Developing budgets by using last year's budget as the base and adding an amount to cover the increased costs of doing business (inflation) and any new programs is called
A) deficit budgeting.
B) the program planning budgeting system (PPBS).
C) incremental budgeting.
D) zero-based budgeting.
E) cost analysis.
C
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Prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, __________ of Americans believed that the U.S. government should take steps, at the risk of war, to prevent Japan from becoming too powerful.
A. less than a tenth B. less than a fifth C. about a third D. about half E. about two thirds
The organizational process model most powerfully describes
a. policy implementation. c. agenda setting. b. policy formulation. d. policy evaluation.
When we refer to a political system as a two-party system we mean that
A. only two parties are likely to win elections. B. there are only two parties competing. C. only two parties have ever held a majority. D. two parties created the government when it became independent.
The textbook argues that the United States is unlikely to change from an adversarial system of law for all of the following reasons EXCEPT this one:
a) It makes it easier to maintain the principle of "innocent until proven guilty." b) It fits with the cultural emphasis on individualism. c) It is generally acknowledged to be more fair than the inquisitorial system. d) It fits with the cultural emphasis on procedural values. e) Lawyers in the United States have a strong interest in preserving the current system.