A newspaper editorial praises the Texas
legislature for passing a law that requires public college and university students to complete six semester hours in American national, state, and local government, including the study of the Texas Constitution. The editorial illustrates which stage of the policy process?
a) policy implementation
b) policy adoption
c) policy formulation
d) policy evaluation
e) policy change
The superintendent of schools chairs a special committee of teachers, parents, and
community leaders organized to develop a plan to discourage drug use among school-age youngsters. The committee's action illustrates which stage of the policy process?
a) agenda building
b) policy adoption
c) policy evaluation
d) policy formulation
e) context of policymaking
At which stage of the policy process are policies actually carried out?
a) policy evaluation
b) policy implementation
c) agenda setting
d) policy formulation
e) policy adoption
Which of the following best illustrates policy adoption?
a) A committee of the Texas legislature holds hearings on a proposal to require all health-care workers to be tested for tuberculosis infection.
b) Sheriff's deputies conduct an intensive traffic patrol looking for drunk drivers.
c) The local board of school trustees votes to purchase metal detectors to search students for weapons on school grounds.
d) The commissioner of agriculture gives a speech encouraging Texans to purchase produce grown in the Lone Star State.
e) The governor stresses the importance of a college education in his State of the State address.
Folkways are more important than mores in determining what kinds of behavior will be considered deviant in a society.
a. true
b. false
After a policy is formulated, a government body must act to put the policy into effect. This step in the policy process is known as
a) policy adoption
b) agenda setting
c) policy implementation
d) policy evaluation
e) policy change
David recently discovered that his long time friend, Mary, is homosexual. David stops visiting Mary and no longer allows Mary into his home. David denigrates Mary in front of their mutual friends
and tells his other female friends that they too should avoid Mary because he believes Mary will try to recruit other women into the gay lifestyle. David is exhibiting
a. homophobia.
b. gender norms.
c. homoerotica.
d. compulsory homosexualism.
Which of the following situations best illustrates agenda setting?
a) A local newspaper prints a series of articles focusing on the problem of vacant, boarded-up apartment complexes becoming hangouts for drug dealers.
b) The governor signs a bill requiring persons to show proof of insurance when they renew their drivers' licenses.
c) A city council debates how best to cut the city budget in order to avoid raising taxes.
d) A professor researches the impact effect of the death penalty on the incidence of violent crime.
e) A legislator talks to a Town Hall gathering about the importance of the education funding bill the legislature recently passed.
From the text's discussion of sexual orientation, we can infer that the beliefs of many conservative religious and political leaders in the United States are most closely identified with which perspective?
a. functionalist
b. conflict
c. feminist
d. interactionist
The development of courses of action for dealing with the problems on the government's agenda is the definition for which of the following?
a) policy formulation
b) policy implementation
c) policy evaluation
d) agenda setting
e) policy adoption
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