Temple College – Cameron Center
Government 2302
Summer II
Exam #1
THIS EXAM IS COMPOSED OF FIVE (5) PARTS READ AND
FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR EACH PART CAREFULLY.
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SECTION (PART I.) ON THE ANSWER SHEET PROVIDED.
WRITE YOUR ANSWERS FOR PARTS II – V LEGIBLY ON THE
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THIS EXAM IS WORTH 100 POINTS.
PART I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. INSTRUCTIONS: Answer each of the following
multiple choice questions by marking the letter on your scan-tron form that
corresponds to the BEST response. 30 questions/2 points each/60 points total.
1. The process that determines “who gets what, when, and how” is known as
a. decision-making. b. political science. c. politics. d. paternalism.
2. Harold Laswell’s definition in question #1 implies that
a. people are in conflict over valued things in society.
b. societies have a set of procedures to resolve the question of “who gets what,
when, and how.”
c. individuals are anti-social.
d. both a and b.
3. Government refers to
a. any group of people involved in politics.
b. the structured arrangements which produce decisions resolving conflict.
c. only a predetermined set of countries that recognize each other as having legal
power.
d. any person or group of persons who have power but who respect the right of all
people to be free.
4. In class, we introduced a public policy classification scheme. Which of the following
questions must be answered in order to classify a policy under this scheme?
1. Who is the primary target group?
2. Why is government implementing the policy?
3. What are the goals of the policy?
4. What is the activity of government with respect to the primary target group [what
is government doing to or for the primary target group]?
5. Who are the secondary target groups?
a. 1, 3, and 5 b. 1, 2, and 4 c. 2 and 4 d. 1 and 4
5. Which of the following best illustrates implementation?
a. The president gives a speech calling for welfare reform.
b. The Supreme Court upholds a city fire department’s affirmative action program.
c. The Pentagon proposes new procedures for making defense-related purchases.
d. The Occupational Safety And Health Administration (OSHA) inspects a plastics
factory looking for levels of vinyl chloride in excess of federal standards.
6. The stage of the policy-making process that involves “choosing an official course of
action from among alternative policy strategies” is
a. implementation. b. designation. c. adoption. d. formulation.
7. In which stage of the policy-making process are problem identification (perception)
and priority-setting important activities?
a. agenda-setting b. designation c. adoption d. formulation
8. Which of the following sets of stages in the policy-making process is listed in the
correct logical order?
a. evaluation, adoption, implementation, formulation, designation
b. formulation, adoption, designation, implementation, evaluation
c. agenda-setting, adoption, designation, implementation, evaluation
d. agenda-setting, formulation, adoption, implementation, evaluation
9. The U.S. Supreme Court strikes down a law school’s affirmative action admissions
program as unconstitutional. This is an example of which stage of the policy-making
process?
a. implementation. b. designation. c. agenda-setting. d. evaluation.
10. A city health director designs an educational program to inform teenagers about the
dangers of “unprotected sex.” The city council must vote next week whether to fund
the program. This is an example of which stage of the policy-making process?
a. implementation. b. formulation. c. adoption. d. evaluation.
11. Under the policy classification scheme introduced in class, which of the following is
NOT one of the five activities that government can undertake with respect to a
primary target group?
a. give
b. take
c. symbolize
d. lie
12. Suppose a city council passed an ordinance in 1990 which prohibits individuals and
businesses from posting signs (i.e., garage sale signs, small business advertising)
on right-of-ways, intersections, street lights, telephone poles, city property, etc.
Because Code Enforcement (the city department responsible for enforcement of the
ordinance) does not have enough manpower, it has not issued a single citation for
violation of the ordinance in ten years. Consequently, these signs are pervasive
around the city. What important principle of public policy does this example
illustrate?
a. Public policies NEVER work.
b. City governments have little authority to make public policy decisions.
c. Public policies consist of decisions AND action - the action of government
determines the content of public policy.
d. Public policies are what government intends to do.
13. A city council bans smoking in all public places in the city. Fines are levied against
violators. The primary target group in this policy scenario is
a. the city council. b. non-smokers. c. tobacco companies. d. none of these.
14. A city council passes and the police enforce an ordinance imposing fines on the
parents of minor children who are “on the streets” past a 1:00 a.m. curfew. This is
an example of which class of policy?
a. resource allocative b. symbolic c. regulatory d. resource extractive
15. The U.S. Department of Commerce requires that shrimpers operating in U.S. waters
install “turtle-excluder devices” [TEDs] on their nets to reduce the number of sea
turtles that are inadvertently killed in shrimp harvests. The Coast Guard randomly
inspects shrimping boats and may impose fines on or impound the vessels of
shrimpers who are not in compliance. This is an example of which type or class of
public policy?
a. resource allocative b. resource extractive c. regulatory d. symbolic
16. The United States denies the People’s Republic of China most favored nation
trading status as a result of China’s alleged human rights violations. This is an
example of which class of policy?
a. resource extractive b. symbolic c. regulatory d. resource extractive
17. The National Endowment for the Humanities awards a research grant to a team of
historians and anthropologists to study the ancestral claims of certain native
American tribes to “ceremonial” lands. This is an example of which type or class of
public policy?
a. resource allocative
b. resource extractive
c. regulatory
d. internal organization and management
18. A few years ago, Congress passed a resolution declaring that surviving JapaneseAmericans who had their property confiscated when they were interned in
concentration camps during World War II were entitled to compensation. Checks for
