PN 3002 EXAM 6 2026 VIEW AHEAD
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PRACTICE
SOLUTION
◉ Study of Public Policy.
Answer: The systematic, scientific analysis of government activity,
including laws, regulations and funding priorities, and its influence
on society
◉ Accountability, Efficiency gains,
Equity of Policy Delivery.
Answer: Three reasons we study public policy:
◉ Accountability.
Answer: The interests that the government is providing for
◉ The citizens providing consent to having a government.
Answer: A successful democracy needs...
◉ Policy Efficiency.
,Answer: Whether the resources, time, and energy of a policy are
delivering the greatest policy outcomes, for a given level of resources
◉ Cost less, Provide more, Both.
Answer: Three ways to improve policy:
◉ Equity.
Answer: The extent to which a government delivers the benefits of a
policy evenly across all communities
◉ Federalism.
Answer: System of shared powers in which the state governments
shifted some of their original powers to the national government
and in which local governments receive charters from the state
◉ Everyone in the democracy has different interests, opinions, and
wants for what and how their country should be made up.
Answer: The reason a democracy makes policymaking difficult...
◉ Policy Making Process.
Answer: A heuristic demonstrating the pathways by which policies
are identified, proposed, evaluated, implemented, and terminated;
proposed by Harold Laswell
, ◉ 7 Stages of the Policy Making Process.
Answer: 1. Problem and Solution Identification
2. Agenda Setting
3. Policy Formation
4. Alternative Formulation
5. Policy Selection and Adoption
6. Policy Implementation
7. Policy Evaluation
◉ Stakeholders.
Answer: Those who are identified by a policy problem
◉ Policy Demands.
Answer: The demands exerted by stakeholders on the political
actors
◉ Credible Action.
Answer: The mechanism by which demands pressure leaders
◉ The Policy Entrepreneur.
Answer: Willing to exert time and effort, has a stake in the solution,
and ability to link their preferred solution to the 'problem' of others
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PRACTICE
SOLUTION
◉ Study of Public Policy.
Answer: The systematic, scientific analysis of government activity,
including laws, regulations and funding priorities, and its influence
on society
◉ Accountability, Efficiency gains,
Equity of Policy Delivery.
Answer: Three reasons we study public policy:
◉ Accountability.
Answer: The interests that the government is providing for
◉ The citizens providing consent to having a government.
Answer: A successful democracy needs...
◉ Policy Efficiency.
,Answer: Whether the resources, time, and energy of a policy are
delivering the greatest policy outcomes, for a given level of resources
◉ Cost less, Provide more, Both.
Answer: Three ways to improve policy:
◉ Equity.
Answer: The extent to which a government delivers the benefits of a
policy evenly across all communities
◉ Federalism.
Answer: System of shared powers in which the state governments
shifted some of their original powers to the national government
and in which local governments receive charters from the state
◉ Everyone in the democracy has different interests, opinions, and
wants for what and how their country should be made up.
Answer: The reason a democracy makes policymaking difficult...
◉ Policy Making Process.
Answer: A heuristic demonstrating the pathways by which policies
are identified, proposed, evaluated, implemented, and terminated;
proposed by Harold Laswell
, ◉ 7 Stages of the Policy Making Process.
Answer: 1. Problem and Solution Identification
2. Agenda Setting
3. Policy Formation
4. Alternative Formulation
5. Policy Selection and Adoption
6. Policy Implementation
7. Policy Evaluation
◉ Stakeholders.
Answer: Those who are identified by a policy problem
◉ Policy Demands.
Answer: The demands exerted by stakeholders on the political
actors
◉ Credible Action.
Answer: The mechanism by which demands pressure leaders
◉ The Policy Entrepreneur.
Answer: Willing to exert time and effort, has a stake in the solution,
and ability to link their preferred solution to the 'problem' of others
