Posted: May 13th, 2018

Strayer PAD 510 Week 11 Final Exam MCQs

• Question 1 The Streams Metaphor is associated with which scholar? • Question 2 “Pork barrel” spending is most closely associated with which policy type? • Question 3 The Advocacy Coalition Framework illustrates • Question 4 Log rolling by legislators often leads to _______ spending • Question 5 From 2008 to 2011, the federal budget deficit as a proportion of GDP • Question 6 Material inducements to join are most closely associated with which unofficial actors? • Question 7 The main critique of the “stages” model of the policy process is that it • Question 8 The systematic study of bureaucracy was first associated with • Question 9 The mutually reinforcing relationship between a congressional subcommittee, a federal agency, and regulated interest groups is known as the _____________model of policy relationships. • Question 10 The laws that made when judges and courts make decisions are called _____________• Question 11 Protective regulatory policy • Question 12 Political learning entails • Question 13 The news media • Question 14 An economic depression is characterized by • Question 15 If I were to say that focus of policy studies should be on the actions of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, what approach to policy studies would I be adopting? • Question 16 Which of these statements is true? • Question 17 Muckraking is a term applied to • Question 18 The allocation of television and radio frequencies and the awarding of cable television franchises are examples of which policy type? • Question 19 The phenomenon that involves members of a legislature agreeing to vote for each other’s spending bills is known as _____________ • Question 20 Social Construction refers to • Question 21 Outputs from the systems model of politics and policy include • Question 22 Official Actors in the policy process gain their role by virtue of: • Question 23 The theory that states that a few people in government, business, academia, and the media have a disproportionate share of the control over America’s political and economic resources is called • Question 24 Group mobilization refers to the idea that • Question 25 Government agencies are part of what branch of government? • Question 26 The Advocacy Coalition Framework illustrates • Question 27 Evidence gathered using the scientific method is superior to anecdotal evidence because • Question 28 People belong to membership interest groups by virtue of • Question 29 The laws that are drafted by the legislature are called _____________ • Question 30 Why were the Articles of Confederation ultimately replaced by the federal Constitution? • Question 31 In scholarly research, a good theory should • Question 32 The substantive area of policy over which participants in policy making compete and compromise is known as • Question 33 Policy makers often use ______________ as a way of floating “trial balloons” to assess the reaction of the public to certain policy issues. • Question 34 When we discuss the outcomes of policies we are concerned with • Question 35 In the mid-1960s, David Easton first pioneered a model that states that the public policy process is a product of a system. The public policy process is influenced by and influences the environment in which it operates. This model is known as the • Question 36 The writing of vague policy and law by the Congress implies what for government agencies? • Question 37 When newspapers and other media talk about “playing politics” with an issue, they usually mean that • Question 38 Casework is most closely associated with which group of actors? • Question 39 The daily newspaper of federal regulatory activity is called the ______________ • Question 40 The “Institutional Analysis and Development” framework, associated with Elinor Ostrom’s work, describes policy making and change in terms of • Question 41 In American political philosophy, governmental authority is delegated from • Question 42 What is the key barrier to interest group growth and success? • Question 43 A policy tool is • Question 44 An agenda in the policy process refers to • Question 45 According to Stone one purpose of using numbers in problem definition is • Question 46 Classifying policies as either liberal or conservative is: • Question 47 Where does the greatest amount agenda setting power in Congress reside? • Question 48 The separation of powers refers to • Question 49 The idea that interest groups are organized in policy communities within a policy domain is associated with which model of the policy process?• Question 50 Hearings, lawmaking, and congressional oversight hearings are used to

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