$20,000 were then mailed by the U.S. Treasury Department to all those eligible. This
is an example of which type or class of public policy?
a. resource allocative
b. resource extractive
c. regulatory
d. internal organization and management
19. According to the Dye text, the idea that government originates as an implied contract
among individuals who agree to obey laws in exchange for protection of their rights
is known as the
a. social design.
b. social contract.
c. inherent contract.
d. government contract.
20. According to the Dye text, balancing the principle of majority rule against the
principle of individual liberty is known as
a. the paradox of democracy.
b. a paradox of government.
c. a dilemma of great magnitude.
d. an episode of democratic crisis.
21. The non-violent violation of laws that people believe to be unjust is known as
a. violent disobedience.
b. civil disobedience.
c. criminal disobedience.
d. civil compliance.
22. Which of the following political philosophers had the greatest single influence on the
principles expressed in the Declaration of Independence by the founders of the
American republic?
a. Thomas Hobbes
b. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
c. Thomas Aquinas
d. John Locke.
23. The framers of the Constitution embraced the principle that a government should
itself be restrained by law. This is known as the principle of
a. ineffective government.
b. Confederal government.
c. Popular government
d. Limited government.
24. Most Americans in the early national period believed that the liberties of individuals
and restraints on governmental powers should be set forth in
a. a declaration of principles.
b. Judicial decisions.
c. Legislative actions.
d. Constitutions.
25. Which American document is identified as the “supreme law of the land”?
a. the Declaration of Independence
b. the Articles of Confederation
c. the Mayflower Compact
d. the Constitution
26. The proposal that established two chambers of Congress, a Senate with two
members from each state and a House of Representatives with members
representing population was known as
a. the New York Plan.
b. The Virginia Plan.
c. The New Jersey Plan.
d. The Connecticut Compromise.
27. On which principle did the framers of the Constitution fundamentally agree?
a. that the states should form regional alliances
b. the protection of individual liberty and property
c. creation of a national judiciary
d. recognition of the Constitution as the “supreme law of the land”
28. On which principle did the framers rest their belief in the legitimacy of government?
a. the epistle of the apostle Paul to the Romans, Chapter 13
b. Paine’s view that the social contract is an agreement among individuals in
society
c. Rousseau’s view of the origins of property
d. Locke’s notion of the consent of the governed
29. The forces that opposed the creation of a strong national government were called
a. Radicals.
b. Federal Extremists.
c. Federalists.
d. Anti-Federalists.
30. The Bill of Rights was originally designed to limit the powers of the
a. rebellious southern states.
b. New national government.
c. The government of the Northwest Territory.
d. The slave states.
PART II. SHORT ANSWER 1. Answer one (1) of the following in a
paragraph. Do NOT answer specific parts as separate items. Integrate your
responses into a well-organized, well-constructed paragraph. Write complete
sentences and pay attention to spelling, grammar, and word choice. Do NOT
assume that “the instructor will know what you mean.” WRITE LEGIBLY IN INK!
Use the space below and on the back of this page (if necessary) to write your
answer. 10 points.
1. Identify and explain Laswell’s, Easton’s, and Feagin’s definitions of politics.
[NOTE: Do NOT simply write the definitions. Explain the terms and concepts
and their implications.]
2. Define government. Explain government’s legitimate use of force. Why do
people agree to obey government’s laws?
PART III. SHORT ANSWER 2. Answer one (1) of the following in a
paragraph. Do NOT answer specific parts as separate items. Integrate your
responses into a well-organized, well-constructed paragraph. Write complete
sentences and pay attention to spelling, grammar, and word choice. Do NOT
assume that “the instructor will know what you mean.” Use the space below and
on the back of this page (if necessary) to write your answer. WRITE LEGIBLY
IN INK! 10 points.
1. Discuss the meaning of democracy, focusing on the democratic ideals
favored in the United States.
2. What is the paradox of democracy? How does the U.S. Constitution
provide limits on the power of majorities?
PART IV. SHORT ANSWER 3. Answer one (1) of the following in a
paragraph. Do NOT answer specific parts as separate items. Integrate your
responses into a well-organized, well-constructed paragraph. Write complete
sentences and pay attention to spelling, grammar, and word choice. Do NOT
assume that “the instructor will know what you mean.” Use the space below and
on the back of this page (if necessary) to write your answer. WRITE LEGIBLY
IN INK! 10 points.
1. Outline and discuss public policy’s five defining characteristics.
2. Discuss the five stages of the policy-making process (the production line
model). Outline the activities and actors that may be involved in each
stage.
PART V. IDENTIFICATION. Define and identify the importance of five (5)
of the following items in a couple of sentences for each pair. 10 points/2 pts.
each. Use the back of this page (if necessary) to continue your answer. Your
answer should be written to demonstrate your familiarity with and understanding
of both terms or concepts in each pair. These items can generally be answered
in two or three sentences. Students should go beyond simple definitions of the
terms or concepts to say why each is important and why the two are juxtaposed.
Here is an example:
[example] Article I, sec. 8:18 v 10th Amendment – Article I, sec 8:18 implies that the
national government has powers beyond those that are expressly delegated in the
Constitution while the 10th Amendment reserves for the states any powers not delegated
by the Constitution to the national government. These provisions reflect the competing
political philosophies of the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists respectively;
consequently, the question of the balance of constitutional powers between the two
levels of government must be resolved by judicial interpretation.

public agenda v official agenda

policy statement v implementing action

statute v administrative ruling

authoritative government v authoritarian government

elitist perspective v pluralist perspective

direct democracy v representative democracy

civil disobedience v legitimacy