Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a guideline within which the TANF program must operate?

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A)   States have no discretion in their handling of welfare cases.
B)   Eligibility for cash assistance is limited to no more than five years in a lifetime.
C)   Within two years, the heads of most families on welfare have to find work or risk the loss of benefits.
D)   Unmarried teenage mothers qualify for welfare benefits only if they remain in school and live with a parent or legal guardian.
E)   Single mothers will lose a portion of their benefits if they refuse to cooperate in identifying the father of their children.F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 2

The Food Stamps program is

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A)   criticized because some believe it allows undeserving people to get aid.
B)   criticized because some think it stigmatizes its users by identifying them publicly as welfare cases.
C)   an in-kind benefit.
D)   criticized because some think it is too costly.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) C) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 3

________ persuaded Congress to enact the No Child Left Behind Act.

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A)   President Ronald Reagan
B)   President Bill Clinton
C)   President George W. Bush
D)   Vice President Al Gore
E)   Vice President Dan QuayleF) C) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 4

Charter schools

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A)   are publicly funded and have no more freedom in choosing students than do public schools, though they have greater freedom in determining curricula.
B)   are privately funded and have total freedom in determining curricula.
C)   are publicly funded but have more freedom in determining curricula than public schools.
D)   are promoted primarily by Democrats as a strong, publicly-funded method of improving education.
E)   have been opposed by President Obama, through executive orders to drain their funding.F) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

Question 5

The American welfare system is widely criticized for being inefficient.Explain this criticism,and describe the underlying causes of inefficiency.

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Inefficiency refers to the fact that muc...

Question 6

Which of the following is a true statement about the visibility of poverty in American society today?

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A)   Media coverage often focuses on the plight of the poor in America.
B)   In polls each year, Americans place the problem of poverty as the nation's top problem.
C)   Poverty is less visible in the suburbs than in inner cities or rural areas.
D)   Poverty has been virtually eliminated in the United States.
E)   Poverty is most apparent in the case of elderly Americans.F) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 7

The Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program was unpopular in part because of

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A)   its public perception of welfare dependency and irresponsibility.
B)   lack of public concern for child welfare.
C)   public opposition to locally administered welfare programs.
D)   public opposition to welfare programs for the needy.
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 8

Which of the following is true of social security and Medicare?

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A)   Eligibility requirements make sure that all social security beneficiaries have an absolute economic need for the benefit.
B)   Spending on Medicare and social security exceeds the total of all spending of public assistance programs.
C)   Most retirees receive less in social security benefits than they contributed in payroll taxes while working.
D)   Social security income is decided as follows: the lower your income while working, the larger your social security benefit upon retirement.
E)   Families in the top fifth of the income population receive more in social security and Medicare benefits than the government spends in total on TANF, SSI, food stamps, and housing subsidies for the poor.F) B) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 9

Poverty is a condition that today affects roughly one in ________ Americans.

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A)   two
B)   three
C)   eight
D)   twenty
E)   fiftyF) None of the above
G) C) and E)

Question 10

________ was called "the great leveler" when it began in the early nineteenth century.

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A)   Social welfare
B)   Public education
C)   The federal government
D)   The Internal Revenue Service
E)   Social securityF) C) and E)
G) D) and E)

Question 11

Welfare policy in the United States

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A)   is often an issue that divides the two political parties.
B)   is based entirely on the principle of need.
C)   is entirely a federal issue.
D)   is entirely a state issue.
E)   has changed very little during the nation's history.F) C) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 12

Discuss what is meant by a social insurance program and provide examples.

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Social insurance programs are those prog...

Question 13

A recent poll determined that most Americans believe which of the following is the second costliest federal program?

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A)   education
B)   public assistance programs
C)   environmental protection
D)   farm subsidies
E)   social insurance programsF) A) and C)
G) All of the above

Question 14

Of the following,which is likely the LEAST criticized public assistance program?

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A)   Supplemental Security Income
B)   Aid to Families with Dependent Children
C)   Food Stamps
D)   Medicaid
E)   housing subsidiesF) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 15

In his book,Losing Ground,Charles Murray argues that

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A)   welfare reform can only be enacted through a new war on poverty.
B)   welfare programs should be modeled after European models and not kept in their current form.
C)   welfare programs create a foundation for a permanent underclass of unproductive people.
D)   welfare programs should be based on the principle of efficiency, not the principle of equity.
E)   welfare programs should be terminated completely.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 16

According to survey data,

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A)   Americans prefer money as the primary form of welfare assistance.
B)   most Americans believe that welfare recipients could get along without assistance if they tried.
C)   Americans prefer government jobs through government programs as the primary form of welfare assistance.
D)   the vast majority of Americans believe there should be absolutely no government services for the poor of any kind.
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

Question 17

To what was political scientist Robert Lane referring when using the term "market justice"?

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A)   Americans prefer that society's material benefits be allocated through the economic marketplace rather than through government policies.
B)   Government should not use fiscal policy to attempt to flatten the ups and downs of a market economy.
C)   Americans should increase the size of the federal welfare state in order to mitigate the harmful influences of the market.
D)   The market tends to eliminate weak businesses and reward strong ones.
E)   The strength of the market economy of the United States is precisely what provides the welfare state with the revenue it needs to help the most underprivileged citizens.F) B) and C)
G) A) and C)

Question 18

Which of the following statements is NOT true about Medicaid?

Accepted Answer

A)   It is a public assistance program.
B)   It is funded by general tax revenues.
C)   It serves all Americans who cannot afford health insurance.
D)   It is controversial due to its cost.
E)   It is funded by both the federal government and the states.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 19

Franklin D.Roosevelt's New Deal represented the concept of ________ government.

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A)   positive
B)   negative
C)   laissez-faire
D)   subnational
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 20

The idea of negative government holds that

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A)   government governs best by staying out of people's lives.
B)   government intervention is necessary in order to enhance personal liberty and security when individuals are buffeted by economic and social forces beyond their control.
C)   government intervention into the economy should be limited to ensuring the equity of financial transactions between individuals.
D)   the government is ultimately a destructive force in people's lives because it protects business interests over individual citizens' interests.
E)   citizens in society possess a negative amount of liberty and economic freedom until a government intervenes to ensure the equity and efficiency of transactions.F) D) and E)
G) C) and D)

Exam 16: Welfare and Education Policy: Providing for Personal Security and Need

Which of the following is a true statement about the visibility of poverty in American society today?

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To what was political scientist Robert Lane referring when using the term "market justice"?

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Which of the following is NOT a guideline within which the TANF program must operate?

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Which of the following statements is NOT true about Medicaid?

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A recent poll determined that most Americans believe which of the following is the second costliest federal program?

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Poverty is a condition that today affects roughly one in ________ Americans.

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According to survey data,

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The Food Stamps program is

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Charter schools

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