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Week 15 Review Policy Implementation
What does short term success focus on?
what is fire-alarm oversight?
Week 15 Review Policy Implementation
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what is fire-alarm oversight?
exercised when political officials complain about policy implementation
exercised when target groups complain about policy implementation
exercised when interest groups complain about policy implementation
exercised when media groups complain about policy implementation
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What does short term success focus on?
focus on outcomes
focus on performance measurements
focus on consequences
focus on outputs
3
Planning disasters include
Challenger explosion, human errors, budgeting errors, big dig in boston
human errors
budgeting errors
the Big Dig in Boston.
4
which of the following about long term focus is true?
emphasis on objectives
emphasis on democracy, legality, and legitimacy
emphasis on efficiency
relevant to government since policies play out over long periods of time,
5
both Tangible and Intangible benefits are monetized to the extent possible.
True
False
6
an example of trade-off analysis
play basketball in highschool for free in order to play in the nba later
smack a teacher for giving this long ass chapter, placed behind bars later
cheat on your bf now that way your heart won't break later
get an education in order to get a salary later
7
Qualitative policy evaluation includes focus groups
False
True
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Failure judgement is influenced by political ideology
True
False
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Result based management (RBM) focuses on what
effectiveness
effort
short-term outputs
efficiency
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What are the Problems with interweaving through contracting?
Lack of oversight, corruption, too much regulation, underperformance
Too much regulation, corruption, underperformance
Underperformance
Corruption, lack of oversight
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which of the following is true about Sensitivity analysis?
test how the results would vary if any assumptions were present.
test how the results would vary if key assumptions were changed.
12
policy evaluation tools include
Process, program, impact Evaluation and policy analysis
Program Evaluation
Impact, place, policy, persons Evaluation
Policy, poltical office Analysis
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elements of accountability include
Can we ‘run’ government as if it’s a business?
What parts of government can actually be run as a business?
What is the evidence that government is inefficient?
Why difficult to get people to understand what government actually does?
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Interweaving through federalism includes
intergovernmental programs, crossover sanctions, and partial pre-emption
partial pre-emption
federal gov reaches in state/local levels by regulations and mandates.
crossover sanctions
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Implentation focuses on programs rather than agencies
True
False
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Key assumptions used in calculations are disclosed.
True
False
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in policy horizon, time bias
policy makers operate with range of time-perspectives
policy makers balance short-term outputs and long-term outcomes
Policy makers operate with immediate v. delayed gratification
policy makers operate with different expectations
18
short term focus includes
measurable critera, immediate gratification, emphasis on three e's
immediate gratification
evaluating only operational goals
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What of the following is true about policies.
often they build upon newer policies.
they can't change over time
do not come out of the blue, change over time, build upon early policies
all policies are new without regard to older policies.
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interweaving through contracting
assumes flexibility, cost savings, expertise, less red tape
less red tape
expertise, less red tape, cost savings
cost savings, less red tape, expertise
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What does long term success focus on?
focus on results.
focus on outcomes, consequences of policies may not be immediately visible
focus on outcomes
focus on decision making.
22
What are the three aspects of accountability?
process, place, person
place, process
fiscal, process, program
program, fical, policy
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how are Program costs and benefits measured?
againsts taxes
against solutions
against alternatives and or a baseline
against alternatives
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What does scarcity do?
forces policy makers to consider decisions more in depth.
forces policy makers to choose what to do and what not to do
forces policy makers to choose whats best for the economy.
policy makers emphasize one activity or element but neglect another.
25
What is the Kaldor-Hicks Analysis?
will winners benefit enough to compensate those who wins?
will winners benefit enough to compensate those who lose?
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What does the study of comprehensively measure?
tax cost
direct cost, indirect cost
indirect cost
direct tools
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stereotypical opinions of government include what?
low public tolerance for failure or misfortune
expectations of government as problem-solver are low.
Expectations of government as problem-solver are high
28
Problems with policy evalution include
long-term focus
short-term success
long-term success
short-term and long term focus
29
Discretionary freedom
of street-level bureaucrats in implementation of policy
of organizational-level bureaucrats in implementation of policy
of street-level civil servants in implementation of policy
of organizational-level political appointees in implementation of policy
30
Which is true about Future costs and benefits?
are discounted to last years values
are discounted to current year values
are discounted to future year values
31
What did Woodrow Wilson say about Implementation?
"It is getting harder to run a constitution than to frame one"
“It is easier to write laws than to execute them.”
"It is getting harder to frame a constitution"
"It is easier to execute a law than to create one."
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What are some problems of performance?
Goal displacement, implementation gap,
Implementation gap,
Organizational problems
Discretionary freedom, organizational problems
33
What constitues Policy Success?
Much attention in literature for success
much attention in media for failure
Some attention for failure
little to none for neglect
34
Cost-Benefit Analysis common elements include
focus mostly on efficiency
focus mostly on equalness
focus mostly on effectiveness
focus mostly on the people
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How is success determined?
through randomized experiment with a treatment.
through randomized experiment with a policy.
through randomized experiment with democracy.
through randomized experiment with a result.
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Goal displacement is achieving something different than planned
False
True
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Policy success can be either short or long term
False
True
38
what is policy scope, spatial bias?
problem of where to dump waste, situate an airport
problem of placing waste in a airport
problem of trash collection
problem of collecting waste from airports
39
what is policy culture, ethnocentric bias?
germany v. framework legislation (US).
favoring non detailed rules
favoring detailed rules
france v. framework legislation (US).
40
Pareto Criterion refers to
policy can be implemented when both parties lose
policy can be implemented when the republican party loses
policy can be implemented when no other parties lose
41
Primacy of politics means what?
politics is populated by elected officials
politics is populated by merit-based officials
42
Formative evaluation is conducted early in the policy implementation
True
False
43
what must every social system consider?
problem solving, integration problems
short-term goal achievement, long term effectiveness
integration problems
long-term effectiveness
44
Summative evaluation is
impact of program on organization and society as a whole
impact of program on democracy
impact of program on society as a whole.
impact of program on animals.
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In Trade-off analysis you consider what you can give up in order to gain something else.
False
True
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Implementation gap is achieving less than what was planned
False
True
47
Bureaucracy is populated by appointed experts
False
True
48
General Accountability Office means?
responsible for local examination of performance of government programs
responsible for global examination of performance of government programs
responsible for broad examination of performance of government programs
responsible for narrow examination of performance of government programs
49
police-patrol oversight refers to formal and systematic oversight.
True
False
50
interweaving refers to networked governance
True
False
51
what is policy failure?
people agree upon what constitues a failure or success.
judgement about the past.
judgment about events
people do not agree upon what constitutes a failure or success
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What is true about policy change?
heads in the direction that has been neglected the longest,
heads in the direction that has been neglected for the shortest period.
will be visible in all policy areas
will be visible in all elements of democracy.
53
Opportunity costs refers to deferring present for future gains
True
False
