Question 1

What kind of public policy involves the legislative enactment of taxes and expenditures?

Accepted Answer

A) budgetary choice 
B) regulation 
C) court decision 
D) congressional statute 
A) budgetary choice 
B) regulation 
C) court decision 
D) congressional statute

Question 2

A set of values widely shared within a society is referred to as which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) government 
B) politics 
C) public policy 
D) political culture 
A) government 
B) politics 
C) public policy 
D) political culture

Question 3

How does our government respond to the priorities of its people?

Accepted Answer

A) through linkage institutions 
B) through political science 
C) through political tolerance 
D) through a policymaking system 
A) through linkage institutions 
B) through political science 
C) through political tolerance 
D) through a policymaking system

Question 4

The ways in which people get involved in politics make up their political __________.

Accepted Answer

A) ideology 
B) participation 
C) party 
D) opinions 
A) ideology 
B) participation 
C) party 
D) opinions

Question 5

The U.S.preference for __________ economic policies helps to explain why we have a smaller and more limited government than do most other advanced industrialized countries.

Accepted Answer

A) laissez-faire 
B) populist 
C) pluralist 
D) egalitarian 
A) laissez-faire 
B) populist 
C) pluralist 
D) egalitarian

Question 6

How does government usually protect its national sovereignty?

Accepted Answer

A) by maintaining armed forces 
B) by maintaining schools,libraries,hospitals,and highways 
C) by collecting taxes 
D) by politically socializing the young 
A) by maintaining armed forces 
B) by maintaining schools,libraries,hospitals,and highways 
C) by collecting taxes 
D) by politically socializing the young

What kind of public policy involves the legislative enactment of taxes and expenditures?

A set of values widely shared within a society is referred to as which of the following?

How does our government respond to the priorities of its people?

The ways in which people get involved in politics make up their political __________.

The U.S.preference for __________ economic policies helps to explain why we have a smaller and more limited government than do most other advanced industrialized countries.

How does government usually protect its national sovereignty?

The Constitution

Federalism

Civil Liberties and Public Policy

Civil Rights and Public Policy

Public Opinion and Political Action

The Mass Media and the Political Agenda

Political Parties

Campaigns and Voting Behavior

Interest Groups

Congress

The Presidency

The Budget: the Politics of Taxing and Spending

The Federal Bureaucracy

The Federal Courts

Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking

Policymaking for Health Care, the Environment, and Energy

National Security Policymaking

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Exam 1: Introducing Government in America

What kind of public policy involves the legislative enactment of taxes and expenditures?

A set of values widely shared within a society is referred to as which of the following?

How does our government respond to the priorities of its people?

The ways in which people get involved in politics make up their political __________.

The U.S.preference for __________ economic policies helps to explain why we have a smaller and more limited government than do most other advanced industrialized countries.

How does government usually protect its national sovereignty?

The Constitution

Federalism

Civil Liberties and Public Policy

Civil Rights and Public Policy

Public Opinion and Political Action

The Mass Media and the Political Agenda

Political Parties

Campaigns and Voting Behavior

Interest Groups

Congress

The Presidency

The Budget: the Politics of Taxing and Spending

The Federal Bureaucracy

The Federal Courts

Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking

Policymaking for Health Care, the Environment, and Energy

National Security Policymaking

Filters