1991 Q2

National interest groups often target national-level policymaking institutions to

achieve their policy objectives.

Select one of the following interest groups

• American Association of Retired Persons
• American Medical Association
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
• National Association of Manufacturers

For the group you selected, do each of the following

• Identify one major national-level policymaking institution that this group
targets.
• Describe one resource or characteristic of the group you have chosen AND
explain how it inflorescences the choice of the target you have identified in A
• Describe another …

2001 Q3
Which provision of14th Amendment applied in Supreme Court case.
• Brown v Board
• Baker v Carr
• Regents of UCLA v Bakke

Which provision of 14th Amendment applied in Supreme Court case?

• Mapp v Ohio
• Gideon v Wainwright
• Miranda v Arizona

2006 Q3
The US Congress and Prez together have power to enact federal law. Federal
bureaucratic agencies have the responsibility to execute federal law. However, in the
carrying out of these laws, federal agencies have policy-making discretion.
a) Explain two reasons why Congress gives federal agencies policy-making
discretion in executing federal laws.
b) Choose one of the bureaucratic agencies listed below. Identify the policy area
over which it exercises policy-making discretion AND give one specific exp of
how it exercises that discretion.
o Environmental Protection Agency
o Federal Communications Commission
o Federal Reserve Board
c) Describe two ways in which Congress ensures that federal agencies follow
legislative intent.
2008 Q3
Fiscal and monetary policy are two tools used to influence economy. Exec and
legislative branches share responsibility of setting fiscal policy. The Federal Reserve
Board has the primary role of setting monetary policy.
a) Describe fiscal policy.
b) Describe one significant way the exec influences fiscal policy
c) How legislative influences fiscal
d) Define monetary policy
e) 2 reasons why Federal Reserve Board is given independence in establishing
monetary policy.