Chapter 15 & 16 Gov Quiz

In contrast with Medicare, the Medicaid program is

• funded by payroll taxes

• funded totally by the states

• a public assistance program.

• very popular with the general public

• None of these answers are correct.

What are the two broad groups that welfare programs fall into?

• social insurance and public assistance

• subsidized and social insurance

• public assistance and in-kind assistance

• equity and efficiency

• positive and negative

U.S. job growth since the 1970s has mostly occurred in which area(s)?

• services

• construction and agriculture

• agriculture

• manufacturing

• the service sector

Americans are most likely to support equality of

• living standards.

• achievement

• outcome

• opportunity

• income.

The term means test refers to

• the tax on a portion of the social security benefits of upper-income retirees.

• the need to prove that an applicant's income is low enough to qualify for public assistance.

• the mandatory physical examination that Medicare and Medicaid applicants must undergo before they can receive benefits.

• the mandatory psychological examination that Medicare and Medicaid applicants must undergo before they can receive benefits.

• None of these answers are correct.

A tax where the marginal tax rate increases as income rises is a(n)

• inflationary income tax.

• entitlement-based income tax.

• capital gains tax.

• progressive income tax.

• regressive income tax.

An entitlement program is a program

• None of these answers are correct.

• that provides indirect payments to individuals, such as funding for public schools.

• of social welfare for which citizenship is the only criterion of eligibility.

• that requires the payment of benefits to any individual who meets the eligibility criteria.

• benefiting individuals and designed specifically to alleviate the hardships of old age.

Today, most union members work as

• teachers and farm laborers.

• factory laborers.

• teachers, police, and civil servants.

• farm laborers.

• transportation workers.

The Supreme Court has ruled that

• states are obliged to give all children an education that is "equal" across communities.

• states are obliged to give all children an "adequate" education.

• the federal government must provide at least half the cost of educating each child through public education systems.

• the federal government is responsible for ensuring that each state provides an adequate education for each child.

• states have no official responsibilities in the field of education.

The poverty line is defined as

• the income level below which 20 percent of the American people live.

• the annual cost of all goods and services that a person can reasonably be expected to want.

• the percentage of homeless people.

• the income level below which 10 percent of the American people live.

• three times the annual cost of a thrifty food budget.