Question 1

What distinguishes lobbying from other strategies of influence?

Accepted Answer

A)  Lobbying is the least expensive and the most democratic strategy of influencing government. 
B)  Lobbyists try to exert pressure directly on government officials themselves. 
C)  Lobbying is the only form of influence that has explicit First Amendment protection from regulation. 
D)  Lobbying involves advertising in order to create a positive image of an organization. 
A)  Lobbying is the least expensive and the most democratic strategy of influencing government. 
B)  Lobbyists try to exert pressure directly on government officials themselves. 
C)  Lobbying is the only form of influence that has explicit First Amendment protection from regulation. 
D)  Lobbying involves advertising in order to create a positive image of an organization.

Question 2

The fact that interest groups favor the wealthy and well educated can be understood as a reflection of what dilemma in American politics?

Accepted Answer

A)  Liberty is often inconsistent with equality. 
B)  Democracy has not been helpful in reducing the number of factions. 
C)  There are no efficient means of organizing the working class in the United States. 
D)  Organized associations and groups tend to inhibit freedom. 
A)  Liberty is often inconsistent with equality. 
B)  Democracy has not been helpful in reducing the number of factions. 
C)  There are no efficient means of organizing the working class in the United States. 
D)  Organized associations and groups tend to inhibit freedom.

Question 3

The increased number and importance of interest groups

Accepted Answer

A)  causes a subsequent expansion in government. 
B)  is a response to an increase in the size and activity of government. 
C)  is a response to a decrease in the size and activity of government. 
D)  is due to the decline in the United States' multiparty system. 
A)  causes a subsequent expansion in government. 
B)  is a response to an increase in the size and activity of government. 
C)  is a response to a decrease in the size and activity of government. 
D)  is due to the decline in the United States' multiparty system.

Question 4

Organized interest groups enhance American democracy by

Accepted Answer

A)  fielding large numbers of electable candidates. 
B)  financing large numbers of election campaigns. 
C)  empowering less potent segments of society. 
D)  representing the interests of large numbers of people and encouraging political participation. 
A)  fielding large numbers of electable candidates. 
B)  financing large numbers of election campaigns. 
C)  empowering less potent segments of society. 
D)  representing the interests of large numbers of people and encouraging political participation.

Question 5

Most initiative campaigns today are sponsored by

Accepted Answer

A)  candidates for political office who see it as a way to engage in money swapping. 
B)  issue networks that want to change government policies without attracting attention from the public. 
C)  citizens who care deeply about a given issue. 
D)  interest groups seeking to circumvent legislative opposition to their goals. 
A)  candidates for political office who see it as a way to engage in money swapping. 
B)  issue networks that want to change government policies without attracting attention from the public. 
C)  citizens who care deeply about a given issue. 
D)  interest groups seeking to circumvent legislative opposition to their goals.

Question 6

Which of the following is a theoretical assumption of pluralism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Competition among interests will produce balance, with all interests regulating each other. 
B)  Competition among interests will produce extreme public policy, with one interest dominating all others. 
C)  Only some interests should be free to compete for influence in the United States. 
D)  All interests are not equally free to compete for influence in the United States. 
A)  Competition among interests will produce balance, with all interests regulating each other. 
B)  Competition among interests will produce extreme public policy, with one interest dominating all others. 
C)  Only some interests should be free to compete for influence in the United States. 
D)  All interests are not equally free to compete for influence in the United States.

Question 7

If a person enjoys the benefits of a group's collective efforts but does not contribute to those efforts, he or she is called a

Accepted Answer

A)  citizen. 
B)  subject. 
C)  free rider. 
D)  lobbyist. 
A)  citizen. 
B)  subject. 
C)  free rider. 
D)  lobbyist.

Question 8

AARP has approximately ________ members today.

