1.The social problems process tends to be
Select one:
a. slow and characterized by constant construction and reconstruction.
b. slow and characterized by fairly stable constructions.
c. fast and characterized by constant construction and reconstruction.
d. fast and characterized by fairly stable constructions.
2.Policy outcomes are
Select one:
a. the extent to which new policies reduce the problem.
b. people’s reactions to what happens once a policy is implemented.
c. the unintended impact of social policies.
d. the number of people employed as a result of a new policy.
3.The complete success of any one social policy is unlikely because
Select one:
a. policies are typically not left in place long enough to work.
b. human errors make even the best plans imperfect.
c. there are too many aspects of any one problem for all of them to be addressed by one policy.
d. people are unlikely to agree on what constitutes success.
4.Liberals tend to construct the problem of teen sexuality as a need to encourage safe practices that avoid disease and unplanned pregnancy while conservatives offer the counterclaim that
Select one:
a. teens will have sex no matter what adults say.
b. efforts to teach safe sex can actually encourage sexual activity.
c. the real problem is drugs and alcohol.
d. only parents should teach teens about sex.
5.Critics typically argue that the solution to the vicious cycle created by policies with ironic consequences is
Select one:
a. expanding the program that seeks to solve the social problem.
b. ending attempts to correct the problem.
c. formulating an entirely new approach to the problem.
d. conducting research on the policies to find out how to fix them.
6.When social problems workers critique social policy, they are particularly likely to use ___________ as part of their claims.
Select one:
a. evidence of organizational activity
b. critiques of academic research
c. anecdotal evidence
d. emotional pleas based on the hardships faced by workers
7.When subjects critique social policy, they are particularly likely to use ____________ as part of their claims.
Select one:
a. evidence of organizational activity
b. critiques of academic research
c. anecdotal evidence
d. comparisons to other troubling conditions
8.The claims of original activists or experts are likely to be accepted because
Select one:
a. they have connections to other successful activists.
b. the media are already accustomed to listening to them and will therefore give them good coverage.
c. both social problems workers and subjects tend agree with them.
d. policymakers respect them.
9.The impact of commission findings and recommendations has typically been to attract
Select one:
a. little notice outside the political world but create large changes in policy.
b. little notice outside the political work and fail to create policy change.
c. wide media attention and create large changes in policy.
d. wide media attention but fail to create policy change.
10.The role of appellate courts in the social problems process is
Select one:
a. large because they can reject or modify even policies that are well supported in other ways.
b. large because they create the polices.
c. moderate because they can rule on policies but are unlikely to strike down a popular policy.
d. small because they hear relatively few cases related to social problems.
