism
1735. Special interest groups influence public
policy by doing all of the following EX- B. Supply-Side Economics
CEPT: C. Monetarist Economics
A. making political contributions D. Demand-Side Economics
B. identifying issues 1740. #5-4 The President asks the Environ-
mental Protection Agency to issue rules
C. conducting judicial reviews
regulating coal-fired energy plants.
D. lobbying government officials
A. State
1736. When policy makers are coming up with B. National
ideas and strategies for a policy, then this
1741. Which of the following is not an ex-
is known as?
pressed power of Congress?
A. policy formulation A. Raise an army and navy
B. policy implementation B. Collect taxes
C. policy evaluation C. Establish post offices
D. policy identification D. Establish schools

1742. Charles recently wrote a letter to his C. Pressure from various interest groups
local Congressman concerning a company D. Environment of country society
that is dumping toxic chemicals into a lo-

cal river. Which of the following ways is E. economy
Charles influencing public policy?
1746. In choosing line of behavior, humans
A. Joining an interest group make rational calculations with respect to
B. Participating in politics the following aspects except
C. Expressing opinions A. The effect of the utility toward the
stakeholders and target population
D. Making political contributions
B. The utility of alternative lines of con-
1743. Which headline best demonstrates the duct with reference to the preference hi-
impact of international issues on local gov- erarchy
ernments?
C. The costs of each alternative in terms
of utilities foregone
D. The best way to maximize utility
1747. A politician has a picture taken of him

mowing the yard. Which propaganda tech-
nique is being used?
A. glittering generalities
B. name-calling
C. plain-folks appeal
A. 1 D. testimonial
B. 2 1748. Which kind of law involves divorces and
C. 3 contracts?
D. 4 A. Criminal
1744. Policy determination comes mainly from B. Civil
the negotiation of the power of the two in- C. Common
terested parties.
D. Equity
A. leadership model
1749. Responsible voters in elections will do
B. group model
which of the following when it comes to
C. Incremental change model making a decision with their vote?
D. Rational model A. Separate fact from opinion, and evalu-
ate sources
1745. The price of oil changes all the time.
What problems and obstacles are classi- B. A believe bias and opinionated adver-
fied as public policy studies? tising
A. State policy determination that is in- C. Identify bias and support it
consistent with the reality of society D. Believe propaganda supporting their
B. Efficiency in government policy making own opinions

1750. “The accumulation of all powers, legisla- 1754. Derek is a Black man going to vote in
tive, executive, and judiciary, in the same the election this November. He wants to
hands, whether of one, a few or many make his opinion matter through voting!
may justly be pronounced the very defini-
A. 15th Amendment
tion of tyranny “Which feature of the
U.S. Constitution was included to address B. 19th Amendment
the concern expressed by James Madison? C. 23rd Amendment
A. Electoral College D. 24th Amendment
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B. Bill of Rights E. 26th Amendment
C. Checks and Balances
1755. The U.S. government was given the au-
D. Amendment Process thority to collect income taxes with the
passage of the
A. Dodd-Frank Act
A. A set of rules for how businesses are
run B. Sixteenth Amendment
B. A set of standards for large groups of C. Sherman Anti-trust Act

people D. Fourteenth Amendment
C. A set of laws made by elected officials
1756. Exchange of one good or service for an-
D. A set of actions taken by the govern- other
ment to benefit the public
A. Barter
1752. A coalition of environmental groups re- B. Money
leased a study on how a proposed new
C. Swindling
housing development would impact local
wildlife. Which factor should be consid- D. Theft
ered in evaluating the credibility of the
study? 1757. Which title would BEST complete the
graphic organizer?
A. cost of publishing the study
B. use of graphs to display research data
C. possible biases of the sponsoring or-
ganization
D. public opinion about the housing devel-
opment
1753. Taxing & spending to help the economy

grow is referred to as
A. Mass media roles in elections
A. expansionary policy
B. Political party responsibilities
B. monetary policy
C. Strategies for evaluating campaign in-
C. contractionary policy formation
D. budget deficit D. Strategies of third parties

1758. Shrimp and seafood industries in Florida 1762. Washington wanted the US to keep to
are concerned about the freshwater supply themselves during peace war, which pol-
from Georgia. If the freshwater supply is icy did he support?

reduced, Florida’s shrimp and seafood in-
dustries could be harmed.Who is responsi-
ble for solving this dispute?
A. federal legislative branch
B. federal executive branch
A. Idealism
C. state legislatures
B. Realism
D. state judiciary
C. Liberalism
D. Isolationism
work with Congress to get laws passed
that support their interests? 1763. Who has the power to Impeach a Presi-
A. The Public dent or a judicial judge?
B. Lobbyists A. Senate
C. PAC B. Supreme Court
D. Constituents C. President
1760. The electoral college system requires D. House of Representative

that a candidate win a of votes within 1764. When did the study of public policy be-
the system. come a true body of knowledge?
A. majority A. Roman
B. 2/3 majority B. ancient greece
C. 3/4 majority C. industrial revolution
D. plurality D. After World War I
1761. When a King or Queen rule and control E. After World War II
a government, it is known as a
1765. elected officials could be removed from
office could be removed from office by vot-
ers in a special election
A. initiative
B. recall
C. referedum
D. direct election of senators
A. monarchy
B. democracy 1766. Step of the Public Policy process in
which you discuss the plan after it has
C. theocracy been in place and determine if it is working
D. dictatorship or needs changed.
E. oligarchy A. #1 Agenda Setting

B. #4 Policy Implementation 1772. Declared that all people born in the U.S.
C. #2 Policy Formulation are citizens and are guaranteed equal pro-
tection of the law.
D. #5 Policy Assessment/Evaluation
A. 14th Amendment
1767. Public policies are often first presented B. 15th Amendment
as campaign promises by a politician that
later become law. This stage is known as C. 19th Amendment
A. debate D. 24th Amendment
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B. promises 1773. An organization, usually representing
an interest group or corporation, that
C. formulation
raises money with the goal of supporting
D. implementation or defeating candidates, parties, or legis-
lation.
1768. What legislative body creates ordi-
nances for counties? A. PACs (Political Action Committees)
A. House of Representative B. Super PACs
B. City council 1774. What type of economy does the United
C. Board of Supervisors States have?
D. General Assembly A. Traditional
B. Free Market
1769. Which one these is Not a duty of an
United States citizen? C. Command
A. Obey the law D. Mixed
B. Defend the nation 1775. Significance of public policy doesn’t in-
C. Serve on a jury clude?
D. Speak about politics A. it has time frame
B. it is what is actually done
1770. The official endorsement of a candidate
for office by a political party. C. it is not purposive
A. Nomination D. it is purposive
B. Caucus 1776. Function which includes selecting a can-
C. Primary didate for office
D. Platform A. Nominate candidates

B. Inform & activate supporters
1771. to embrace new policies and changing or
repealing existing policies is the Board’s C. Bonding agent
responsibility D. Watchdog
A. public policy 1777. A party’s core beliefs and postion on cer-
B. policy makers tain issues is known as a
C. policy adoption A. two party system
D. none of above B. political party

C. platform 1781. Seeking to influence legislators to intro-

duce or vote for or against a bill is called
D. none of above

1778. Carrying a lunch in a lunch box, instead A. demonstrating
of using a new plastic bag each day, is a
B. public agenda
way to:
C. lobbying
A. Recycle used aluminum
D. demanding
B. Save energy
C. Reuse natural resources 1782. Opened the door to equal protection
challenges to redistricting and the devel-
D. Reduce trash
opment of the “one person, one vote” doc-
trine by ruling that challenges to redistrict-
1779. Congress has exerted the greatest influ-
ing did not raise “political questions” that
ence on the operation of a federal agency
would keep federal courts from reviewing
by doing which of the following?
such challenges
A. Dismissing an agency head who dis-
A. Baker v. Carr
agrees with congressional priorities.
B. Shaw v. Reno
B. Requiring the agency to participate in
inter-agency task forces. C. Gideon v. Wainwright
C. Asking the Supreme Court for advisory D. Marbury v. Madison
opinions on agency regulations.
1783. What is required for a policy to be
D. Reviewing the annual budget appropri- adopted?
ations for the agency.
A. Approval through the lawmaking pro-
1780. A government which is ruled by one sin- cess
gle person is called a B. Development of pertinent and accept-
able proposed courses of action
C. Application of the policy by the govern-
ment’s administrative machinery
D. Efforts to determine whether the pol-
icy was effective
1784. Head of the nation’s armed forces

A. Party Chief
B. Chief of state
A. dictatorship D. Chief executive
B. oligarchy 1785. When Bartering, Cash is needed?

C. democracy A. TRUE
D. republic B. FALSE

1786. Which of the following demonstrates Citizens in those states want the Environ-
the media offering a forum for opposing mental Protection Agency to monitor pollu-
viewpoints? tion levels and press charges if companies
A. A headline about a government offi- are violating anti-pollution laws.
cial’s mishandling of state funds A. legislative; state
B. A press conference regarding a contro- B. executive; state
versial decision made by the governor C. judicial; national
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C. A news story on a local school’s plan D. executive; national
for improving test scores
D. A debate is held between the candi-
check of pardon and reprieves?
dates running for mayor
A. Legislative
1787. Government to public policies in In-
B. Executive
stitutionalism/ Institutional model.Choose
3 correct answers. C. Judicial
A. Grants Legitimacy D. none of above
B. enables Universality 1792. If the economy is slowing, the FED will
C. imposes coercion try to encourage economic growth by
D. propose constitution A. raising taxes on foreign imports.

B. ending unemployment benefits.
1788. what government does (or does not do)
C. lowering interest rates.
to solve problems that come before them
D. decreasing the money supply.
A. Lobbying
B. Public Policy 1793. A policy in which one small group bene-
fits and almost everybody pays
C. Interest Groups
A. Entrepreneurial Politics
D. Policy Makers
B. Client Politics
1789. This model helps to understand the ac- C. Policy Entrepreneurs
tivities that those involved in policy set-
ting. D. Majoritarian Politics
A. Rational model 1794. Which of the following is NOT a type of

media?
B. Incremental change model
A. Radio
C. Process model
B. Books
D. Institutional model
C. Newspapers
E. System model
D. Interest groups
1790. Select the BRANCH and LEVEL of gov-
ernment that would handle the following 1795. The birth of 2 power groups, the Soi
situation:Several states along the coast of Ratchakru Group and Sao Thewet Group
the Gulf of Mexico are concerned about In what period did it happen?
water pollution from off-shore oil drilling. A. Coup d’etat 1947

B. Coup of 1866 1799. Candidates for the larger political par-

C. Coup of 1957 ties are chosen at party meetings called:

D. coup d’etat 1958
1796. When developing a plan of action to ad-

dress an issue, what would you do before
identifying causes of the problem?
A. Gather Evidence
B. Identify Causes
C. Study ways to address the issue A. the Electoral College
D. Develop a solution B. delegates
C. campaigns
1797. Level 2Changes in this policy can impact
the overall economy based on the govern- D. conventions
ment controlling and distributing $3.5 tril-
lion dollars each year. 1800. The first step in the lawmaking process.
A. The bill is introduced
B. The bill is debated
C. The bill is worked on in committees
D. The bill is reviewed by the President
(national laws) or Governor (state laws)
1801. There are 435 members in the House

of Reps. Virginia has 11 Representatives
in the House. How is membership in the
House of Reps determined?
A. Fiscal
A. Congressional Representatives
B. Monetary
B. All states have EQUAL representation
C. State
C. The state’s population
D. Federal
D. The Governor decides
1798. A study that focuses on the causes and
consequences that will occur from the im- 1802. What is Monetary Policy?
plementation of policies. It is a study of
public policy according to which conceptual
framework?
A. Policy process
B. Factors affecting policy
C. Results of policy implementation
D. Theory or model of policy A. Central Banking System’s plan for tax-
E. Scope of the policy ing and spending

B. Government’s plan for taxing and C. Ohio General Assembly

spending D. none of above
C. Government’s plan for protecting na-
tional security 1808. The Supreme Court has ruled that burn-
ing the American flag is a form of protest
D. Central Banking System’s plan for reg- protected by the First Amendment.Which
ulating the money supply action would be needed to overturn this
1803. -Responding to public health concerns- Supreme Court ruling?
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Planning for the public safety in the event A. Issue an executive order by the Presi-
of an act of terrorismThis list may require dent banning flag burning.
policy decisions by- B. Congress passes a law banning flag
A. Local jury burning.
B. Local government C. Ratification of an Amendment to the
C. Local community centers Constitution banning Flag Burning.
D. Local church leaders D. Adoption of a formal resolution from

each state’s legislature.
1804. When we are talking about fiscal policy
the government can use which of the fol- 1809. Level 3The FED announces it will lower
lowing to manipulate the economy? discount rates to banks. Why would the
Fed take this action?
A. Government Spending
B. Taxes
C. Interest Rates
D. Both taxes and government spending.
1805. What is the main focus of foreign pol-

icy?
A. Fear economy is falling into a reces-
A. Law enforcement sion
B. Environmental protection B. Fear the economy is growing too
C. Relationships with foreign countries rapidly
D. Social welfare C. The Fed has a few of tools to control
swings in the economy
1806. What does the Green Party want to do? D. all of these
A. make lots of money E. none of these
B. better the environment
1810. If Virginia’s population continues to in-
C. control everything crease, what type of ecosystem will most
D. none of above likely be destroyed?
1807. The legislative branch in Ohio is called A. forest

the B. wetlands
A. Ohio Commission C. prairie
B. Ohio Congress D. marine

1811. Which economic indicator would most 1816. What action would the Federal Reserve
likely suggest an upcoming recession? take to control inflation?

