1.The Affordable Care Act benefited health insurance companies by providing them with more paying customers and new government subsidies.

True False

2.Immigration reform efforts are complicated by the complexity and interconnectedness of the issues raised by immigration policy.

True False

3.Foreign policy conflicts tend to center around differences in material interests between competing groups.

True False

4.Since the end of the Cold War, U.S. foreign policymakers have increasingly embraced reductions in tariffs and other trade barriers.

True False

5.Which of these incentives do health insurance companies have?

A) to expand government participation in the healthcare industry

B) to limit the amount of payments to healthcare providers

C) to expand types of coverage offered to potential clients

D) to limit the number of clients paying premiums

6.Which of these factors has given elected officials a reason to pursue healthcare reform?

A) Doctors and hospitals are pushing for more government participation in the provision of healthcare services.

B) Health insurance companies want a more rational system of healthcare regulation.

C) Increasing public health problems are making healthcare a more important issue to voters.

D) Veterans' groups are lobbying for privatization of healthcare services provided to service personnel.

7.Which factor contributesmostto rising costs for healthcare providers like doctors, hospitals, and clinics?

A) higher costs for administrative staff

B) the steady aging of the population

C) competition from government healthcare providers

D) the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate

8.Which of these immigration policies would a liberal bemuch more likelythan a conservative to support?

A) expanding efforts to find and deport illegal immigrants

B) lengthening the waiting period for green card holders to apply for citizenship

C) increasing the number of permanent visas available to new immigrants

D) spending more money on border security

9.Which of these two groups aremost likelyto AGREE on a plan to provide amnesty for illegal immigrants?

A) far-right Libertarians and far-left Socialists

B) Tea Party Republicans and progressive Democrats

C) mainstream Democrats and moderate Republicans

D) ultra-liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans

10.Which of these facts demonstrates a commitment to the Wilsonian tradition of foreign policy?

A) U.S. embassies provide cover for foreign intelligence gathering activities.

B) U.S. troops are stationed in nations that possess key natural resources.

C) The United States participates in a defensive alliance among Asian nations.

D) The United States maintains the right to launch a preemptive strike against any nation.

Save

11.Which of these actions would fit within the Global Meliorist tradition of foreign policy?

A) The U.S. Air Force coordinates an airlift of Syrian refugees from an area where chemical weapons attacks are imminent.

B) The U.S. Navy blockades a nation to support economic sanctions against an authoritarian regime.

C) The State Department severs diplomatic relations with a country that supplies known terrorist groups.

D) The president signs a treaty obligating the United States to come to the defense of a nation attacked by nuclear weapons.

12.Which of these factorsmost seriouslycomplicates the implementation of U.S. foreign policy?

A) a steady reduction in foreign-aid funding since the end of the Cold War

B) the weakening of U.S. alliances resulting from the policies of the Trump administration

C) the differences between the institutional cultures and missions of the Defense and State Departments

D) the influence that wealthy donors exert over the foreign-policy decision-making process