This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Political Science > Policy > Governance > Public Policy – Quiz 30 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Public Policy Quiz 30 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which is an example of political lobbying? A) The governor gives special advice to legislative members. B) The local newspaper exposes corrupt practices in election campaigns. C) A health group ask legislators to pass tougher antipollution laws. D) A mayoral candidate holds a campaign rally for registered voters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A health group ask legislators to pass tougher antipollution laws. 2. What is the legal process by which non-citizens become citizens? A) Impeachment. B) Immigration. C) Naturalization. D) Amendment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Naturalization. 3. What are stakeholders? A) Anybody who works for the business. B) Anybody who knows the name of the business. C) Anybody who takes an interest in a business. D) Anybody who buys from the business. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anybody who takes an interest in a business. 4. Interest rate that banks charge each other for loans A) Outside lag. B) Money supply. C) Federal funds rate. D) Prime rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Federal funds rate. 5. What are the stages of the policy process? A) Agenda setting, formulation, adoption, implementation, evaluation. B) Problem identification, formulation, adoption, implementation, evaluation. C) Problem identification, agenda setting, formulation, adoption, budgeting, implementation, evaluation. D) Agenda setting, formulation, adoption, budgeting, implementation, evaluation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Problem identification, agenda setting, formulation, adoption, budgeting, implementation, evaluation. 6. Our political process can be characterized as a A) Third-Party system. B) Closed party system. C) Two-party system. D) One-party system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two-party system. 7. After committee work, what is the next step in the lawmaking process? A) The bill is voted on. B) The bill is re-introduced. C) The bill is debated. D) The bill is signed by the President (national laws) or Governor (state laws). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The bill is debated. 8. Registering to vote, Hold elective office, Participating in campaigns, and keeping informed regarding issues are citizens ..... A) Duties. B) Responsibilities. C) Behaviors. D) Rights. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Responsibilities. 9. What is it called when the government outsources a public need? A) Privatization. B) Publication. C) Public responsibility. D) Capitalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Privatization. 10. Scenario:The economy is experiencing high inflation. What might Congress do with government spending? A) Decrease. B) Increase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decrease. 11. John Locke believed in a natural right to A) Life, liberty & property. B) Breathe air. C) Do whatever you want. D) Money, jobs & freedom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Life, liberty & property. 12. What phase are you in when you are surveying the community to see if the Public Policy has or has not solved the problem? A) Agenda Setting. B) Policy Formulation. C) Policy Adoption. D) Policy Assessment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Policy Assessment. 13. This kind of "tax" is placed on imported goods A) Tariff. B) Revenue. C) Currency. D) Expenditure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tariff. 14. The president runs for office every ..... years A) 1. B) 4. C) 8. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4. 15. Which branch of government has the power to nominate judges to the Federal bench? A) Legislative. B) Executive. C) Judicial. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Executive. 16. Which of the following statements would be considered a fact? A) School lunch from the CMS cafeteria is $ 2.85. B) School lunch from the CMS cafeteria has improved since last year. C) School lunch from the CMS cafeteria is affordable. D) School lunch at CMS needs to have more choices. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) School lunch from the CMS cafeteria is $ 2.85. 17. Which group of people has an important role in implementing the policy? A) Public policy student. B) Government. C) Population. D) Government officer. E) All correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Government officer. 18. What is a bureaucracies? A) To put innocent people in jail. B) To promote justice and equality. C) To promote peace and order. D) Complex systems with many departments, rules, and people in the chain of command. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Complex systems with many departments, rules, and people in the chain of command. 19. What book did John Locke write? A) The Pamphlet. B) The Federalist Papers. C) Two Treatises of Government". D) Common Sense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two Treatises of Government". 20. Provides money to pay for health care for illness, injury, or, in some cases, preventative care A) Disability insurance. B) Health insurance. C) Automobile insurance. D) Personal insurance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Health insurance. 21. Generally, there are four main major branches of any government, the executive, the legislature, judiciary and the president A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 22. Smaller political parties that usually focus on a specific issue or cause are known as A) Third parties. B) Major parties. C) Dominant parties. D) Primary parties. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Third parties. 23. Which government type exists where there are actually no existing government structures or laws in society. People live under absolute freedom. A) Autocracy. B) Anarchy. C) Theocracy. D) Hinduism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anarchy. 24. During a economic expansion, the Federal Government should use ..... A) An expansionary fiscal policy. B) A contractionary fiscal policy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A contractionary fiscal policy. 25. Which is not an influence that the media has on public policy and policymakers? A) Focusing the public attention on specific issues. B) Sticks to the political center on controversial issues. C) Offering a forum in which opposing viewpoints are communicated. D) Holding government officials accountable to the public. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sticks to the political center on controversial issues. 26. ..... is a system which economic decisions are made in markets with little government influence. A) Free Enterprise. B) Circular Flow. C) Business. D) Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free Enterprise. 27. The spreading of ideas, information, or rumors for the purpose of helping or hurting a certain cause or person is: A) A political duty. B) The media's role in the political process. C) A federal crime. D) Propaganda. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Propaganda. 28. Monetary policy resulting in higher interest rates and restricted access to credit; associated with a contraction of the money supply. A) Easy money policy. B) Interest rate policy. C) Open market policy. D) Tight money policy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tight money policy. 29. Something strongly encouraged of all U.S. citizens A) Duty. B) Responsibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Responsibility. 30. What is the responsibility of the judicial branch in public policy? A) Debating the public policy in Congress. B) Enforcing the public policy. C) Making the public policy. D) Determining legality of the public policy. 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