This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Policy > Governance > Public Policy – Quiz 52 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Public Policy Quiz 52 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A contractionary policy means that the Fed is attempting to A) Increase the size of the nation's money supply. B) Decrease the size of the nation's money supply. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decrease the size of the nation's money supply. 2. If you don't pay taxes but still get to drive on public roads, this could be an example of what kind of problem. A) Transportation Problem. B) Free Rider Problem. C) Free Transportation problem. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free Rider Problem. 3. A poll that takes place as voters leave a polling place is A) A push poll. B) A straw poll. C) A random sampling poll. D) An exit poll. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An exit poll. 4. What percent above the 30 day average price would signal price gouging in NY? A) 5%. B) 10%. C) 15%. D) 25%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 10%. 5. Public policy implementation is often complex and challenging. A) True. B) False. C) Situational. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. What was our first president's opinion of political parties? A) He felt they were needed to keep our country strong. B) He believed that individual states could make their own determination whether to have political parties. C) He warned our country against political parties. D) Who was our first President?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He warned our country against political parties. 7. Representative of all the people A) Chief Citizen. B) Chief Diplomat. C) Chief Legislator. D) Chief Executive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chief Citizen. 8. Which house of Congress must a bill pass through in order to become a law? A) Both. B) House of Representatives. C) Senate. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both. 9. Many agencies have been created to enforce regulations. For example, the ..... enforces the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act. A) Local government. B) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). C) State governors. D) Federal government. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 10. Gabriel Almond proposed that "political system is a set of interactions of having structures, each of which performs its functions in order to keep it like an on-going concern."True or False? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. Which political party in the United States had the longest continuous existence? A) Democrats. B) Federalists. C) Progressives. D) Republicans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Democrats. 12. How many members are on the Board of Governors A) 12. B) 24. C) 7. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 7. 13. "Winner-take-all" system is best described as A) The winner in a statewide election will earn all electoral votes. B) The state can split the electors between the top two candidates. C) The winner of the primary election will win the general election. D) The winner of the presidency will take all the power of the executive branch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The winner in a statewide election will earn all electoral votes. 14. What are Taxes? A) A Sum of money that the Federal government pays its citizens for good behavior. B) A Sum of Money that the State Mandates its Businesses pay in order to support the cleaning of their parking lot. C) A Sum of Money that the Federal Government charges its citizens to clean up their messes. D) A sum of money that the State or Federal Government mandates its citizens pay in order to support the government itself and all of its services. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A sum of money that the State or Federal Government mandates its citizens pay in order to support the government itself and all of its services. 15. Favoring one view or another A) Propaganda. B) Public opinion. C) Lobbyist. D) Bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bias. 16. The largest portion of "uncontrollable spending" in the federal budget is A) Interest on the national debt. B) Entitlement spending. C) Environmental spending. D) Defense spending. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Entitlement spending. 17. What are the consequences of ineffective public policy? A) Positive impact on society, economy, and environment. B) No impact on society, economy, and environment. C) Only positive impact on society. D) Negative impact on society, economy, and environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Negative impact on society, economy, and environment. 18. A group of people who seeks to control the government by winning elections A) Political Party. B) Interest Groups. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Political Party. 19. What is the fourth step in the lawmaking process (the step right before the President signs or vetoes it)? A) Debate. B) Committee. C) Idea. D) Vote. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vote. 20. Unlike high-income countries, low-income countries rely most on their A) Human resources. B) Produced capital. C) Natural capital. D) Intangible capital. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Natural capital. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPolicy QuizzesPublic Policy Quiz 1Public Policy Quiz 2Public Policy Quiz 3Public Policy Quiz 4Public Policy Quiz 5Public Policy Quiz 6Public Policy Quiz 7Public Policy Quiz 8Public Policy Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books