American Gov Exam 3 Quiz And Workbook Questions

Front 1

What percent of the total state revenue inTexas is from tax?

Back 1

47%

Front 2

Which of the following is the largest sourceof tax revenue in Texas?

Back 2

sales tax

Front 3

Liberals typically support ___ taxes.

Back 3

progressive

Front 4

Budget deficits become ___ if thegovernment increases public spending andkeeps the tax rates.

Back 4

larger

Front 5

65% of the federal budget is ___ spending

Back 5

mandatory

Front 6

When the government helped out GM andChrysler in 2009, the government’s decisionwas more popular among ___.

Back 6

liberals

Front 7

The antitrust law promotes ___.

Back 7

fair competition

Front 8

Which of the following statements best describes the “single-payer” system of health care?

Back 8

The government provides access to health care by paying for it.

Front 9

Approximately how many Americans do not have access to health insurance?

Back 9

40 million

Front 10

Which of the following statements BEST explains bureaucratic drift

Back 10

A bureaucratic agency moves away from either Congress or the president in implementing its own interpretation of a policy.

Front 11

How does health care reform’s high level of salience affect how the policy may be carried out?

Back 11

It means that anyone who might be affected by it is involved in health care reform.

Front 12

Why was a senator concerned about the health care bill mandating particular types of medical procedures?

Back 12

The bill would give the government too much influence over medical decisions.

Front 13

What is the intent of comparative effective research in health care?

Back 13

to look for the best solutions to common health care problems

Front 14

What are policy typologies useful for?

Back 14

classifying a large amount of information about public policy into a smaller set of manageable categories

Front 15

Distributive policies are also called which of the following?

Back 15

pork barrel policies

Front 16

Environmental policy would be considered which of the following?

Back 16

a regulatory policy

Front 17

What is a salient policy?

Back 17

one that is important to the American people

Front 18

Why might a policymaker be more likely to respond to citizen opinion on salient issues?

Back 18

Responding to citizens on issues important to them can help policymakers satisfy constituents and win reelection.

Front 19

Why are policymakers less likely to publicize their stances on complex issues?

Back 19

Complex issues are difficult to explain to average citizens.

Front 20

Why is the U.S. tax code considered to be a redistributive policy?

Back 20

It is progressive, meaning that lower-income earners pay a lower tax rate than higher-income earners.

Front 21

What does the author of this essay mean by the “adoption” of public policy?

Back 21

the process by which a policy is approved by policymakers

Front 22

What do we say when expenditures exceed revenue in a given fiscal year?

Back 22

We have a budget deficit.

Front 23

What is the likely cause of the larger federal budget deficits found in 2009?

Back 23

the economic recession, which forced more people onto government assistance while reducing the number of Americans who could pay taxes

Front 24

Were the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 a successful policy?

Back 24

yes

Front 25

In early American history, foreign-policy makers were afraid of what?

Back 25

the dangers of having a large army and navy

Front 26

Which of the following has been an enduring U.S. foreign-policy goal throughout American history?

Back 26

promoting U.S. economic prosperity

Front 27

Which of the following terms describes a dominant power in the world?

Back 27

hegemon

Front 28

When President John Quincy Adams warned the nation against “going abroad in search of monsters to destroy,” what was he was counseling against?

Back 28

trying to impose our values on other countries

Front 29

The Cold War was a struggle between which two ideologies?

Back 29

communism and democracy

Front 30

What event precipitated the first Gulf War against Iraq?

Back 30

the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait

Front 31

Why did the United States continue to stay heavily involved in Iraq after the first Gulf War?

Back 31

because the United States was seeking to make sure Iraq did not possess any weapons of mass destruction

Front 32

Which specific foreign-policy goal became much more visible after the second U.S. invasion of Iraq?

Back 32

combatting terrorism

Front 33

Which rationale was used to justify the second U.S. war with Iraq, but was later proven to be false?

Back 33

the need to destroy Iraqi weapons of mass destruction

Front 34

What new threat has emerged in Iraq since August of 2014?

Back 34

the rise of the militant group ISIS

Front 35

The United States maintains diplomatic relations with other nations through the exchange of which of the following?

Back 35

ambassadors

Front 36

Roughly what percentage of the federal budget does the United States devote to foreign aid?

Back 36

1.5 percent

Front 37

The political use of military force by the United States involves which of the following?

Back 37

using the military to influence other states without actually going to war