This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Political Science > Policy > Governance > Public Policy – Quiz 62 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Public Policy Quiz 62 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... is a resource that, when it is used up, will not exist again during a human lifetime. A) Natural resource. B) Renewable resource. C) Nonrenewable resource. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nonrenewable resource. 2. A place to express your views-can be digital (the internet), paper (newspapers), or an actual place (town hall meetings) A) Pandemic. B) Issues. C) Forum. D) Lobbying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forum. 3. Environmental public policy is intended to A) Promote the harvesting of natural resources. B) Improve human welfare and protect the natural world. C) Ensure access to natural resources for industry. D) Measure the impact of industrial wastes on the environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Improve human welfare and protect the natural world. 4. Under due process, every citizen is innocent until proven ..... A) Worthy. B) Innocent. C) Guilty. D) Interesting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Guilty. 5. What CAN'T happen if a bill is vetoed by the president? A) The bill goes back to Congress for revision. B) The bill is overridden with 2/3 majority vote in both houses. C) The president is impeached for making a bad decision. D) The bill simply dies and never becomes a new law. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The president is impeached for making a bad decision. 6. Cluster Sampling A) Business and education leaders in control. B) Poll that canvasses a neighborhood and makes generalizations from the results. C) Groups trying to sway government decisions in favor of their membership. D) Voting phenomenon describing voters' supporting the poll leaders. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poll that canvasses a neighborhood and makes generalizations from the results. 7. How are many policies formulated? A) By the president. B) By evaluating existing policies. C) By interest groups. D) As legislation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) As legislation. 8. The amount of money a bank must keep on hand at all times is the: A) Interest rate. B) Taxation is theft rate. C) Reserve rate/ratio. D) Exchange rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reserve rate/ratio. 9. What is a "pro" ? A) Disadvantage. B) Advantage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Advantage. 10. "The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many ..... may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny ..... " James Madison Which feature of the U.S. Constitution was included to address the concern expressed by James Madison? A) Electoral College. B) Bill of Rights. C) Checks and balances. D) Amendment process. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Checks and balances. 11. Public Policies are usually in favor of the minority rather than the majority. A) True. B) False. C) Not mentioned. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. Which of these is found in a party platform? A) A description of the party's structure. B) A statement of the party's principles. C) A list of the party's campaign contributors. D) A plan for getting the party's candidates elected. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A statement of the party's principles. 13. The President's annual speech to Congress is called: A) State of the Country. B) State of the Union. C) State of the Commonwealth. D) State of the Government. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) State of the Union. 14. Bolstered freedom of the press, establishing a "heavy presumption against prior restraint" even in cases involving national security A) New York Times Co. v. United States. B) Schenck v. United States. C) Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. D) Mc Donald v. Chicago. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) New York Times Co. v. United States. 15. A married couple decides to get a divorce. They disagree over who gets what. A judge hears both sides and makes a decision about how their property should be divided. A) Juvenile Law. B) Military Law. C) Criminal Law. D) Civil Law. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Civil Law. 16. What issue is at the very top of the President Trump's policy agenda? A) Immigration. B) Creating a system of universal healthcare. C) The war in Afghanistan. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Immigration. 17. Which causes lead to unemployment? A) Economic recession. B) Weak labor laws. C) Inadequate infrastructure. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 18. What type of public policy occurs when the federal government sets standards for public schools? A) Economic Policy. B) Social Policy. C) Foreign and Defense Policy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Social Policy. 19. What is one of the main purposes of political parties? A) To cast electoral votes. B) To set the age for voting. C) To administer literacy tests. D) To nominate candidates for office. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To nominate candidates for office. 20. The news media can influence this by highlighting issues perceived as meriting public attention A) Sampling. B) Fourth Estate. C) Public Agenda. D) Political Socialization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Public Agenda. 21. Proposer of the legislative agenda/plan A) Chief legislator. B) Commander in Chief. C) Chief of Party. D) Chief Diplomat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chief legislator. 22. Which phrase describes an oligarchy? A) One person in charge of everyone. B) Rule by a few. C) A government for the people and by the people. D) Anything goes; no rules. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rule by a few. 23. What type of court systems would you used to settle sue, divorce, contracts, any case that does not involve a crime? A) Defendant. B) Criminal Cases. C) Civil Cases. D) Prosecutor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Civil Cases. 24. Which person has the best chance of influenceing local legislation? A) A. B) D. C) B. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) C. 25. S5:When the media holds public debates between political candidates. They are carrying out what role? A) Focusing public attention on selected issues. B) Holding government officials accountable to the public. C) Offering a forum in which opposing viewpoints are communicated. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Offering a forum in which opposing viewpoints are communicated. 26. Roles such as declaring war and regulating trade are listed in the US Constitution. What type of powers are these roles? A) RESERVED. B) IMPLIED. C) CONCURRENT. D) EXPRESSED. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) EXPRESSED. 27. This ideology represents the middle ground between conservative and liberal positions. A) Facisist . B) Moderate. C) Temporate. D) Neo-liberal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moderate. 28. The media influences public policy by A) Detecting bias. B) Comparing prices. C) Reporting the weather. D) Interviewing politicans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interviewing politicans. 29. Voters could compel legislators to place a bill on the ballot for approval A) Initiative. B) Referendum. C) Recall. D) Direct election of senators. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Referendum. 30. The Virginia General Assembly and US Congress are similar in that both- A) Check the US courts. B) Prepare biennial budgets. C) Approve annual budgets. D) Are bicameral legislatures. 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