Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Pork barrel legislation is an example of a distributive policy.
2. A major issue with addressing social problems with public policy is that their solutions may create problems in place of the ones being addressed.
3. Government agencies have their largest role in policy evaluation.
4. Agenda setting normally begins with problems being brought to the attention of the president.
5. If policy evaluation is performed correctly, earlier parts of the policymaking process will be activated in order to address the problems identified by the policy evaluation.
1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. FALSE
4. FALSE
5. TRUE
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What will be an ideal response?
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A. spending budget surpluses B. promoting public policies of others C. lobbying for higher pay for city employees D. keeping conflicting groups apart
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a. Clean air. b. Foreign aid. c. A bilateral alliance. d. All of the above.