POLS 1101 - Quiz 8

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

implementation

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

incrementalism model

Which model of public policy guides the federal budgeting process?

incrementalism model

The Monroe Doctrine sought American security through:

isolationism

All of the following are TRUE of the National Security Act of 1947 EXCEPT:

it created the N.S.A.

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

judges

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

law journals

The _________ model of policy making describes how a problem is identified, how it comes to the attention of policy makers, and how a policy to address the problem is formulated and legitimated.

policy process

All of the following collectively comprise foreign policy EXCEPT:

tactics

Wright Mills believed which of the following?

the public policy is ultimately determined by an aristocracy

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

they are roughly equal

The fiscal year begins on...

October 1

What is LEAST likely to legitimate a proposal?

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?

agenda setting

"_________ Americans participate in the making and implementation of foreign policy."

all

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

appellate courts

Your authors liken the U.S. foreign policy process to a(n) __________.

board meeting

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

censorship

Foreign policy is often made during times of _________.

crisis

What can never run out of money?

entitlement programs