Public Policy Quiz 3 (20 MCQs)

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1. An election by which voters choose their party's candidate for national office.
2. The government decides how much money Americans must pay in federal taxes.
3. In government, the public agenda refers to
4. An election in which only registered party members may participate is the
5. What is the biggest factor on if someone can influence public policy?
6. True or False. Government officials do NOT use the media to communicate with the public.
7. During a recession, the Fed should use .....
8. An example of bias is .....
9. He wrote "Wealth of Nations" and pioneered laissez-faire capitalism
10. Which of the following would be considered an appropriate activity of a lobbying group?
11. " ..... the importance of the psychological characteristics of elites which made them superior to the masses and enabled them to gain and hold power."This statement refers to ..... ? ..... argument about elite theory
12. When individuals join together to form groups with others who believe in the same issue or cause it is called a what?
13. Is defined as the integration of health care sciences, computer science, information science, and cognitive science to assist in the management of health care information.
14. There are FOUR main ways that government works to solve problems.
15. If I own a TV store and you want to buy a tv; the buyer would be called the What?
16. Many times, public policy involves government cooperation with private organizations.
17. Which of the following would be considered a contractionary monetary policy?
18. Groups of people with similar interests who seek to influence public policy (MADD, NRA, PETA ..... )
19. Select the BRANCH and LEVEL of government that this group of people should address in order to effectively influence public policy Business owners in the United States want the President to negotiate a new trade treaty with Asian countries.
20. Political spending by corporations, associations, and labor unions is a form of protected speech under the 1st Amendment.