WorksheetsPublic Policy Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What are elected officials doing when they use the media to hold news conferences?
Communicating with the public
Giving an opinion poll
Enforcing laws
Passing laws
Which of the following best demonstrates the media focusing public attention on a specific issue?
A press conference is held to question the President on the removal of troops from Iraq
The local news station runs a week long story about the condition of schools throughout the state
A debate is held between the Republican candidates seeking the nomination for Presidency
The governor is interviewed about his involvement in a scheme to redraw district lines to favor his party
What term refers to the problems the government leaders consider most important and receive the most attention?
Interest groups
PAC
Public opinion
Public agenda
What is it called when individuals try to get legislators to introduce or vote a certain way on a bill?
PAC
Lobbying
Demonstrating
Interest groups
What type of interest group works to benefit all or most of society?
Economic interest groups
Public interest groups
Private interest groups
Federal interest groups
What type of interest groups only promote the interests of their members?
Political campaigns
Private interest groups
Federal interest groups
Public interest groups
All of the following are ways interest groups influence public policy EXCEPT --
lobbying government officials
making political contributions
running candidates for office
identifying issues
What do you call people who work to get Congress to pass laws to support their interests?
Lobbyists
PAC
The public
Constituents
What legislative body creates ordinances for counties?
House of Representative
City council
Board of Supervisors
General Assembly
Which of the following executive officers are required by VA law to be elected for each locality?
Commissioner of the Revenue
Clerk of the Circuit Court
Sheriff
Treasurer
All of the above
What is the job of the Legislative branch?
Make laws
Enforce laws
Explain laws
Judicial Review
What is the name of Virginia's Legislative branch?
General Assembly
General Congress
General Meeting
House of Burgesses
Which house of Congress must a bill pass through in order to become a law?
Both
House of Representatives
Senate
Neither
The General Assembly is a bicameral legislature. What are the two houses?
House of Representatives & Senate
House of Delegates & VA Senate
President & Vice President
Governor & Lieutenant Governor
The Virginia General Assembly and US Congress are similar in that both -
check the US courts
prepare biennial budgets
approve annual budgets
are bicameral legislatures
