Brooks Cole Empowerment Series Becoming An Effective Policy Advocate 7th Edition Jansson Test Bank

Brooks Cole Empowerment Series
Becoming an Effective Policy Advocate

7th Edition Jansson Test Bank
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Jansson, Becoming an Effective Policy Advocate, 7th Edition
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Chapter 7: Analyzing Problems in the First Step of Policy Analysis
1. In order to develop and defend a policy proposal, a policy advocate must go through
____ steps.
a. Four.
b. Six.
c. Seven.
d. Eight.
ANS: B
PG: 200
2. The first step of policy analysis is:
a. Identify a selection of opinions.

b. Seek support and funding.
c. Familiarize yourself with a specific social problem.
d. Prepare a key presentation.
ANS: C
PG: 201
3. When beginning to analyze a problem, advocates must consider:
a. Which political issues led to this problem?

b. Which solutions currently exist for this problem?
c. How much money is being spent tackling this problem?
d. All of the above.
ANS: D
PG: 202
4. In order to effectively analyze the relative merits of two options, policy analysts must
first:
a. Judge each option on the basis of the same specific criteria.
b. Consider to what extent each option meets a social justice criteria.
c. Decide if an option will be cost effective.
d. Choose which option they prefer.
ANS: A
PG: 203-204
5. Why must policy advocates analyze proposals?
a. To identify the sources of adequate funding.

b. To choose which legislators to approach.
c. To ensure that the proposal has substance and is politically viable.
d. To ensure it is based on professional wisdom.
ANS: C
PG: 205-207
6. It is useful to diagram social problems in order to:
a. Develop solutions in context.

b. Identify all populations affected by a problem.
c. Support empirical data.
d. Identify which geographical areas need change.
ANS: A
PG: 207
7. Preventative strategies often require:
a. More funding than problem solving.

b. The active involvement of people.
c. The isolation of people from their social or cultural group.
d. Trial and error.
ANS: B
PG: 207-208
8. People do not seek the assistance of organized programs because:

a. They are able to solve their own problems.
b. They do not know about these services.
c. Use of the service will penalize them.
d. They prefer to continue without help.
ANS: B
PG: 210
9. What is an example of a successful outcome?
a. A person who is reliant on an organized service to meet their needs.

b. A person who has identified an organization that can provide the help they need.
c. A person who has overcome the challenge of a physical disability.
d. A person who has found some informal support.
ANS: C
PG: 212
10. Welfare reform demonstrates that:
a. The perception of problems and solutions are shaped by culture and values.
b. Social workers must not let non-rational factors such as culture interfere in problem
solving.
c. Policy makers from all political ideologies agree on welfare issues.
d. Politicians are more worried about funding than about people.
ANS: A
PG: 214
11. The chronicity of a problem refers to:
a. How much job experience a person has.

b. The geographical place where the problem is.
c. Outward behavior or characteristics of a person with the problem.
d. How often the problem occurs or how long it has lasted.
ANS: D
PG: 215
12. Which of the following is a community factor that can cause welfare problems?
a. A person who is a single parent.
b. A parent of a child with disabilities.
c. The availability of public transport.
d. Dyslexia.
ANS: C
PG: 217-218
13. A researcher with ___________ perspectives will emphasize economic and social
inequalities as the cause of a problem.
a. Ecological.
b. Radical.
c. Medical.
d. Intraphysic.
ANS: B
PG: 219
14. Once a policy advocate has established a typology and analyzed the causation of a
problem, the next step is:
a. To devise an intervention to solve the problem.

b. To fund raise.
c. To provide a direct-service approach to assisting client population.
d. To enlist the aid of local politicians.
ANS: A
PG: 220
15. Which of the following is an example of a constructive approach?
a. Day care for children.

b. Housing subsidies.
c. Job training.
d. All of the above.
ANS: D
PG: 221
16. Giving assistance to a person as soon as a problem arises is known as
a. Primary prevention.
b. Secondary prevention.
c. Tertiary prevention.
d. Preventative strategy.
ANS: B
PG: 223
17. Primary prevention is sometimes difficult to achieve because of:
a. True positives and true negatives.

b. The difficulty of accurate prediction.
c. Too many people want to participate.
d. No one wants to develop programs.
ANS: B
PG: 225-227
18. Legislators are more likely to invest funds in:
a. Programs that address widespread problems.

b. Problems with a low incidence.
c. Issues that do not have much data to support them.
d. All of the above choices.
ANS: A
PG: 228-229
19. When is a social condition considered to be a problem that requires a solution?
a. When it is supported by data from a census.

b. When it is supported by medical evidence.
c. When society decides it is a problem.
d. The distinction between a condition and a problem changes based on the time, place
and people.
ANS: D
PG: 231-232
20. Which of the following is NOT one of the ambiguities or philosophical issues confronted
by policy advocates?
a. That people favor complex solutions to simple problems.

b. The difficulty in determining when social problems are real and when they are invented.
c. The fact that priorities are often not chosen rationally.
d. That solving one problem sometimes creates another problem.
ANS: A
PG: 232-234

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Becoming an Effective Policy Advocate

Chapter 7: Analyzing Problems in the First Step of Policy Analysis

2. The first step of policy analysis is:

a. Identify a selection of opinions.

3. When beginning to analyze a problem, advocates must consider:

a. Which political issues led to this problem?

5. Why must policy advocates analyze proposals?

a. To identify the sources of adequate funding.

6. It is useful to diagram social problems in order to:

a. Develop solutions in context.

7. Preventative strategies often require:

a. More funding than problem solving.

8. People do not seek the assistance of organized programs because:

9. What is an example of a successful outcome?

a. A person who is reliant on an organized service to meet their needs.

10. Welfare reform demonstrates that:

11. The chronicity of a problem refers to:

a. How much job experience a person has.

a. To devise an intervention to solve the problem.

15. Which of the following is an example of a constructive approach?

a. Day care for children.

17. Primary prevention is sometimes difficult to achieve because of:

a. True positives and true negatives.

18. Legislators are more likely to invest funds in:

a. Programs that address widespread problems.

19. When is a social condition considered to be a problem that requires a solution?

a. When it is supported by data from a census.

a. That people favor complex solutions to simple problems.

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