Test
midterm review 1
Preguntas del test (20)
1contributing to the success of loophole politics prior to passage of the 1986 tax bill was the
- Astrong support of policy entrepreneurs such as ralph nader
- Bexistence of tariff revenues to offset lost through deductions
- Cdecentralized structure of congress
- Dexistence of low marginal rates to offset revenues lost through deductions
- Estrong support of the conservative coalition and ralph nader
2monetarists recommend that government increase the money supply at a rate equal to the
- Agrowth in unemployment
- Bgrowth in credit
- Cdrop in wages
- Dgrowth in productivity
- Edrop in the rate of inflammation
3an economist regards the free market as too dependable to ensure economic efficiency and suggest government control over it. the economist is recommending what type of economic policy?
- AKeynesian
- Bsupply-side
- Ccredit-based
- Dmonetarist
- Eplanning
4the pocketbook issue tends to preoccupy politicians most
- Aearly in a presidential term
- Bwhen the economy is doing poorly
- Cjust before elections
- Dtoward the end of a session of congress
- Ewhen presidential popularity is at its peak
5supply-side economics advocate that government
- Ainterfere less in the economy
- Bcontrol both prices and wages
- Ccontrol wages more than prices
- Dcontrol prices more than wages
6the gramm-rudman act was passed by congress to
- Aeliminate deficit spending
- Bgive more authority to the OMB
- Celiminate the balance of trade deficit
- Dfine tune the existing budget procedures
- Eeliminate tax cuts
7congress is important in economic policy because it
- Areviews annual reports and removes appointees at will
- Bmust approve all taxes and most expenditures
- Ccontrols all appointees to the council of economic advisors(CEA)
- Ddetermines the supply of money in the economy at any given time
- Econtrols all appointees to the federal reserve board
8an economist who advocates wage price controls is basically endorsing what theory?
- AKeynesian
- Bplanning
- Csupply-side
- Dcredit based
- Emonetarist
9the economic theory that runs most counter to the planning theory is
- Acredit based theory
- Bwage-price-control economics
- Csupply side economics
- DKeynesian theory
- Emonetarist theory
10congress justified the legitimacy of Medicare, despite the fact that the us constitution did not authorize a national health-care system, with the argument that
- Athe us constitution could not have anticipated the need for such a system
- Bpayments into the system would always exceed benefits
- Cthe elderly had nowhere else to turn
- Dstate administration of the system removed it from constitutional jurisdiction
- Ethe tenth amendment specifically prohibited states from creating such programs
11one reason social security looked like a free lunch for much of its history was that
- Abenefits were paid out by states but taxes were paid to the federal government
- Bmost of the benefits were pro-rated
- Cmost workers' immediate benefits exceeded their immediate payments
- DMedicare costs were underestimated
- Ethere were many payers and few beneficiaries
12for welfare politics to be majoritarian politics what must be true
- Athe public must perceive the costs as low
- Bpolitical elites most personally benefit
- Cbeneficiaries must believe they will come out ahead
- Dbeneficiaries must be poor
- Einstitutions must incorporate the norms of policy statements
13the typical us preference in dealing with the problems of the poor is to relieve them by providing
- Aservices
- Bmoral exhortations
- Cjobs
- Dsavings bonds
- Ecash
14social security and medicare are examples of
- Aneo-institutional politics
- Bclient politics
- Cmajoritarian politics
- Dentrepreneurial politics
- Einterest group politics
15the passage of the medicare bill was made possible by
- Athe watering down of the bill to remove the more controversial provisions
- Bthe strong support of the American medical association
- Ca shift in voting patterns on the united states supreme court
- Da democratic landslide in the 1964 elections
- Ea marked shift in public opinion
16usually, the supreme court has reacted to wartime curtailments of civil liberties by
- Aavoiding rulings on constitutionally and consigning such issues to the lower federal courts
- Bupholding them
- Cupholding them at first, limiting them later
- Drejecting them first, reinstating them later
- Erejecting them
17on the issue of people's constitutional right to speak and publish, which of the following is true?
- Ayoung people and corporations have the same rights
- Byoung people have the same freedom of expression as adults
- Ccorporations and interest groups do not have the same rights
- Dyoung people have more freedom than adults
- Ecorporations and interest groups have the same rights
18on the question of church and state in the schools, the supreme court has permitted
- Aequal time for evolutionism
- Bhomeroom prayer exercises
- Cbible reading in public schools if unaccompanied by commentary
- Dpublic bus service to catholic schools
- Erequired release time from public school for religious instruction
19police are allowed to search a building for evidence if they have
- Aprobable cause or a warrant from a judge
- Bsuspicion that the potential for a crime may exist
- Cpermission for the occupant or probable cause
- Da warrant from a judge or permission of the occupant
- Eprobable cause or permission from the owner
20protection against police search of those places in which you have reasonable expectation of privacy means that police cannot normally search, without a warrant, your
- Astomach
- Bbarn
- Ccornfield from an airplane
- Dmobile home
- Ebackyard from an airplane
Información
- Descripción
- ap gov
- Autor
- Kiara Alberigo
- Idioma
- English
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