Public Policy Questions and Answers

Q: Match List - I and List - II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :List - I (Authors)List - II (Books)a. Thomas R. Dye1. Policy Analysis for the Real Worldb. B.W. Hogwood and L.A. Gunn2. Speaking Truth 'to power the Art and Craft of Policy Analysisc. A. Wildavsky3. Managing the Public Sectord. A. Massey4. Understanding Public Policy

The correct matching is Dye with Understanding Public Policy, Hogwood and Gunn with Policy Analysis for the Real World, Wildavsky with Speaking Truth to Power and Massey with Managing the Public Sector, so the answer is a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3, option B.Thomas Dye's textbook Understanding Public Policy is the standard American introduction. Policy Analysis for the Real World is by Hogwood and Gunn, and Aaron Wildavsky wrote Speaking Truth to Power: The Art and Craft of Policy Analysis. Andrew Massey wrote on managing the public sector.The other codes assign the titles to the wrong authors.

61.

Arrange the following in order of sequence regarding requirements for a rational policy :

(i) Identification of policy alternatives to attain goals.
(ii) Analysing cost benefits of policy alternatives.
(iii) Selecting the most efficient policy alternatives.
(iv) Identification and ranking of goals.
Codes :

A.(ii), (i), (iii), (iv)
B.(iv), (i), (ii) , (iii)
C.(iii), (ii), (iv), (i)
D.(i), (iii), (iv), (ii)

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: B

The rational policy sequence is identification and ranking of goals (iv), identification of policy alternatives (i), analysis of the costs and benefits of the alternatives (ii) and selection of the most efficient alternative (iii). This is the rational comprehensive model.

The first option starts with cost-benefit analysis before alternatives have been found. The third option selects the best alternative first, which cannot precede the analysis. The fourth option identifies alternatives before the goals are even set, and ranks goals last.

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62.

Policy monitoring may lead to which of the following actions ?

(i) Strengthening and improving the policy programmes.
(ii) Replanning of the policy programme.
(iii) Cancellation of the policy programme.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :

A.(i)
B.(i), (ii)
C.(i), (ii), (iii)
D.(i), (iii)

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: C

Policy monitoring may lead to all three actions, so the answer is (i), (ii), (iii), option C.

Monitoring shows how a programme is working. If it is sound but weak in places, it is strengthened and improved (i). If the design is faulty, it is replanned (ii). If it has failed or has served its purpose, it may be cancelled (iii).

Options A, B and D each leave out at least one of these possible outcomes of monitoring.

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63.

Assertion (A) : Public Policy is whatever Governments choose to do or not to do.

Reason (R) : Policy making is clearly related to decision making.

A.Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
B.Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
C.(A) is true, but (R) is false.
D.(A) is false, but (R) is true.

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: A

Both statements are correct, and the reason explains the assertion, so the answer is A.

The assertion is Thomas Dye's well-known definition of public policy: whatever governments choose to do or not to do. It treats inaction as a policy choice. Policy making is a form of decision making, since a policy is the result of a choice among alternatives, and that is why 'choosing to do or not to do' is the essence of the definition.

Option B accepts both but denies the link, and options C and D call one of them false, which is not so.

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64.

Arrange the following steps in Policy Analysis in the correct sequence and select the correct answer from the codes given below :

(i) Problem identification
(ii) Forecasting and evaluating the alternatives.
(iii) Determining alternative courses of action.
(iv) Policy choice

A.(i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
B.(i), (iii), (ii), (iv)
C.(ii), (iv), (i), (iii)
D.(ii), (iii), (iv), (i)

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: B

The correct sequence is problem identification, determining the alternative courses of action, forecasting and evaluating them and policy choice, so the answer is (i), (iii), (ii), (iv), option B.

The analyst must first know what the problem is (i), then list the possible ways of dealing with it (iii), then predict and compare their consequences (ii), and only then recommend or choose one (iv).

Option A evaluates alternatives before they have been determined, and options C and D begin with something other than the identification of the problem, which makes them illogical.

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65.

Match List - I and List - II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :

List - I (Authors)	List - II (Books)
a. Thomas R. Dye	1. Policy Analysis for the Real World
b. B.W. Hogwood and L.A. Gunn	2. Speaking Truth 'to power the Art and Craft of Policy Analysis
c. A. Wildavsky	3. Managing the Public Sector
d. A. Massey	4. Understanding Public Policy

A.a-3, b-2, c-1, d-4
B.a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3
C.a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
D.a-1, b-4, c-3, d-2

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: B

The correct matching is Dye with Understanding Public Policy, Hogwood and Gunn with Policy Analysis for the Real World, Wildavsky with Speaking Truth to Power and Massey with Managing the Public Sector, so the answer is a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3, option B.

Thomas Dye's textbook Understanding Public Policy is the standard American introduction. Policy Analysis for the Real World is by Hogwood and Gunn, and Aaron Wildavsky wrote Speaking Truth to Power: The Art and Craft of Policy Analysis. Andrew Massey wrote on managing the public sector.

The other codes assign the titles to the wrong authors.

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