Chapter Twelve

All of the following are TRUE regarding the national debt EXCEPT:

1) much of it is owed to domestic investors, such as Americans who buy Savings Bonds

C. Wright Mills believed which of the following?

1) that public policy is ultimately determined by an aristocracy

When performing a cost-benefit analysis on a particular policy proposal, a strong supporter of that proposal would hope:

1) that the quotient of the sum of the benefits divided by the sum of the costs is large

The federal government's fiscal year begins on...

2) October 1

What is LEAST likely to legitimate a proposal?

2) a study published by a think tank relating to the proposal

At which step in the six-step policy process model might comments made in a State of the Union address most likely appear?

2) agenda setting

All of the following are instruments of public policy that government can legitimately use to influence citizens' behavior EXCEPT:

2) censorship

What is Congress' solution to an inability to fund federal government programs with current-year tax revenues?

2) deficit spending

The __________ model of policymaking describes how a problem is identified, how it comes to the attention of policymakers, and how a policy to address the problem is formulated and legitimated.

2) policy-process

Among the kinds of people and institutions who formulate policy proposals, which would generally be expected to do the LEAST:

2) judges

Which of these expenditures can never run out of money?

3) entitlement programs

At which step in the six-step policy process model does the Executive Branch become responsible for administering a policy?

3) implementation

All of the following are TRUE about the public-choice model of public policy EXCEPT:

3) it presupposes that self-interest-oriented decisions in the public policy arena cannot be aggregated for public benefit

According to recent figures, relative to the G.D.P., how large is the national government's debt?

3) they are roughly equal

All of the following are part of the "iron triangle" EXCEPT:

4) appellate courts

What is arguably the best single explanation of policymaking in the U.S. at the federal level?

4) incrementalism model

Which model of public policy guides the federal budgeting process?

4) incrementalism model

Ingredients of public policies for the U.S. government might come from all of the following EXCEPT:

4) law journals

All of the following are instruments of public policy that government can legitimately use to increase homeownership EXCEPT:

4) offering subsidies