Lesson Eight Quiz

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At which step in the six-step policy process model might comments made in a State of the Union address most likely appear? formulation of proposals problem identification agenda setting evaluation

agenda setting

__________ Americans participate in the making and implementation of foreign policy." elected All engaged few

all

Your authors liken the U.S. foreign policy process to a(n) __________. military operation board meeting dance Old boys' club

board meeting

Foreign policy is often made during times of __________. crisis divided government prosperity economic recovery

crisis

What can never run out of money? funding for basic services, such as health care and education government subsidies defense spending entitlement programs

entitlement programs

Which model of public policy guides the federal budgeting process? rationalism model group theory model incrementalism model public choice model

incrementalism mode

What is arguably the best single explanation of policymaking in the U.S. at the federal level? public-choice model incrementalism model group theory model rationalism model

incrementalism model

The Monroe Doctrine sought American security through: expansionism isolationism forming alliances internationalization

isolationism

All of the following are TRUE of the National Security Act of 1947 EXCEPT: it created the N.S.A. it has aided presidents in the development of foreign policy it created the C.I.A. it created the N.S.C.

it created the N.S.A.

Among the kinds of people and institutions who formulate policy proposals, which would generally be expected to do the LEAST: think tanks Congressional staff members judges bureaucrats

judges

Ingredients of public policies for the U.S. government might come from all of the following EXCEPT: law journals executive orders agency regulations court opinions

law journals

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. problem-centric rational analysis incremental change policy-process

policy-process

All of the following collectively comprise foreign policy EXCEPT: strategies goals instruments tactics

tactics

C. Wright Mills believed which of the following? that elections inform administrators of the public will that elites serve as officials in the policy-making scheme that public policy is ultimately determined by an aristocracy the elites impose policy execution on the masses

that public policy is ultimately determined by an aristocracy

According to recent figures, relative to the G.D.P., how large is the national government's debt? twice as large one-fourth as large half as large they are roughly equal

they are roughly equal


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