__________ is an explanation used to provide analytic perspective on the policymaking process.
a. Cognitive theory c. Decisionmaking theory
b. Bureaucratic theory d. Schema theory
Which of the following made mutual assured destruction (MAD) possible?
a. First-strike capability c. Fission weapons
b. Second-strike capability d. Fusion weapons
Which of the following describes how issues end up on the decisionmaking agenda?
a. Initiative by individuals within the government, including the president
b. Issues that are important in the past
c. Issues that are elevated as the result of domestic and international events, such as crises
d. All of the above are true.
Over the period from 1967 to the end of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union were deemed to have essentially equivalent nuclear power,
a. owing to the buildup of U.S. military forces during the Reagan administration.
b. although in the later part of this period the United States had quantitative superiority while the Soviet Union had quantitative superiority earlier.
c. with the Soviet Union having greatly enhanced its quantitative and qualitative positions during the 1970s.
d. although the Soviet Union never had as many missiles as the United States.
Which of the following is not one of the three general stages in the decisionmaking process?
a. Agenda setting c. Policy implementation
b. Policy formulation d. Policy revision
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