Deck 3: Social Welfare Policy Analysis

Question 1

The approach to policy analysis appropriate and useful for most social workers is:

A)Academic social science research
B)Practitioner policy analysis
C)Agency planning/policy management
D)Citizen policy analysis

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The two major categories of types of benefits are:

A)Residual or institutional
B)Functional or conflict
C)Cash or kind
D)Universal or selective

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Universal allocation of social welfare benefits is characterized by:

A)categorical eligibility.
B)the creation of a right to the benefit.
C)group membership.
D)None of the above

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which statement is most true of "contracting out" services by public agencies?

A)Contracting out is a fairly recent means of funding social welfare services.
B)Contracting out rarely if ever involves participation by private,for profit organizations.
C)Contracting out almost always improves the delivery of social welfare services.
D)None of the above

Question 5

Methods of policy analysis include all of the following except:

A)Brand analysis
B)Descriptive analysis
C)Process analysis
D)Evaluation

Question 6

Which type of benefit is the most ethical as measured by the degree of self-determination it promotes with the client?

A)Cash benefits
B)In-kind benefits
C)Vouchers
D)All types of benefits equally promote self-determination

Question 7

From most sophisticated to least sophisticated,which represents the correct ordering of the four major dimensions of policy analysis?

A)Journalistic/practitioner,social planning/agency planning,academic/applied,and citizen analyst.
B)Citizen analyst,journalistic/practitioner,social planning/agency planning,and academic/applied.
C)Academic/applied,social planning/agency planning,journalistic/practitioner,and citizen analyst.
D)Academic/applied,journalistic/practitioner,social planning/agency planning,and citizen analyst.

Question 8

The two parts to a quantitative evaluation are:

A)effectiveness (outcome)and efficiency (cost-effectiveness)evaluations.
B)quality and quantity evaluations.
C)statistical and narrative evaluations.
D)program and project evaluations.

Question 9

Selective allocation of social welfare benefits is:

A)efficient.
B)need-based.
C)without right to the benefit.
D)All of the above

Question 10

Like most terms in the study of social welfare policy,the term policy analysis:

A)Tends to be used in vague and inconsistent ways
B)Seems vague to the lay person,but has a very precise meaning to the policy analyst
C)Is understood only by insiders
D)Is no longer considered to be politically correct

Question 11

"Commercialization" refers to :

A)increased competition between social welfare providers for grant funding.
B)a need for improved marketing of social welfare services in order to reach clients in need.
C)charging clients fees for the social welfare services they receive.
D)the adoption of business practices in private,nonprofit agencies.

Question 12

are the four types of descriptive policy analysis?

A)Content,choice,comparative,and historical.
B)Survey,qualitative,quantitative,and mixed methods.
C)Neither of the above.
D)Both of the above

Question 13

In a logical evaluation,a policy's internal rigor and consistency is assessed by looking at the:

A)internal consistency of the policy's multiple goals.
B)consistency between a policy's goal and the means of achieving the goal.
C)difference between intended and unintended consequences.
D)All of the above

Question 14

As a science,policy analysis is limited due to:

A)the limited analytical capacities of human beings.
B)conflicts between intergroup values and ethics.
C)resource limitations for conducting research.
D)All of the above

Question 15

George W.Bush's faith based initiative:

A)was approved by Congress and became federal law in 1996.
B)was based on the claim that faith can accomplish what secular programs cannot accomplish.
C)upheld long-standing federal opposition to proselytizing and nondiscriminatory hiring practices.
D)was aimed at funneling federal dollars to large religious organizations.

Question 16

The two major choices of the basis of allocation of benefits are:

A)Residual or institutional
B)Functional or conflict
C)Cash or kind
D)Universal or selective

Question 17

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a centralized delivery system for social welfare benefits?

A)Bureaucratic.
B)Competitive.
C)Cooperative.
D)Convenient.

Question 18

In theory,which statement is most true of organizational accountability for social welfare services?

A)Public agencies are accountable to the general public.
B)Private,nonprofit agencies are accountable to their board of directors.
C)Private,for profit agencies are accountable to the clients they serve.
D)All of the above

Question 19

Identify the best description of practitioner policy analysis.

A)Masters or doctoral level research
B)Published in-house
C)Lowest level of sophistication
D)Policy research is tangential to their primary professional role.

Question 20

Identify the best description of academic social science research and applied policy research.

A)Doctoral level
B)Published in accessible sources
C)Rigorously researched
D)All of the above

Question 21

The typical social work practitioner has sufficient training to make use of the research literature produced by policy analysis professionals.

Question 22

The provision of social welfare benefits to individuals based on group membership is an example of a universalism.

Question 23

The Westinghouse/Ohio University evaluation of the Head Start Program is an example of:

A)Comparative analysis
B)Process evaluation
C)Quantitative evaluation
D)Ethical evaluation

Question 24

Policy analysis is disciplined application of intellect to the study of collective responses to public (and social welfare)problems.

Question 25

The primary ways that benefits are financed include all except:

A)Taxation
B)Voluntary contributions
C)Fund raisers such as bake sales and fun runs
D)Fees

Question 26

The most common form of comparative analysis involves comparison of client outcomes between two or more social welfare agencies.

Question 27

There are no ethical implications of the selection of the type of benefit to be distributed in a social welfare program.

Question 28

Policy analysis can be viewed as all of the following except:

A)Science
B)Art
C)Politics
D)Poetry

Question 29

Cross-national analysis is an example of:

A)Comparative analysis
B)Process analysis
C)Quantitative evaluation
D)Ethical evaluation

Question 30

The methods of policy analysis discussed in this chapter represent:

A)Actually exist is pure form
B)Are ideal types
C)Are useful for academic discussions but bear little relevance to the "real world."
D)Occasionally overlap,but not too often