Deck 16: Economic, Domestic, and Foreign Policy

Question 1

Receiving input from hospitals, doctors, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and other parts of the medical industry that would be impacted by health-care reform policies would occur in which phase of the policymaking process?

A) Agenda building
B) Policy formulation
C) Policy evaluation
D) Policy adoption
E) Policy implementation

Answer 1

B

Question 2

What is the shared federal and state health insurance program for low-income persons called?

A) Pension Protection Fund
B) Medicare
C) Medicaid
D) Social Security
E) Aged Pension Program

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The Affordable Health Care Act has not been fully implemented, meaning which stage of the policymaking process cannot yet be achieved?

A) Agenda building
B) Policy formulation
C) Policy evaluation
D) Policy adoption
E) Policy implementation

Answer 3

C

Question 4

What occurs during the policy formulation stage of the policymaking process?

A) The government is made aware of the issue that requires action.
B) Various proposals for policy are discussed both within government and among the public.
C) A specific proposal for government action is put into place.
D) Bureaucrats, the courts, police, and individual citizens determine the success of a policy.
E) How a policy has worked in practice is examined.

Question 5

Which of the following is the federal health-care program that covers U.S. residents over the age of 65?

A) Affordable Care Act
B) Social Security
C) Medicaid
D) Medicare
E) S-CHIP

Question 6

In order to combat the high costs of a college education, direct federal loans to college students were considered. This is an example of which of the following?

A) Policy enactment
B) Policy formulation
C) Policy evaluation
D) Problem identification
E) Policy implementation

Question 7

When the federal government addresses issues such as poverty and health care, it is concerned with which of the following types of policy?

A) Social
B) Civil
C) Regulatory
D) Domestic
E) Economic

Question 8

Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are examples of what type of program?

A) Targeted
B) Welfare
C) Discretionary
D) Entitlement
E) Constituent

Question 9

Policy formulation involves which of the following?

A) The process of making the government aware that an issue requires action
B) The discussion of proposals between governmental officials and the public
C) The process of deciding on a specific proposal
D) Concern with the implementation of policy by bureaucrats, the courts, police, and individual citizens
E) The process of examining how a policy has worked in practice

Question 10

Which of the following best describes domestic policy?

A) Policies that affect major economic variables
B) All policies that affect housing, including construction costs and insurance
C) All the laws, government planning, and government actions that affect individuals' lives in the United States
D) Matters relating to law enforcement within the borders of the United States
E) The activities of the government in its relations with other countries

Question 11

Which of the following is an example of an entitlement program?

A) Amtrak
B) Title IX of the Educational Act
C) Defense spending
D) Income tax
E) Social Security

Question 12

In the final step of the policymaking process, the policy is reviewed for its effectiveness and efficiency; if changes are needed, the issue is placed back on the policy agenda, and the cycle starts again. What is this step called?

A) Policy enactment
B) Policy formulation
C) Policy evaluation
D) Problem identification
E) Policy implementation

Question 13

When individuals with a stake in an issue begin to propose and develop solutions to a problem, what are they engaging in?

A) Policy enactment
B) Policy formulation
C) Policy evaluation
D) Problem identification
E) Policy implementation

Question 14

What is the name of the recent major health-care law mandating that individuals have health insurance?

A) Affordable Care Act
B) Medicare
C) Medicaid
D) Dream Act
E) Aged Pension Program

Question 15

The assessment of policy effectiveness and making needed adjustments to improve after a given period of time is part of which step in the policymaking process?

A) Agenda building
B) Policy formulation
C) Policy evaluation
D) Policy adoption
E) Policy implementation

Question 16

The 2010 law that seeks to ensure health-care insurance for American citizens is formally known as which of the following?

A) Medicaid Reform Act
B) Medicare Reform Act
C) Affordable Care Act
D) Social Security Act
E) Single Payer Act

Question 17

Which federal health insurance program covers U.S. residents age 65 and older and is paid for by a tax on wages and salaries?

A) TANF
B) Medicare
C) Medicaid
D) Social Security
E) Affordable Care Act

Question 18

After retiring at the age of 67, Louisa relies on what federal program to provide her with health insurance benefits?

A) Pension Protection Fund
B) Medicare
C) Medicaid
D) Social Security
E) Aged Pension Program

Question 19

Which of the following accurately describes Medicaid?

A) Joint state-federal program that provides medical care to the poor
B) Federal health insurance program that covers U.S. residents over the age of 65
C) Government program that takes over the economic function of providing basic health-care coverage to all citizens
D) In-kind subsidy for health care
E) Federal program established to provide assistance to elderly persons and persons with disabilities

Question 20

Which of the following did the Obama administration propose?

A) English as the national language, to discourage illegal immigration
B) Ending birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants
C) A new minimum wage that would apply only to illegal immigrants
D) Giving illegal immigrants a path to citizenship
E) English as the national language, to discourage illegal immigration, and ending birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants

Question 21

Which of the following are government expenditures that exceed receipts?