A. Rising stock market prices A. Buy government securities
B. Decreased consumer spending B. Decrease the required reserve ratio
C. Increased government spending C. Increase taxes
D. Growth in job opportunities D. Increase the discount rate
1812. favoring one side or point of view 1817. This is a short form of correspondence
to someone who can do something about
A. public policy
the issue.
B. interest group
A. Email
C. bias
B. Memo
D. propaganda
C. Resolution
1813. Accountable means D. All of the above
A. To be responsible for the conse- 1818. What are the key components of public
quences of ones’ actions policy?
B. To depend on others A. Rules, regulations, restrictions
C. To be reliable in any situation B. Goals, strategies, decisions, and ac-
D. none of above tions
1814. A policy in which almost everybody ben- C. Ingredients, recipes, cooking methods
efits and almost everybody pays D. Tools, equipment, materials
A. Majoritarian Politics 1819. Mrs. Smith was in the House of Repre-
B. Entrepreneurial Politics sentatives for several years before losing
an election. Now she works for the Ameri-
C. Pork-Barrel Legislation
can Dairy Council and tries to influence leg-
D. Client Politics islators’ votes on agricultural bills.What is
the title of Mrs. Smith’s current job?
1815. Taxes, education, healthcare, and the
economy involve which type of policies? A. lobbyist
B. lawmaker
C. regulator
D. plaintiff
1820. A famous actor promoting a certain
brand of car in a television commercial is
an example of which of the following pro-
paganda techniques?
A. domestic policies A. bandwagon
B. presidential policies B. plain-folks appeal
C. diplomacy policies C. name-calling
D. military policies D. testimonial

1821. A general agreement C. Bank of Asia

A. Bias D. AIIB (Asian Infrastructure Investment
B. Fact Bank)
C. Ideology 1827. organization of people with common in-

D. Consensus terest who try to influence government
policies and decisions
1822. How old do you need to be to vote?
A. mass media
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A. 21
B. political action committee
B. 35
C. poll
C. 16 1/2
D. interest group
D. 18
1828. A government that has complete control
1823. #6-Can veto a bill passed by the U.S.
over every aspect of its citizens’ lives.
Congress
A. Legislative A. limited government
B. Executive B. unlimited government
C. Judicial 1829. The two general types of laws practiced

D. none of above in the United States are:
A. criminal & civil
1824. reserve requirementopen market dis-
count rateChoose the BEST category for B. substantive & procedural
the list above.
C. good & bad
A. Functions of Financial Institutions
D. none of above
B. Factors Involved in Consumer Buying
C. Individual Investment Choices 1830. Which one these is NOT the reason why
we have Laws?
D. Tools Used to Implement Monetary
Policy A. To protect rights
B. To put innocent people in jail
1825. some statistic or data showing a pos-
sible issue that encourages support of a C. To promote peace and order
public policy ex:rapid increase in the unem- D. To promote justice and equality
ployment rate
A. agenda 1831. American political perspective falls into
which three broad categories of opinion
B. policy stream
A. Liberal, Conservative, and Moderate
C. indicator
B. Moderate, Temporate, and Post-
D. focusing event
Modern
1826. What is the English name of “AIIB”? C. Classical, Rock, and Jazz
A. NDB (New Development Bank BRICS) D. National, International, and Inter-
B. Silk Road Fund galactic

Explanation:American political per- 1837. What are policies that affect the general
spective falls into three broad cate- welfare of the people called?
gories:Liberal, Conservative, and Moder-

A. new deal policies
ate. These categories represent different
opinions and beliefs. B. welfare policies
C. well-being policies
D. social policies
A. People who try to influence the govern-
ment 1838. The number of electoral votes for each
state is
B. Views common in the general public
C. What the government does or does not
do about an issue
D. The problems in society that the public
and political leaders agree need fixing
A. determined by the number of Senators
1833. Who founded the Republican Party? that state has
A. Andrew Jackson B. the same for every state
B. Abraham Lincoln C. determined by number of Senators
C. Thomas Nast and Congressmen
D. President Wilson D. determined by the overall size of the
state
1834. Events that happen in other parts of the
world can have an impact on people living 1839. What is the third step in nursing process
in the United States. for decision making.
A. Implementation
A. True
B. Assessment
B. False
C. Diagnosis
1835. Which of the following is a piece of de- D. Outcomes identification
mographics data?
1840. Select an influence on a person’s per-
A. Race
spective
B. Gender Orientation A. Family
C. Age B. Twitter Account
D. Employment Status C. Quality of internet
1836. The means by which a government main- D. Wealth
tains order or addresses the needs of its 1841. Which branch of government makes the
citizens. law?
A. Ideology A. Executive
B. Public Policy B. Legislative
C. Interest Groups C. Judicial
D. Lobbying D. Democratic

1842. Select each example of media. C. government

A. Instagram D. politics
B. newspapers 1848. ways to help countries gain wealth
C. national news A. Economic Development Policies
D. two people talking B. Issues
C. Accountable
1843. The Executive Branch
D. International Issues
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A. makes laws
B. carries out laws 1849. This term refers to the fact that within
the Electoral College system a candidate
C. decides the meaning of the laws gets all of the electoral votes within a
D. none of above state.
A. winner-take-all
1844. Larry offers Tom $80, 000 to divorce
his wife. Tom accepts, but then does not B. proportional representation
leave his wife. Is this agreement legally C. two party system
enforceable? D. libertarianism
A. Yes
1850. Who are the main sponsors of political
B. No action committees (PACs)?
1845. A proposed environmental protection A. think tanks
program offers benefits and costs which B. third parties
will be shared by a large number of people. C. interest groups
The type of politics that will most likely be
involved is D. grassroots organizations
A. entrepreneurial politics. 1851. Which of the following is NOT a step in

the public policy process?
B. interest group politics.
A. Agenda setting
C. majoritarian politics.
B. Implementation
D. client politics.
C. Evaluation
1846. What is the number one source of emis- D. Fundraising
sions resulting in air pollution? Explanation:The public policy process typ-
A. Factories ically involves agenda setting, policy for-
mulation, adoption, implementation, and
B. Cars and Trucks
evaluation. Fundraising is not a step in
C. Trains this process.
D. Agriculture 1852. Check all of the U.S. policies designed to
1847. The process that determines what the “contain” the Soviets post-WW2.
government does-it includes ways of be- A. Marshall Plan
having and making decisions. B. NATO
A. political parties C. Threat of deterrence
B. media D. Membership of League of Nations

1853. An example of expansionary fiscal pol- 1858. A monopoly typically causes dead-
icy would be weight loss due to

A. cutting taxes.
B. cutting government spending.
C. cutting production of consumer goods.
D. cutting prices of consumer goods.
1854. 1) What do we call natural resources

that we can replace as we use them?
A. Nonrenewable resources A. low prices
B. Renewable resources B. low profits
1855. When John gives $100 to the candidate C. low quantity of output
that he supports, he is D. high input prices
A. influencing public policy E. high production
B. donating political contributions
1859. Which principle of government does this
C. lobbying picture represent?
D. identifying issues
1856. The two-party system favored by the

Electoral College requires a candidate to
win at least how many electoral votes to
win the presidential election?
A. 170
B. 435 A. federalism
C. 538 B. separation of powers
D. 270 C. checks and balances
1857. Who is the zero to forever policy aimed D. republicanism

at?
1860. How do interest groups promote democ-
racy?
A. They help officials get elected
B. They help make the president aware of
items that were not previously part of his
or her agenda
A. Older adults C. They help to communicate the views of

industry to staunch the regulatory direc-
B. Childhood and adolescence tion of congress
C. Early childhood D. They help to convey the policy views of
D. none of above individuals and groups to public officials

1861. Why does the United States give other 1866. This ideology seeks to keep in place eco-
countries money for education, poverty, nomic, political, and social structures in so-
and crisis? ciety.
A. to influence them to view the US favor- A. Liberal
ably B. Moderate
B. to make sure no other countries help C. Conservative
C. because we like to give money away D. Radical
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D. to set them example for all other na-
tions of the world 1867. In 2012, was China’s GDP close to that
of three European countries?
1862. Similarity between interest groups and A. Spain
political parties
B. Germany
A. Seek change in the government
C. U.K.
B. Nominate candidates
D. France
C. Focus on policy
D. Cover a wide variety of issues 1868. What does the word Negotiation mean?
A. A process of inducing others into ac-
1863. How might a person or an organization cepting a point of view by means of rea-
engage with government to try to influ- soning and argumentation
ence public policy?
B. A process of settling differences
A. campaign for candidates through a discussion of issues often takes
B. lobby members of a legislature place involves a series of meetings in or-
C. hold public protests or demonstrations der to discuss solutions to a conflict
D. all of these answers are correct C. A process of making concessions to

settle differences
1864. What is the purpose of welfare policies? D. A process of working toward achieving
A. To support low-income Americans general agreement within a group
B. To improve education standards 1869. Actions taken by governments to
C. To regulate international trade achieve goals and solve problems are
known as
D. To provide healthcare to all Americans
for free. A. Public Sanctions
B. Political Policy
1865. Also called an “independent
expenditure-only committee, “ they may C. Public Policy
raise unlimited funds in support of a can- D. Political Strategies
didate or party as long as they do not
coordinate in any way with the candidate 1870. The National Security Council is made up
or party. of members of Congress.
A. Super PACs A. True
B. PACs (Political Action Committees) B. False

1871. This letter is an example of 1875. In insurance, a deductible is

A. Policymaking A. The reoccuring price someone must

B. Demonstrating pay to keep the health insurance
C. Campaigning B. The cost paid out of pocket before the

insurance company will begin paying any-
D. Lobbying thing
1872. “What most people think or believe C. Using your insurance to help pay for
about an issue” refers to what? something
D. none of the above
1876. S1:Who is/are the leader(s) of the leg-

islative branch for a county?
A. Board of Supervisors
B. Council
A. Public opinion C. Congress
B. Public agenda D. General Assembly
C. Public policy 1877. The primary responsibility for determin-
D. Public shaming ing monetary policy in the United States
rests with the
1873. What else belongs in the chart above?
A. International Monetary Fund.
B. World Bank.
C. Treasury Department.
D. Board of Governors of the Federal Re-
serve Board.
1878. Actions taken by the government to

A. allow more airtime to the popular solve problems and achieve goals are
party known as
B. use teleprompters
C. establish third parties
D. emphasize selected issues
1874. Non-Renewable resources are also

known as what?
A. Fossil Fuels A. petitions
B. Renewable B. public policy
C. Solar Energy C. public good
D. Hydroelectric Energy D. issues

1879. Which theory holds that public policies 1883. Public policy solutions can come from
are a political system’s responses to de- which of the following groups?
mands from its environment? A. Local Governments.
A. Policy outputs B. State Governments.
B. Rational-choice theory C. Individuals, private/public companies
C. Pluralism and all levels of government.
D. Political systems theory D. Only local and state governments.
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1884. The Green Party caring about the envi-
1880. Who actually casts the official votes for ronment is an example of
the president?
A. a single issue party
B. a grassroots party
C. a socialist party
D. an environmental party
1885. This person goes to a specific country to

represent the US and is appointed by the
President. They are a/an
A. Vice President
B. Supreme Court Justice
A. President
C. Secretary of State
B. Congressmen D. Ambassador
C. people
1886. A group of people who share similar
D. electors points of view and join together to pro-
mote their views
1881. The United States government was
given the authority to collect taxes with A. lobbyists
the passage of the B. interest groups
A. Dodd-Frank Act C. Individuals
B. 16th Amendment D. PAC
C. Sherman Antitrust Act 1887. An example of discretionary spending

D. 14th Amendment would be
A. interest on the national debt.
1882. Someone who is a voting member of a B. Social Security payments.
community or certain area
C. Veterans’ pensions.
A. Constituent
D. spending on national parks.
B. Lobbyist
1888. Two companies are trying to win the
C. Voter
contract for their company to complete
D. Legislator work for a government building. They

come together and agree not to offer to C. Appoint a new Chief Economic Advisor
complete the job for less than $500, 000. D. Admit that taxation is theft
This violates, which public policy?

