PADM 3000 CH 2 EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026
In the aftermath of the Watergate scandal when President Nixon was refusing to release his White
House tapes he was invoking which form of Executive power? - Answers None of the above
The restricted view of presidential power was/is embodied in: - Answers William Howard Taft
The president who espoused the stewardship theory of the Presidency was - Answers Theodor
Roosevelt
Which of the following is NOT a player in the iron triangle? - Answers The office of the president
promoting the policy
Incremental policy decision making implies that - Answers Small decisions made at the margins are
usually the reality of change
Which of the following is NOT true about the process of public policymaking? - Answers Policy papers
put out by various parties and interest groups need not be read because policy is explained ad
nauseum in oral reports via the media
In a Republic like the U.S. the: - Answers The legislative branch is supreme & has the most power
"mixed scanning" decision making - Answers Uses both the incremental and rational-comprehensive
model of decision- making
Modern group theory derives from the work of - Answers Irving Janis
The perogative theory expressed a level of executive power that President Abraham Lincoln felt might
not only exceed constitutional bounds, but also possibly act against the Constitution - Answers True
The stewardship theory states that the president should be free to take any actions in the public
interest provided they do not conflict with the Constitution - Answers True
Public policy-making is a hierarchical process with the broadest, most overarching policy being made
at the top - Answers True
Government in the United States is considered to be pluralistic because it is composed of multiple
elements, and multiple competing levels of power - Answers True
President Truman's application of the prerogative theory of executive power ultimately checked by
the Supreme Court of the United States in the 1970s - Answers False
Pressman and Wildavsky in their 1973 study of the impact of federal programs in Oakland, California,
felt that policy planning should look carefully at the difficulties surrounding the implementation of a
policy, in terms of who gets what and how and why from the government - Answers True
In the aftermath of the Watergate scandal when President Nixon was refusing to release his White
House tapes he was invoking which form of Executive power? - Answers None of the above
The restricted view of presidential power was/is embodied in: - Answers William Howard Taft
The president who espoused the stewardship theory of the Presidency was - Answers Theodor
Roosevelt
Which of the following is NOT a player in the iron triangle? - Answers The office of the president
promoting the policy
Incremental policy decision making implies that - Answers Small decisions made at the margins are
usually the reality of change
Which of the following is NOT true about the process of public policymaking? - Answers Policy papers
put out by various parties and interest groups need not be read because policy is explained ad
nauseum in oral reports via the media
In a Republic like the U.S. the: - Answers The legislative branch is supreme & has the most power
"mixed scanning" decision making - Answers Uses both the incremental and rational-comprehensive
model of decision- making
Modern group theory derives from the work of - Answers Irving Janis
The perogative theory expressed a level of executive power that President Abraham Lincoln felt might
not only exceed constitutional bounds, but also possibly act against the Constitution - Answers True
The stewardship theory states that the president should be free to take any actions in the public
interest provided they do not conflict with the Constitution - Answers True
Public policy-making is a hierarchical process with the broadest, most overarching policy being made
at the top - Answers True
Government in the United States is considered to be pluralistic because it is composed of multiple
elements, and multiple competing levels of power - Answers True
President Truman's application of the prerogative theory of executive power ultimately checked by
the Supreme Court of the United States in the 1970s - Answers False
Pressman and Wildavsky in their 1973 study of the impact of federal programs in Oakland, California,
felt that policy planning should look carefully at the difficulties surrounding the implementation of a
policy, in terms of who gets what and how and why from the government - Answers True