A) Upturns
B) Inflation
C) Surpluses
D) Deficits
E) Rebates

Question 22

Social Security and Medicare are funded by taxes on which of the following?

A) Luxury items
B) Employer's gross receipts
C) An individual's salary
D) Value of an individual's personal property
E) Capital gains

Question 23

To curtail the activities of undocumented workers, which state passed a controversial immigration law requiring state and local police to check citizenship papers of those stopped for other offenses?

A) Arizona
B) Michigan
C) California
D) Florida
E) Texas

Question 24

Benefits to which every eligible person has a legal right and the government cannot deny are provided by which of the following programs?

A) Retroactive policies
B) Discretionary spending
C) Controllable spending
D) Entitlements
E) Earmarks

Question 25

Currently, most immigrants to the United States come from which area?

A) Africa and Asia
B) Europe and the Middle East
C) Latin America and Europe
D) Africa and Latin America
E) Latin America and Asia

Question 26

Which of the following would be an example of an entitlement program?

A) Federal income tax
B) Federal student loans
C) Medicare
D) Medicaid
E) An IRA

Question 27

Which of the following is true of fiscal policy?

A) It is popular with conservatives.
B) It is an approach to stabilize the economy through control of the money supply.
C) It is controlled by the Federal Reserve Bank.
D) It is an approach to stabilizing the economy through government spending and taxing.
E) It requires that, during economic slowdowns, the government tighten its belt on spending.

Question 28

Which of the following would involve using fiscal policy to affect changes in economic activity?

A) Altering the amount of money in circulation
B) Taxing and government spending
C) Altering interest rates
D) Court-mandated wage and price controls
E) All of these are correct.

Question 29

Which of the following best describes the Federal Reserve?

A) A partner with the U.S. Congress in determining economic volatility
B) A source of economic decision-making power in the U.S. government largely independent of the three branches of government
C) A division of the Office of Management and Budget
D) A resource for college loans and home loans
E) A diplomatic arm of the U.S. government that focuses on the foreign exchange market

Question 30

Which of the following best describes how the Social Security system is funded?

A) Fees paid to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
B) A pay-as-you-go system where those currently working support those who are retired
C) Funded solely by employees' contributions through wages
D) Funded by a progressive tax on income
E) Essentially, a private pension fund in which employees decide how much to contribute

Question 31

Which of these situations is the result of a recession?

A) Long-term job prosperity
B) Growth of household income
C) Fewer jobs lost
D) Increased unemployment
E) Increase in money held in savings

Question 32

Monetary policy includes which of the following?

A) Using changes in the amount of money in circulation to alter national economic variables
B) Using changes in the size of the federal budget deficit to alter national economic variables
C) Regulating tax rates to ensure controlled growth and low inflation
D) All economic policies of the president and Congress
E) Linking the consumer price index and the gross national product

Question 33

Individuals who meet certain requirements, such as age or income level, qualify to receive benefits under a particular federal program. What are these programs called?

A) Entitlements
B) Discretionary spending
C) Wealth redistribution
D) Pensions
E) Subsidies

Question 34

Which of the following is responsible for the Medicaid program?

A) Congress
B) The states
C) Federal Reserve Board
D) Nonprofit hospitals
E) The federal government and the states share responsibility.

Question 35

Because of the effects of producing energy and burning fuels, energy policy is deeply connected with which other type of policy?

A) Agricultural
B) Economic
C) Environmental
D) Health care
E) Welfare

Question 36

The Federal Reserve System was created to do which of the following?

A) Designate certain governmental powers as reserved for the federal government
B) Provide a secondary military force in times of war
C) Pay off the national debt
D) Stabilize nationwide economic activity by controlling the amount of money in circulation
E) All of these are correct.

Question 37

Controlling U.S. monetary policy is the responsibility of which of the following?

A) Presidency
B) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
C) Federal Reserve Board
D) International Monetary Fund
E) Treasury Department

Question 38

Unemployment insurance is an example of what type of program that guarantees benefits to the recipients?

A) Welfare
B) Need-based
C) Means-tested
D) Altruistic
E) Entitlement

Question 39

If government cuts taxes to encourage people to spend more money in order to stimulate economic growth, what policy is it engaging in?

A) Fiscal policy
B) Business cycling
C) Monetary policy
D) Keynesian policy
E) Subsidies

Question 40

When the U.S. government adjusts the amount of money in circulation in order to alter credit markets and employment, which of the following is the government relying on to influence the economy?

A) Domestic policy
B) Fiscal policy
C) Monetary policy
D) Regressive tax policy
E) Progressive tax policy

Question 41

Monetary policies are largely determined by which of the following groups?

A) Presidents
B) Federal Reserve Board
C) Congress
D) Congressional Budget Office
E) Treasury Department

Question 42

Define globalization and provide a brief example.