1893. SS.7.C.2.10Which best describes the
A. Price Gouging
main objective of a lobbyist?
B. Fraud A. to raise campaign funds for political
C. Competitive Bidding parties
D. Obstruction of Justice B. to influence public decision-making for
the common good
1889. What public policy stage puts the chosen
C. to influence state legislators or mem-
plan into action?
bers of Congress on issues
A. Policy Formulation D. to advise political candidates on how
B. Policy Adoption to manage their election campaigns
C. Policy Implementation 1894. The federal minimum wage law makes
D. Policy Assessment/Evaluation sure every covered worker gets paid a ba-
sic wage.
1890. What is one of the ways NOT to gain A. Regulation
U.S. citizenship
B. Provision
A. You were born in U.S. or in one of its
territories 1895. How is the total number of electoral
votes of a state determined?
B. You have gone through Naturalization
A. By the total number of representatives
C. One (or both) of your parents were U.S. of that state
citizens when you were born
B. By the number of senators
D. Cross the border illegally
C. By the physical area of the state
1891. The state of California has the most D. By adding the total number of senators
votes in the Electoral College. What rea- and representatives of that state
son best explains this?
1896. Since public goods are free, most con-
A. California has the largest population of sumers become because they have no
all states incentive to pay the supplier.
B. California has the largest land mass of A. Policy Adopters
all state
B. Free Riders
C. California has the highest number
C. Non-excludable
of Congressional representatives of all
states. D. Private Good
D. California brings in the most revenue 1897. The media reports that a politician is
of all states. doing something illegal. This caused the
politician to lose support amongst citizens.
1892. In times of economic prosperity, the FED Did the MEDIA INFLUENCE the public’s
will typically: OPINION?
A. Increase the required reserve ratio A. Yes
B. Lower interest rates B. No

1898. In the , every vote counts the same 1904. All of the following are ways interest
and the majority wins. groups influence public policy EXCEPT
A. electoral college A. Identify issues for lawmakers
B. popular vote B. Make political contributions
1899. Scenario:The economy is experiencing C. Lobby government officials
high inflation. Which tool would be most D. Pay for people to go to college
appropriate for Congress to address this?
1905. This model involves the assumption that
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A. Increase taxes
promotion to leadership status is slow.
B. Increase government spending
C. Decrease taxes
B. System model
D. Do nothing
C. leadership model
1900. Which of the following is not a way the D. Rational model
media influences public policy?
E. Process model
A. Focus attention on selected issues
B. Offering a forum for opposing view- 1906. -Congress overrides a Presidential Veto-
points The Supreme Court rules that a state law
is unconstitutional. These actions are ex-
C. Holding government officials account- amples of
able
A. delegated powers
D. Pay for lobbyist
B. checks and balances
1901. An example of a duty of a U.S. citizen
C. the power of the President
A. Paying taxes
D. Popular sovereignty
B. Voting
C. Volunteering 1907. Which description does not fit for what
special interest groups do?
D. Understanding the government
A. 1
1902. Any political party that challenges the B. 3
two major parties; Also known as a minor
party. C. 4
A. Third Party D. 2
B. Superdelegates 1908. Which is not a benefit of studying public
C. Incumbents policy?
D. Interest Groups A. Have knowledge and understanding
about the origins of the government.
1903. seeking to influence legislators to vote
B. Makes you aware of the various pro-
for or against a bill
cesses of the policy
A. campaigning
C. Know the guidelines for developing the
B. lobbying country in the future.
C. policy making D. Know the efficiency of the government
D. participating in running the country.

E. It is a study of possible approaches to A. Secretary of Defense

public policy. B. Secretary of State

1909. What is the basic idea behind decentral- C. Chairman of the Senate Foreign Rela-
ization? tions Committee
A. Large number of problems and issues D. House Minority Whip
are best settled at the local level
1914. It is a type of Public policy that reflects
B. People have better knowledge of prob- the interest of those who are dominant.
lems in their localities
A. Rational Theory
C. It helps to inculcate a feeling of demo-
cratic participation B. Elite model
D. All of the above C. Political system
D. Group model
1910. The President appoints a justice to the
Supreme Court 1915. The chief executive of Virginia is the
A. Chief Executive A. Governor
B. Commander in Chief B. mayor
C. Chief Diplomat C. President
D. Chief Legislator D. commissioner
1911. Which of the following is NOT a 1916. the attitudes of a large group of people
voter strategy for evaluating campaign on a particular issue
speeches, literature, and advertisements
A. public opinion
for accuracy?
B. poll
A. separating fact from opinion
C. interest group
B. only getting information from one
source D. bias
C. detecting bias 1917. Public policy is always successful in
D. identifying propaganda achieving its goals.
A. True
1912. The headline below describes an event
in U.S. history.Which public policy view B. False
is reflected in the headline? “President C. Choose carefully
Truman Wipes Out Segregation in Armed
Forces” D. none of above
A. racial discrimination 1918. Select the ways that individuals can par-
B. racial prejudice ticipate in politics:
C. racial tolerance A. run for office
D. racial equality B. watch youtube

C. campaign
1913. Which of the following has the LEAST
amount of power in determining foreign D. vote
policy? E. surf the internet

1919. Proposer of the legislative agenda 1924. Who is responsible for policy implemen-
tation?
A. Party Chief
A. The bureaucracy
B. Chief Legislator
B. The media
C. Interest groups
D. Chief Diplomat
D. The president
1920. What is a government?
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1925. In Citizen United v. FEC the Supreme
A. an organization that keeps order, sets
Court ruled
rules, and provides services for a society
A. corporations & unions can spend un-
B. adding territory to a country
limited amounts on campaigns
C. a society with a culture
B. Corporations and unions cannot use
D. a system where people produce, sell express advocacy
and buy goods
C. Corporations and unions are allowed
1921. Turmoil and tension have had a serious to coordinate with candidates
impact on world peace, stability and devel- D. Campaign contributions are not pro-
opment. In how many ways? tected by the 1st amendment
A. from four aspects
1926. Select the three types of money gener-
B. From two aspects ally used in the United States.
C. From three aspects
D. from five aspects
1922. Why is public opinion important in the

policy-making process?
A. Public opinion can influence policy de-
cisions.
B. Public opinion has no impact on policy-
making A. deposits in bank accounts that can be
accessed by debit cards and checks
C. Policy decisions are made without con-
sidering public opinion B. currency (Federal Reserve notes)
D. Public opinion is only important in elec- C. credit cards

tions, not policy-making D. coins
1923. Medicaid differs from Medicare because 1927. What type of interest group works to
Medicaid provides: benefit all or most of society?
A. Medical assistance to the poor A. Economic interest groups
B. Medical assistance to the elderly B. Public interest groups
C. Medical assistance to only children C. Private interest groups
D. Medical assistance to veterans D. Federal interest groups

1928. What type of government has a king B. The Electoral College casting ballots
or queen that holds all of the country’s C. a political party adopting a platform
power.

D. the State of Ohio
A. constitutional monarchy
1933. Which of the following demonstrates
B. absolute monarchy
the media offering a forum for opposing
C. Communism viewpoints?
D. empire A. A press conference regarding a contro-
versial decision made by the governor.
1929. What methods below might these teach-
ers use to change that state policy on B. A news story focuses on a local
teacher salaries? school’s plan for improving test scores.
A. Testify before Congress C. A debate is held between the candi-
dates running for governor.
B. Write a letter to campaign to the gov-
ernor D. A headline about a government offi-
cial’s mishandling of state funds.
C. Lobby the Ohio General Assembly
(Ohio’s Congress) 1934. The two tools of Fiscal policy are (Select
D. Send an impact study to the United Two)
States Dept. of Education A. The military
1930. If I am trading some wheat for bread, B. Taxes
what am I doing? C. Government Spending
D. These hands
1935. Who influence public policy by identi-
fying issues, lobbying and donating large
amounts of money through their PACs?
A. media
A. bartering B. individuals
B. paying with money C. interest groups
D. none of above
1931. The current pandemic of Covid-19 de-
mands acceleration, especially in what is 1936. SAM is driven by the desire to close
field? the gap between what the voters want
A. Robots and what politicians actually promise, and
what they actually achieve. He is plan-
B. Technology
ning to contest in 2020 elections in New
C. Capital-intensive investment Zealand. What is special about SAM?
D. Artificial Intelligence (AI) A. SAM is a blockchain contract, for de-
centralized governance
1932. Which action in the process of electing a
President is provided for in the U.S. Con- B. He is the youngest ever politician in
stitution? the world
A. the opening of a national nominating C. Sam is a monkey
convention D. First AI enabled politician

1937. Which type of interest group promotes D. The means by which the government
business, labor, and trade organizations? makes decisions
A. Ideological Interest Group 1942. What is public policy?
B. Economic Interest Group A. Ideas that help make the country a bet-
C. Single-Issue Interest Group ter place
D. Public Interest Group B. Discussions about how to make things
more available for everyone
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1938. An organized effort by a political party C. Actions the government takes in re-
or candidate to attract voter support in an sponse to issues
election.
D. The separation of power between fed-
A. Political Campaign eral and state levels of government
B. Political Platform
1943. What is the purpose of policy evalua-
C. National Convention tion?
D. Media Consolidation A. To determine if a policy was effective
and why or why not
1939. This model involves a collection of indi-
viduals whose common attitudes and inter- B. To identify the problem that requires
ests create a claim over other groups in government action
society. C. To develop support for a specific policy
proposal
B. System model
problem
C. leadership model
1944. Commodity Money is
D. group model
A. money whose value consists of objects
E. Process model that have value in themselves
1940. The unbiased media influences public B. function of an asset that can be saved,
policy in all the following ways EXCEPT retrieved and exchanged at a later time
C. no value in themselves but can be ex-
A. broadcasts opposing points of view changed for something of value
B. accurately reports candidate’ voting D. Money that has value simply because
records. the government said it is acceptable
C. tells people who to vote for. 1945. Which one of the following aspects is
D. focuses attention on selected issues. not relevant to Institutional Theory?
A. Decision and action taken by an individ-
1941. Ideology ual
A. A group of people who seek to control B. Creates order, stability and pre-
the government by winning elections dictability
B. A belief system C. Newcomers are taught ‘how things
C. A group of people who share a com- have always been done here
mon idea and seek to influence the gov- D. Institutions are long lasting and have
ernment a normative explanation

1946. Which government type allowed people 1952. The General Assembly is a bicameral leg-
to vote for officials to represent them in islature. What are the two houses?
government?

A. House of Representatives & Senate
A. Direct Democracy
B. House of Delegates & VA Senate
B. Judicial System
C. President & Vice President
C. Representative Democracy
D. Governor and Lieutenant Governor
D. Executive Branch
1947. Which of the following best completes 1953. The government partners with groups
the graphic? to achieve a common trade-off.
A. Stock Exchange A. True
B. Federal Reserve System B. False
C. Treasury Department
1954. It is a systematic evaluation of the tech-
D. Washington DC nical and economic feasibility and political
1948. What is a candidate? viability of alternative policies (or plans or
programs), strategies for implementation,
A. The President of the United States. and the consequences of policy adoption.
B. Someone who is running for political
A. Policy assessment
office.
B. Policy Analysis
C. Someone who is paid to influence law-
makers. C. Policy evaluation
D. Someone who runs to offices. D. Policy consideration
1949. The government takes action by provid- 1955. True or False:The media inform policy-
ing REGULATIONS and LAWS. makers and influence public policy.
A. True
A. True
B. False
B. False
1950. Described as people trying to avoid
losses in their well-being, money, and so 1956. Representative of all Americans
on, more than they try to pursue gains. A. Party Chief
A. Path Dependence B. Chief Legislator
B. Endowment Effect/Loss Aversion
C. Chief Citizen
C. External Cost
D. Chief Diplomat
D. Nudge Theory
1957. An example of a responsibility of a U.S.
1951. Determines if policy is achieving its
citizen
goals
A. policy formulation A. Paying taxes
B. policy evaluation B. Attending school

C. policy implementation C. Voting
D. policy adoption D. Jury duty

1958. A lobbyist is a person who: C. Gather audiences to sell to advertisers

A. waits around in a doctor’s office. D. Control political agenda
B. I do not know 1963. What political party do liberals most of-
C. does not work for a partisan group. ten associate with?
D. is hired by an interest group to go to A. Democratic
Washington D.C. to contact lawmakers to B. Republican
and other officials to support their ideas.
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C. Libertarian
1959. Scenario:The economy is experiencing D. Green
high unemployment. Which tool would be
most appropriate for the Fed to address 1964. In 2020, Vietnam is one of the countries
this? with the weakest reduction in operating in-
terest rates compared to other countries in
A. Sell on the open market
the region.Is this statement true or false?
B. Buy on the open market
A. True
C. Increase the interest rate
B. False
D. Do nothing
1965. Based on the data collected, which
1960. When the media only shows/publishes source of alternative energy is most effi-
one side of an issue, the media is cient?
A. Coal
B. Wind
A. displaying bias
C. Natural gas
B. offering a forum
D. Solar
C. evaluating sources
1966. What type of government is being de-
D. holding government officials account-
scribed? “Today is Coronation Day! The
able
prince will become the country’s king !”
1961. A primary in which only registered mem- A. democracy
bers of a particular political party can vote.
B. monarchy
A. Closed Primary
C. dictatorship
B. Open Primary
D. oligarchy
1962. As a business, the media seeks primar- 1967. Which of the following is NOT a help-
ily to ful thing political parties do for their can-
A. Sensationaize the news didate?
B. Confuse the public A. raise money

B. educate voters about their candidate C. Raising interest rates

C. campaign for their candidate D. Selling bonds to investors

D. campaign for their opponent E. Increasing government spending
1968. Public policy is oriented toward a goal 1972. This letter is an example of-
or desired state, such as the solution of a
problem.
A. True
B. False
C. Not mentioned
D. none of above
1969. Who directly handles the public issue?

