At which of the following points in the policy process would you expect the mass media to become most involved by critiquing existing policy?
a. agenda setting
b. policy evaluation
c. policy formulation
d. problem identification
b
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What is one practical use by the federal government for the Consumer Price Index (CPI)?
a. A decrease in CPI means that the government must cut salaries. b. It helps determines the cost-of-living increases in social security benefits. c. It helps determines whether to raise taxes. d. It determines whether the government is paying too much for services. e. An increase in CPI triggers an increase in the regulation of the largest private companies.
What would you call an electoral strategy that stressed the candidate's experience and leadership ability?
a. party-centered. b. issue-oriented. c. image-oriented. d. negative campaigning. e. first-past-the-post campaigning.
Anonymity exists when ______.
A. researchers limit information about respondents to trained staff. B. no identifying information is ever collected to link respondent to responses. C. the sample of respondents in a survey is selected purely by random. D. the researcher only uses numbers to connect respondent identity to responses.
The writers of the Constitution justified different methods of selection and varying terms of office for the president, Senate, and House as a means of
A. increasing popular influence. B. preventing elite control of government. C. maintaining experienced leadership. D. increasing voter turnout. E. protection against rapid control by an impassioned majority.