Accepted Answer

A)  38,000 
B)  338,000 
C)  3,800,000 
D)  38,000,000 
A)  38,000 
B)  338,000 
C)  3,800,000 
D)  38,000,000

Question 9

The free-rider problem occurs because

Accepted Answer

A)  members of Congress are presented with many opportunities to amend a piece of legislation. 
B)  the benefits of a group's actions are available only to a specific segment of society. 
C)  the benefits of a group's actions are broadly available and cannot be denied to nonmembers. 
D)  members of Congress listen only to organized interest groups and not to public opinion polls. 
A)  members of Congress are presented with many opportunities to amend a piece of legislation. 
B)  the benefits of a group's actions are available only to a specific segment of society. 
C)  the benefits of a group's actions are broadly available and cannot be denied to nonmembers. 
D)  members of Congress listen only to organized interest groups and not to public opinion polls.

Question 10

Labor groups represent ________ percent of the total number of interest groups registered to lobby in Washington.

Accepted Answer

A)  2 
B)  12 
C)  32 
D)  52 
A)  2 
B)  12 
C)  32 
D)  52

Question 11

National defense is a good example of a

Accepted Answer

A)  material benefit. 
B)  collective good. 
C)  solidary benefit. 
D)  purposive benefit. 
A)  material benefit. 
B)  collective good. 
C)  solidary benefit. 
D)  purposive benefit.

Question 12

What is the primary variable for predicting the likelihood of joining an interest group?

Accepted Answer

A)  having an interest shared by others 
B)  having a higher income and education 
C)  already being a member of a political party 
D)  the region of the country in which an individual lives 
A)  having an interest shared by others 
B)  having a higher income and education 
C)  already being a member of a political party 
D)  the region of the country in which an individual lives

Question 13

Since the 1930s, the number and scale of interest groups at the national level has

Accepted Answer

A)  dramatically increased. 
B)  experienced relatively modest growth. 
C)  remained relatively stagnant. 
D)  experienced relatively modest decline. 
A)  dramatically increased. 
B)  experienced relatively modest growth. 
C)  remained relatively stagnant. 
D)  experienced relatively modest decline.

Question 14

When a coalition of credit card companies forms an interest group called the Partnership to Protect Consumer Credit, this suggests that

Accepted Answer

A)  credit card companies are interested in the public good. 
B)  private interests are hiding behind the ideals of public interests. 
C)  public interest groups are now actively involving private corporations. 
D)  the free-rider problem does not apply to private corporations. 
A)  credit card companies are interested in the public good. 
B)  private interests are hiding behind the ideals of public interests. 
C)  public interest groups are now actively involving private corporations. 
D)  the free-rider problem does not apply to private corporations.

Question 15

What are some of the historical reasons for the proliferation of interest groups during the 1960s? Using examples of specific organizations, explain how the groups that emerged in the 1960s differed from the groups that preceded them.

Accepted Answer

There are two components to this questio

Question 16

The National League of Cities is a good example of a

Accepted Answer

A)  public-sector interest group. 
B)  professional association. 
C)  political action committee. 
D)  public interest group. 
A)  public-sector interest group. 
B)  professional association. 
C)  political action committee. 
D)  public interest group.

Question 17

Lobbying is

Accepted Answer

A)  an attempt by an individual or group to influence the passage of legislation by exerting indirect pressure, through advertisements and media coverage, on members of Congress or a state legislature. 
B)  an attempt by an individual or group to influence the passage of legislation by exerting direct pressure on members of Congress or a state legislature. 
C)  an attempt by an individual or group to influence the passage of legislation by exerting indirect pressure, through phone calls or emails, on members of Congress or a state legislature. 
D)  the act of working on a reelection campaign. 
A)  an attempt by an individual or group to influence the passage of legislation by exerting indirect pressure, through advertisements and media coverage, on members of Congress or a state legislature. 
B)  an attempt by an individual or group to influence the passage of legislation by exerting direct pressure on members of Congress or a state legislature. 
C)  an attempt by an individual or group to influence the passage of legislation by exerting indirect pressure, through phone calls or emails, on members of Congress or a state legislature. 
D)  the act of working on a reelection campaign.

