This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Political Science > Policy > Governance > Public Policy – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Public Policy Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Right or Responsibility?-Vote in Elections A) Right. B) Responsibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right. 2. Means of mass communication such as television, radio, newspaper, and social media websites. A) Bias. B) Propaganda. C) Media. D) Interest Groups. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Media. 3. The Supreme Court decision in McCulloch v. Maryland dealt with- A) Equal protection under the law. B) Freedom of speech. C) The rights of labor unions. D) The supremacy of the national government. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The supremacy of the national government. 4. What do you call campaign statements that can be proven? A) Fact. B) Opinion. C) Propaganda. D) Bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fact. 5. For a boy's birthday party, a dad wants to create as little waste as possible. Which idea would best follow his plan? A) Use paper plates. B) Use regular dishes. C) Use plastic silverware. D) Use balloons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Use regular dishes. 6. When the US abandoned the gold standard, what led to the decline in the US dollar? A) Gold was a better option. B) People didn't want to use fiat money. C) More currency (or fiat money) was being printed. D) People saved more money. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) More currency (or fiat money) was being printed. 7. Policy as rational choice in competetive situation A) Game theory. B) Elite theory. C) Group theory. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Game theory. 8. The American Dollar bill is an example of A) Representative Currency. B) Commodity Currency. C) Fiat Currency. D) Public Currency. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fiat Currency. 9. Which of the following is NOT a strategy for evaluating media? A) Separating fact from opinion. B) Identifying propaganda. C) Evaluating sources. D) Detecting bias. E) Believing everything the media says. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Believing everything the media says. 10. How do interest groups try to influence government? A) By contributing money to political parties and candidates. B) By carrying out research and writing policy proposals. C) By litigation and grassroots mobilization. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 11. It is an intentional course of action followed by a government institution or a government official for resolving an issue of public concern. A) Direct policy. B) State policy. C) Nation policy. D) Public policy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Public policy. 12. In 1941, when Stalin sent a team of archaeologists to open the tomb of this 14th century warlord and nobleman X, the team was greeted with an inscription: "Whoever opens my tomb will unleash an invader more terrible than I" The same year, Adolf Hitler invaded Russia. Who is the warlord X? A) Genghis Khan. B) Caligula. C) Vlad The Impaler. D) Timur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Timur. 13. Implement:put the plan into action A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 14. Is someone who created ideas and plans, especially those carried out by a business or goverment A) Policy maker. B) Policy adoption. C) Policy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Policy maker. 15. #21-Can appoint additional federal judges to the courts as a check on the judiciary. A) Legislative Branch. B) Executive Branch. C) Judicial Branch. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Executive Branch. 16. What phase of Public Policy are you in when you are getting other people to agree with your idea? A) Agenda Setting. B) Policy Adoption. C) Policy Implementation. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Policy Adoption. 17. How many terms can a president serve? A) 4. B) 8. C) 2. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2. 18. Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal A) Allow children to work. B) To pay black people less than white people. C) To return a slave. D) To segregate schools. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To segregate schools. 19. True or false, unemployment can be solved by the government through the use of expansionary fiscal policy A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 20. According to Cobb and Elder, only the type of problem that has received active and serious attention from the government and society can enter the agenda of the ..... A) Universe. B) Government. C) Systemic. D) Daily. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Government. 21. Who gets the final say when dealing with other countries? A) Diplomats. B) Secretary of State. C) The President. D) Congress. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The President. 22. What branch of government has the power to approve the budget? A) Executive. B) Democratic. C) Judicial. D) Legislative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Legislative. 23. Which Enlightenment philosopher believed government works best when there is separation of powers? A) Montesquieu. B) Hobbes. C) Locke. D) Rousseau. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Montesquieu. 24. S1:All county and city governments must elect/appoint each of the following positions EXCEPT A) School Board. B) Treasurer. C) Commonwealth Attorney. D) Sheriff. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commonwealth Attorney. 25. What are the impacts of unemployment? A) Economic downturn, poverty, social unrest. B) Pollution, brain drain, lower income. C) Lower income, inflation, poverty. D) Poverty, inflation, social unrest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Economic downturn, poverty, social unrest. 26. Governments take many actions to implement a public policy. Identify the appropriate branch and government level to address each public policy issue. Toledo residents want the city to install a traffic light at an accident-prone intersections A) Legislative branch and state level. B) Legislative branch and local level. C) Executive branch and state level. D) Executive branch and state level. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Legislative branch and local level. 27. What is the significance of interest groups in terms of their goals, methods, and influence? A) They promote voter interest and participation. B) They build coalitions based on shared beliefs. C) They influence the government and public policy. D) They translate objectives into laws and policies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They influence the government and public policy. 28. What department does the President delegate border security to? A) Dept of Defense. B) Dept of Homeland Security. C) Dept of State. D) Dept of Treasury. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dept of Homeland Security. 29. Types of media do not include blogs or photographs. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 30. Which program provides health insurance coverage for those without employer-based insurance? A) Affordable Care Act. B) Medicare. C) Medicaid. D) Social security. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Affordable Care Act. ← 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books