Deck 3: Utility in Democratic Policymaking

Question 1

What kind of democracy is characteristic of USA government?

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

Answer 1

B

Question 2

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:

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

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The ethical theory of utilitarianism may seek to:

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

Answer 3

A

Question 4

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

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

Question 5

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

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

Question 6

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

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

Question 7

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

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

Question 8

Most public policies are implemented by:

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

Question 9

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

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

Question 10

Policy analysis may be defined as primarily concerned with:

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 11

Policy evaluation may be defined as primarily concerned with:

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 evaluations may focus on:

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 13

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

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

Question 14

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?

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

Question 15

The public interacts with public administrators as:

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

Question 16

By what means may citizens participate in bureaucratic politics?

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