A. Demonstrating
A. federal government
B. Campaigning
B. state government
C. Lobbying
C. local government
D. Policymaking
D. government agency
1970. SS.7.C.2.10The table above describes
ernment that would handle the following
four interest groups.Which group on the
situation:A group of parents is petitioning
table would be mostly likely to support a
the state to increase sales tax in order to
ban on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of
pay for preschool programs for all children
Mexico?
across Ohio.
A. legislative; state
B. executive; state
A. Interest Group 1 C. judicial; national
B. Interest Group 2 D. executive; national
C. Interest Group 3
1974. A problem within society that impacts
D. Interest Group 4 the people
1971. Level 3Which of the following scenarios A. Government
would cause the nation’s money supply to B. Public Policy
increase?
C. Civic Issue
D. Interest Group
1975. #12
A. A
B. B
A. Decreasing government spending C. C
B. Lowering interest rates D. D

1976. Level 1Spending that is an optional part 1980. When a TV channel hosted a debate be-
of fiscal policy, in contrast to entitlement tween Clinton and Trump, what role was
programs for which funding is mandatory. the media fulfilling?
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A. Discretionary Spending
A. Focus attention on select issues
B. Entitlement Spending
B. Offer forum for opposing viewpoints
C. Supply
C. Hold government officials accountable
D. Aggregate Supply
D. Entertainment
1977. Select ALL the ways Individuals can in-
fluence public policy. 1981. NEDA stands for
A. participating in politics by seeking of- A. National Economy in Developing Ad-
fice dress
B. joining interest groups B. National Economic Drive Association
C. declining to vote C. National Economic Development Au-
D. express their opinions through letters thority
or demonstrations D. National Ecology and District Arm
1978. Increasing public attention to specific 1982. Unlike Kingdon and Anderson, Birkland
problems is a core feature of the media’s sees not only the government involved in
power. considering seriously for problems to enter
A. gate-keeping the policy agenda but also
B. agenda-setting A. businesses
C. investigative B. non-governmental organizations
D. watchdog C. the community
1979. A political public policy agenda refers to D. A, B, and C are correct

the
1983. If the Fed wants to reduce the amount
A. List of laws that have already been of loans a bank can make, then it should
passed adjust
B. The competition between the Judicial, A. Open Market Operations
Legislative, and Executive Branch
B. The Reserve Ratio
C. issues and concerns that government
officials find important to discuss C. The Discount Rate
D. Their daily list of chores D. none of above

1984. Public policy solutions are A. Determined by a vote

B. # of Representatives

C. # of Senators
D. # of Senators + # of Representa-
tives
1989. In the U.S. free enterprise system one
of the primary roles of the government is
A. answers to public policy questions to
B. actions taken by the government to A. employ a majority of the workforce
solve problems and achieve goals to cre- B. guarantee that investors profits are
ate solutions to problems secure
C. important to community volunteers C. ensure the safety of products through
D. multiple perspectives regulation
1985. Bias means one view over another D. provide new sources of funding for
view. technology start ups
A. supplementing 1990. Select the BRANCH and LEVEL of gov-
B. favoring ernment that would handle the following
situation:Citizens in California submitted
C. opinioning
a petition asking for the state minimum
D. hosting wage to be raised to $15 per hour
1986. Thomas Jefferson adopted whose ideas A. executive; state
when writing about inalienable rights to B. legislative; state
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
C. judicial; state
A. Baron de Montesquieu
D. judicial; federal
B. John Locke
1991. Which type of government is being de-
C. Thomas Hobbes
scribed? Today is the first Tuesday in
D. Voltaire November. Today is Election Day! Every-
1987. a group of people drawn or acting to- one who is over eighteen years old has the
gether in support of a common interest or right to vote for the leader of his/her coun-
to voice a common concern try.
A. interest group A. democracy
B. public policy B. monarchy
C. dictatorship
1988. The formula for the number of electors
in each state is D. oligarchy
1992. “It is vital that the United States have a
large military in order to protect all Amer-
icans from threats by terrorist groups.”
A. Liberal
B. Conservative

1993. What has been considered and debated 1997. “We recommend that the Finance De-
due to postponing regional election in partment should cease to control the in-
2020? ternal finances of X. The X should be re-
sponsible for earning their own income and
A. health and economy
for providing such revenues as is required
B. economy and democracy to meet the interest on debt incurred”-
C. heath and democracy Acworth Commission 1921. What did this
lead to the creation of? (ID X)
D. health, economy and democracy
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A. Defense Budget
1994. Leah has three children, and she can’t B. Public Broadcasting Budget
find work. She already receives Tempo- C. Railway Budget
rary Assistance for Needy Families and
D. Education Budget
she receives food stamps. However, her
youngest daughter needs to get her vacci- 1998. When the media tells us about politi-
nations, and those programs do not help cians accepting bribes what role are they
with the doctor bills. Which program fulfilling?
would aid Leah?
A. Social Security
B. Head Start
C. Medicaid
D. Low Income Housing
1995. Which term means “having two A. Focus attention on select issues
houses”?
B. Offer a forum for opposing viewpoints
A. Bicameral C. Communicate with the public
B. Bipartisan D. Hold government officials accountable
C. Two-party 1999. What is Commodity Money?
D. Two-housal A. Item that have no value in themselves
B. Inconvertible paper money made legal
1996. Imagine you are the finance minister.
tender by a government decree
What would you consider as fiscal policy?
C. Item that have value in themselves
A. Discretionary changes in government other than being used as a monetary unit
spending and taxes
D. What people are willing to accept in ex-
B. Changes in government spending and change for goods and services
taxes initiated by the president
2000. The act of setting someone or something
C. Changes in government spending and apart from others.
taxes that occur without congressional ac-
tion A. morals
B. conform
D. Deliberate changes in government
spending and tax collections designed to C. wrath
achieve full employment D. segregation

2001. What is the most possible solution? B. College Students

A. Change in industrial technique C. Military veterans

B. Changes in the Education system D. Hispanic/Latino
C. Make job training more accessible 2007. Powers not delegated to the national
D. Population control government are reserved for the states or
the people.
2002. a process by which information and
news are filtered to the public by the me-
dia:for example, a reporter choosing which
sources to include in a story.
A. agenda setting
B. gatekeeping
C. framing
D. priming
2003. If a river is dammed, what effect would

this have on the river? A. 1st amendment
A. The river ecosystem below the dam B. 14th amendment
would be changed. C. 10th amendment
B. The entire river ecosystem would be D. 5th amendment
changed.
C. The river ecosystem above the dam 2008. Select an influence on a person’s per-
would be changed. spective
D. The river ecosystem would not be A. Favorite Color

changed. B. Beliefs
2004. Public policy will change overtime. C. Preference of Music
A. True D. Wealth
B. False 2009. A public is a problem or decision fac-

ing a community about which citizens dis-
2005. Who would be considered the Chief of agree about what should be done.
the Republican Party currently?
A. controversy
A. Donald Trump
B. issue
B. Mike Pence
C. debate
C. Paul Ryan
D. quandary
D. Newt Gingrich
2010. A government agencies main responsi-
2006. Which of the following groups are most bility is to do which of the following activ-
likely to vote Democrat (according to sta- ities?
tistical voting patterns)? A. Carry out the rules or laws passed by
A. Urban Residents the legislative branch of government.

B. Deals with a specific rule, or law that A. an item that appears in the news
was designed to solve a problem in the B. a topic or problem on which citizens
community. disagree what should be done
C. Make the lives of citizens much harder C. a subject for debate
D. Carry out the laws passed by the leg-
D. another word for kleenex
islative branch so that problems can be
solved in the community. 2016. S1:Who would you speak to discuss
an ordinance written for Montgomery
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2011. Gave women the right to vote.
County?
A. 19th Amendment
A. Mayor
B. 15th Amendment
B. Superintendent
C. 24th Amendment
C. County Administrator
D. 26th Amendment
D. Board of Supervisors
2012. Race based school segregation violates
the Equal Protection Clause 2017. The power to declare war is held by:
A. Brown v. Board of Education A. Congress
B. Baker v. Carr B. President
C. Tinker v. Monks C. The Supreme Court
D. McCullouch v. Maryland D. shaggy
2013. A community organization can handle 2018. My parents haven’t decided whom to
problems in the community instead of gov- vote for in the next election. They said
ernment getting involed? they want to make a “reasoned choice
A. True among the candidates.” I guess that
B. False means they’ll
A. donate to the candidate
2014. What would be the most effective way
for a special-interest group to try to in- B. join a political party
fluence the outcome of a presidential elec- C. evaluate information
tion?
D. get out of the electorate
A. to conduct a public opinion poll
2019. The views of ordinary citizens is known
B. to hire a lobbyist
as
C. to hold a primary election
D. to run television advertisements
2015. An issue or a public issue is
A. propaganda
B. lobbying

C. bias 2025. On the first after the first Monday

D. public opinion of November, citizens vote for the presi-
dent and vice president.

2020. According tot he U.S. Constitution, the A. Tuesday
government is given the power to impeach
B. Wendesay
a federal government official.Who is given
the power of impeachment? C. Thursday
A. The House of Representatives D. Friday
B. The Senate 2026. Does Vietnam’s unemployment rate in-
C. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court crease or decrease?
D. The President A. Increase
B. Decrease
2021. Why should voters carefully evaluate
info presented in political speeches, adver- C. Not change
tisements, or in the media? D. none of above
A. to hold gov’t office
2027. When General Assembly is looking at a
B. to communicate with the public bill that focuses on the environment, what
C. to emphasize select issues is an example?
D. to make reasoned, informed choices A. Offering the best education for kids in
Virginia
2022. Primary election in which any voter, re-
B. Promoting habits and programs that
gardless of party, may vote.
benefits the well-being of Virginia citizens
A. closed primary
C. Improving water quality in the Chesa-
B. open primary peake Bay
2023. Which party is often represented by the D. Making sure money is being used the
elephant symbol? right way
A. Democratic Party 2028. Oliver, Emma, and Liam are having a

B. Republican Party discussion about the factors that influence
public policy. Can you help them under-
C. Grand Old Party stand?
D. GOP A. Public policy is influenced by the color
of the sky.
2024. What is the main function of environ-
mental policy? B. Public policy is influenced by the per-
sonal preferences of the policy makers.
A. prevent the use of natural resources
C. Public policy is influenced by factors
B. reduce human impact on the environ- such as public opinion, economic condi-
ment tions, technological change, and political
C. prevent nature from having a harmful ideology.
effect on humans D. Public policy is influenced by the latest
D. reduce the use of natural resources fashion trends.

2029. The president is free to negotiate with C. The need to have control and balance
foreign heads of state, however: between each other.
A. must seek senate approval for all D. Each party has an unequal period of of-
treaties fice.
B. cannot enter into executive agree- E. The need to guarantee people’s rights
ments with them and freedoms
C. Congress appoints ambassadors to
2034. This is a group of like-minded people
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foreign states
brought together to support candidates.
D. the Supreme Court usually declares
A. interest group
treaties unconstitutional
B. primary
2030. Mr. Holmes writes a letter to his repre-
sentative to influence him to vote against C. political party
a proposed law. Which vocab word best D. caucus
describes what Mr. Holmes is doing here?
2035. Global organizations, negotiations, and
A. using name calling propaganda
treaties are considered what type of for-
B. submitting a newspaper editorial eign policy tool?
C. creating a political cartoon A. Diplomatic
D. lobbying an official B. Military
2031. An expansionary policy means that the C. Economic
Fed is attempting to D. Unconventional
A. increase the size of the nation’s money E. Domestic
supply
B. decrease the size of the nation’s 2036. open market operations, the discount
money supply rate, and reserve requirements are used
by the Federal Reserve to most directly af-
2032. When a population grows, the demand fect the
for resources- A. amount of taxes collected
A. Shrinks B. minimum wages of workers
B. Grows C. cost of doing business overseas
C. Stays the Same
D. supply of money in the economy
D. none of above
2037. In this type of government, there is one
2033. Why is the idea of separating the polit- single ruler and citizens have little to no
ical branch from the executive branch? involvement.
A. The performance of each party’s du- A. Democracy
ties requires them to be successful or ef-
B. Autocracy
fective.
C. Oligarchy
B. Each party has a desire to acquire indi-
viduals with different qualities. D. none of above

2038. Which is a component of public policy? D. Influence of President Reagan to ap-

A. Have flexible goals point the head of the Federal Reserve

B. It is a guideline for the operation of po- 2042. A rabies clinic at the town hall is an ex-
litical parties. ample of
C. There is a possibility of implementing A. public policy
the policy.
B. private action
D. Responding to the needs of some citi-
zens 2043. The President of the United States go-
ing on nationwide TV to explain why she
E. An announcement was made to the
ordered troops into combat in a foreign na-
Cabinet and government officials.
tion is an example of
2039. When a candidate expresses his/her A. using the media to communicate with
feelings about an issue, they are using the public.
what campaigning technique?
B. how the President may help a member
A. opinion of her party get elected.
B. fact C. recommending that Congress pass
C. bias certain laws.
D. propaganda D. asking for campaign contributions
from interest groups.
2040. The People’s Council is the local
state agency representing the will, aspira- 2044. Programs that assess whether or not
tions and mastery of the People, elected an individual/family could do without the
by the local People, responsible to the lo- programs support:
cal people. local authorities and superior A. Means-tested
state agencies.
B. Mandatory Spending
A. Legislative
C. Discretionary programs
B. Justice
D. Socialist propaganda
C. Power
D. Justice 2045. is a decision-making style uses quick,
decisive thinking to come to a solution. a
2041. Soon after the U.S. Constitution was directive decision-maker has a low toler-
adopted, disagreements arose over the ance for unclear or ambiguous ideas
proper role of the federal government in
A. directive
the economy.These disagreements still ex-
isted in the twentieth century when it led B. analytical
to the conflict over the C. conceptual
A. Ability of FDR to have greater control D. none of above
over the economy
B. President Obama issuing an executive 2046. What is the main purpose of the Federal
Order Open Market Committe (FOMC)?
C. President Trump hiring the head of the A. to figure out the tax rate on US citizens
F.B.I. B. to create quotas on trade

