Exam 5: Public Problems and Policy Alternatives

Which of the following presidential candidates campaigned for building a wall?

Toll roads require motorists to pay for the use of the roads. Local or state governments that have toll roads are using which policy tool?

Policy tools that are focused on either increasing the availability of a good or reducing the need for that good would be looking at a problem from which perspective?

Many school districts hire out private businesses to maintain school buildings or provide school lunches. In this case, the districts are using which policy tool to meet their needs?

The case of immigration reform illustrates the importance of ______.

What does the term policy design mean?

Problem definition involves ______.

When developing policy alternatives to address a problem, the policy maker should examine ______, which refer(s) to how well the policy has worked in a state, pilot test, or other smaller scale attempt to implement it.

Undocumented immigrants constitute only about ______% of Alabama's workforce.

How is the choice of policy tools determined?

A ______ is an examination of books, journal articles, Internet sites, and other sources.

Policy analysts might review what happened in ______, when policies for similar problems were previously enacted, in order to consider applying the same policy tool for a current situation.

Which of the following illustrates an operational measure of school quality?

In an attempt to change the behavior or attitudes of citizens, government leaders often use ______ policy tools, which refer to making public addresses or speeches to exhort citizens to do something.

Identify and describe two policy instruments that rely on financial means to prompt action by citizens or corporations.

The ______ is used to measure the sum total of goods and services produced in the economy.

______ are observable ways to define a problem.

The State of the USA, Inc., website launched in ______.

Identify a particular public policy problem and give an example of an operational measure that reflects it. Explain why your measure is appropriate to that problem.

A city that encourages citizens to serve on a community sustainability advisory panel so that they will develop greater awareness and engagement is using a ______ policy tool.