American Government Ch 16 & 17 Exam

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Question #1

The North American Free Trade Agreement was implemented in the

A 1980s

B 2000s

C 1990s

D 1970s

Question #2

____ policy tends to collect payments or resources from many but concentrates direct benefits on relatively few.

A Regulatory

B Bureaucratic

C Collective

D Distributive

E None of the above

Question #3

Which stage of the public policy process includes identification of problems in need of fixing?

A enactment

B evaluation

C agenda setting

D implementation

Question #4

During the Cold War era, there were ____ superpowers.

A three

B two

C four

D five

Question #5

The use of drones within other countries’ borders is consistent with which school of thought?

A neoconservativism

B liberal internationalism

C neo-isolationism

D grand strategy

Question #6

After ____, congress must approve military use of force and operations.

A 30 days

B 60 days

C 45 days

D 90 days

Question #7

Public policy ________.

A is more of a theory than a reality

B requires multiple actors and branches to carry out

C focuses on only a few special individuals

D is typically made by one branch of government acting alone

Question #8

The _____ is the relationship between a country’s inflow and outflow of goods.

A net spending and taxing

B balance of trade

C gross domestic product

D balance of sales

Question #9

The Federal Reserve’s current roles include all of the following except

A providing banks with financial services like loans

B supervising and regulating banks

C setting tax rates and generating revenue for the federal government

D influencing monetary policy

Question #10

Mandatory spending is earmarked for all of the following except

A Medicaid

B Defense

C Medicare

D Social Security

E unemployment insurance

Question #11

A deficit is ________.

A the annual budget shortfall between revenues and expenditures

B the cancellation of an entitlement program

C the overall amount owed by government for past borrowing

D all pf these

Question #12

Up until the 1930s, most policy advocates supported ____ economics.

A Reaganesque

B laissez-faire

C Rooseveltian

D Keynesian

E trickle-down

Question #13

All the following are examples of sharply focused foreign policy outputs except

A international agreements

B presidential summits

C emergency spending measures

D military uses of force

Question #14

Member nations of the U.N. include _____ nations.

A 100

B 196

C 193

D 176

Question #15

The four main goals which we can attribute much of what the U.S. government does in the foreign policy realm include all of the following except

A the maintenance of access to key resources and markets

B the protection of human rights and democracy

C the eradication of all non-democratic regimes around the world

D the protection of the U.S. and its citizens

E the preservation of a balance of power in the world

Question #16

These individuals believe government almost always operates less efficiently than the private sector and that government actions should therefore be kept to a minimum.

A progressives

B libertarians

C liberals

D free riders

E conservatives

Question #17

The use of ____ is termed hard power.

A diplomacy

B military power

C economic sanctions

D negotiations

Question #18

The treaty process in Article II includes all of the following except

A the House consents to the treaty by a three-fourths vote

B the president negotiates a treaty

C the Senate consents to the treaty by a two-thirds vote

D the president ratifies a treaty

Question #19

According to the Department of the Treasury, at the end of 2015, the U.S. was in almost ____ of total debt.

A $12 trillion

B $19 trillion

C $9 trillion

D $32 trillion

E $29 trillion

Question #20

Keynesians prefer ____ tax systems while supply-siders prefer ____ tax systems.

A flat; progressive

B neutral; progressive

C regressive; neutral

D flat; regressive

E progressive; regressive

Question #21

Collectively these three programs make up the bulk of total federal government spending.

A Food stamps, Social Security, and Medicare

B Social Security, Medicare, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

C Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid

D Medicare, Medicaid, and food stamps

Question #22

Why are foreign policy issues more complicated than domestic policy issues?

A They are more expensive.

B The international environment is unpredictable.

C They are more complex.

D They are more specific.

Question #23

A country is said to be engaging in ____ when it does not permit other countries to sell goods and services within its borders or when it charges other countries very high tariffs to do so.

A patriotism

B covenant trade

C protectionism

D free trade

Question #24

The aggressive use (or threat) of hard power is the core value of

A containment

B realism

C neoconservatism

D neoliberalism

Question #25

The four stages of the policy process, in order, are

A evaluation, agenda setting, policy enactment, policy implementation

B policy enactment, policy implementation, agenda setting, evaluation

C agenda setting, evaluation, policy implementation, policy enactment

D agenda setting, policy enactment, policy implementation, evaluation

Question #26

Entitlement (or mandatory) spending is ________.

A concentrated on education

B formula-based spending that goes to individual citizens

C focused on children

D a program of contracts to aerospace companies

Question #27

Robert Gates served under all of the following presidents except

A Barack Obama

B George W. Bush

C Bill Clinton

D George H.W. Bush

Question #28

Congress attempted to reassert itself in war-making with the

A Anti-Nixon Resolution

B War Powers Resolution

C Vietnam Resolution

D Congressional War Act

Question #29

Those who support ____ advocate reducing taxes and regulations to spur economic grow

A Keynesianism

B supply-side economics

C Rooseveltian economics

D laissez-faire economics

Question #30

In 2014, the cost of Medicare was almost

A $542 billion

B $902 billion

C $1 trillion

D $597 billion

Question #31

A presidential summit took place on the island of Malta between

A George W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev

B Bill Clinton and Boris Yeltsin

C Bill Clinton and Mikhail Gorbachev

D George H.W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev

Question #32

The federal budget process matters in foreign policy for all the following reasons except ________.

A the budget provides the funding needed to run the foreign policy agencies

B the budget for every presidential action has to be approved in advance

C Congress has the power of the purse, so the president needs its approval

D the budget allows political institutions to increase funding in key new areas

Question #33

The ____ is responsible for scoring the spending or revenue impact of all proposed legislation to assess its net effect on the budget.

A Executive Revenue Office

B Congressional Sunshine Office

C Congressional Budget Office

D Executive Budget Office

E Congressional Revenue Office

Question #34

____ assume that others will act in their own self-interest and hence cannot be trusted. Thus, a healthy military is necessary.

A Isolationists

B Liberal internationalists

C Rationalists

D Realists

Question #35

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed

A after the Cold War

B after World War II

C after the Vietnam War

D after World War I

Question #36

_____ is ultimately responsible for setting the formulas for mandatory payouts.

A The States

B The Courts

C The president/executive branch

D Congress

E Treaties

Question #37

In terms of formal powers in the realm of foreign policy, ________.

A the president and Congress share power

B the president is entirely in charge

C Congress is entirely in charge

D decisions are delegated to experts in the bureaucracy

Question #38

In _____ implementation, the federal government dictates the specifics of the policy and each state implements it the exact same way.

A mass

B state-restrained

C bottom-up

D block

E top-down

Question #39

At ____, the total U.S. foreign aid budget for 2013 was sizable, though it represented less than 1% of the entire federal budget.

A $909 million

B $5 billion

C $24 billion

D $40 billion

Question #40

The War Powers Resolution ________.

A ultimately had little impact on war-making

B strengthened congressional war powers

C affected the presidency and congress equally

D strengthened presidential war powers

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