C. to create a budget for the federal gov- D. Risk analysis, decision tree analysis,
ernment regression analysis
D. to decide on what monetary policy ac-
tions should be taken 2052. What is the first step in the policy for-
mulation process?
2047. Issues that merit action, as determined
by the public or those in power A. Conducting a cost-benefit analysis
A. political agenda B. Implementing the policy
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B. public policy C. Evaluating the policy outcomes
C. policy adoption D. Identifying the issue or problem
2053. #5-2 The governor decides to propose
2048. Grit is a salary increase for members of the Na-
A. the ability to set short term goals and tional Guard.
achieve them through hard work
A. State
B. the ability to set long term goals and
persevere to achieve them. B. National
2049. People who share a point of view about 2054. During a contraction / recession, the
an issue and unite to support that belief Federal Government should use
are called what?
A. an expansionary fiscal policy
A. Political party
B. Interest group B. a contractionary fiscal policy
C. PAC
2055. The collection of opinions or attitudes of
D. Mass media a population is called
2050. What step in the public policy process A. personal opinion
involves selecting one specific plan?
B. publicity
A. Agenda Setting
C. public opinion
B. Policy Adoption
C. Policy Implementation D. public policy
2056. According to the Multiple Streams
2051. What are some techniques used in policy Model, ‘three separate streams simultane-
analysis? ously engage in activities toward a certain
direction.’ Where does that certain direc-
A. Interview analysis, survey analysis,
tion lead to
observation analysis
B. Pie chart analysis, bar graph analysis, A. achieving policy goals
line graph analysis B. arranging the policy agenda
C. Cost-benefit analysis, stakeholder
C. to a window of opportunity
analysis, SWOT analysis, and scenario
planning D. better new policies

2057. During President Shrum’s campaign, he C. By donating money to political cam-

made it very clear that he was going to paigns
remove ALL student testing. By broadcast-

D. By advocating for specific policies
ing his speeches and and focusing attention
on this issue, the media is 2061. This cartoon illustrates how govern-
A. lobbying Congress ment officials use media to
B. setting the public agenda A. Communicate with other countries

B. Influence political lobbyist
C. separating fact from opinion
C. Approve federal legislation
D. making political contributions
D. Communicate with the public
2058. What is an Interest Group?
2062. Which of the following could help fix So-
A. A group of people who share common cial Security’s funding shortfall in the fu-
goals and organize to influence govern- ture?
ment policy
A. Making Social Security mandatory
B. The ideas and attitudes that signifcant spending
number of americans hold about govern-
ment and political issues B. Declaring that taxation is theft.
C. Technique which everyone in a group C. Raising the retirement age.

has equal chance of being selected D. Eliminating Federal income tax
D. A measurement of how much the sam- 2063. In what year was the zero to forever
ple results might differ from sample uni- policy established?
verse
A. 2017
2059. The following quote was said by Mayor B. 2016
Frank Hague of Jersey City, New Jersey.
“I am the law!”-speech on city government C. 2014
to the Emory Methodist Episcopal Church D. 2015
in Jersey City, November 10, 1937 This
quote refers to which of the following con- 2064. Step in the Public Policy process in which
cepts of city government? you brainstorm possible solutions
A. The law rules. A. #1 Agenda setting

B. #2 Policy Formulation
B. The voters elect the mayor
C. #3 Policy Adoption
C. The commissioners give the mayor all
power D. #4 Policy Implementation
D. The mayor acts as the chief executive 2065. What word to we use for “taking
of the city. care of natural resources and not wasting
them?”
2060. How can an individual affect public pol-
icy? A. Reservation
A. By becoming a government official B. Conservation
B. By participating in the democratic pro- C. Observation

cess D. Chlorination

2066. Lower levels government are encour- 2070. This ideology believes the government
aged, and trained to be more self reliant must take action to change economic, po-
through litical, or social policies seen as unfair.
A. unitary A. Liberal
B. centralization B. Moderate
C. Decentralization C. Conservative
D. national government D. Radical
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2067. How many U.S. House of Representa- 2071. Contemporary China is actively explor-
tives are there? ing a diplomatic path with Chinese charac-
A. 100 teristics. How many diplomatic paths are
there?
B. 2 per state
A. a diplomatic path
C. 510
B. Two paths to diplomacy
D. 435
C. Three diplomatic paths
2068. What is the definition of public policy? D. Four diplomatic paths
A. Local community events
2072. Which is the correct formula of unem-
B. International trade agreements ployment rate?
C. Private decisions made by individuals A. U = Unemployed people
× 100
Labor Force
D. Laws, regulations, and actions taken
people × 100
Labor Force
B. U = Unemployed
by government to address issues affect-
ing the general public C. U = Unemployed people
Population × 100
2069. Choose the correct option D. none of above
2073. a course or principle of action adopted

or proposed by a government, by party,
by business, or individuals
A. policy
B. adoption
C. policy makers
D. none of above
2074. Abolished poll taxes.

A. A A. 24th Amendment
B. B B. 23rd Amendment
C. C C. 26th Amendment
D. D D. 17th Amendment

2075. Select all of the ways the media play an 2080. An anarchy is when:
important role in setting the public agenda.
A. A government is led by only one person

A. focus public attention on selected is-
B. There is no official government and ev-
sues
eryone fends for themselves.
B. offer a forum in which opposing view-
points are communicated C. People vote on every law or policy that
comes through government.
C. hold government officials accountable
to the public D. There is a military overthrow of the
standing government in a country.
D. pass laws to support public needs
2076. :Elections host a secret ballot and 2081. Way to address a civic issue through ac-
people vote for the candidate they want quisition of governmental power & influ-
to represent their party encing government decision making
A. primary election A. Political Process
B. caucus B. Public Policy Process
C. acceptance speech
2082. The policy agenda is
D. electoral college
A. A schedule of bills before congress
2077. Under due process, you have the right B. Priorities to which gov’t officials de-
to have a represent you even if you vote time and energy
can’t afford one.
C. The issues the public considers impor-
A. judge
tant
B. a parent
D. A linkage institution between people
C. new suit/outfit and gov’t
D. lawyer
2083. sudden and rare major event that
2078. How does the media influence public encourages support of a public policy
opinion? ex:natural disaster
A. Tells people who to vote for A. agenda
B. Focuses attention on certain issues B. politics stream
C. Gives money to political parties
C. indicator
D. Regulates the type of media people
use D. focusing event
2079. Select all of the strategies used to eval- 2084. What are the characteristics of public
uate media. policy?
A. separate fact from opinion A. Random and arbitrary actions
B. separate needs from wants B. Independent decision
C. detect bias C. Intentional action to achieve a specific
D. identify propaganda goal
E. evaluate sources D. Private and limited action

2085. How can an individual influence public 2089. What is the first step in the policymak-
policy? ing process?
A. Identifying problems and issues
B. Setting the public agenda
C. Formulating policies
D. Implementing policies
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2090. The fiscal policy measures taken by the
government in 2020, are:
A. Call the local office and complain
A. Tax easing
B. Join interest groups
B. Electricity bill discount
C. Make signs to post in your home
C. Support social security package
D. Take a written test
D. None of the options are correct
2086. School lunch regulations mandate nutri-
2091. Which of the following type of tax is col-
tious meals.
lected by state and local governments but
A. Regulation not by the federal government?
B. Provision A. Tariffs
2087. Public Policy: B. Sales tax
A. always stays the same C. Excise tax
B. always changes D. Income tax
Explanation: 2092. Kingdon defines policy agenda as a list

where government officials or related
Public policy is always changing. As a parties give serious attention to it at a cer-
country we constantly debate how we tain time
should achieve goals. A. issues
2088. In the United States, people have a say B. problematic situations
in government and are guaranteed certain C. important notes
rights. What type of political systems
does the US have? D. needs
2093. This letter is an example of-
A. Direct Democracy
B. Communism
C. Representative Democracy
D. Dictatorship A. Demonstrating

B. Lobbying 2099. All of the following are international is-

C. Policymaking sues that may require policy decision by
local government EXCEPT:

D. Campaigning
A. Public Safety
2094. How many electoral votes does a candi-
date need to win the role for President? B. Public Health Concerns
A. 100 C. Religious Movements
B. 270 D. Policies to protect the environment
C. 435
D. 50 2100. A government ruled by a few people is
called a(n)
2095. Rising campaign costs give an advan-
tage to what type of individuals?
A. Poor
B. Wealthy
C. Hardworking
D. Middle-Class
2096. Local governments preparing a response A. oligarchy

to an international health crisis would
most likely- B. theocracy
A. end visits by international travelers C. democracy
B. develop a public safety plan for the city D. anarchy
C. shut down international airline flights
D. ask the military to policy the city 2101. Under due process, your should be
appropriate for the crime.
2097. What is the purpose of making laws in
public policy? A. fine
A. To advance a specific political ideology B. promise

B. To restrict individual rights and free- C. punishment
doms
D. problem
C. To promote economic growth and de-
velopment
2102. This model is concerned with the best
D. To achieve a common goal or purpose interests of society.
2098. A person who views MSNBC for news A. System model
would generally hold values
A. Liberal
C. leadership model
B. Radical
C. Conservative D. Model of reasoning
D. Religious E. Incremental change model

2103. What is NOT one of the benefits of D. To set standards for large groups of
studying public policy? people
A. Gaining a better understanding of how 2109. Regulations cannot violate:
public policy is made
A. The Constitution
B. Identifying the causes and effects of
B. Common Sense
public policy
C. Promoting social justice and equity Explanation:
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D. Economic growth The rights given to you in The US Constitu-
2104. Two original political parties tion are the foundation of our country.The
judicial system (Judges) is in charge of
A. Democrats and Republicans reviewing Public Policy to make sure they
B. Whigs and Anti-Federalists are constitutional.
C. Federalists and Anti-Federalists 2110. It is said to be a combination of laws,
D. Republicans & Whigs regulations, actions, policies and a lot of
other factors concerning a given topic
2105. What is the job of the Legislative
A. Public Policy
branch?
B. Public School system
A. Make laws
C. Public employees
B. Enforce laws
D. Public Cemetery
C. Explain laws
D. Judicial Review 2111. What is the traditional color of the
Democratic Party?
2106. The government enforces federal laws A. Blue
and sends convicted criminals to jail.
B. Red
A. Foreign Policy
C. Green
B. Domestic Policy
D. Yellow
2107. Created to allow the free movement of
2112. The policy of giving economic and mil-
goods between Canada, Mexico, and the
itary assistance to other countries is
US by lessening and eliminating tariffs
known as
A. NATO
A. nation buildiing
B. EPA
B. domestic aid
C. NAFTA
C. foreign policy
D. Discretionary Spending
D. foreign aid
2108. What is the role of government in public 2113. SS.7.C.2.12What is one way that citi-
policy? zens can directly influence public policy?
A. To take actions that benefit the public A. by becoming better informed about is-
B. To enforce laws made by elected offi- sues
cials B. by watching more news programs on
C. To regulate how businesses are run television

C. by sending petitions signed by citizens A. Public Policy Process

to local officials B. Legislative Process

D. by expressing their views to their clos- C. Impeachment Process
est friends and relatives
D. Nomination Process
2114. Imagine you are the president and you
need expertise and assistance on economic 2119. Which of the following accurately com-
matters. Who would you turn to? pletes the graphic above?
A. The Federal Reserve
B. The Council of Economic Advisors
C. The Department of Treasury
D. The Office of Management and Budget
2115. Which level of government is responsi-

ble for funding schools and approving new
school curriculum? A. characteristics of money
A. local B. types of money
B. state C. functions of money
C. federal D. Federal Reserve notes
D. none of above 2120. Which constitutional power helps the
2116. What type of public policy is happening president in the conduct of U.S. foreign pol-
when troops are deployed to areas of hu- icy
man rights violations? A. the power to declare war
A. Economic Policy B. the power to impeach
B. Social Policy C. the power to ratify treaties with for-
C. Foreign and Defense Policy eign nations
D. none of above D. the power to negotiate treaties with
foreign nations
2117. Select the ways that individuals can par-
ticipate in politics:(Choose all correct an- 2121. Taxing & spending to slow the economy
swers) is referred to as
A. run for office A. budget surplus
B. watch youtube B. monetary policy
C. campaign C. contractionary policy
D. vote D. budget deficit
E. surf the internet 2122. What are the four main types of third
2118. The is the way in which government parties in the United States?
determines what issues will be addressed, A. Single-issue parties, economic protest
how issues will be addressed and if their parties, ideological parties, and splinter
methods are effective. parties

B. Democratic parties, Republican par- 2126. States may gain or lose congres-
ties, Whig parties, and National Republi- sional representation as population levels
can parties change. This process is called:
C. Regional parties, bipartisan parties, A. gerrymandering
socialist parties, and offshoot parties B. redistricting
D. Major parties, minor parties, indepen- C. realignment
dent parties, and interest groups
D. reapportionment
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2123. What is the best title for the illustra-
tion? 2127. TRUE/FALSE:Interest groups DO NOT
raise money to support candidates who
share the interest group’s point of view.
A. True
B. False
2128. Most of the United States’ early en-

vironmental policies involved restrictions
enforced by the government. These are
known as
A. How the Interest Groups Influence A. Incentives
Public Policy B. Tax breaks
B. How to Get Elected to Office C. Regulations
C. How the Media Influences Public Pol- D. Subsidies
icy
2129. In which type of government are citi-
D. How Officials Influence Public Policy zens MOST likely to choose their leader?
2124. Congress is bicameral. It is made up of A. Dictatorship
the Senate and B. Oligarchy
A. House of Delegates C. Democracy
B. House of Representatives D. Monarchy
C. General Assembly
2130. An institution that makes and enforces
D. General Congress laws and public policies
2125. Adjustments to the United States’ bor- A. Ideology
der policy would considered what type of B. Public Policy
foreign policy tool?
C. Government
A. Diplomatic
D. Political Party
B. Military
2131. This function of political parties refers
C. Economic
to guaranteeing that their candidate is
D. Unconventional worthy of office.
E. Domestic A. Inform & activate citizens

