POLS 342 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ALL
CORRECT & 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS|ALREADY
GRADED A+ (UPDATED TO PASS)
Think Tanks... Correct answer-1) Provide policymakers and the public explanations so they can
understand complex problems
2) Substantiate and rationalize the policy positions and actions of various policy makers
3) Policymakers value their independent research and analysis as supplemental knowledge to
convince other politicians and citizens to adopt their viewpoints.
What combination of saliency and conflict provide the greatest opportunity for an issue to be placed
on the government's agenda? Correct answer-High Saliency, low conflict
________ emphasizes the formal and legal aspects of government structure including the way
governments are arranged, their legal powers and their rules for decision making. Correct answer-
Institutional Theory
What primary policy analysis criteria would be used if a fair and just evaluation were a concern?
Correct answer-Equity
Policymakers often debate over whether to address the root causes of a problem or instead focus on
the problem's _______. Correct answer-Proximate Causes
Examining scholarly books and journals regarding a particular problem or solution represents the use
of the ________ technique of collecting information. Correct answer-Literature Review
Providing direct payments or benefits to individuals is an example of what? Correct answer-
Subsidizing
Food labels represent what form of government policy tool? Correct answer-Education
The ______ criterion for evaluating public policy deals most explicitly with achieving goals in
relationship to costs. Correct answer-Efficiency
The ______ is a measure that represents the average change in price over time of a market basket of
consumer goods and services. Correct answer-Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Median household incomes rose more for middle income Americans from 1983-2004 compared to
upper income families. Correct answer-False
The U.S. Health Care System is best characterized as a: Correct answer-Hybrid system of public and
private care
Which government program provides medical insurance for the elderly and the disabled? Correct
answer-Medicare
Some opponents of sex selection through PGD or MicoSort fear that reproductive medicine will
eventually lead to designer babies. Correct answer-True
, According to the film, _____ causes many people to remain in poverty. Correct answer-
Generational Poverty
According to Census data, the federal poverty line includes ___ for a family of four. Correct answer-
Around 10,000
The _____ was initially created to act as a central clearinghouse for all budget request in 1921,
advises for the president on fiscal and economic policies, and is offset by the Congressional Budget
Office (CBO). Correct answer-Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires that... Correct answer-The public be
allowed to review environmental impact statements (EIS)
Discretionary (non-entitlement) spending funds.. Correct answer-The National Park System
On-line calculators help individuals to gauge the environmental impact of various activities from
heating and lighting a home to flying across the country. Correct answer-True
Heavily influenced by economics, ______ assumes that in making decisions, individuals have a fixed
set of preference and act instrumentally to maximize these preferences. Correct answer-Rational
Choice.
The assigned research projects include a policy section with a policy overview and a research
question and a literature review with _____ articles. Correct answer-Scholarly Peer Reviewed
Among the three types if policy analysis are _____, professional, and political. Correct answer-
Scientific
At Copenhagen, while there was significant disagreement between developing and developed
countries, leaders from _____, India, Brazil, South Africa, and _____ created an accord vowing to
limit global warming. Correct answer-China and United States
By the 1930s and 1940s _____, became the dominant form of health coverage in the United States.
Correct answer-Employer-Sponsored health plans
Identify one argument for health care reform and one argument against health care reform as noted
in the text/lecture. Correct answer-For: Enhances Accessibility to healthcare to all.
Against: Fiscal hardship on the states
What was accomplished with the Copenhagen Accord and what was not accomplished? Correct
answer-The Copenhagen Accord endorsed the continuation of the Kyoto Protocol, which aim to
lower each countries emissions. The Copenhagen Accord was not legally blinded so it set no real
target to reduce emissions.
