This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Policy > Governance > Public Policy – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Public Policy Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Running for office is one way citizens can- A) Make donations to an interest group. B) Offer a forum for expressing opposing viewpoints. C) Gather data to draw attention to issues. D) Participate in politics to influence public policy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Participate in politics to influence public policy. 2. What is the term for a theory that argues that interest group activity brings representation to all and interest groups compete and counterbalance one another? A) Interest group. B) Pluralism. C) Interest groups. D) Purposive incentives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pluralism. 3. What is the role of the media in agenda-setting? A) Primary agenda-setters. B) Primary policy formulators. C) Primary policy adopters. D) Primary policy evaluators. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary agenda-setters. 4. Which of the following possesses the power to declare war? A) The joint chiefs of staff. B) The president. C) Congress. D) The Secretary of Defense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Congress. 5. The power of the media to influence how events and issues are interpreted A) Agenda setting. B) Gatekeeping. C) Framing. D) Priming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Framing. 6. Learning process that focuses on internal mental activity, including insight, information processing, memory and perception. A) Critical thinking theory. B) Conceptual learning theory. C) Communication learning theory. D) Cognitive learning theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cognitive learning theory. 7. Former Presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders, proclaimed he would raise taxes significantly and end private healthcare and have the government takeover healthcare. These are two MAJOR ..... issues. A) Foreign. B) Domestic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Domestic. 8. Which statement is NOT a reason why people should recycle? A) It reduces are and water pollution. B) It saves landfill space. C) It fun to keep trash inside a house. D) It saves natural resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It fun to keep trash inside a house. 9. What is the advantage of participating in the European Union (EU)? A) Eliminated tariffs and increase of free trade. B) Low tariffs and no embargos. C) High tariffs and no free trade. D) Embargoes, tariffs, and quotas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eliminated tariffs and increase of free trade. 10. When did Karnataka state was renamed A) 1963. B) 1973. C) 1983. D) 1993. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1973. 11. Which of these are ways the Media plays a role in setting the public agenda? A) Holding government officials accountable to the public. B) Offering a forum in which one viewpoint is communicated. C) It has NO influence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Holding government officials accountable to the public. 12. The term for the set of tools and organizations that communicate important issues to the public is the ..... A) Opposing viewpoints. B) Watchdog. C) Bias. D) Media. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Media. 13. Individuals may not always be consistent in their opinions about public policy. For example, a person may hold conservative views about the economy and liberal views about society. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. Why did abandoning the gold standard result in a decline in the value of the United States dollar? A) People begin hoarding dollar bills so the value would decline. B) Your currency was able to be printed thus reducing its value. C) Americans did not want to use fiat currency so the value declined. D) Businesses prefer to be paid with Goldust dollars for Less valued. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Your currency was able to be printed thus reducing its value. 15. Any law or rule created in response to a social condition is known as a A) Player. B) Public policy. C) Rule of law. D) Board decision. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Public policy. 16. Which is not an international issue that would require local government to make policy decisions? A) Issues concerning a pandemics or act of terrorism. B) Economic development in response to the emerging global economy. C) Issues regarding k-12 education. D) Policies to protect the environment (wildlife protection). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Issues regarding k-12 education. 17. What is it called when individuals try to get legislators to introduce or vote a certain way on a bill? A) PAC. B) Lobbying. C) Demonstrating. D) Interest groups. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lobbying. 18. What programs does the FICA tax cover? A) Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid. B) The National Defense Budget. C) An endowment for education. D) Also known as an unemployment tax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid. 19. Officials in a government department are defined as A) Elected people. B) Appointees. C) Bureaucrats. D) Leaders. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bureaucrats. 20. Function in which you choose a person to run for office A) Nominate candidates. B) Bonding Agent. C) Governing. D) Watchdog. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nominate candidates. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPolicy QuizzesPublic Policy Quiz 1Public Policy Quiz 3Public Policy Quiz 4Public Policy Quiz 5Public Policy Quiz 6Public Policy Quiz 7Public Policy Quiz 8Public Policy Quiz 9Public Policy Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books