US Gov Final Cumulative Exam

Which sources would be most useful in exploring the issue of higher education costs?

• plans of action

• past social policies

• personal stories

At a federal level, the Department of Education supports the efforts of state and local leaders by

• funding education and working to create and ensure equal access to education

• delegating responsibilities between them

• depending on lower levels of leadership to create new policies

• overseeing schools and districts directly.

How do public-safety regulations protect workers?

• Regulations create advertising laws

• Regulations develop solution laws

• Regulations uphold business-activity laws

• Regulations establish equal-opportunity laws

What might happen if the federal government makes cuts to health care spending?

• There would be more hospital services, and research projects would increase.

• There would be fewer hospital services, and research would decline.

• There would be higher costs for patients, and research would stay the same.

• There would be lower costs for patients, and research projects would drop.

What happens to a public policy after it has been implemented?

• It is evaluated to see if it helped address an issue.

• It goes to the president for final approval.

• It goes through a trial period before becoming law.

• It is only put in place in specific communities.

Why would legislators most likely ask interest groups to help shape public policy?

• because interest groups volunteer to advise lawmakers about issues

• because interest groups donate to their campaigns at election time

• because interest groups demand that they be heard on certain issues

• because interest groups are paid to advise lawmakers on specific issues

Governments create public policy to address issues in what three main areas?

• foreign, domestic and social

• economic, foreign and education

• social, economic and foreign

• foreign, transportation and social

One way government solves problems is by

• making new laws

• creating public policy

• financing a military

• expanding regulations

Who might write a letter to their representatives about a policy issue?

• individual citizens and the media

• individual citizens and political parties

• interest groups and media

• interest groups and individual citizens

Which one of the following groups does NOT influence the creation of public policy?

• military branches

• individual citizens

• interest groups

• media organizations

• political parties