PLC2602
ASSIGNMENT 1 SEMESTER 2 2023
,SECTION A:
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
QUESTION 1
Is the following statement true or false? In South Africa, international and
interstate agreements are only binding if they are ratified by both houses of
parliament (the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces).
1. True
2. False
QUESTION 2
Who defined policy as the authoritative allocation through the political process,
of values to groups or individuals in society?
1. Petrus Brynard
2. Thomas Dye
3. David Easton
4. Baker, Michaels and Preston
5. Austin Ranney
, QUESTION 3
For various different reasons, policy makers sometimes delay or avoid making
policy decisions. For example, policy makers may find it too difficult to decide
what the best policy is for fighting crime. The decision may be difficult because
policy makers are afraid that the specific policy they choose could be
unpopular with the electorate. However, if policy makers do not decide to
choose a policy response this does not mean that the problem will simply go
away. What happens is that policy makers can now only react to the problem
with ad hoc decision-making instead of adopting a formal policy response.
Because there is no formal policy response, ad hoc uncoordinated policy
reactions to issues and problems become routine over time and informal
practices become formal policy responses. What do we call this approach to
policy decision-making?
1. The elite/mass interaction model
2. The group competition model
3. The policy community model
4. The garbage can model
5. The institutional model
QUESTION 4
Who defined public policy as whatever governments choose to do or not to
do?
1. Carl Friedrich
2. Kenneth Prewitt
3. Thomas Dye
4. David Easton
5. Gabriel Almond
ASSIGNMENT 1 SEMESTER 2 2023
,SECTION A:
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
QUESTION 1
Is the following statement true or false? In South Africa, international and
interstate agreements are only binding if they are ratified by both houses of
parliament (the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces).
1. True
2. False
QUESTION 2
Who defined policy as the authoritative allocation through the political process,
of values to groups or individuals in society?
1. Petrus Brynard
2. Thomas Dye
3. David Easton
4. Baker, Michaels and Preston
5. Austin Ranney
, QUESTION 3
For various different reasons, policy makers sometimes delay or avoid making
policy decisions. For example, policy makers may find it too difficult to decide
what the best policy is for fighting crime. The decision may be difficult because
policy makers are afraid that the specific policy they choose could be
unpopular with the electorate. However, if policy makers do not decide to
choose a policy response this does not mean that the problem will simply go
away. What happens is that policy makers can now only react to the problem
with ad hoc decision-making instead of adopting a formal policy response.
Because there is no formal policy response, ad hoc uncoordinated policy
reactions to issues and problems become routine over time and informal
practices become formal policy responses. What do we call this approach to
policy decision-making?
1. The elite/mass interaction model
2. The group competition model
3. The policy community model
4. The garbage can model
5. The institutional model
QUESTION 4
Who defined public policy as whatever governments choose to do or not to
do?
1. Carl Friedrich
2. Kenneth Prewitt
3. Thomas Dye
4. David Easton
5. Gabriel Almond
