1. The funding for which expense in the federal government is set by the House and Senate Appropriations Committees?

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a. interest on the national debt
b.mandatory spending
c.discretionary spending
d.entitlements

2. Programs such as unemployment compensation and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are considered to be which of the following?(
a. Entitlement programs
b. Medicare
c. Medicaid
d. Social Security

3. Explain how the process of mandatory spending is different from discretionary spending.
a. Mandatory spending is required by law to be paid while discretionary spending is based on annual appropriations, set by the House and Senate Appropriations Committees.
b. Mandatory and discretionary spending are based on annual appropriations, set by the House of Representatives and the Senate, but mandatory spending is required to be paid by law.
c. Mandatory spending is based on annual appropriations, set by the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, while discretionary spending is required to be paid by law.
d. Mandatory and discretionary spending are based on annual appropriations set by the Senate but discretionary spending is required to be paid by law.

4. Compare spending for education between state government budgets and local government budgets.
a. Local governments spend a higher percentage of their budgets on elementary education than state governments but state governments spend a higher percentage on secondary and higher education than state governments.
b. Local governments spend a higher percentage of their budgets on elementary and secondary education than state governments but state governments spend a higher percentage on higher education than local governments.
c. State governments spend a higher percentage of their budgets on elementary, secondary, and higher education than local governments.
d. Local governments spend a higher percentage of their budgets on elementary, secondary, and higher education than state governments.

5. What type of spending funds the Federal Bureau of Investigations and defense programs?
a. discretionary spending
b. mandatory spending
c. required spending
d. interest on the national debt

Answer 1

1. discretionary spending
2. Local governments spend a higher percentage of their budgets on elementary and secondary education than state governments but state governments spend a higher percentage on higher education than local governments.
3. Mandatory spending is required by law to be paid while discretionary spending is based on annual appropriations, set by the House and Senate Appropriations Committees.
4. Entitlement programs
5. discretionary spending

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