This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Policy > Governance > Public Policy – Quiz 37 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Public Policy Quiz 37 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Fee charged to borrow money A) Inflation. B) Interest. C) Discount rate. D) Reserve requirement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interest. 2. An issue is ..... A) Individual (or group) that creates a plan of action to achieve a goal, to solve an issue [policymaker $\rightarrow$ lawmaker]. B) Government response to public issues. C) A conflict or a matter to be debated. D) Groups of people who work together for similar interests or goals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A conflict or a matter to be debated. 3. Which branch of government has the power to apply laws to specific cases? A) Legislative. B) Executive. C) Judicial. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Judicial. 4. Ms. B's dog that you hear bark sometimes is named ..... A) Spongebob. B) Cocoa Puff. C) Rocky. D) Piglet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rocky. 5. 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 States. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Create price stability in the economy. 6. Who founded the Democratic Party? A) Andrew Jackson. B) Abraham Lincoln. C) Thomas Nast. D) President Wilson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Andrew Jackson. 7. How would local government officials respond to the news of an outbreak of H1N1 Swine Flu? A) Instructing local health officials to order 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Instructing local health officials to order more vaccines. 8. The lawmaking body in local government refers to which of the following terms? A) Mayor-council. B) Advisory committee. C) Board commission. D) City council. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) City council. 9. Which of the following statements is something a person opposed to U.S. imperialism would say? A) "We have a responsibility to the world to make it safer and freer.". B) "Our British forefathers warned against it-let's listen to them.". C) "Getting involved could protect our economic interests abroad.". D) "It is not our place to interfere in another country's affairs.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "It is not our place to interfere in another country's affairs.". 10. Public policy is ..... A) The laws passed by Congress. B) A plan/course of action initiated by the govt. to achieve a goal. C) The policies that the public has; for example putting your cart away at Krogers. D) The list of things that the government feels most important to deal with first. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A plan/course of action initiated by the govt. to achieve a goal. 11. The government works to solve problems through REGULATION and ACTION. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. An ordinance has been created by the legislative body of the county to establish a curfew for minors. Which legislative body would create this ordinance? A) Board of supervisors. B) City council. C) General Assembly. D) House of Representatives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Board of supervisors. 13. What are the key factors considered during the formulation stage of the public policy process? A) Public opinion and international treaties. B) Economic factors and public opinion. C) Political factors and international treaties. D) Political, economic, and social factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Political, economic, and social factors. 14. Voters could directly introduce bills in the state legislature and could vote on whether they wanted a bill passed A) Initiative. B) Referendum. C) Recall. D) Secret ballot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Initiative. 15. In what era was the central bank established? A) World War II. B) The People's Party seizes power Carry out nationalist policies. C) Tom Yum Kung economic crisis. D) World War I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) World War II. 16. Which of the following term refers to when a city has the power to write and amend its own laws? A) Home rule. B) Advocacy. C) Lobbying. D) City rule. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Home rule. 17. The primary way Congress impacts the budget is: A) Thefty taxes. B) Drafting and passing budget legislation. C) Appointing economic advisers to the President. D) Writing executive orders on taxation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drafting and passing budget legislation. 18. What step occurs directly before "bill is debated" in the process of how a bill becomes a law? A) Bill goes to the other house. B) Bill goes to committee. C) Bill is introduced. D) Bill is signed by the president. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bill goes to committee. 19. Near the end of the convention, the delegates cast their votes for the party's ..... who will run in the national election. A) Delegate. B) Nominee. C) Friends. D) Third candidate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nominee. 20. Voter turnout during elections in the United States has not been high. Which of the following is the most common reason for poor voter turnout? A) Illness. B) Lack of Interest. C) Lack of education. D) No transportation. 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