Question 18

The collection of grassroots online activist organizations that have redefined membership and fund-raising practices and streamlined staff structure are referred to as the

Accepted Answer

A)  527s. 
B)  pluralists. 
C)  Super PACs. 
D)  netroots. 
A)  527s. 
B)  pluralists. 
C)  Super PACs. 
D)  netroots.

Question 19

Which of the following groups has had the greatest success with a strategy of litigation?

Accepted Answer

A)  the National Chamber of Commerce 
B)  the National Rifle Association 
C)  the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 
D)  the Southern Christian Leadership Conference 
A)  the National Chamber of Commerce 
B)  the National Rifle Association 
C)  the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 
D)  the Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Question 20

Which of the following groups is most likely to belong to the New Politics movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  blue-collar workers whose formative experience was the Great Depression 
B)  upper-middle-class professionals, for whom the civil rights and antiwar movements of the 1960s were key experiences 
C)  conservative evangelical southerners, reacting to the cultural changes of the 1960s 
D)  recent immigrants to the United States 
A)  blue-collar workers whose formative experience was the Great Depression 
B)  upper-middle-class professionals, for whom the civil rights and antiwar movements of the 1960s were key experiences 
C)  conservative evangelical southerners, reacting to the cultural changes of the 1960s 
D)  recent immigrants to the United States

What distinguishes lobbying from other strategies of influence?

The fact that interest groups favor the wealthy and well educated can be understood as a reflection of what dilemma in American politics?

The increased number and importance of interest groups

Organized interest groups enhance American democracy by

Most initiative campaigns today are sponsored by

Which of the following is a theoretical assumption of pluralism?

If a person enjoys the benefits of a group's collective efforts but does not contribute to those efforts, he or she is called a

AARP has approximately ________ members today.

The free-rider problem occurs because

Labor groups represent ________ percent of the total number of interest groups registered to lobby in Washington.

National defense is a good example of a

What is the primary variable for predicting the likelihood of joining an interest group?

Since the 1930s, the number and scale of interest groups at the national level has

When a coalition of credit card companies forms an interest group called the Partnership to Protect Consumer Credit, this suggests that

What are some of the historical reasons for the proliferation of interest groups during the 1960s? Using examples of specific organizations, explain how the groups that emerged in the 1960s differed from the groups that preceded them.

The National League of Cities is a good example of a

Lobbying is

The collection of grassroots online activist organizations that have redefined membership and fund-raising practices and streamlined staff structure are referred to as the

Which of the following groups has had the greatest success with a strategy of litigation?

Which of the following groups is most likely to belong to the New Politics movement?

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Exam 8: Interest Groups

What distinguishes lobbying from other strategies of influence?

The fact that interest groups favor the wealthy and well educated can be understood as a reflection of what dilemma in American politics?

The increased number and importance of interest groups

Organized interest groups enhance American democracy by

Most initiative campaigns today are sponsored by

Which of the following is a theoretical assumption of pluralism?

If a person enjoys the benefits of a group's collective efforts but does not contribute to those efforts, he or she is called a

AARP has approximately ________ members today.

The free-rider problem occurs because

Labor groups represent ________ percent of the total number of interest groups registered to lobby in Washington.

National defense is a good example of a

What is the primary variable for predicting the likelihood of joining an interest group?

Since the 1930s, the number and scale of interest groups at the national level has

When a coalition of credit card companies forms an interest group called the Partnership to Protect Consumer Credit, this suggests that

What are some of the historical reasons for the proliferation of interest groups during the 1960s? Using examples of specific organizations, explain how the groups that emerged in the 1960s differed from the groups that preceded them.

The National League of Cities is a good example of a

Lobbying is

The collection of grassroots online activist organizations that have redefined membership and fund-raising practices and streamlined staff structure are referred to as the

Which of the following groups has had the greatest success with a strategy of litigation?

Which of the following groups is most likely to belong to the New Politics movement?

Introduction: the Citizen and Government

The Founding and the Constitution

Federalism

Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

Public Opinion

The Media

Political Parties, Participation, and Elections

Congress

The Presidency

Bureaucracy

The Federal Courts

Domestic Policy

Foreign Policy

Filters