Question 1

Entitlements are government programs for which _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  funds are provided for those who meet the eligibility requirements
B)  funds are appropriated to an agency in one lump sum
C)  social services are provided
D)  b and c

Question 2

Cost-benefit analysis is just a guide to making a normative decision.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Describe the role of the President in the budgetary process prior to 1921 and the President's role in the budgetary process after 1921.Explain why this change in process might have made sense.

Accepted Answer

Prior to 1921 federal agencies would sub...

Question 4

Agencies budgetary requests will be excessively large because _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  demand for government services is always increasing
B)  they want to make the President happy
C)  they know that their final budget will be smaller than their requests
D)  of logrolling

Question 5

Once the President submits his budget to Congress,there is little that the members of the House and Senate can do to change the budget.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The president's budget is submitted to Congress fifteen days after Congress convenes in _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  January
B)  February
C)  September
D)  October

Question 7

In 2000,about what percentage of federal expenditures were off budget?

Accepted Answer

A)  1.1
B)  14.1
C)  19.3
D)  22.2

Question 8

A negative cost-benefit ratio means that a program should not be undertaken.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What is the difference between a program budget and a line-item budget? Is one more valuable to evaluating the effectiveness of government expenditures? Why?

Accepted Answer

The difference between a program budget ...

Question 10

From a normative perspective,the role of the budgeting process is to allocate scarce resources to their most highly valued uses.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Responsibility for developing the President's budget lies with _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  the Congressional Budget Office
B)  the Treasury Department
C)  the Council of Economic Advisers
D)  the Office of Management and Budget

Question 12

The expenditures of government-owned corporations with budgets separate from the government's budget are called _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  on-budget expenditures
B)  off-budget expenditures
C)  quasi-budget expenditures
D)  private expenditures

Question 13

The U.S.Postal Service expenditures are off-budget.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The longer the time horizon of a project,the more important choosing the right discount rate is.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which of the following is not a reason for changes in the politics of the budget process over the past forty years?

Accepted Answer

A)  The changing composition of government spending toward social services.
B)  The increasing size of budget deficits.
C)  The increasing federal debt.
D)  The move away from incrementalism in the budgetary process.

Question 16

Spending tends to be more susceptible to special interests than taxation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The benefits to a program are more difficult to quantify in dollar terms that the costs to a program.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The fact that the incremental annual increase in budgets varies considerably by department suggests that _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  popular programs get more funding that unpopular programs
B)  incrementalism is not a complete theory of the government budget process
C)  special interest influence is constant
D)  a and b

Question 19

Which of the following is not a step involved in cost-benefit analysis?

Accepted Answer

A)  Conversion of the costs and benefits to dollar terms.
B)  Enumeration of the costs and benefits.
C)  Enumeration of the special interests.
D)  Enumeration of the options.

Question 20

A line item budget _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  groups expenditures by congressional district
B)  groups expenditures by the goals they are trying to achieve
C)  groups expenditures by the types of items that are purchased
D)  groups expenditures by special interest

Exam 17: The Government Budgeting Process

What is the difference between a program budget and a line-item budget? Is one more valuable to evaluating the effectiveness of government expenditures? Why?

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Once the President submits his budget to Congress,there is little that the members of the House and Senate can do to change the budget.

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Which of the following is not a reason for changes in the politics of the budget process over the past forty years?

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A line item budget _____.

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Responsibility for developing the President's budget lies with _____.

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The U.S.Postal Service expenditures are off-budget.

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In 2000,about what percentage of federal expenditures were off budget?

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Entitlements are government programs for which _____.

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The president's budget is submitted to Congress fifteen days after Congress convenes in _____.

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Spending tends to be more susceptible to special interests than taxation.

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The benefits to a program are more difficult to quantify in dollar terms that the costs to a program.

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From a normative perspective,the role of the budgeting process is to allocate scarce resources to their most highly valued uses.

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The longer the time horizon of a project,the more important choosing the right discount rate is.

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Cost-benefit analysis is just a guide to making a normative decision.

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A negative cost-benefit ratio means that a program should not be undertaken.

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The expenditures of government-owned corporations with budgets separate from the government's budget are called _____.

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The fact that the incremental annual increase in budgets varies considerably by department suggests that _____.

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Which of the following is not a step involved in cost-benefit analysis?

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Agencies budgetary requests will be excessively large because _____.

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Describe the role of the President in the budgetary process prior to 1921 and the President's role in the budgetary process after 1921.Explain why this change in process might have made sense.

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