Public policy includes __________.
a. providing benefits for the public good, regulating the private sector, and affecting the governmental process
b. providing benefits for campaign donors, removing barriers to free enterprise, and regulating the bureaucracy
c. regulating the private sector, providing direct benefits, and regulating the legislature
d. holding press conferences, conducting elections, and gauging public opinion through surveys
Q. 2Setting public policy usually involves questions of __________.
a. who will benefit and if there will be federal funding
b. who will pay the bill and how the money will be collected
c. which agencies do the taxing and who benefits
d. who will benefit and who will pay the bill
Q. 3Which of the following best captures Thomas Dye's definition of public policy?
a. Only policies that were adopted by the government and placed into law are included.
b. It is simply whatever governments choose to do or not to do.
c. Public policy is decisions regarding who gets what, when, and why.
d. It is whatever the public chooses to do or not to do.
Q. 4The textbook describes three types of political cultureindividualistic, traditionalistic, and moralistic. Which best describes political culture in Texas?
A) Moralistic
B) A mixture of moralistic and traditionalistic
C) A mixture of moralistic, traditionalistic, and individualistic
D) A mixture of traditionalistic and individualistic
E) Individualistic
Q. 5According to the National Center for Children in Poverty, approximately what percentage of Texas children lived in families below the poverty level in 2008?
A) 1.7
B) 3
C) 8
D) 14
E) 23
Q. 6Which of the following does NOT describe the contemporary Texas economy?
A) More diverse than in the past
B) More globalized than in the past
C) Less dependent on agriculture than in the past
D) The health of the economy is more reliant on the price of oil than in the past.
E) The third largest state economy in the nation
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