This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Policy > Governance > Public Policy – Quiz 74 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Public Policy Quiz 74 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Declared that all people born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the law. A) 14th Amendment. B) 15th Amendment. C) 19th Amendment. D) 24th Amendment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 14th Amendment. 2. An organization, usually representing an interest group or corporation, that raises money with the goal of supporting or defeating candidates, parties, or legislation. A) PACs (Political Action Committees). B) Super PACs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PACs (Political Action Committees). 3. What type of economy does the United States have? A) Traditional. B) Free Market. C) Command. D) Mixed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mixed. 4. Significance of public policy doesn't include? A) It has time frame. B) It is what is actually done. C) It is not purposive. D) It is purposive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is not purposive. 5. Function which includes selecting a candidate for office A) Nominate candidates. B) Inform & activate supporters. C) Bonding agent. D) Watchdog. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nominate candidates. 6. A party's core beliefs and postion on certain issues is known as a A) Two party system. B) Political party. C) Platform. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Platform. 7. Carrying a lunch in a lunch box, instead of using a new plastic bag each day, is a way to: A) Recycle used aluminum. B) Save energy. C) Reuse natural resources. D) Reduce trash. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reduce trash. 8. Congress has exerted the greatest influence on the operation of a federal agency by doing which of the following? A) Dismissing an agency head who disagrees with congressional priorities. B) Requiring the agency to participate in inter-agency task forces. C) Asking the Supreme Court for advisory opinions on agency regulations. D) Reviewing the annual budget appropriations for the agency. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reviewing the annual budget appropriations for the agency. 9. Seeking to influence legislators to introduce or vote for or against a bill is called ..... A) Demonstrating. B) Public agenda. C) Lobbying. D) Demanding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lobbying. 10. Opened the door to equal protection challenges to redistricting and the development of the "one person, one vote" doctrine by ruling that challenges to redistricting did not raise "political questions" that would keep federal courts from reviewing such challenges A) Baker v. Carr. B) Shaw v. Reno. C) Gideon v. Wainwright. D) Marbury v. Madison. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Baker v. Carr. 11. What is required for a policy to be adopted? A) Approval through the lawmaking process. B) Development of pertinent and acceptable proposed courses of action. C) Application of the policy by the government's administrative machinery. D) Efforts to determine whether the policy was effective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Approval through the lawmaking process. 12. Head of the nation's armed forces A) Party Chief. B) Chief of state. C) Commander in chief. D) Chief executive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commander in chief. 13. When Bartering, Cash is needed? A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 14. What government does (or does not do) to solve problems that come before them A) Lobbying. B) Public Policy. C) Interest Groups. D) Policy Makers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Public Policy. 15. This model helps to understand the activities that those involved in policy setting. A) Rational model. B) Incremental change model. C) Process model. D) Institutional model. E) System model. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Process model. 16. Select the BRANCH and LEVEL of government that would handle the following situation:Several states along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico are concerned about water pollution from off-shore oil drilling. Citizens in those states want the Environmental Protection Agency to monitor pollution levels and press charges if companies are violating anti-pollution laws. A) Legislative; state. B) Executive; state. C) Judicial; national. D) Executive; national. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Executive; national. 17. Which branch of government has the check of pardon and reprieves? A) Legislative. B) Executive. C) Judicial. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Executive. 18. If the economy is slowing, the FED will try to encourage economic growth by A) Raising taxes on foreign imports. B) Ending unemployment benefits. C) Lowering interest rates. D) Decreasing the money supply. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lowering interest rates. 19. A policy in which one small group benefits and almost everybody pays A) Entrepreneurial Politics. B) Client Politics. C) Policy Entrepreneurs. D) Majoritarian Politics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Client Politics. 20. Which of the following is NOT a type of media? A) Radio. B) Books. C) Newspapers. D) Interest groups. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interest groups. ← 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