What type of analytic method?

21. _____ A policy analyst examines four options for the redevelopment of an island park. Various objectives must be considered in redevelopment including costs, revenues from user fees, historical preservation, access to low income residents, and matching recreational facilities to user demands.

22. _____ The state highway department is undertaking a major rebuilding of the Lodge Freeway. They have assigned an engineer to evaluate the construction timetables submitted by several contractors.

23. _____ A city is considering a "healthy living" program (about $80/month per employee) as a means of improving the health of employees and reducing health insurance costs.

24. _____ The mayors of a large city and neighboring suburban communities have decided to approach the state legislature and ask for regionally based funding for a large art museum. They want advice on the best strategy for getting legislation for this purpose introduced and enacted into law.

25. _____ A city manager asks a city's chief financial officer to project the amount of city revenues derived from various sources (property tax, income tax, user fees, parking, fines, state revenue sharing) for the next five years.

26._____ Due to inadequate rainfall, a city owned reservoir is running low. The capacity of the reservoir is 65 million cubic feet. At present, however, it's only about half full. A large company uses 1 million cubic feet of water a month and, if they do not have this amount they will be forced to shut down. This cannot be allowed to happen. An engineer has decided for precautionary purposes that only 3% of the reservoir beyond the 1 million cubic feet of water can be drawn down in any given month. After that, residential water use will be automatically restricted. You are asked to develop an equation that relates the quantity of water in the reservoir in the current month to its quantity in the previous month.

27. _____ A school board hires a consultant to design and to determine the elements necessary to carry out a program of peer counseling that has the purpose of curbing violence in local high schools.

28. _____ A city is considering the construction of a parking garage in the downtown area but needs advice on how large a garage should be built.

29._____ Because of the enactment of a new library millage, a city has a $2 million annual capital budget for new library construction. It's seeking advice on how best to spend the $2 million. Various proposals include expanding the main branch ($1.1 million) and/or purchasing and renovating different buildings to use as branch libraries ($800k, 700k, 500k, 300k, 260k).

30. _____ A mayor wants advice on whether it makes sense for the city to create an industrial park. The city will need to purchase land and run new water and sewer lines to the industrial park. It is hoped that manufacturing companies will build new plants in the industrial park, increasing the city's tax revenues.

a. forecasting

b. project management

c. decision tree

d. political analysis

e. implementation analysis

f. marginal analysis

g. difference equation

h. cost-effectiveness analysis

i. cost-benefit analysis

j. multi-goal analysis

k. none of the above