GOVERNMENT ANSWERS: Question 1 1 / 1 point Which of the following is a goal of federal economic policy? smoothing out the business cycle growth low inflation Correct Response all of the above View Feedback 6.06 Lesson Assessment: Policy Realms Pool 2 Question 2 1 / 1 point What economic policy uses government spending to manage the business cycle? monetary policy Correct Response fiscal policy interest policy expenditures View Feedback 6.06 Lesson Assessment: Policy Realms Pool 3 Question 3 1 / 1 point What is the business cycle? Correct Response a recurring cycle of booms and busts, recoveries and recessions the preferred mode of transport for ecologically aware business owners a system of managing the economy by increasing or decreasing the supply of money a system of managing the economy by increasing or decreasing federal expenditures View Feedback 6.06 Lesson Assessment: Policy Realms Pool 4 Question 4 1 / 1 point How might the Federal Reserve respond to an overheated economy or boom? by decreasing the discount rate Correct Response by selling bonds in the open market by buying bonds in the open market by decreasing the reserve requirement View Feedback 6.06 Lesson Assessment: Policy Realms Pool 5 Question 5 1 / 1 point What is the general name for policies that affect the welfare, or well-being, of the people? health policies welfare policies Correct Response social policies governmental policies View Feedback 6.06 Lesson Assessment: Policy Realms Pool 6 Question 6 1 / 1 point What is Social Security? a collection of social programs put together under President Franklin Roosevelt in the 1930s to lessen human misery while ending the Great Depression Correct Response a collection of programs created in 1935, partially financed by mandatory payroll taxes, and provided for older and disabled Americans a collection of social programs put together under President Lyndon Johnson in the 1960s to improve life for needy Americans a federal department created in the 1950s to enhance the health and well-being of Americans by providing for effective health and human services View Feedback 6.06 Lesson Assessment: Policy Realms Pool 7 Question 7 1 / 1 point Which of the following items is not a major component of Social Security? Old-Age, Survivors, Disability, and Health Insurance (OASDHI) Grants to States for Medical Assistance Programs (Medicaid) Correct Response Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) View Feedback 6.06 Lesson Assessment: Policy Realms Pool 8 Question 8 0 / 1 point What foreign policy tool provides the nation with partners it can rely on in times of crisis? diplomacy war Correct Answer alliances Incorrect Response foreign aid View Feedback 6.06 Lesson Assessment: Policy Realms Pool 9 Question 9 1 / 1 point Which is not an example of U.S. foreign policy? President Kennedy establishing a naval blockade of Cuba Correct Response President Jackson threatening South Carolina with military action President George H.W. Bush establishing a coalition of allies to stop Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait President George W. Bush announcing that the United States would preemptively strike any nation that posed a serious threat to the United States View Feedback 6.06 Lesson Assessment: Policy Realms Pool 10 Question 10 1 / 1 point What foreign policy tools did President Barack Obama adopt in 2009? preemption and prevention dollar diplomacy and gunship diplomacy containment and a Star Wars program Correct Response negotiation and diplomacy

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