Question 1

Give two reasons to explain why people study public policy.

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Question 2

Explain why anecdotal evidence or "stories" can be useful in policy debate, despite their weak foundation in science.

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Question 3

Anecdotal evidence is based on

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A) Careful scientific analysis of public problems and solutions. 
B) Individual stories and examples of problems and solutions. 
C) Evidence collected in scientific laboratories. 
D) The accumulated knowledge of an academic discipline.

Question 4

When newspapers and other media talk about "playing politics" with an issue, they usually mean that

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A) A policy issue is undergoing careful scientific analysis. 
B) Various interests are competing, often in seemingly self-interested ways, to gain their goals at the expense of others. 
C) An election is being held. 
D) The president recommends a new policy initiative.

Question 5

The DARE program lost federal funding, and many school districts dropped it, because

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A) There is extensive scientific evidence of its ineffectiveness. 
B) Because a competing group put together a better national program. 
C) Because the government doesn't agree that there's a drug problem. 
D) Because parents and students didn't like the program.

Question 6

The social sciences is the branch of science that studies the actions and behaviors of people, groups, and institutions.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Harold Laswell defines politics as "who gets what, how they get it, and why they get it"

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What arguments do defenders of the DARE program use to justify the program's potential effectiveness, despite the scientific evidence that suggests that it is ineffective?

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Question 9

Explain why "politics," as defined by social scientists, is central to the study of public policy.

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Question 10

There is no one shared sense of the "public interest" in most policy debates.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The central approach of this textbook is in policy process studies based primarily in political science.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 1: Introducing the Policy Process

Give two reasons to explain why people study public policy.

Explain why anecdotal evidence or "stories" can be useful in policy debate, despite their weak foundation in science.

Anecdotal evidence is based on

When newspapers and other media talk about "playing politics" with an issue, they usually mean that

The DARE program lost federal funding, and many school districts dropped it, because

The social sciences is the branch of science that studies the actions and behaviors of people, groups, and institutions.

Harold Laswell defines politics as "who gets what, how they get it, and why they get it"

What arguments do defenders of the DARE program use to justify the program's potential effectiveness, despite the scientific evidence that suggests that it is ineffective?

Explain why "politics," as defined by social scientists, is central to the study of public policy.

There is no one shared sense of the "public interest" in most policy debates.

The central approach of this textbook is in policy process studies based primarily in political science.