Deck 8: Developing Policy Proposals in the Second, third, and Fourth Steps of Policy Analysis

Question 1

Collaborations and partnerships between agencies are important in order to:

A)Provide quality services to clients.
B)Pool funds.
C)Share staff members.
D)All of the above are reasons for collaborations.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

A common way to ration resources is:

A)To place a limit on the duration of the service.
B)To allow clients to enter on a first-come,first-served policy.
C)Selective outreach.
D)All of the above are ways of rationing resources.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The advantage of using diagnostic criteria to determine who is eligible for a particular program is:

A)Resources are focused on those who are least able to pay.
B)The program is limited to the people who seem to have the most serious problems.
C)The applicants are decided upon by the staff.
D)The agency can decide who is eligible.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Personal ideology:

A)Does not influence a stakeholder's policy preferences.
B)Often influences a stakeholder's policy preferences.
C)Has no place in policy proposal decisions.
D)None of these choices.

Question 5

Stakeholders are:

A)Community residents.
B)Direct-service staff and their supervisors.
C)Any person or group with an interest in a specific policy proposal.
D)Foundations and university researchers.

Question 6

The first issue a policy advocate must consider in developing a proposal is:

A)How the proposed program will be funded.
B)Which agency will oversee the proposed program.
C)How the proposed program will be implemented.
D)The proposed program's mission.

Question 7

Public agencies are usually funded by:

A)Taxes.
B)Public authorities and clients' payments.
C)Corporations.
D)Private funders.

Question 8

Consumer-outcome criteria refers to:

A)Measurable client-based services.
B)The effectiveness of a policy in ameliorating social problems.
C)The profit gained by providing resources.
D)An agency's performance in a social setting.

Question 9

Medicaid is an example of:

A)A government contract.
B)A voucher scheme.
C)A project grant.
D)A vendor payment.

Question 10

Special taxes:

A)Are taxes on things like alcohol and tobacco.
B)Are used to fund retirement.
C)Are used for political reform.
D)Fund Social Security programs.

Question 11

Which of the following is an example of a tax exemption?

A)A man who deducts a healthcare expense from his pretax income.
B)A low-income family who receives a direct tax rebate.
C)A woman who subtracts a sum from her taxable income for each of her children.
D)The government agency that regulates tax subsidized services.

Question 12

The term "trade off" refers to:

A)Calculation of a score based on criteria.
B)Breaking the selection process down into steps.
C)Assessing the comparative advantages of different policy options.
D)Two people who disagree about the criteria selected.

Question 13

Feasibility criteria relate to:

A)Political and administrative practicality of specific policy options.
B)Relative cost of competing options.
C)Client-based policy options.
D)A social workers' ability to navigate complex policy issues.

Question 14

"Externalities criteria" assess how a policy option impacts:

A)Social institutions or persons who appear to be unrelated to the policy.
B)Persons who reside in adjoining neighborhoods.
C)Other nations in our global economy.
D)Social problems.

Question 15

Not-for-profit agencies are widely perceived as:

A)Less effective than public agencies.
B)More innovative than public agencies.
C)Unable to help clients as much as a public agency.
D)Ineffective.

Question 16

The order in which a policy advocate systematically compares policy options is:

A)Identify options,select and weigh criteria,rank options,develop a decision-making matrix.
B)Develop a decision-making matrix,identify options,rank options,select and weigh criteria.
C)Select and weigh criteria,develop a decision-making matrix,identify options,rank options.
D)Identify options,rank options,develop a decision-making matrix,select and weigh criteria.

Question 17

A professional who tries to protect consumers from incompetent people is carrying out an act of:

A)Altruism.
B)Self-interest.
C)Credibility.
D)Power.

Question 18

Which of the following statements is true?

A)When writing a policy proposal,it is important to define every part of the proposal in detail.
B)When writing a policy proposal,it is important to establish who will oversee the implementation of the policy.
C)A policy proposal should not focus on implementation or assessment,as these stages happen later in the procedure.
D)When writing a policy proposal,it is not critical to ascertain where funding is coming from.

Question 19

Not-for-profit agencies differ from for-profit agencies since:

A)They are not owned by shareholders or private owners.
B)They keep their profits rather than returning them to shareholders.
C)They place far less emphasis on fiscal considerations when they make decisions.
D)They encourage profit gains as part of the decision-making process.

Question 20

The two-step process that determines the level funding for a given public program involves:

A)Ear-marking and allocation.
B)Authorization and competition for funds.
C)Authorization and appropriation.
D)Determination and appropriation.