Which of the Following Statements Is True of Policy Evaluation

question 23

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true of policy evaluation?

• A) After a policy has been implemented, it is often challenged in the Supreme Court.
• B) Policy evaluation is just an academic exercise and has no real-world consequences.
• C) Groups inside and outside government conduct studies to determine how the program actually works after a policy has been in place for a period of time.
• D) By 2013, the health-care reforms had been thoroughly evaluated.
• E) After a period of evaluation, the president implements and executes the law.

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Definitions:

Parabola

The graph of a quadratic function, represented as a symmetric curve that opens either up or down.

Focus

A point used in the definitions of conic sections, such as ellipses and hyperbolas, from which distances are measured to define the curves.

Vertex

The point where two lines, or edges, of a geometric figure meet; in the context of a parabola, the peak or the lowest point, depending on its orientation.

Circle

A round plane figure, every point of which is equidistant from a fixed center point, defined by the equation (x-h)^2 + (y-k)^2 = r^2 in a coordinate plane.