Angelica works for a company that creates and installs weather monitoring devices and software, and her company has been hired by the National Weather Service to set up a worldwide weather observation system using weather satellites. Angelica decides that the best way to approach this task would be to minimize cost by focusing only on areas with consistent and similar weather patterns in the
recent past and perhaps a few nearby regions. Which decision-making strategy is Angelica is using?
a. rational-comprehensive
b. unitary formulation
c. mixed scanning
d. incrementalism
d
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What will be an ideal response?
In order to effectively analyze the relative merits of two options, policy analysts must first:
a. Judge each option on the basis of the same specific criteria. b. Consider to what extent each option meets a social justice criteria. c. Decide if an option will be cost effective. d. Choose which option they prefer.
One of the implications of the so-called "tyranny of small decisions" is that __________
a. states often make irrational decisions b. the decisions of smaller states often end up determining outcomes for all states in the system c. states find it difficult to cooperate to resolve collective problems d. the small decisions made by states regarding their own well-being are almost always wrong
You live in a state in which the governor rarely travels out of state. The reason is to prevent the lieutenant governor from exercising power while the governor is away. Which of the following scenarios describes how the governor and lieutenant governor were most likely chosen for office?
A. They ran for election as a team. B. They were appointed by the state legislature. C. The governor was elected by the people, but the lieutenant governor was appointed by the state legislature. D. The voters elected a governor and lieutenant governor from different political parties. E. The elected governor was impeached and replaced by the lieutenant governor.