Deck 7: Health and Welfare

Question 1

Currently, the dependency ration is

A) three
B) ten
C) one
D) seven

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Human capital theory relates to the problem of poverty in theorizing that the poor

A) have little to offer in the job market.
B) are poor because of economic disruptions.
C) will remain poor.
D) should not receive entitlements.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Individuals who have lost their jobs might look to which of the following programs for relief until they find a new job?

A) OASDI
B) Head Start
C) SSI
D) unemployment compensation

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Most of the major entitlement programs in the United States were established under the leadership of president

A) Kennedy and Johnson.
B) Carter and Reagan.
C) Clinton and George H.W. Bush.
D) Franklin Roosevelt and Johnson.

Question 5

Federal entitlement spending is greatest for

A) Medicare.
B) welfare.
C) Social Security.
D) Medicaid.

Question 6

Which of these DOES NOT apply to Medicaid?

A) means-tested
B) supplies health services
C) social insurance
D) only for the elderly

Question 7

About half the homeless are

A) single women.
B) individual children.
C) mentally ill.
D) substance abusers.

Question 8

About what proportion of those on welfare have three or more children?

A) one-tenth
B) one-third
C) one-half
D) two-thirds

Question 9

Representing senior citizens, group.

A) OASDI
B) TANF
C) AARP
D) AFDC

Question 10

Social Security is a generational compact because

A) every generation is dependent on the preceding one.
B) each generation pays for the preceding one.
C) every generation pays for the next.
D) the span between generations is growing.

Question 11

The poverty level in the U.S.runs at about

A) 4 to 7 percent.
B) 8 to 11 percent.
C) 12 to 15 percent.
D) 16 to 19 percent.

Question 12

The 2011 poverty line for a family of four was about

A) $16,000.
B) $19,000.
C) $22,000.
D) $27,000.

Question 13

The single most influential factor that may lead to poverty is

A) race.
B) age.
C) family structure.
D) country of origin.

Question 14

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families is a federal program to assist needy families with dependent children.This program replaced

A) the AFDC program.
B) Stafford Grants.
C) Pell Grants.
D) Medicare.

Question 15

According to liberals, poverty estimates are faulty because they do not take which of these into account?

A) income
B) regional differences
C) property
D) in-kind benefits

Question 16

Social Security is essentially

A) an entitlement.
B) insurance.
C) means-tested.
D) a health program.

Question 17

Welfare reform initiatives under the Clinton administration put a limit on federal welfare of

A) 20 years.
B) 15 years.
C) 10 years.
D) 5 years.

Question 18

Which of these is NOT true of the Earned Income Tax Credit?

A) means-tested
B) for workers and their families
C) automatically issues a refund to those who qualify
D) is considered a negative income tax.

Question 19

What is the approximate level of persistent poverty?

A) 6 percent
B) 10 percent
C) 16 percent
D) 21 percent

Question 20

Entitlement to Social Security is based on

A) income.
B) size of family.
C) income plus property value.
D) age.

Question 21

Social Security and Medicare are the two largest entitlement programs.

Question 22

Currently, there are about six workers for every retiree.

Question 23

The human capital theory addresses the issue of poverty as a racial issue.

Question 24

The Earned Income Tax Credit is for the working poor.

Question 25

FICA is the means by which Social Security is funded.

Question 26

Medicaid is a means-tested program that provides health services.

Question 27

Entitlements are benefits that are not means-tested.

Question 28

The latent poor are those who would fall below the poverty level if government assistance was withheld.

Question 29

Conservatives criticize the official definition of poverty because it does not count assets such as homes.

Question 30

Deinstitutionalization accounts for most of those that are homeless today.