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26. Governments being asked to ban the use of cell : 1800967
26. Governments being asked to ban the use of cell phones by drivers are examples of a public policy:
A. Input.
B. Goal.
C. Effect.
D. Tool.
27. Studies show that texting while driving is:
A. Less dangerous than talking on a phone while driving.
B. Less dangerous than driving while drunk.
C. More dangerous than talking on the phone while driving.
D. Just as dangerous as talking on a phone while driving.
28. Public policy tools involve a combination of:
A. Incentives and political favors.
B. Penalties and prison terms.
C. Incentives and penalties.
D. Political favors and prison terms.
29. Public policy effects are:
A. Impossible to measure.
B. Easily quantifiable for the trained public policy expert.
C. Only known ten years after the public policy is enacted.
D. Sometimes intended and sometimes unintended.
30. Economic policies include:
A. Fiscal and monetary policies.
B. Monetary and social assistance policies.
C. Fiscal and social assistance policies.
D. Policies initiated by the Federal Reserve System.
31. Patterns of government taxing and spending that are intended to stimulate or support the economy are:
A. International standards policies.
B. Social assistance policies.
C. Fiscal policies.
D. Monetary policies
32. An example of an early economic public policy was:
A. The abolition of slavery.
B. Public works projects of the Great Depression.
C. The creation of the Homeland Security Office.
D. President Johnson’s Great Society programs.
33. Policies that affect the supply, demand, and value of a nation’s currency are:
A. International standards policies.
B. Social assistance policies.
C. Fiscal policies.
D. Monetary policies.
34. By raising and lowering the interest rates at which private banks borrow money from the government, the Federal Reserve Bank:
A. Influences the size of the nation’s money supply.
B. Influences the value of the dollar.
C. Minimizes investor confidence about the nation’s future.
D. Both A and B, but not C.
35. The primary way of accomplishing public policy is through:
A. Waiting for businesses to act.
B. Lobbying Congress.
C. Regulation.
D. Writing your politician.