Question 43

The Cold War was an ideological, political, and economic confrontation between which of the following two powers?

A) France and Germany
B) Britain and France
C) United States and Japan
D) United States and China
E) United States and the Soviet Union

Question 44

Describe the purpose and function of the United Nations.

Question 45

To which of the following does diplomacy refer?

A) Being inoffensive and politically correct
B) A philosophy that sees nations as normally willing to cooperate
C) Formal public meetings held by heads of government
D) Relations between countries, including the settling of disputes and conflicts among nations by peaceful and non-military methods
E) The manner in which the armed forces are deployed

Question 46

Describe the advantages and disadvantages of a nation having a substantial immigrant population.

Question 47

Currently, which of the following is the greatest concern in U.S. and Iranian relations?

A) Iran's assistance to insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan
B) Iran's secret development of a nuclear capability
C) Iran's treatment of American citizens living and working in Iran
D) Iran's closed society that forbids Iranians from traveling outside of Iran
E) The U.S. treatment of Iranian citizens living and working in the United States

Question 48

When a country settles a dispute with another country using peaceful means instead of resorting to war, it is an example of which of the following?

A) Arbitrage
B) Diplomacy
C) Collective bargaining
D) Isolationism
E) Expansionism

Question 49

The first break with traditional isolationism and the first large-scale involvement of the United States in an international conflict on foreign soil took place with which of the following events?

A) French Revolution
B) World War I
C) Vietnam War
D) World War II
E) Korean War

Question 50

Identify and explain the stages of the policymaking process.

Question 51

The doctrine of containment set forth by George F. Kennan called for which of the following?

A) The United States seeking to "roll back" communism in Eastern Europe
B) The United States building a metaphoric wall of policies to isolate communist countries from the rest of world, including keep them out of the UN
C) The United States initiating arms reduction talks
D) The United States blocking the spread of communism to additional countries
E) No trade between capitalist countries like the United States and communist countries like the Soviet Union

Question 52

Compare and contrast a bipolar world with a multipolar world.

Question 53

After World War I, the United States returned to a foreign policy based primarily on which of the following?

A) Isolationism
B) Interventionism
C) Unilateralism
D) Globalization
E) Multilateralism

Question 54

Explain what an entitlement program is. Describe two federal entitlement programs, their purpose, and their eligibility requirements.

Question 55

The Cold War refers to a conflict between the United States and its democratic allies, and which set of countries?

A) The "Asian Tigers"
B) The Axis powers of Germany, Italy, and Japan
C) The Soviet Union and communist-allied countries
D) South America and leftist guerrillas
E) The European Union

Question 56

Explain the role of the Federal Reserve System in the United States.

Question 57

Discuss the problems facing the American health-care system prior to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and the ways in which the ACA does or does not address those problems effectively.

Question 58

When did the last vestige of American isolationism end?

A) The Great Depression
B) World War II
C) Entry into the UN
D) When France and the United States signed a mutual alliance pact
E) Korean War

Question 59

Outline and describe each step in the policymaking process using an actual policy as an example.

Question 60

Explain the idea of climate change and the ways in which this phenomenon has become politicized in the United States.

Question 61

Explain the concept of containment, and discuss how it relates to the Truman Doctrine.

Question 62

Trace the evolution of American foreign policy from isolationism to global leadership.

Question 63

Explain the principles underlying the American health-care system and the issues facing the system.

Question 64

Explain the taxation systems used in the United States.

Question 65

Describe the chief components of the Affordable Care Act and some of the controversies surrounding it.

Question 66

Discuss the rising costs of health care and governmental efforts to address them.

Question 67

Discuss monetary policy. Explain how it compares to economic policy.

Question 68

Describe the historic role of the U.S. government in addressing unemployment.

Question 69

Discuss the Clean Air Act and its role in affecting climate change.

Question 70

Discuss the connection between environmental policy and energy policy.

Question 71

Examine the federal budget deficit, why it occurred, and what measures should be taken to bring it down.

Question 72

What are the goals of the Federal Reserve Board, and what tools does it use to achieve them?

Question 73

Review the issues raised by immigration into the United States and the proposed reforms to the immigration system.

Question 74

Describe the current distribution of nuclear weapons in the world. Discuss and evaluate efforts to control further nuclear proliferation.

Question 75

Define fiscal policy and monetary policy. Explain the tools used by the institutions of the national government to shape economic policy.

Question 76

Discuss efforts taken by Congress and President Trump to deal with the issue of illegal immigration. Compare this to the efforts taken under the Obama administration.

Question 77

Discuss the course of the war on terror, and evaluate how much success the United States has had in waging it.

Question 78

Describe some of the ways that the Federal Reserve Board arguably affects the nation's economy more than the president can.

Question 79

Describe the three ways the Federal Reserve System controls the money supply.

Question 80

Analyze the government's attempts to protect the environment since the 1960s. What policies have been successful?