Question 1

Which program was designed to help augment the benefits to the aged, blind, and disabled?

Accepted Answer

A)   Medicaid
B)   Medicare
C)   food stamps
D)   Supplemental Security Income
E)   Social Security

Question 2

What event brought federal attention to elementary school education?

Accepted Answer

A)   the fear that the Soviets were winning the Cold War through better technology
B)   low levels of literacy in America's inner cities
C)   the return of veterans at the end of World War II
D)   the Great Depression
E)   the fear that the Japanese were outperforming American students in math and science

Question 3

Which of the following was NOT included in the congressional plans for health care reform?

Accepted Answer

A)   the creation of new state-based insurance exchanges
B)   a provision requiring uninsured individuals to purchase health insurance
C)   insurance regulation that prohibits insurers from denying benefits for a variety of reasons such as preexisting conditions
D)   an expansion of the public programs Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program
E)   a public option allowing individuals to acquire medical coverage directly from the government

Question 4

Spending on medical programs such as Medicare and Medicaid has proven difficult to control because

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A)   spending on Social Security has declined so significantly.
B)   state and local governments have refused to contribute to the costs of administering these programs.
C)   these programs are indexed to grow at two times the rate of inflation.
D)   of the growing number of people eligible and because of rising health care costs.
E)   recipients of these programs frequently abuse them.

Question 5

Which of the following is an example of nineteenth-century "indoor relief "?

Accepted Answer

A)   the police station
B)   job placement services
C)   subsidized schools and training centers
D)   passes to hotels
E)   cash payments

Question 6

The "individual mandate" of the Affordable Care Act refers to

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A)   the requirement that Medicare cover all individuals living in the United States by 2014.
B)   a tax credit that is given to all people who are unemployed and do not have health insurance coverage.
C)   the requirement that uninsured individuals purchase health insurance.
D)   the requirement that health insurance companies accept all applicants, regardless of preexisting conditions.
E)   a system of health care where the government owns and operates all medical facilities.

Question 7

The U.S. Public Health Service was founded in ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   1798
B)   1866
C)   1936
D)   1942
E)   1968

Question 8

Charter schools are best described as

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A)   the first schools built in any local district.
B)   schools that a district uses as the median by which to judge test scores.
C)   private schools that are funded with tax vouchers.
D)   public schools that are free to design special curricula.
E)   private schools run by large corporations.

Question 9

Social Security is a good example of ________.

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A)   outdoor relief
B)   indoor relief
C)   a contributory program
D)   a noncontributory program
E)   a means-tested program

Question 10

A cost-of-living adjustment is based on the

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A)   financing approved by Congress during each session.
B)   rate of inflation.
C)   relationship between the level of the federal deficit compared to the nation's gross national product.
D)   changing needs of each recipient.
E)   unemployment rate.

Question 11

Describe some of the earliest forms of welfare. Why has social welfare been so controversial for much of American history? What event did the most to transform American attitudes toward poverty relief, and why?

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Question 12

One reason that the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program grew significantly in the 1970s was that

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A)   voters passed initiatives in many states that required an increase in benefits.
B)   a number of court decisions determined that benefits must be increased at a level greater than that of inflation each year.
C)   Congress passed a number of laws that dramatically expanded the number of people who were eligible and the overall amount of in-kind benefits that would be provided to eligible people.
D)   court decisions made it more difficult for the government to legally terminate people's benefits for lack of eligibility.
E)   state governments refused to administer the program unless the federal government spent more on benefits.

Question 13

The Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program is administered

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A)   by the federal government.
B)   by the states, with uniform benefit levels set by the federal government.
C)   by the states, with benefit levels varying between states.
D)   through private agencies with governmental contracts.
E)   by the federal government, with benefit levels varying between states.

Question 14

AARP has a membership of approximately ________ members.

Accepted Answer

A)   10,000
B)   750,000
C)   1 million
D)   9 million
E)   40 million

Question 15

Describe how government officials have attempted to redistribute resources more equitably in the United States. Which programs have been the most successful? Which have had less effective outcomes?

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Question 16

Which of the following programs most benefits the working poor?

Accepted Answer

A)   earned income tax credits
B)   Medicaid
C)   Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
D)   subsidized student loans
E)   Social Security

Question 17

Which of the following social policies is currently the most costly to the government?

Accepted Answer

A)   Social Security
B)   food stamps
C)   public housing assistance
D)   Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
E)   Medicare

Question 18

The goals of American social policy are

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A)   popular and receive wide support.
B)   often controversial.
C)   determined not by popular opinion but by the Constitution.
D)   often changed drastically from administration to administration.
E)   similar to those of social programs of other countries.

Question 19

Since the welfare reforms of 1996, what is the primary reason for receiving federal cash assistance if one is nonworking and able-bodied?

Accepted Answer

A)   The recipient is caring for children.
B)   The recipient is going to school or in a job-training program.
C)   The recipient has been means tested.
D)   The recipient has been considered deserving.
E)   The recipient is actively looking for a job.

Question 20

Which of the following groups receives the least benefits from government's social policies?

Accepted Answer

A)   the middle class
B)   children
C)   the elderly
D)   the wealthy
E)   minorities

Exam 17: Social Policy

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Which of the following social policies is currently the most costly to the government?

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A cost-of-living adjustment is based on the

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Since the welfare reforms of 1996, what is the primary reason for receiving federal cash assistance if one is nonworking and able-bodied?

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Describe how government officials have attempted to redistribute resources more equitably in the United States. Which programs have been the most successful? Which have had less effective outcomes?

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What event brought federal attention to elementary school education?

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Which program was designed to help augment the benefits to the aged, blind, and disabled?

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Which of the following is an example of nineteenth-century "indoor relief "?

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Social Security is a good example of ________.

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The U.S. Public Health Service was founded in ________.

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Which of the following was NOT included in the congressional plans for health care reform?

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