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SPEA-V181 EXAM 1 BRAND NEW OFFICIAL
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS.
1. Agenda Setting - correct answer -process by which problems
and alternative solutions gain or lose public and elite attention
2. Policy Formulation - correct answer -The development of
effective and acceptable courses of action for addressing what
has been placed on the policy agenda.
3. Legitimation - correct answer -AKA adoption
4. Policy Adoption - correct answer -official authorization of the
policy decision or policy program
5. Implementation - correct answer -encompasses actions (and
nonactions) by a variety of actors, especially bureaucrats,
designed to put programs into effect, ostensibly in such a way
as to achieve goals.
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6. policy evaluation - correct answer -policies are formally and
informally evaluated by government agencies, outside
consultants, interest groups, mass media and the public
7. Rational Choice - correct answer -assume that institutions are
set of rules and incentives that shape rational actions of
individuals who operate within government
8. Executive Budget - correct answer -The budget prepared and
submitted by the president to Congress.
9. line item budget - correct answer -a budget that lists detailed
expenditure items such as personal computers and paper, with
no attention to the goals or objectives of spending
10. line-item veto - correct answer -the power of a president,
governor, or other elected executive to reject individual
provisions of a bill.
SPEA-V181 EXAM 1 BRAND NEW OFFICIAL
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS.
1. Agenda Setting - correct answer -process by which problems
and alternative solutions gain or lose public and elite attention
2. Policy Formulation - correct answer -The development of
effective and acceptable courses of action for addressing what
has been placed on the policy agenda.
3. Legitimation - correct answer -AKA adoption
4. Policy Adoption - correct answer -official authorization of the
policy decision or policy program
5. Implementation - correct answer -encompasses actions (and
nonactions) by a variety of actors, especially bureaucrats,
designed to put programs into effect, ostensibly in such a way
as to achieve goals.
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6. policy evaluation - correct answer -policies are formally and
informally evaluated by government agencies, outside
consultants, interest groups, mass media and the public
7. Rational Choice - correct answer -assume that institutions are
set of rules and incentives that shape rational actions of
individuals who operate within government
8. Executive Budget - correct answer -The budget prepared and
submitted by the president to Congress.
9. line item budget - correct answer -a budget that lists detailed
expenditure items such as personal computers and paper, with
no attention to the goals or objectives of spending
10. line-item veto - correct answer -the power of a president,
governor, or other elected executive to reject individual
provisions of a bill.