B. Act as a bonding agent B. Symbolic policy

C. Govern C. Rational-choice theory

D. Act as a watchdog D. Group theory
2132. A person whose job it is to contact
elected officials and convince them to vote 2137. How do modern Democrats and Repub-
a particular way on proposed laws- licans view taxation?
A. Lobby/Lobbyist A. Republicans tend to favor tax in-

creases, while Democrats tend to favor
B. Candidate
keeping tax rates the same.
C. Campaign assistant
B. Republicans tend to favor tax in-
D. Policymaker creases to support new social programs
more than Democrats
2133. What type of public policy occurs when
the President signs a bill protecting endan- C. Democrats tend to favor tax de-
gered species? creases, while Republicans tend to favor
A. Economic Policy keeping tax rates the same.
B. Social Policy D. Democrats tend to favor tax increases
to support new social programs more
C. Foreign and Defense Policy
than Republicans.
D. none of above
2138. Who make important decisions in an oli-
2134. How long does a House of Representa-
garchy?
tive member serve for?
A. 6 Years A. king
B. 2 Years B. senators
C. 8 Years C. citizens
D. 4 Years D. small group of powerful leaders
2139. The President feels that Americans
ernment that this group of people should
should switch to electric cars to help the
address in order to effectively influence
environment. Is this an example of foreign
public policy Bicycle riders in Cincinnati
or domestic policy?
plan to hold a rally supporting the construc-
tion of more bike lanes on city streets. A. Domestic
A. executive; state B. Foreign
B. legislative; state
2140. A supreme Court justices serves for how
C. judicial; state long?
D. legislative; local
A. 4 Years
2136. Which theory holds that public policies B. 6 Years
result from the pursuit of self-interest by
citizens and officials? C. For Life
A. Political systems theory D. 8 Years

2141. Which title best complete the graphic? A. Participate in politics

B. Join an interest group
2145. How can a citizen become involved in

supporting a public policy that affects the
entire nation?
A. Legislators A. by attending a community school
B. A Lobbyist board meeting
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C. Voters B. by signing a petition to be sent to
D. The President Congress
2142. What are the dimensions of public policy C. by joining a neighborhood watch group
according to Bridgman and Davis? D. by volunteering to work in a senior cit-
A. Policy as a means to achieve goals izen center
B. Policy as legal action 2146. Which of the following best defines en-
C. Policy as hypothesis titlement programs?
D. All the answers above A. federal benefits that must be paid by
law to all citizens who meet eligibility re-
2143. Public policy is a set of rules or laws, quirements
created by an individual and used to gov-
ern a state, that affects the public which B. increasing or decreasing the money
is important and controversial. supply in an attempt to control demand
A. True C. decreasing taxes so that people will
have more money to spend in the economy
B. False
D. taking various amounts of money from
C. Not mentioned
people based on their incomes
D. none of above
2147. If the president appoints someone to be
2144. If your Civics teacher decides to run for a judge, he is fulfilling what role?
mayor of Leesburg, how is she trying to
influence public policy? A. Chief Diplomat
B. Chief Legislator
C. Chief of Party
D. Chief Executive
2148. Workers could move to the suburbs and

still work in the city due to this system of
roadways

A. Autobahn 2153. Most government tax revenue comes

B. Subway from:

C. Train stations A. Socialists
D. Interstate highway systems B. Sales Taxes

C. Excise Taxes
2149. Who issues paper currency, while the
Department of the Treasury issues coins? D. Income Taxes
A. Department of the Treasury 2154. You pick up a $1 bill. What are you hold-
B. Monetary Policy ing?
C. Fiscal Policy A. currency
D. Federal Reserve Banks B. a Federal Reserve note
2150. What is Open Market Operations? C. fiat money

D. all of the above
2155. When you are watching the news what

strategies should you NOT use?
A. Federal Reserve Bank raises and low-

ers interest rates to manipulate the
money supply
B. Federal Reserve Bank buys and sells
banks to manipulate the money supply
A. Separate fact from opinion
C. Federal Reserve Bank buys and sells
bonds to manipulate the money supply B. Detect bias
D. All are correct C. Believe everything the newscaster
says
2151. What are the sources of income for the
national government called D. Identify propaganda
A. surplus 2156. How many total representatives are

B. revenue there?
C. budget A. 100
D. appropriations B. 270
C. 435
2152. The idea that the government was cre-
ated by the people of America was D. 50
A. Popular Sovereignty 2157. children with low resources are more af-
B. very republican fected
C. Federalism A. false
D. Self-government B. True

2158. Defined as a state or condition in gov- 2163. Which department or agency would
ernment where there is dispersal of power oversee the treaty making process?
from the center.
A. Dept of Defense
A. Local Government
B. Dept of Treasury
B. Centralization
C. Dept of State
C. National Government
D. Decentralization D. Dept of Justic
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2159. A state that does not consistently vote 2164. Public policy is important because
either Democratic or Republican in presi-
dential elections; Also known as a Swing A. It shapes the world we live in.
State. B. It determines how our resources are
A. Battleground State allocated.
B. Partisan State C. It has a significant impact on individual
C. Primary State lives.
D. Caucus State D. All points
2160. What is the responsibility of Congress? 2165. Public policies created to fix an existing
A. To make laws problem
B. To enforce laws A. Proactive
C. To interpret laws B. Reactive
D. To promote peace and order
2166. Who are the main sponsors of political
2161. The stand the government takes about action committees (PACs)?
a problem is called “government action”.
A. True A. interest groups
B. False B. third parties
2162. What are the different categories of in- C. think tanks

terest groups? D. grassroots organizations
A. Economic interest groups, citizen
groups, foreign policy interest groups, 2167. Identify an area where state govern-
nationality groups, and religious organi- ments can provide assistance to the na-
zations tional government
B. Major parties, minor parties, indepen- A. Running elections for national posi-
dent parties, and interest groups tions (Ex:Congress or President)
C. Single-issue parties, economic protest B. Declaring war against foreign enemies
parties, ideological parties, and splinter
parties C. Signing treaties with foreign countries
for mutual defense and trade
D. Democratic parties, Republican par-
ties, Whig parties, and National Republi- D. Approving nominations for the United
can parties States Supreme Court

2168. When a bill is introduced by General As- B. Secret

sembly and signed by the governor, this is
C. Reserved
the

D. Implied
A. National Lawmaking Process
B. Local Lawmaking Process 2173. “Money” that has value in and of itself
C. State Lawmaking Process but can also be used to purchase goods
(you must choose all the correct answers)
D. Federal Lawmaking Process
A. Gold
2169. Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
B. Cocoa beans
A. Amendment 26
C. Silver
B. Amendment 25
D. Salt
C. Amendment 24
D. Amendment 23
2170. This model does not reflect the real

needs of many people.
A. Rational model
B. System model 2174. Which answer below is NOT a general
C. Process model category of environmental issues?
D. group model A. Population Growth
E. leadership model B. Resource Use
C. Pollution
2171. When the media let us know who was
running for president last year what role D. Costs and Benefits
were they fulfilling?
2175. If the bill passes the vote, what is the
next step in the lawmaking process?
A. The bill is debated one more time
B. The bill turns into a law immediately
C. The bill turns into a law after 100 days
D. The bill is sent to the President (na-
A. Broadcast different points of view
B. Identify the candidates 2176. You are in the 2nd Phase of Public Policy
C. Emphasize issues and are coming up with solutions to your
problem. This Phase is call what?
D. Create political cartoons
A. Policy Starting
2172. Expressed powers are listed in the Con-
stitution powers help carry out ex-
pressed powers. C. Policy Adoption
A. Concurrent D. Agenda Setting

2177. Public policies that impact productivity 2182. The requirement for a majority vote in
and labor force participation affect ? order to win in the electoral college favors
A. real GDP per capita
B. economic growth
C. medium chain triglycerides
D. blood moon total lunar eclipse
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2178. How does the economic outline shape
policy?
A. Freedom State Policy A. Third Parties
B. Entrepreneurial state policy B. One Party System
C. Welfare state policy C. Two Party System
D. State monopoly policy D. Three Party System
2179. Spending about which lawmakers are 2183. #5-1 The Federal Trade Commission is-
free to make choices, such as defense and sues regulations as to what can be broad-
education cast by television stations.
A. mandatory spending A. State
B. discretionary spending B. National
C. entitlements 2184. What is one if the reason why the Pres-

ident can NOT be impeached?
D. tariffs
A. Treason
2180. Grassroots Movement is B. Lying to the media
A. People are fueling a call for govern- C. Bribery
ment action on an issue
D. Other high Crimes and Misdemeanors
B. Groups that use campaign contribu-
tions to influence government 2185. Who appoints members to the Federal
Reserve Board of Governors?
C. Professionals hired by interest groups
to influence government A. No one, they are elected
D. Voting phenomenon describing voters’ B. The Senate
supporting the poll leaders C. The President
2181. Both the President of the United States D. The House of Representatives
and the Governor of the State of Ohio are 2186. Any time there is a pandemic, terrorist
limited to serving terms (with each attack, or natural disaster, who needs to
term being 4 years). respond and come up with solutions?
A. 1 A. the National (Federal) government
B. 8 B. State governments
C. 2 C. Local governments
D. 4 D. All are correct

2187. A public policy can be defined as a law 2192. The War Powers Act requires that:
or funding to address a problem in society.
A. The Prez seek Congressional approval

A. True before spending money
B. False B. Congress not interfere with military
2188. The two houses of the Virginia legisla- matters
tive branch C. Troops be committed only sixty days
outside of formal war
D. Congress may only declare war on So-
cialist nations
2193. Policies designed to prevent a problem

A. Proactive
A. VA Senate and the House of Represen- B. Reactive
tatives
B. House of Delegates and the VA Senate 2194. Select 3 ways the mediaplays an impor-
tant role in setting the public agenda.
C. U.S. Senate and the House of Dele-
gates A. Focus public attention on selected is-
sues
D. House of Commons and the General
Assembly B. Offer a forums for opposing view-
points
2189. Seeking to influence legislators to intro-
duce or vote for or against a bill is C. Pass laws to support public needs
A. lobbying D. Hold government officials accountable
B. voting
2195. The Enlightenment is considered a turn-
C. campaigning ing point in history because
D. bias
A. Europeans changed their ways of
2190. The issue from the book that inspired thinking about the role of government
the Mosaic paper assignment was about B. Martin Luther broke away from the
what? Catholic Church
A. cow tipping
C. The Columbian Exchange occured
B. milk labels
D. The factory system was used to mass-
C. greenhouse gases produce goods
D. deforestation
2196. A poll that takes place as voters leave
2191. is all the types of communication the primary election is
that can reach a large number of people.
A. a push poll
A. Newspapers
B. News Channels B. a straw poll
C. Mass Media C. a random sampling poll
D. The Internet D. an exit poll

2197. Which type of boundary would use lines A. Local

of latitude and longitude?
B. State
A. Antecedent
C. Federal
B. Subsequent
D. none of above
C. Geometric
D. Relic 2203. The following are the official policymak-
ers, EXCEPT
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2198. Which one of these are Not Factors That
Affect Demand for Money? A. Executive Department
A. General level of income (As income B. Legislative Department
rises, so does the demand for cash).
C. Administrative agencies
B. Who the President is
D. Interest Groups
C. Cash needed on hand (Cash makes
transactions easier). 2204. An institution that makes and enforces
D. Price levels in the economy (As prices laws and public policies.
rise, so does the demand for cash).
A. Political Party
2199. Which of the following positions of B. Interest Groups
authority regulates the circumstances of
early learning for students with precocious C. Government
intellectual development? D. Ideological Spectrum
A. Prime Minister
2205. What is the most plentiful fossil fuel?
B. Principal of the place where pre-
school students are accepted A. Oil
C. Director’s Department of Education B. Natural Gas
and Training
C. Petroleum
D. Minister of Education and Training
D. Coal
2200. Social Security helps 51 million people
A. Regulation 2206. Select ALL instruments of Foreign Policy
listed below:
B. Provision
A. deterrence
2201. Which of the following best completes
the graphic? B. military force
A. Treasury Department C. economic sanctions

B. Washington D.C. D. society gatherings
C. Federal Reserve System E. negotiations
D. Stock Exchange
2207. The economic boom of the 1950s helped
2202. What level of government would teach- young families to move from urban ar-
ers in Ohio go to if they had a problem eas to locations like this, pictured above.
with the policy on teacher salaries Where did families move?

2211. The United States is required to respond

to every global crisis or opportunity.

