Question 1

What kind of democracy is characteristic of USA government?

Accepted Answer

A)   direct demoncracy
B)   representative democracy
C)   socialist democracy
D)   totalitarian democracy B

Question 2

The stage of the policymaking process in which a proposal is given legal authority is:

Accepted Answer

A)   agenda setting
B)   policy adoption
C)   policy formulation
D)   evaluation B

Question 3

According to the textbook, a public policy manager's primary role is to act as a problem-solver under which value of the public interests?

Accepted Answer

A)   Rationalism
B)   Brokerism
C)   Protectionalism
D)   Pragmatism D

Question 4

Most public policies are implemented by:

Accepted Answer

A)   Congress
B)   public administrators
C)   the President
D)   committees

Question 5

The stage of the policy process concerned with determining what a policy is actually accomplishing is called:

Accepted Answer

A)   policy setting
B)   policy evaluation
C)   policy implementation
D)   policy relevance

Question 6

Policy evaluations may focus on:

Accepted Answer

A)   managerial purposes of efficiency and economy
B)   political purposes of representativeness and responsiveness
C)   legal purposes of equal protection and procedural due process
D)   all of the above

Question 7

According to the textbook, which of the following is NOT a theory of public policy?

Accepted Answer

A)   Elite Theory
B)   Transparency Theory
C)   Systems Theory
D)   Group Theory

Question 8

A theory of the public interests ethics that may emphasize the role of public administrators as "philosopher-Kings":

Accepted Answer

A)   revelation
B)   virtue
C)   utilitarianism
D)   all of the above

Question 9

According to the textbook, what conceptual framework may be the focus of policy analysis?

Accepted Answer

A)   basic
B)   applied
C)   analysis-centered
D)   all of the above are correct

Question 10

The public interacts with public administrators as:

Accepted Answer

A)   litigants
B)   regulatees
C)   clients
D)   all of the above

Question 11

Policy evaluation may be defined as primarily concerned with:

Accepted Answer

A)   whether the implementation of the policy is appropriate
B)   whether the implementation of the policy has the intended impact
C)   whether a policy exists
D)   whether the weather exists

Question 12

Policy analysis may be defined as primarily concerned with:

Accepted Answer

A)   whether the implementation of the policy is appropriate
B)   whether the implementation of the policy has the intended impact
C)   whether a policy exists
D)   whether the weather exists

Question 13

The ethical theory of utilitarianism may seek to:

Accepted Answer

A)   maximize pleasure and minimize pain
B)   treat people as ends and not as means
C)   do the will of some supreme being or ultimate reality
D)   all of the above

Question 14

Once a problem is recognized and defined, the next stage of policymaking is:

Accepted Answer

A)   agenda setting
B)   policy adoption
C)   budgeting
D)   policy implementation

Question 15

While Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) argued that citizens gave up all natural rights to enter into the social contract, John Locke (1632-1704) in contrast argued that:

Accepted Answer

A)   people retained certain inalienable rights (i.e., property)  to be protected by government
B)   there should be a single ruler, no matter how evil, to provide domestic tranquility
C)   government should be all-powerful like the Leviathan, a biblical sea monster
D)   all of the above are correct

Question 16

By what means may citizens participate in bureaucratic politics?

Accepted Answer

A)   voting
B)   interest group activities
C)   protests
D)   all of the above

Exam 3: Utility in Democratic Policymaking