WorksheetsTopic 2: Public Policy
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
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
What term refers to the problems the government leaders consider most important and receive the most attention?
Interest groups
PAC
Public opinion
Public agenda
All of the following are ways interest groups influence public policy EXCEPT --
lobbying government officials
making political contributions
running candidates for office
identifying issues
Which of the following DOES NOT describe one way that an individual can influence public policy?
strike for higher wages and better benefits at a company
join interest groups
participate in politics by voting, campaigning, and running for office
express opinions by lobbying, writing editorials, and demonstrating
Public policy can be made by . . .
Corporations
Businesses
Government
Individuals
The stand the government takes on an issue is called
public sphere
public policy
public opinion
public works
Which of the following has the steps of the public policy process in the correct order?
Issue Identification, Agenda Setting, Policy Adoption, Policy Formulation, Implementation, Evaluation.
Agenda Setting, Policy Formulation, Policy Adoption, Evaluation, Implementation, Issue Identification.
Implementation, Evaluation, Agenda Setting, Issue Identification, Policy Formulation, Policy Adoption.
Issue Identification, Agenda Setting, Policy Formulation, Policy Adoption, Implementation, Evaluation.
What is an example of a policy to protect the environment?
Increase taxes
Build a new school
Protection of wildlife
Response to global economy
John Morgan has been hired by a special interest group to try to influence legislators’ votes on their behalf. Mr. Morgan's job title is –
Governor
President
Senator
Lobbyist
Viewpoint 1: Healthcare should be universal, because all people have a right to healthcare, and no one deserves to spend all their savings on a hospital visit.
Viewpoint 2: Healthcare should have more private options. Competition between different organizations will help lower the healthcare prices.
What can we learn from these two viewpoints?
Doctors would lose money if we had universal healthcare
Privatized healthcare will help us cure more diseases
Healthcare right now is very expensive
The healthcare system does not need to change
