V181 Final Exam UPDATED Questions
and CORRECT Answers
A parent decides that every day before leaving the house, they and their child will wash their
faces, eat breakfast, brush their teeth, and comb their hair. No one will leave the house until
all four tasks are completed. True or false: We could consider this a policy. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- True. This is a course of action chosen by an individual. It counts.
True or False: Policy is only considered public if it is implemented by government actors. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- False. While it's true that lots of public policy is implemented by
government actors, lots of public policy is also implemented by private organizations and
individuals.
The US Postal Service is a government agency, created by an act of Congress. That means we
should consider mail carriers who deliver the mail each day... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
government agents directly enacting public policy. That's right. The federal government
decided mail should be delivered, so the people employed by the government who deliver it
are directly enacting that policy.
The definition of public policy that was discussed in lecture refers to impacts on "citizens."
From the perspective of the author of that definition (Guy Peters) and for (most of) the
purposes of our course, which of the following people will we consider to be "citizens" of the
United States subject to US policies? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A computer programmer
from Nigeria who has moved to California to take a job with Google.
A person with a US passport that says they are a US citizen.
A soldier in the US Army who was born in the US state of Oklahoma and is currently
stationed in Afghanistan.
A person who was born in India to Indian parents who has just gone through a US citizenship
naturalization ceremony.
A Honduran refugee being detained in a US-run facility at the US-Mexico border.
,We (and Guy Peters) are counting all legally-recognized citizens (no matter where they are
located) and all people living in the country (no matter what countries legally-recognize
them).
Kilroys on Kirkwood, a bar on Kirkwood Avenue in downtown Bloomington, regularly gives
out free t-shirts that say "KOK" to people who enter the bar. This is an example of... -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ...a private policy, because Kilroy's is a private organization
using its private resources to buy and give away t-shirts..
Kilroy's Sports, another bar in downtown Bloomington, restricts who can enter it's building to
people over 21 years of age. This is an example of... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ...public
policy, because state law prohibits people under 21 years of age from entering a bar; Sports
has to enforce that policy.
This is public policy administered by private agents.
In the book Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes argues that... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ...people
are naturally competitive.
In order to prevent the "war of all against all," Thomas Hobbes describes how people... -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ..gave up a few freedoms in exchange for safety and other
benefits.
The organization that coordinates and regulates behavior among people in a society is known
as... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ...the state.
States that use physical force in ways that its citizens think are cruel or unfair... - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- ...risk losing legitimacy.
The term "social contract" refers to the idea that... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ...citizens
give up freedoms and resources in exchange for state-provided benefits.
A state that fails to provide adaquate protection, fairness, and benefits to its citizens may... -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ...lose the support of its citizens.
, ...fall into a civil war.
...experience
revolutionary uprisings
Public administration includes... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ...the way states deliver
services.
...the way states collect taxes.
...the way states regulate businesses.
...the way states build roads and bridges.
...the way states maintain their armies.
The explosion in Beirut in August of 2020 appears to have been caused by... - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- ..the accidental burning of nearly 3,000 tons of a chemical used in fertilizer
The explosion was so large it... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ..tipped over a large passenger
ship across the harbor
...shattered glass windows more than a mile away
...created a shockwave that people mistook for an atomic mushroom cloud
The explosion appears to have happened because...
Multiple choice question - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ...government officials did not make
or implement corrective policies.
Citizens of Beirut were angry in the days after the explosion because... - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- ...the government had a long history of poor public administration.
and CORRECT Answers
A parent decides that every day before leaving the house, they and their child will wash their
faces, eat breakfast, brush their teeth, and comb their hair. No one will leave the house until
all four tasks are completed. True or false: We could consider this a policy. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- True. This is a course of action chosen by an individual. It counts.
True or False: Policy is only considered public if it is implemented by government actors. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- False. While it's true that lots of public policy is implemented by
government actors, lots of public policy is also implemented by private organizations and
individuals.
The US Postal Service is a government agency, created by an act of Congress. That means we
should consider mail carriers who deliver the mail each day... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
government agents directly enacting public policy. That's right. The federal government
decided mail should be delivered, so the people employed by the government who deliver it
are directly enacting that policy.
The definition of public policy that was discussed in lecture refers to impacts on "citizens."
From the perspective of the author of that definition (Guy Peters) and for (most of) the
purposes of our course, which of the following people will we consider to be "citizens" of the
United States subject to US policies? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A computer programmer
from Nigeria who has moved to California to take a job with Google.
A person with a US passport that says they are a US citizen.
A soldier in the US Army who was born in the US state of Oklahoma and is currently
stationed in Afghanistan.
A person who was born in India to Indian parents who has just gone through a US citizenship
naturalization ceremony.
A Honduran refugee being detained in a US-run facility at the US-Mexico border.
,We (and Guy Peters) are counting all legally-recognized citizens (no matter where they are
located) and all people living in the country (no matter what countries legally-recognize
them).
Kilroys on Kirkwood, a bar on Kirkwood Avenue in downtown Bloomington, regularly gives
out free t-shirts that say "KOK" to people who enter the bar. This is an example of... -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ...a private policy, because Kilroy's is a private organization
using its private resources to buy and give away t-shirts..
Kilroy's Sports, another bar in downtown Bloomington, restricts who can enter it's building to
people over 21 years of age. This is an example of... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ...public
policy, because state law prohibits people under 21 years of age from entering a bar; Sports
has to enforce that policy.
This is public policy administered by private agents.
In the book Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes argues that... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ...people
are naturally competitive.
In order to prevent the "war of all against all," Thomas Hobbes describes how people... -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ..gave up a few freedoms in exchange for safety and other
benefits.
The organization that coordinates and regulates behavior among people in a society is known
as... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ...the state.
States that use physical force in ways that its citizens think are cruel or unfair... - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- ...risk losing legitimacy.
The term "social contract" refers to the idea that... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ...citizens
give up freedoms and resources in exchange for state-provided benefits.
A state that fails to provide adaquate protection, fairness, and benefits to its citizens may... -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ...lose the support of its citizens.
, ...fall into a civil war.
...experience
revolutionary uprisings
Public administration includes... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ...the way states deliver
services.
...the way states collect taxes.
...the way states regulate businesses.
...the way states build roads and bridges.
...the way states maintain their armies.
The explosion in Beirut in August of 2020 appears to have been caused by... - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- ..the accidental burning of nearly 3,000 tons of a chemical used in fertilizer
The explosion was so large it... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ..tipped over a large passenger
ship across the harbor
...shattered glass windows more than a mile away
...created a shockwave that people mistook for an atomic mushroom cloud
The explosion appears to have happened because...
Multiple choice question - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ...government officials did not make
or implement corrective policies.
Citizens of Beirut were angry in the days after the explosion because... - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- ...the government had a long history of poor public administration.
