Homework 30 questions
QUESTION 1
One of the strategies that policy makers use to reduce the negative impact of scarcity in public policy area is:
prioritize people who make decisions in the private sector
prioritize decision making objectives
agenda objectives
none of the above is correct
1 points
QUESTION 2
Steps of public policy include problem solving step
True
False
1 points
QUESTION 3
Public goods and public interest are exactly the same
True
False
1 points
QUESTION 4
The following is an example of public policy in UAE
crime procedures
educational institutions
foreign states
none of the above
1 points
QUESTION 5
Public policies can be classified into the following:
regulatory policies
establishing policies
agenda setting
none of the above is true
1 points
QUESTION 6
Policy analysts should:
reduce black market
reduce monopoly problem
none of the above is correct
increase uncertainty
1 points
QUESTION 7
Opportunity cost means:
Cost of purchasing state agenda
cost of spending money in market failure
lost opportunity of making public policy before setting the agenda
None of the above is correct
1 points
QUESTION 8
Ministry of Education is a non-official actor in health public policies
True
False
1 points
QUESTION 9
public policy analysts have the right to:
make executive decisions about public policy
make a consultative public policy
make suggestions and implement them
none of the above is correct
1 points
QUESTION 10
fiscal policies refer to:
tax regulations
funding foreign affairs
money flow
none of the above is true
1 points
QUESTION 11
policy analysis and policy analysts are the same thing
True
False
1 points
QUESTION 12
state subsidies refer to:
patronage policies
financial elimination of unneeded benefits
potential of creating black market problem
none of the above is correct
1 points
QUESTION 13
Governments can survive without making public policies
True
False
1 points
QUESTION 14
agenda setting is an important part of policy evaluation stage
True
False
1 points
QUESTION 15
free-rider is:
a policy that can never be resolved
black market problem
a policy problem that exists in health sector but not in educational sector
none of the above is correct
1 points
QUESTION 16
policy actors can be referred to as policy stakeholders
True
False
1 points
QUESTION 17
all policy problems are easy to describe
True
False
1 points
QUESTION 18
Politics can be defined as:
who gets what and who gives what
everything governments attempt to do
the struggle of taking responsibility for government’s decisions
none of the above is correct
1 points
QUESTION 19
In redistributive policies, the government:
aims to distribute public resources to all ministries
aims to redirect policy resources toward benefiting public agencies
redistribute employees benefit especially in emiratization
none of the above is correct
1 points
QUESTION 20
Public Policy in UAE has the following levels:
international level and domestic level
local level and external level
security level, domestic level and national level
none of the above is correct
1 points
QUESTION 21
Public policy can be defined as:
all actions, non-actions, decisions, and activities of state politicians
everything a Minister decides to do or not to do anytime and anywhere
none of the above
everything we do and decide to do
1 points
QUESTION 22
One of the following is a major challenge in policy making
state stateless
time scarcity
lack of scarcity
none of the above is correct
1 points
QUESTION 23
it is more important for the government to create free-rider than to create black market in the health sector
True
False
1 points
QUESTION 24
Monopoly is an important part that governments should add to all public policies
True
False
1 points
QUESTION 25
Interest groups are an official policy actor
True
False
1 points
QUESTION 26
symbolic policies include the following:
tax policies
central bank policies
flag policy
none of the above is true
1 points
QUESTION 27
Public interest is:
public needs that governments satisfy
public needs that the private sector satisfies
public needs that government and private companies satisfy together
none of the above is correct
1 points
QUESTION 28
in patronage policies, governments aim to——————
regulate economic policies
promote agenda setting
patronaging policy problem
none of the above is correct
1 points
QUESTION 29
In public policy process, policy adoption step comes before policy evaluation step
True
False
1 points
QUESTION 30
the government is required to adopt important policies to promote market failure
True
False
