Deck 6: Policy Formulation

Question 1

A major challenge to long-term policy planning efforts is

A) the lack of informed policy makers.
B) planning is largely impossible.
C) goal drift/shift.
D) effective plans must remain the same over time.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following organizations often provide input into the congressional policy formulation process?

A) Congressional Budget Office
B) Congressional Research Office
C) Government Accounting Office
D) All of the above

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The Executive Office of the President was created as a result of recommendations from the

A) Watergate Commission.
B) Volker Commission.
C) Warren Commission.
D) Brownlow Commission.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The presidential counterpart to the CBO is the

A) BOB.
B) OMB.
C) GAO.
D) CRS.

Question 5

Which of the following statements about the courts in policy formulation is the most accurate?

A) The courts became more actively involved in policy formulation in the 1950s and 1960s.
B) In the last two decades, the court has often used the 10th and 11th Amendments to limit national government policy formulation.
C) Under President George W. Bush, the national government has significantly reduced the amount of public policy being formulated.
D) Both a and b

Question 6

Interest groups can influence policy formulation through presidential commission activities.

Question 7

Through the use of amicus curiae, _______________ may influence _______________ in policy formulation choices.

A) bureaucrats/Congress
B) interest groups/the courts
C) interest groups/the president
D) bureaucrats/the president

Question 8

Rulemaking is an important method by which _____________ influence policy formulation.

A) bureaucrats
B) courts
C) the president
D) the media

Question 9

Globalism can have an impact on policy formulation through constraints imposed by

A) world economic change.
B) trade agreements.
C) environmental accords.
D) All of the above

Question 10

Bottom-up policy making provides an opportunity for ____________ to shape policy formulation.

A) citizens
B) foreign governments
C) federal bureaucrats
D) None of the above