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Questions

1. 'President George W. Bush's "No Child Left Behind" landmark education bill was designed to focus on all of the following except

A. differing rates of school success among children of different socioeconomic groups.

B. athletic programs for physically challenged children.

C. the public accountability of schools.

D. lower test scores of specific groups of children.

E. tax dollars not having their intended effect on education.

2. Policy implementation is

A. concerned with the carrying out of policies by bureaucrats, the courts, police, and individual citizens.

B. the discussion of proposals by governmental officials and the public.

C. when studies are conducted to see what happens after a policy is implemented.

D. concerned with a specific strategy for the proposal.

E. the process of getting the media aware of the issue.

3. All of the following statements about the Medicaid system are true except

A. it is funded out of general government revenues.

B. it is a joint program between the state and federal governments.

C. it was designed to provide medical care to the poor.

D. it is funded by a special tax on wages and salaries.

E. it often pays for nursing home care for elderly persons who have run down their financial assets.

4. All of the following statements about the Medicare system are true except

A. because of caps on reimbursements, some health care providers have refused to participate in the program.

B. it pays for hospital and physicians' bills for almost all U.S. residents over sixty-five years of age.

C. it is funded out of general government revenues.

D. beginning in 2006, it will help pay for prescription drugs for those over sixty-five.

E. it is funded by a special tax on wages and salaries.

5. Which of the following is true?

A. On average the federal government pays almost 60 percent of Medicaid's costs and the states pay the rest, although the portion paid by the states is on the increase.

B. While the number of people enrolled in Medicaid reached more than 50 million in 1997, by 2007 it is expected to decrease to around 24 million.

C. While Medicaid spending in 1997 was around $300 billion, by 2007 it is expected to have decreased to $150 billion.

D. One of the most frequently voiced criticisms of Medicaid is that those enrolled in the program end up having to pay most of the health care costs out of their own pocket.

6. The 1990 Clean Air Act

A. established an immediate ban on the production of CFCs as of 2002.

B. required new automobiles to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxide.

C. mandated a shift from coal to nuclear energy.

D. created a loophole to allow older coal-burning power plants to continue operating as they had been for years.

E. removed pollution controls on factories and other businesses in ninety-six cities with air-quality problems.

7. In 2001, the Supreme Court ruled

A. that states must abide by the Clean Air Act.

B. against the "migratory bird rule."

C. that states must penalize corporate polluters.

D. the Environmental Protection Act violated the Constitution.

E. that the Superfund violated the separation of powers in the Constitution.

8. According to reports by federal agencies, all of the following are true except

A. airborne lead is 3 percent of what it was in 1975.

B. plans to let power plants buy and sell "rights" to emit sulfur dioxide violate public policy.

C. the benefits of new clean air regulations are five to seven times greater than the costs of compliance.

D. airborne sulfur dioxide levels are a fifth of the levels of the 1960s.

E. six pollutants found in freshwater fish are at one-fifth their 1970 levels.

9. In 2007, the U.S. consumed about 20 million barrels of petroleum per day with _____ of this used as gasoline for transportation.

A. one-quarter

B. two-thirds

C. half

D. three-quarters

E. One-third

10. The rapid increase in the price of crude oil since 2003 appears to have been caused by all of the following except

the growing demand for oil in India

the loss of Iraqi oil fields during the war.

speculation on future prices.

the growing demand for oil in China

decreased production of oil in the U.S.

11. As a source of energy, nuclear power

A. is widely supported in the U.S.

B. is rarely used in the U.S. or Europe.

C. is inefficient and emits high levels of greenhouse gases.

D. has been used safely in Europe and the former states of the Soviet Union for decades.

E. produces little spent fuel to store.