This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Political Science > Policy > Governance > Public Policy – Quiz 54 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Public Policy Quiz 54 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An example of a responsibility of a U.S. citizen A) Voting. B) Paying taxes. C) Attending school. D) Jury duty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voting. 2. A lobbyist is a person who: A) Waits around in a doctor's office. B) I do not know. C) Does not work for a partisan group. D) Is hired by an interest group to go to Washington D.C. to contact lawmakers to and other officials to support their ideas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is hired by an interest group to go to Washington D.C. to contact lawmakers to and other officials to support their ideas. 3. Scenario:The economy is experiencing high unemployment. Which tool would be most appropriate for the Fed to address this? A) Sell on the open market. B) Do nothing. C) Increase the interest rate. D) Buy on the open market. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Buy on the open market. 4. A primary in which only registered members of a particular political party can vote. A) Open Primary. B) Closed Primary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Closed Primary. 5. As a business, the media seeks primarily to A) Control political agenda. B) Confuse the public. C) Sensationaize the news. D) Gather audiences to sell to advertisers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gather audiences to sell to advertisers. 6. What political party do liberals most often associate with? A) Republican. B) Green. C) Libertarian. D) Democratic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Democratic. 7. In 2020, Vietnam is one of the countries with the weakest reduction in operating interest rates compared to other countries in the region.Is this statement true or false? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 8. What type of government is being described? "Today is Coronation Day! The prince will become the country's king !" A) Monarchy. B) Dictatorship. C) Oligarchy. D) Democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monarchy. 9. Which of the following is NOT a helpful thing political parties do for their candidate? A) Raise money. B) Educate voters about their candidate. C) Campaign for their candidate. D) Campaign for their opponent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Campaign for their opponent. 10. Public policy is oriented toward a goal or desired state, such as the solution of a problem. A) True. B) False. C) Not mentioned. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. Who directly handles the public issue? A) Local government. B) Federal government. C) Government agency. D) State government. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Government agency. 12. Select the BRANCH and LEVEL of government that would handle the following situation:A group of parents is petitioning the state to increase sales tax in order to pay for preschool programs for all children across Ohio. A) Judicial; national. B) Legislative; state. C) Executive; national. D) Executive; state. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Legislative; state. 13. A problem within society that impacts the people A) Interest Group. B) Civic Issue. C) Government. D) Public Policy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Civic Issue. 14. Increasing public attention to specific problems is a core feature of the media's ..... power. A) Gate-keeping. B) Agenda-setting. C) Watchdog. D) Investigative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agenda-setting. 15. A political public policy agenda refers to the ..... A) List of laws that have already been passed. B) The competition between the Judicial, Legislative, and Executive Branch. C) Issues and concerns that government officials find important to discuss. D) Their daily list of chores. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Issues and concerns that government officials find important to discuss. 16. Unlike Kingdon and Anderson, Birkland sees not only the government involved in considering seriously for problems to enter the policy agenda but also ..... A) Businesses. B) Non-governmental organizations. C) The community. D) A, B, and C are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A, B, and C are correct. 17. If the Fed wants to reduce the amount of loans a bank can make, then it should adjust ..... A) Open Market Operations. B) The Reserve Ratio. C) The Discount Rate. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Reserve Ratio. 18. Bias means ..... one view over another view. A) Hosting. B) Favoring. C) Opinioning. D) Supplementing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Favoring. 19. Thomas Jefferson adopted whose ideas when writing about inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness? A) Voltaire. B) Thomas Hobbes. C) Baron de Montesquieu. D) John Locke. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John Locke. 20. A group of people drawn or acting together in support of a common interest or to voice a common concern A) Interest group. B) Public policy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interest group. 21. Select the BRANCH and LEVEL of government that would handle the following situation:Citizens in California submitted a petition asking for the state minimum wage to be raised to $ 15 per hour A) Judicial; state. B) Judicial; federal. C) Executive; state. D) Legislative; state. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Legislative; state. 22. Which type of government is being described? Today is the first Tuesday in November. Today is Election Day! Everyone who is over eighteen years old has the right to vote for the leader of his/her country. A) Democracy. B) Monarchy. C) Dictatorship. D) Oligarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Democracy. 23. What has been considered and debated due to postponing regional election in 2020? A) Health and economy. B) Economy and democracy. C) Heath and democracy. D) Health, economy and democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Health, economy and democracy. 24. Leah has three children, and she can't find work. She already receives Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and she receives food stamps. However, her youngest daughter needs to get her vaccinations, and those programs do not help with the doctor bills. Which program would aid Leah? A) Low Income Housing. B) Medicaid. C) Head Start. D) Social Security. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medicaid. 25. Which term means "having two houses" ? A) Two-party. B) Bicameral. C) Bipartisan. D) Two-housal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bicameral. 26. Imagine you are the finance minister. What would you consider as fiscal policy? A) Discretionary changes in government spending and taxes. B) Changes in government spending and taxes initiated by the president. C) Changes in government spending and taxes that occur without congressional action. D) Deliberate changes in government spending and tax collections designed to achieve full employment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Discretionary changes in government spending and taxes. 27. "We recommend that the Finance Department should cease to control the internal finances of X. The X should be responsible for earning their own income and for providing such revenues as is required to meet the interest on debt incurred" -Acworth Commission 1921. What did this lead to the creation of? (ID X) A) Public Broadcasting Budget. B) Education Budget. C) Defense Budget. D) Railway Budget. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Railway Budget. 28. What is Commodity Money? A) Item that have no value in themselves. B) Inconvertible paper money made legal tender by a government decree. C) Item that have value in themselves other than being used as a monetary unit. D) What people are willing to accept in exchange for goods and services. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Item that have value in themselves other than being used as a monetary unit. 29. The act of setting someone or something apart from others. A) Wrath. B) Segregation. C) Morals. D) Conform. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Segregation. 30. What is the most possible solution? A) Make job training more accessible. B) Changes in the Education system. C) Population control. D) Change in industrial technique. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Changes in the Education system. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPolicy QuizzesPolitical Science QuizzesPublic Policy Quiz 1Public Policy Quiz 2Public Policy Quiz 3Public Policy Quiz 4Public Policy Quiz 5Public Policy Quiz 6Public Policy Quiz 7Public Policy Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books