SW 206 Exam 1 Review

What did the Affordable Care Act (ACA) NOT do?

What is the biggest source of funding for federal expenditures?

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a ____ administered, ____ benefit program.

Which legislation was passed during the Great Depression?

Which program is NOT means-tested?

Which economic approach led to the development of a welfare state following the Great Depression?

Individual level theories see poverty as the result of personal and community attitudes, behavior, and motivation.

All social conditions become policy problems.

General Assistance (GA) is available for non-aged, non-disabled, childless, low-income adults in every state.

Which group of people is poorer in the US?

Which theory sees poverty as a result of communities internalizing traits and behaviors that are passed down?

TANF is funded by ______, which gives a set amount of money to states.

Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is federally administered through the IRS and tax code.

Which theory sees poverty as the result of a lack of individual skills, education, and training?

Structural level theories see poverty as resulting from large-scale inequities like entrenched corporate power.

SNAP is a federally funded, state administered program.

Which measure of poverty is tied to a measure of central tendency in the distribution of income?

Which two programs are NOT means-tested?

Two advantages of an absolute poverty measure is that it is easy to measure and easy to see trends.

TANF is an entitlement program.

Structural level theories assume that changing individual behavior and choices will reduce poverty.

Social Security is an example of a defined benefit retirement plan.

Which program provides an in-kind benefit?

A disadvantage of an absolute poverty measure is that it doesn't consider changing standards of living.

Which portion of the federal budget is largest?

Fiscal and monetary policies are important aspects of a neoclassical approach to the economy.

A ___________ program guarantees a specific retirement benefit for retirees for life.

Which economic theory believes that the market can regulate itself and that the government should avoid involvement?

What change(s) were made to cash welfare (AFDC) when it reformed to TANF?

Which program varies by state?

What is not a concern with the Official Poverty Measure (OPM)?