A. True
B. False
2212. Set of beliefs
A. Suburbs A. Bias
B. Rural areas B. Ideology
C. Farms
C. Public Policy
D. Urban areas
D. Consensus
2208. #21-Can propose an amendment as a
way to overrule an unpopular judicial de-
cision. 2213. Which factors have social scientists ar-
gued exert the strongest influence on po-
A. Legislative Branch litical socialization?
B. Executive Branch
A. Civic participation, the media, and fam-
C. Judicial Branch ily
D. none of above
B. School, peer groups, and civic partici-
2209. Which political party believed we need pation
higher taxes and more government in-
volvement in social programs? C. Family, school and the media
A. Republican Party D. School, religion, and the media
B. Democratic Party
C. Communism 2214. Trust in government has generally
since the 1950s.
D. Green party
2210. If the UN is involved, which foreign pol- A. decreased
icy tool is most likely being used (espe- B. stayed the same
cially first)?
C. increased
D. fluctuated with public mood
2215. Where does most of earth‘s energy

come from?
A. The sun
A. Intelligence
B. Mars
B. Military aid
C. Diplomacy C. Wind
D. Nuclear aid D. Water

2216. What does a Board of Supervisors and 2221. The following are list of guided founda-
a City Council have in common? tional documents in nursing informatics as
A. They both provide local legislation for a special practice, Except.
residents A. Scope and Standard of Practice
B. They both Interpret civil legislation B. Social Policy
C. They both create amendments to the C. Biographical Data
state constitution
D. Code of Ethics
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D. They both approve charters from resi-
dents 2222. is a system of money.
A. currency
2217. Place where public issues can be
discussed- B. characteristic
A. Community C. symbol
B. Lobby D. supply
C. Debate 2223. A dictator controls education.
D. Forum A. true
2218. What was U.S. policy after World War B. false
I?
2224. Which branch is mainly in charge of for-
A. Lead the world to peace. eign and defense policy?
B. Focus on U.S. first, not world. A. Legislative
C. Focus on the Caribbean. B. Executive
D. Join the League of Nations. C. Judicial
2219. Which name is not the ministerial name D. none of above
of the current administrative apparatus of
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam? 2225. To show prejudice in favor or against
something
A. Ministry of Irrigation
A. Fact
B. Ministry of Education
B. Bias
C. Ministry of Justice
C. Credibility
D. Ministry of Industry and Trade
D. Opinion
2220. Janet Wilson was a lawyer for many
years. Now she works for the National Or- 2226. Ken is struggling to pay his bills since
ganization of Women convincing lawmak- he got hurt at work. He is thankful that
ers to vote on womens’ rights laws. What when he goes to vote this November, he
is her job? doesn’t have to pay a poll tax.
A. campaign worker A. 15th Amendment
B. adviser to the president B. 19th Amendment
C. lobbyist C. 23rd Amendment
D. Supreme Court justice D. 24th Amendment

2227. Scenario:The economy is experiencing 2231. The Vatican City, where the Pope lives,
high unemployment. What type of policy is an example of
might Congress use to tackle this?

A. a dictatorship
A. Expansionary Policy
B. a democracy
B. Contractionary Policy
C. an oligarchy
2228. A Section 504 plan provides what for D. a theocracy
the student
2232. Which event most shows that freedom
of the press is important in a democracy?
A. Journalists reported on a sporting
event.
B. Journalists discovered that leaders
lied about taxes.
C. Journalists published the operating
hours of a new store.
A. Provides one-on-one para support for D. Journalists informed people about
the student. how to register to vote.
B. Provides special treatment for the stu-
dent. 2233. How do interest groups influence public
policy?(Select 4)
C. Provides support for students with dis-
abilities to learn alongside their peers in A. Identifying issues
the general education classroom. B. Making political contributions
D. Provides special privileges for the stu- C. Lobbying government officials
dent.
D. Expressing opinions (letters, email,
2229. Which action is an example of domestic demonstrations)
policy?
E. Threatening elected and/or appointed
A. A governor decides against running for officials
a second term.
2234. TV, Newspapers, internet-ways people
B. The president negotiates a peace
get information
treaty between two warring nations.
C. Congress passes a law that grants tax A. Pandemic
credits for installing solar panels. B. Issues
D. none of above C. Media
2230. Superior decisions binding on subordi- D. Lobbying
nates
2235. (a) policy concerns affairs at home. (b)
A. persuasion policy deals with relationships with other
B. command countries.
C. presidential decision making A. a Domestic
D. bargaining B. b Foreign

2236. Is this public policy? Baltimore County 2241. Group of people who share the same
Executive provides stricter Coronavirus reviews about the way power and govern-
strictions. ment should be used in the country or so-
A. Yes ciety
B. No A. Government
B. Society
2237. SS.7.C.2.12Juan and Maria have no-
C. Political Party
ticed that all the frogs in their local pond
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have been very quiet recently. When they D. Communists
went to the pond, they could no longer
hear any of them. Then they saw a few of 2242. What term refers to a relaxation of ten-
them were dead. To which agency should sion between nations?
they probably report this problem? A. containment
A. Florida Department of Education B. open door
B. Florida Department of Elder Affairs C. imperialism
C. Florida Department of Veterans Affairs D. detente
D. Florida Department of Environmental 2243. Select the ways individuals can affect
Protection public policy? (Choose all correct answers)
2238. What type of government is ruled by a A. participate in politics
single person who has total control of all B. focus public attention
aspects of the citizens’ lives?
C. offer a forum for opposing viewpoints
A. democracy
D. join interest groups
B. monarchy
C. dictatorship
A. President writes laws
D. oligarchy
B. Citizens take over writing policy
2239. How are individuals who campaign for C. What the government does about a
candidates influencing public policy problem
A. Lobbying D. What the people do about a problem
B. Being informed
2245. The Virginia Constitution requires each
C. Participating in politics locality to elect all of the following EXCEPT
D. Identifying issues
2240. What is the name for strong prejudice

for or against someone, something, or a
party?
A. Prejudice.
B. Unfairness.
C. Racism.
D. Bias.

A. Sheriff A. Parents
B. Manager B. School Committee

C. Clerk of the Circuit Court C. Governor
D. Treasurer D. School Board
2246. What is the main difference between 2250. Power is not inherited, but usually
policy analysis and policy research? taken by force. A leader has absolute
A. Focus on policy formulation vs policy power.
implementation
B. Use of scientific methodology and
practical analysis
C. Listening to the target
D. Descriptive and prescriptive knowl-
edge output
2247. According to Locke, all humans share a

set of
A. internal organs A. Constitutional Monarchy

B. natural rights B. Republic
C. hopes and dreams C. Dictatorship
D. traits and motivations D. Absolute Monarchy
2248. How can individuals impact public policy
2251. The ADA addresses disability issues as
(choose 3)?
they relate to
A. Campaigning
A. Employment
B. Writing Letters
B. Transportation
C. Voting
C. Public Accommodations
D. Watching TV
D. All of the Above
2249. The manages/runs K-12 school sys-
tems. 2252. What are elected officials doing when
they use the media to hold news confer-
ences?
A. Giving an opinion poll
B. Passing laws
C. Enforcing laws
D. Communicating with the public

2253. The People’s Party announced which 2257. What is growing rapidly?
principle of action was the first?
A. Entrepreneurs
A. Security must be maintained in the
country. B. the artificial intelligence system or Ar-
tificial Intelligence (AI)
B. The people must have equal rights.
C. The people must be free and indepen- C. machinery or robots
dent. D. Layoffs (PHK) in the future
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D. All independence must be preserved.
2258. Which policy is an important policy that
every country must set?
power to declare an act of congress uncon-
stitutional? A. Social Security Policy
A. Legislative B. foreign policy
B. Executive
C. Housing policy
C. Judicial
D. Policy to protect and preserve forests
D. none of above
E. Drug prevention and suppression pol-
2255. Which of these is the first step in the
icy
policymaking process?
A. agenda setting 2259. Which amendment lowered the voting
B. policy adoption age to 18?
C. policy evaluation A. 15th
D. issue identification
B. 19th
2256. What is the purpose of Checks and Bal-
C. Gand
ances?
D. 26th
2260. Inspection of meat, dairy and food pro-

tects against contamination and disease.
A. Regulation
B. Provision
2261. The rule of dominance in Game Theory

A. each branch of government has the are used to reduce the size of payoff ma-
power to check or limit the actions of the trix. These helps in deleting certain rows
other two and columns of the payoff matrix that are
inferior (less attractive) to at least one of
B. division of power between the federal
the remaining rows and columns.True or
government and the states
False?
C. allows the federal government check
the state governments A. True
D. none of above B. False

2262. Separating fact from opinion, evaluat- C. Legislative history

ing sources, and are all strategies for D. Petition
evaluating media

A. date 2267. Which one is NOT the Functions of the
Federal Reserve System?
B. detecting bias
A. Provide check-clearing services
C. satire
B. Pay taxes
D. public agenda
C. Control the Money Supply
2263. Which involve issues or concerns within D. Supply the economy with paper money
one’s own country?
2268. a person who works in the legislative
branch and makes laws
A. lobbyist
B. interest group
C. legislator
D. none of above
A. treaty 2269. If a parent is upset with school policies,

B. foreign affairs what action may the citizen take that best
addresses their issue?
C. domestic affairs
A. Writing letters to officials
D. policy
B. Attending a city council meeting
2264. Which one of these are NOT part of John C. Attending a school board meeting
Locke Natural Rights?
D. Sending signed petitions by voters
A. Selfishness
2270. What is the definition of unemploy-
B. Liberty
ment?
C. Property
A. The state in which people of working
D. Life age find a job that is suitable for them
2265. How do interest groups influence public B. It is a situation in which people are all
policy decisions? their labors devoted to the common devel-
opment of society
A. Lobbying, campaign contributions, and
grassroots advocacy C. The state of a person of working age,
able to work, in need of a job, without a
B. Public opinion polls and surveys
job, looking for a job
C. Threats and intimidation D. The situation of work is stalled with no
D. Bribery and corruption one to solve it
2266. This type of writing requires numerous 2271. To achieve a specific politcal goal, peo-
citizen signatures. ple should join or organize
A. Email A. General Interest Groups
B. Legal statement B. Special Interest Groups

C. Powerful Groups A. Concerns about local businesses.

D. The RNC or DNC B. Threats to public education.
2272. How often is the Census taken? C. Concerns about parking.
A. 2 years D. Threats to public safety.
B. 4 years 2277. Environmental public policy is intended
C. 10 years to
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D. 20 years A. promote the harvesting of natural re-
sources.
2273. What case established the federal gov-
ernment’s control over interstate trade? B. improve human welfare and protect
the natural world.
A. Marbury v. Madison
C. ensure access to natural resources for
B. Brown v. Board industry.
C. McCulloch v. Maryland
D. measure the impact of industrial
D. Gibbons v. Ogden wastes on the environment.
2274. is a resource that, when it is used 2278. Under due process, every citizen is inno-
up, will not exist again during a human life- cent until proven
time.
A. worthy
A. natural resource
B. interesting
B. renewable resource
C. innocent
C. nonrenewable resource
D. guilty
D. none of above
2279. What CAN’T happen if a bill is vetoed
2275. a place to express your views-can be
by the president?
digital (the internet), paper (newspapers),
or an actual place (town hall meetings) A. The bill goes back to Congress for re-
vision
A. Pandemic
B. Issues B. The bill is overridden with 2/3 majority
vote in both houses
C. Forum
C. The president is impeached for making
D. Lobbying a bad decision
2276. What problem was the ordinance (city D. The bill simply dies and never becomes
law) meant to address? a new law
2280. Select the ways individuals can affect

public policy?
A. participate in politics
B. focus public attention
C. offer a forum for opposing viewpoints
D. join interest groups

2281. Cluster Sampling 2286. Sum of many individual opinions, be-

A. Business and education leaders in con- liefs, or attitudes about a public person or
issue

trol
A. Political Socialization
B. Poll that canvasses a neighborhood
and makes generalizations from the re- B. Public Opinion
sults C. Agents of Socialization
C. groups trying to sway government de- D. Representative Sample
cisions in favor of their membership
2287. “Taxes are too high! The government
D. Voting phenomenon describing voters’
should be smaller and taxes should be
supporting the poll leaders
lower!”
2282. How are many policies formulated? A. Liberal
A. As legislation B. Conservative
B. By interest groups 2288. Public Policies are usually in favor of the
C. By the president minority rather than the majority.
D. By evaluating existing policies A. True
B. False
2283. The amount of money a bank must keep
on hand at all times is the: C. Not mentioned
A. Interest rate D. none of above
B. Reserve rate/ratio 2289. Which of these is found in a party plat-

form?
C. Exchange rate
A. a description of the party’s structure
D. Taxation is theft rate
B. a statement of the party’s principles
2284. What is a “pro”? C. a list of the party’s campaign contribu-
A. advantage tors
B. disadvantage D. a plan for getting the party’s candi-
dates elected
2285. “The accumulation of all powers, legisla-
tive, executive, and judiciary, in the same 2290. The President’s annual speech to
hands, whether of one, a few, or many Congress is called:
may justly be pronounced the very def- A. State of the Union
inition of tyranny “ James Madison
B. State of the Commonwealth
Which feature of the U.S. Constitution was
included to address the concern expressed C. State of the Country
by James Madison? D. State of the Government
A. Electoral College
2291. Which of the following has a positive im-
B. Bill of Rights pact on the environment? (comparatively)
C. checks and balances A. Coal power
D. amendment process B. Solar power

C. Landfills C. The war in Afghanistan

D. Recycling D. none of above
2292. Bolstered freedom of the press, estab- 2296. Which causes lead to unemployment?
lishing a “heavy presumption against prior A. Economic recession
restraint” even in cases involving national
security B. Weak labor laws
A. Schenck v. United States C. Inadequate infrastructure
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B. New York Times Co. v. United States D. All of the above
C. Mc Donald v. Chicago 2297. What type of public policy occurs when
D. Citizens United v. Federal Election the federal government sets standards for
Commission public schools?
A. Economic Policy
2293. The US Constitution gives the “Power
of the purse” (power to tax collect $, etc.) B. Social Policy
to: C. Foreign and Defense Policy
D. none of above
2298. The Navy’s submarine purchase policy

has been opposed by the public sector and
members of the House of Representatives.
Is the policy consistent with which model?
A. leadership model
A. The President B. group model
B. Congress C. Institutional model
C. The Judicial Branch D. Rational model
D. The States E. Incremental change model
2294. A married couple decides to get a di- 2299. What is one of the main purposes of po-
vorce. They disagree over who gets what. litical parties?
A judge hears both sides and makes a de-
A. To cast electoral votes
cision about how their property should be
divided. B. To set the age for voting
A. Military Law C. To administer literacy tests
B. Juvenile Law D. To nominate candidates for office
C. Civil Law 2300. The news media can influence this by
D. Criminal Law highlighting issues perceived as meriting
public attention
2295. What issue is at the very top of the
President Trump’s policy agenda? A. Political Socialization
A. Immigration B. Sampling
B. Creating a system of universal health- C. Fourth Estate

care D. Public Agenda

2301. What is the primary goal of political par- B. Holding government officials account-
ties? able to the public.

A. to create a national platform C. Offering a forum in which opposing
B. to get their candidates elected viewpoints are communicated.
C. to collect campaign contributions D. none of above