Indicate in a pie chart which factors have more influence in the dwindling stability of the middle class
in percentages. Correct answer-Necessities- 30%
Outsource- 15%
Economic Policy 15%
Charging on Credit 10%
Technology 5%
Region of where you live 25%
CORRECT & 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS|ALREADY
GRADED A+ (UPDATED TO PASS)
Think Tanks... Correct answer-1) Provide policymakers and the public explanations so they can
understand complex problems
2) Substantiate and rationalize the policy positions and actions of various policy makers
3) Policymakers value their independent research and analysis as supplemental knowledge to
convince other politicians and citizens to adopt their viewpoints.
What combination of saliency and conflict provide the greatest opportunity for an issue to be placed
on the government's agenda? Correct answer-High Saliency, low conflict
________ emphasizes the formal and legal aspects of government structure including the way
governments are arranged, their legal powers and their rules for decision making. Correct answer-
Institutional Theory
What primary policy analysis criteria would be used if a fair and just evaluation were a concern?
Correct answer-Equity
Policymakers often debate over whether to address the root causes of a problem or instead focus on
the problem's _______. Correct answer-Proximate Causes
Examining scholarly books and journals regarding a particular problem or solution represents the use
of the ________ technique of collecting information. Correct answer-Literature Review
Providing direct payments or benefits to individuals is an example of what? Correct answer-
Subsidizing
Food labels represent what form of government policy tool? Correct answer-Education
The ______ criterion for evaluating public policy deals most explicitly with achieving goals in
relationship to costs. Correct answer-Efficiency
The ______ is a measure that represents the average change in price over time of a market basket of
consumer goods and services. Correct answer-Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Median household incomes rose more for middle income Americans from 1983-2004 compared to
upper income families. Correct answer-False
The U.S. Health Care System is best characterized as a: Correct answer-Hybrid system of public and
private care
Which government program provides medical insurance for the elderly and the disabled? Correct
answer-Medicare
Some opponents of sex selection through PGD or MicoSort fear that reproductive medicine will
eventually lead to designer babies. Correct answer-True
, According to the film, _____ causes many people to remain in poverty. Correct answer-
Generational Poverty
According to Census data, the federal poverty line includes ___ for a family of four. Correct answer-
Around 10,000
The _____ was initially created to act as a central clearinghouse for all budget request in 1921,
advises for the president on fiscal and economic policies, and is offset by the Congressional Budget
Office (CBO). Correct answer-Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires that... Correct answer-The public be
allowed to review environmental impact statements (EIS)
Discretionary (non-entitlement) spending funds.. Correct answer-The National Park System
On-line calculators help individuals to gauge the environmental impact of various activities from
heating and lighting a home to flying across the country. Correct answer-True
Heavily influenced by economics, ______ assumes that in making decisions, individuals have a fixed
set of preference and act instrumentally to maximize these preferences. Correct answer-Rational
Choice.
The assigned research projects include a policy section with a policy overview and a research
question and a literature review with _____ articles. Correct answer-Scholarly Peer Reviewed
Among the three types if policy analysis are _____, professional, and political. Correct answer-
Scientific
At Copenhagen, while there was significant disagreement between developing and developed
countries, leaders from _____, India, Brazil, South Africa, and _____ created an accord vowing to
limit global warming. Correct answer-China and United States
By the 1930s and 1940s _____, became the dominant form of health coverage in the United States.
Correct answer-Employer-Sponsored health plans
Identify one argument for health care reform and one argument against health care reform as noted
in the text/lecture. Correct answer-For: Enhances Accessibility to healthcare to all.
Against: Fiscal hardship on the states
What was accomplished with the Copenhagen Accord and what was not accomplished? Correct
answer-The Copenhagen Accord endorsed the continuation of the Kyoto Protocol, which aim to
lower each countries emissions. The Copenhagen Accord was not legally blinded so it set no real
target to reduce emissions.
Indicate in a pie chart which factors have more influence in the dwindling stability of the middle class
in percentages. Correct answer-Necessities- 30%
Outsource- 15%
Economic Policy 15%
Charging on Credit 10%
Technology 5%
Region of where you live 25%
