This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Policy > Governance > Public Policy – Quiz 53 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Public Policy Quiz 53 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Individuals can influence policy in all of the following ways EXCEPT- A) Writing letters to government officials. B) Participating in a political demonstration. C) Lobbying and joining interest groups. D) Registering, but not voting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Registering, but not voting. 2. What is the term for the transfer of government functions or property into private hands? A) Policy access. B) Procedural policy. C) Privatization. D) Organization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Privatization. 3. Taking a donation to the local food pantry is a A) Public policy. B) Private action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Private action. 4. Making political contributions (donating money) A) Ways individuals influence public policy. B) Ways interest groups influence public policy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ways interest groups influence public policy. 5. When a news article can be fact checked with other reliable and accurate sources, we can say there is A) Collaboration. B) Coavailablilty. C) Corroboration. D) Copiloting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Corroboration. 6. Which of these is an International Event that LOCAL governments would respond to? A) Prince Charles is choking. B) A pandemic. C) A plane crash in Japan. D) A new president is elected in France. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A pandemic. 7. An autocracy is a government type where: A) Only one person holds all of the power within a country. B) The rule of law in a country is based on the Word of God and Religious Texts. C) People vote to create laws and policies. D) There is no government structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Only one person holds all of the power within a country. 8. When Black Live Matter movement started? A) 2020. B) 2013. C) 2012. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2013. 9. What is a forum? A) Place to contact elected officials. B) Place to increase the interconnected lines of business and trade. C) Place where public issues can be discussed. D) Place to campaign. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Place where public issues can be discussed. 10. What term refers to the problems that government leaders consider most important and receive the most attention? A) PAC. B) Public agenda. C) Interest groups. D) Public opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Public agenda. 11. How many regional head must be filled, if the 2020 election is postponed? A) Two hundred seventy. B) Two hundred seventeen. C) Two hundred seven two. D) Two hundred seventy five. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two hundred seventy. 12. Which of the following below describes a domestic policy issue? A) A president asks congress to declare war against a communist country. B) The Senate approves a peace treaty proposed by the President. C) Congress increases taxes to build safer highways in the U.S. D) A president sends a diplomat to work on a trade agreement with Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Congress increases taxes to build safer highways in the U.S. 13. The large meetings where Democrat and Republican delegates choose their party's nominee are called what? A) Primaries. B) Caucuses. C) Electoral college. D) Conventions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conventions. 14. What is the meaning of "consequence" ? A) Risk. B) Shortcut. C) Postpone. D) Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Effect. 15. The main goal of a lobbyist is to ..... A) Elect members of Congress. B) Increase public awareness of a problem facing the nation. C) Increase voter turnout in an election. D) Influence legislators to vote for or against a bill. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Influence legislators to vote for or against a bill. 16. This theory focuses on the organization and interdependence of relationships within interacting parts. A) Information theory. B) Communication theory. C) Systems theory. D) Open theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Systems theory. 17. 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. C) Interest groups try to convince people to support their points-of-view. D) The United States is currently a two-party system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Special-interest groups have too much influence on laws. 18. How is public policy defined? A) In terms of political ideology. B) In terms of economic growth and development. C) In terms of individual rights and freedoms. D) In terms of a common goal or purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In terms of a common goal or purpose. 19. What is the job of the judicial branch? A) To interpret the laws and determine if they are fair. B) To make the laws. C) To enforce the laws. D) To make up rules for our government. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To interpret the laws and determine if they are fair. 20. What is the meaning of "shortcut" ? A) Cut down. B) Cut-of. C) Cut-off. D) Cut-on. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cut-off. ← 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