D. to attract members who agree on is- 2307. Roles such as declaring war and regulat-
sues ing trade are listed in the US Constitution.
What type of powers are these roles?
2302. Proposer of the legislative agenda/plan
A. RESERVED
A. Chief legislator
B. CONCURRENT
B. Commander in Chief
C. IMPLIED
C. Chief of Party
D. EXPRESSED
D. Chief Diplomat
2308. This ideology represents the middle
2303. Which phrase describes an oligarchy?
ground between conservative and liberal
A. one person in charge of everyone positions.
B. rule by a few A. Moderate
C. a government for the people and by B. Temporate
the people
C. Neo-liberal
D. anything goes; no rules
D. Facisist
2304. What type of court systems would you Explanation:Moderate represents the mid-
used to settle sue, divorce, contracts, any dle ground between conservative and lib-
case that does not involve a crime? eral positions.
A. Criminal Cases 2309. The media influences public policy by
B. Prosecutor A. interviewing politicans
C. Defendant B. reporting the weather
D. Civil Cases
C. comparing prices
2305. Which person has the best chance of in- D. detecting bias
fluenceing local legislation?
2310. voters could compel legislators to place
A. A
a bill on the ballot for approval
B. B
A. initiative
C. C
B. referendum
D. D
C. recall
2306. S5:When the media holds public debates D. direct election of senators
between political candidates. They are car-
rying out what role? 2311. The Virginia General Assembly and US
A. Focusing public attention on selected Congress are similar in that both-
issues. A. check the US courts

B. prepare biennial budgets C. Hexagon

C. approve annual budgets D. Circle
D. are bicameral legislatures 2317. Where would you most likely find a tra-
2312. If the economy is in recession, the FED ditional economy?
will typically: A. United States
A. Lower interest rates B. Germany
NARAYAN CHANGDER
B. Sell more government bonds C. China
C. Increase the required reserve ratio D. Developing countries
D. Convert to Socialism 2318. FCC policy of allowing political oppo-
2313. Headline-”CDC Warns the Flu Virus Will nents equal campaign time on the air
Be the Worst In VA History.” What is A. New York Times Rule
the role of the media in setting the public B. JFK and Nixon
agenda?
C. Political Socialization
A. identifying candidates
D. Equal Time Doctrine
B. broadcasting different points of view
C. holding officials accountable 2319. S1:Who is/are the leader(s) of the ex-
ecutive branch for a town or city?
D. focusing public’s attention on selected
issues A. Governor
B. Mayor
2314. In the electoral college system, the
of the state is most important when decid- C. Chairman
ing who wins. D. Senator
A. importance
2320. What are elected officials doing when
B. size they use the media to hold news confer-
C. population ences?
D. wealth A. Communicating with the public
B. Giving an opinion poll
2315. Choose a way a citizen may influence
their government effectively. C. Enforcing laws
A. Refuse to vote D. Passing laws
B. Take photos of things that cause issues 2321. Requiring Virginia children to be vacci-
C. Write a blog nated relates to which issue?
D. Gather voter signatures and send a pe-
tition
2316. The public policy process is best repre-

sented as a
A. Straight line
B. Two Way Street A. Public health

B. Education B. levy and collect taxes

C. State budget C. regulate land use

D. Environment D. coin money
2322. Scenario:The economy is experiencing 2326. problems that require government ac-
high unemployment. Which tool would be tion
most appropriate for Congress to address
this? A. Issues
A. Increase taxes B. Pandemic

B. Decrease government spending C. Media
C. Decrease taxes D. International Issues
D. Do nothing 2327. What role of the media is depicted in the
2323. is any harmful material in the envi- headline:
ronment.
A. global warming
B. pollution
C. conservation
D. none of above
2324. The theory that power shared between

many groups produces the best outcomes A. Focusing public attention
in society and government. In politics it B. Holding government officials account-
is essentially a competition for representa- able
tion of the policy preferences of different
interest groups in government C. Offering a forum for opposing view-
points
A. Legal Action
D. lobbying
B. Pluralism
C. Free-market System 2328. When there is a disagreement between
the state and national governments, which
D. Self-government
government is supreme?
2325. All of the following are responsibilities
of local government EXCEPT
A. local
B. national
C. state
A. enforce local laws (ordinances) D. county

2329. The key to a successful sample is to C. United States v. Lopez

have a sample that D. Baker v. Carr
A. Is exactly five percent of the popula-
tion that is being polled. 2334. How many objectives does the zero to
forever strategy have?
B. Is polled only when it is ensured that
they have enough time to answer the ques- A. Four
tions. B. Ten
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C. Each participant is hand selected ac- C. Five
cording to political views.
D. Six
D. Accurately reflects the population
2335. How is the United Nations funded?
2330. a survey taken to measure public opin-
ion A. voluntary dues given by countries
A. public opinion B. taxes
B. poll C. every country gives 1 million dollars a
year
C. propaganda
D. it is not funded and will soon dissolve
D. mass media
2331. Negotiation/compromise with peers to 2336. A man was caught on tape robbing a gas
harmonize goals or to teach mutually ac- station. He was arrested, brought to trial,
ceptable decisions and found guilty of burglary.
A. bargaining A. Military Law

B. persuasion B. Juvenile Law
C. majority building C. Civil Law
D. command D. Criminal Law
2332. What is the role of parties in the politi- 2337. One must listen to both political party
cal process and public policy development? platforms in order to:
A. To promote voter interest and partici- A. Attendparty meetings.
pation B. Identify the differences between the
B. To build coalitions based on shared be- two parties
liefs C. discuss politics regularly with one’s
C. To get their candidates elected to of- neighbors
fice D. influence the opinion of others
D. To translate objectives into laws and
policies 2338. How many phases are there in creating
a public Policy?
2333. Compelling Amish students to attend
A. 2
school past the 8th grade violates the Free
Exercise Clause of the 1st Amendment B. 3
A. Wisconsin v. Yoder C. 4
B. Engel v. Vitale D. 5

2339. Ministries are the highest bodies in the B. guards human rights and the environ-
federal administrative machinery. Each mental resources of the world.
ministry is responsible for formulating,

C. is widely recognized as the leader of
planning, controlling, and coordinating global trade regulation.
government policies pertaining to its func-
tions. D. has steadily lost the power to regulate
international trade.
A. True
B. False 2345. a course of action adopted by a govern-
ment (laws or rules)
2340. How many total senators are there? A. opinion
A. 50 B. policy
B. 100
2346. Which type of government is being de-
C. 435 scribed? Mufasa, the king has died. Simba
D. 270 is the heir to the throne. Simba’s wicked
uncle plots to become the pride’s new king.
2341. A person who watches Fox News is
A. democracy
more likely to hold values.
B. monarchy
A. Liberal
C. dictatorship
B. Conservative
D. oligarchy
C. Radical
D. Anarchist 2347. When expenditures revenuethen
there is a budget deficit.
2342. Sandbox policy is related to which
model?
A. System model
C. leadership model
D. Model of reasoning
E. Incremental change model A. Exceed
2343. What is the goal of lobbying? B. Equal
A. To get favored candidates elected to C. Are less than
office D. take the place of the
B. To influence government policy
2348. The meeting of party delegates every
C. To make a group’s views known four years to choose a presidential ticket
D. To provide a watchdog over govern- and write the party’s platform.
ment officials A. National Convention
2344. The World Trade Organization B. Open Primary
A. mainly regulates the use of global en- C. Closed Primary

vironmental resources. D. Superdelegation

2349. An interest group is B. presidential decision making

A. A group whose members have a com- C. bargaining
mon goal
D. majority building
B. A political action committee
C. A political party 2355. All of the following are international is-
sues requiring local policy action EXCEPT
D. none of above
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2350. The Federal Reserve System designed in A. religious movements
the manner described above resulted in the B. public health concerns
creation of
C. public safety
A. Reserve Bank satellite locations
D. policy to protect the environment
B. a decentralized system of banks
C. new methods for printing money 2356. Required government spending by per-
D. one large depository for US currency manent laws
A. fiscal year
2351. An election to choose between different
parties candidates for local, state, or na- B. discretionary spending
tional office. C. mandatory spending
A. General election D. national budget
B. Primary election
2357. A voter writes to the state legisla-
C. Class election ture asking that Election Day polling be
D. Electoral College extended by two hours on Election Day.
Which government agency is responsible
2352. China uses its foreign exchange re- for carrying out this public policy?
serves to drive global growth and at the
same time uses capital exports to drive A. A community organization that pro-
the elimination of excess production capac- motes free and fair elections.
ity. What is this strategy? B. The state elections commission that is
A. one stone two bird responsible for conducting elections.
B. One Belt, One Road C. A private company that has been hired
to conduct the election.
C. go out
D. None of the above.
D. Reform and Opening
2353. When a private market fails to produce 2358. Which is NOT an ethical consideration in-
a good at the level society wants is called volved in public policy-making?
Market Failure. A. Transparency
A. True B. Accountability
B. False C. Fairness
2354. Bargaining for numerical strength D. Justice
A. command E. Economic situation

2359. Of the following, which group typically 2364. What is an organized group of people
has the lowest voter turnout? who share a common goal and actively at-
tempt to influence lawmakers?

A. wealthy persons
B. 18-25 year olds A. ideology group
C. persons with graduate degrees B. interest group
D. persons with high political efficacy C. political party
D. political action committee
2360. The media does not have any influence
over how the public views politicians be- 2365. The sum of ALL past debts that are still
cause citizens only get their information due is referred to as:
about public officials by reading official
government records.
A. False
B. True
2361. How is it determine how many House of
Representative each state has? A. A balanced budget
A. each state Guarantee at least two B. Surplus Spending
B. By states size C. The Federal Debt
C. By the amendments D. Discretionary Debt
D. Number of seats determined by state
2366. In order to require banks to hold more
population.
money as opposed to lending it, the Fed-
2362. Which is NOT the purpose of open mar- eral Reserve can
ket operations (buying/selling of bills) in A. decrease the discount rate
monetary policy?
B. decrease the federal funds rate
A. Proactively control currency and infla-
C. increase the reserve requirement
tion
D. suspend the federal funds rate target
B. Reduce interest rate
C. Reduce consumption 2367. Ways Interest Groups influence the gov-
ernment
D. Contribute to grow and ensure system
liquidity A. Lobbyists
B. Get elected to office
2363. Which is not the reason for the emer-
gence of the economic layout? C. Testify in front of Congress
A. To guarantee the happiness of the peo- D. Donate to campaigns
ple 2368. “It treats social exchange as differ-
B. To fulfill the promises made to the peo- ent to economic exchange where all par-
ple ties try to maximize their advantage or
C. To fight against foreigners who have gain and to minimize their disadvantage or
influence loss.”True or False?
D. So that the government provides risk A. False
insurance to the people. B. True

2369. A homeowner is concerned that the 2373. Which elections see the best voter
neighbor’s dog is barking at night. Which turnout?
agency or community group would be re-
A. Presidential elections
sponsible for handling this issue?
B. Local elections
A. The Florida Highway patrol.
C. Off-year elections
B. The Federal Bureau of Investigations.
D. Special elections
C. The County Animal Services Office.
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D. The ASPCA. 2374. Vaccine procurement policy What model
is it related to?
2370. What does the term lobbying mean?
A. System model
A. Having two houses
B. Powers that are set aside for the
C. leadership model
states
D. Model of reasoning
C. Prohibiting the government from act-
ing unfairly E. Incremental change model
D. Seeking to influence legislators 2375. What is the Federal Funds Rate?
2371. Policy comes from the preferences and
needs of a number of individuals who have
legitimate authority under the law.
A. leadership model
B. group model
C. Institutional model
A. The interest rate that commercial
D. Rational model banks charge the Federal Reserve Bank
for loans
2372. What is an example of a renewable re-
B. The interest rate that commercial
source?
banks charge each other for loans
C. The interest rate that commercial
banks charge individuals for loans.
D. The interest rate that individuals
charge commercial banks for deposits.
2376. What is the role of the legislative

branch in public policy?
A. hydroelectric A. Deciding the scope of the law
B. oil B. Passing the law
C. coal C. Enforcing the law
D. fossil fuel D. Determining the timeframe of the law

2377. What happens when the president ve- 2379. Which of the following is a consequence
toes bill? of the rise of television broadcasting?

A. S/he didn’t approve of it A. Candidates are more capable of run-
B. S/he signs it ning for office on their own by appealing
C. It turns into a law to people directly through TV.
D. S/he lets his cabinet review it B. Individuals have a greater need for
political parties to help them make deci-
2378. In the acronym P.E.T.E what does the P sions.
represent?
C. Groups have greater access to spread
A. People their issues and messages to the public.
B. Phone
D. Congress has received more televi-
C. Political Process sion coverage compared to the other two
D. Public health and safety branches of government.

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